The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-04-03
DEMOCRATS
The Territorial Central
Committee Meets.
IMPORTANT SESSION
Ogden is Selected as the Com
yention City.
TIE DATE is SATURDAY. MAY IA
The Liberals Try to Be Admitted to the
Committee, but are Ruled Out
Home Rule EndOrged-In Me-
moriam of Dyer.
Ogden is Selected as the Com
yention City.
TIE DATE is SATURDAY, MAY IA

Pursuant to call, the members of the terri
torial Democratic central committee met at the
club rooms of the Central Democratic society
of Salt Lake at noon on yesterday. The dele
cations from the counties of Weber, Cache
Utah and Summit were represented in full,
while many of the more distant counties relied
on proxies.
At the appointed hour Hon. s. A. Merritt.
chairman, called the committee
TO ORDER
ard Secretary Elias a Smith read the official
caA, ard also the following list of members
John W. Christian. Beaver; John D. Peters and
Il. a. Smith, Box Elder; G. w. Thatcher, A
G. Barber and Noble Warren, Jr., Cache; Thos
J. Brandon, Davis; John C. Robbins. Emery
W. P. Sargent Garfield; William Davenport
Iron; Homer Bouton, Kane; j. A. Melville,
Millard; William Rex, Rich; S. A. Merritt f.
S. Richards, P. L. Williams, ]. L. Rawlins.
LIE Grand Young, B. B. Quinn, j. II. Game, C.
w. West, o. p. Miller and C. NJ Nelson, Salt
Lake: W. T. Reed, Peter Greaves and John
Carter, Sanpete; John Boyden and J. Z. Brom-
ley, Summit; c. L. Anderson, Toole Lycurgus
Johnson, TJintah; julius Hannbere, NJ. NJ. KEEL
logg, w. II. King, R. A. Deal and L. P Lund
Utah; Hartman Cummings, Wasatch; Isaac Nc
Farlane, Washington; j. W. McNutt. r. W.
Cross, C. c. Richards, H. W. Smith and W. V.
Helfrich, Weber.
In addition to the members named, represen.
tatives OF the press and Stenographer Fred Nc
Gurrin, there were present, o. w. Powers,
Harry Duke, Henry Barnes, w. NJ. Ferry, C.
B. Glenn and It. p Tarpey.
A quorum having answered to their names,
the chair announced the committee ready for
business.
THE LIBERAL DISTURBERS.
Mr.. Rawlins-Mr. Chairman, 1 move that a
committee Of five be appointed by the chair to
take into consideration the time and place of
holding the territorial convention for the elec-
ton of delegates to the Chicago convention. Also
TO Recommend to the committee an apportion-
ment OF the number of delegates to which each
county shall be entitled to said convention.
The Chair-Do hear second? 1 do.
Mr.. Powers-I rise to point of order hold
here the proxy of Mr.. John Shields. have rot
heard the name called. and desire to present
the proxy and ask that the name be called
The Chairman-There is no such member of
the committee
Mr.. Powers-Mr. John Shields is not mem
Der of the territorial committee?
The Chair-No, sir.
Mr.. Powers-I understand he was elected in
Ogden in 1888 for the term Of four years.
The Charlie was elected to no term at all
Mr.. Powers-I desire to present the proxy il
the chair will accept it.
The Chair-The chair will not accept it.
Mr. Tarpey-I have a similar proxy from Mr..
John Parish, which desire to present and ask
that he be recognized as member of the com.
mittee.
The Chair-The chair declines to recognize it
M
members of the territorial committee, from
Summit county, my name was omitted am
here by the call published and signed by your
self, one whom 1 recognized as the chairman OF
the territorial committee elected in 1883, with
the same vote and AT the same time L was
elected for four years. Imet here last year al
call the same as thiE, but find that to-day my
name is omitted. call for the reading of thai
record, by which the chair as well as othefs
whose names have been omitted, myself among
them, at that convention at Ogden were elected
for four years, which term remains unexpired.
l am still resident of the territory aud Of
course in good standing member of the ter
rltorial committee, and want to know by what
process, as matter of information and curios-
1ty, my name was omitted. 1 am not accus-
toned to that kind OF usage among Democrats,
and have long record of service with them
MI Il. T. Duke-I notice in calling the dele
gates of Salt Lake my name was omitted l
was elected four years ago for the term of four
years. have not resigned, aud ask my name
be called as q member from Salt Lake.
The Chair-The chair don't recognize YOU as
a member of this committee.
Mr.. Glenn-Mr chairman, hold in my hand
the proxy Of
The Chair Gnter1upting)-Don recognize
you at all.
Mr.. Powers-Does the char refuse to recog-
ME Colonel Ferry as member of the terrific.
rial committee?
The Chair-l do.
Mr.. Powers-I Will appeal from the decision
OF the chair TO the committee here.
The Chair-I don't recognize your right to
speak to this committee; won't put your ques,
ton. Now, gentlemen Of the
Mr.. Duke Gnterrupting) II request an appeal
from the chair.
The Chair-I can ray no attention to outsid
ers. don't recognize you at all. The commit
tee was not elected for four year. The same
committee was superseded by another ccm
mittee in 1891.
Mir. Ferry-Mr. chairman
The Chairman-I can't recognize you.
Mr. Ferry-I wish to remind you OF the call
for the meeting last year, uron which APP
peared-
The Chair Gnterrupting)-since that you have
been superseded by new committee.
Mr.. Ferry-By what authority?
TIE Chair-By the authority of the meeting
It which you were voted out-by vote of II tc