The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-10-22
REPUBLICANS NOMINATE.
An Evident Desire to Cater to
the Liberals.
NO MUNICIPAL TICKET.
Kenyon Makes Hard Fight
for 1t.
j. b. Walker, James Sharp and w f.
James for the Council, Treweek, Ander-
SEM Devine, Critchlow, Lawrence
and Hale for the House.

The adjourned session of the Repub-
hcan convention was called to order
last night at 1880 by Chairman w. F
James. The delegations were all
present in force. and throng of in
terested spectators packed the rear OF
the room. The roll was called by the
secretary. T. d. Lewis. and the min
utes of the previous meeting read and
adopted after correction.
Colonel Allen Miller arose to a ques-
ton of privilege. He said he noticed
IN the room Charles Crane. chairman
of the territorial committee, and
moved that he be requested to take a
seat on the platform. The chairman
said it was not necessary to put a mo-
ton, and requested Mr.. Crane to
come forward, which he did. amid ap-
pIause, and cries OF speech" speech. I"
Mr.. CRANE
responded to the call and made a hot
Republican speech, which was heartily
applauded. He said that the Re
publican party in Utah was as yet in
its swaddling clothes; but soon it
would arrive at perfect manhood, and
sooner or later victory would be sure
Chairman James arose and stated
that he had been misquoted in one of
the papers, and desired the conven-
ton to recollect the position he had
taken on the Citizens movement. He
was heartily applauded.
The report of the committee on
order of business was then taken up
again by sections.
MIR. varian moved that the last sec
ton of the report be adopted and it
was carried.
THE FIGHT BEGUN
when Arthur Brown moved that sec
ton of city officers be stricken out,
and the motion was heartily applaud
ed.
Mr.. Kenyon arose and said before
the motion was carried he wanted to
know what was behind it. He wanted
to know the reason for that applause
and that stamping of feet. He was
Republican, he said, and he wanted
to vote Republican ticket. There
had been talks, and secret conferences
among the delegates to the convention
and he wanted to know what it
meant. There was said to be Cit
it. and said he called it the Walker
house ticket He attempted to crit
icise the Democratic party, and said
the Citizens ticket was a Democratic
movement. a scheme of the Demo-
cracy to carry on a fight between the
old party and the Liberals. He knew
that the majority of the delegates
were already pledged against his prop
osition "a straight Republican ticket
but he did not owe allegiance to any
party on Gods earth but the Repub-
lican party
His references to his Republicanism
were applauded, but he failed to awak-
en- as much enthusiasm as mirth when
he referred to straight city ticket.
The great fight in Utah today, he
said, was to save the Republican par
ty in Utah.
Mr. varian arose and suggested that
discussion was unnecessary because
the motion was out of order, but the
chairman ruled against him.
Arthur Brown next took the floor
and said that he had heard Mr.. Ken
Won with pleasure, and would always
hear him with pleasure. But the ques-
ton, was not one of Dragging about
our Republicanism, but what we must
DO TO BE SAVED.
(Applause) Mr.. Kenyon, he said,
did not like the citizens ticket, and
neither did he. But here was the
Liberal party, and he wanted to know
what was going to be done with them.
(Applause) There was no need for
the convention to commit itself to
either proposition; but leave it open,
"a that every man could vote as he
pleased. for that was the test. Before
the convention adjourned, he hoped to
see nine Of The best Republicans in the
district nominated on the legislative
ticket and he did not believe that
there was one decent Republican in
the Liberal party who could stand out
against it. He thought there was but
one thing to do now, which was to
nominate the best legislative ticket
possible to be found, and then go home. |
lGreat applause)
WILEY Brown next took the floor.
He said that tn e. necessity for |
straight municipal Republican ticket
was as great now as it ever had been |
He made strong eHort 10 change
the sentiment of the convention in
favor of a straight municipal ticket, |
referring to pledges made by the Re |
n1lbIicans of Salt Lake city and Utah |
n maintain the party both in munich |
nal. territorial and national affairs |
he drew terrible picture Of the evils
that were waiting somewhere in the |
future for the Republicans unless
fhev refused TO mix with any other |
snovenent, but there was no enthusiasm
manifested when he quit
KENYON said he
WANTED TO GO ON RECORD,
sn5 that he wanted some others to
he nut on record also, and therefore
as,xed that a rising vote be taken on
+l,e amendment to strike out sections |
civ and eight of the report, relating |
- nomination of city officers, and the |
= amendment was carried by majority /
IF * TO 8. amid tremendous applause.
The following report Of the committee !
on resolutions was read by Wiley |
Brown. and was unanimously adopted;
NOMINATION OF CANDIDATES
The next order of business was the |
nomination of three councilmen and six /
representatives to the legislature, and |
the following persons were nominatSd |
~ quick succession: S. j. Kenyon, 10 |
senh r. Walker, w. F. James and Jas. |
sharp. Mr.. Kenyon positively declined /
and the other named gentlemen were |