The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-12-06
REPUBLICAN BOLTERS.
THEY HOLD A CONVENTION IN
THE FOURTH.
A Liberal Affair from start to Fin
fsh-James GIendenning Nomi-
nated-Card from Mr.. Pike.

Those Republicans of the Fourth
tprecinct who are boilers from the non
partisan convention. held last week
for the purpose of nominating candf-
date for the Office of member of the
board of education. held a rafting
Liberal meetirts last night in Taggart' s
nall and after about an hour and a
half spent in speechifying nominated
James Glendinning over Henry w.
Lawrence and Fred A Hale.
me time of meeting was set for
Q clock, and when that hour arrived
the han was we'll filed. 1t was a
strictly Liberal or recent ex-Liberal
crowd, as the case may be, the Re
publlcans who for the past two years
have been identified with the party in
Utah being conspicuous by their alb
sence. Among the entire crowd there
was probably not over ten men who
We're members of the Republican party
of Utah a month ago. The meeting
was literally in the hands of Joseph
Lippman, for that gentleman made
every motion, drew up the resolutions
which We're adopted, aided in the nam
ing of the committees appointed and,
in fact, seemed to be the head of the
movement Johnny Axton, jr., and
Might Have Been Conklin were there
also and both had something to say,
although the latter said his on the
side while the former did not desire
that the question should be called until
he had said a few words-out loud
Heber M. Wells was nominated as
chairman, but declined the honor stat
ing that he was not in sympathy with
the purposes of the meeting, as he
should explain later. if given an OPP
portunity.
L. C. Crossman was chosen chairman
and Johnny AXton secretary
Mr.. Lippman offered motion. for
the purpose of testing the sense of the
meeting, that q Republican candidate
be nominated for member of the school
board from the Fourth precinct.
MIR. Wells here arose and stated that
he had attended q meeting in this hall
last week which was convened for the
purpose Of selecting non-partisan
candidate for the Office of member of
the school board. Many of the faces
he saw present were also present then.
Early in the deliberations of that for
mer meeting a resolution was intro
duced attempting to thwart the Selec-
ton of a non-partisan candidate and
allow each party to nominate its own
man for the place. But that reSolu
ton was hooted with derision and the
meeting proceeded to the selection of a
nOn-partisan candidate. The speaker
deplered the fact that a Democrat was
nominated. In all respects he preferred
a Republican and thought the precinct
was entitled to one. He voted on both
ballots for Governor Thomas, because
he believed him to be an exemplary
man for the place, but the voice of
that meeting was for another man and
he feltas he believed all who attended
the meeting should feel, in honor bound
to support the action of the meeting.
He said the maintenance of his salt-re-
spect would prevent his voting for any
other candidate.
Harmed Pratt followed in strong
speech supporting the position taken
by Mr.. Wells, and protesting against
the action sought by the meeting. He
argued that Republicans were doing
themselves an injustice by boiling the
action of the other meeting which was
called and conducted as a non-parti-
san convention. He referred to the
superior talents and fitness of the can
didate selected, Mr.. Toronto. whom he
had known from boyhood and believed
he would act in q non-partisan spirit
if elected to the school board. He had
seen no evidence Of trickery at the
former meeting; both parties We're out
in force; the Democrats, perhaps,
rustled a little harder than the Re
pubIicans, but the latter were only
to the meeting to not make the mis-
take of putting up a party nominee.
1t was unfair to those who believed
in no politics in the school board. 1t
was unfair alike. to the Democrats and
Republicans of the precinct. He called
attention to the fact that if anyone was
dissatisfied with the result the time to
make it manifest was at the meeting
where the nomination occurred, but
not after the vote had been made unan-
imous. He attended this meeting be-
cause he had read the call assembling
Republicans, but he protested against
the selection of a party candidate at
this late day.
L. NJ. Earl, who had heretofore re-
manned in the background. notWith-
standing the fact that he had called
the meeting, said he desired to correct
the statement made by Mr. Pratt that
the vote by which Mr.. Toronto had been
nominated was unanimous. The chair
man of the meeting. Hon. Farley l..
Williams. he said, called the ayes but
failed to call the noes and in conse-
quence gentlemen who were present
and desired to record their votes in CD
position TO the Democratic ticket, .
were deprived of the opportunity of
doing SO. He failed TO tell, however.
why it was that if there were gentle
men present who were not satisfied
make that fact known at the time the
vote was taken, although the noes
were not called. They had a perfect
right TO demand the noes and record
their votes.
Joseph Lippman then proceeded to tell
what he knew. OF thought he knew of
the great Democratic plot to capture
the convention. The Republicans. he
said, were not given a fair show The
Democrats had gone into the conven-
ton with the avowed purpose of nomi-
mating a Democrat and all members
OF that party were pledged to vote
down any Republican named. Of course
he favored partisan ticket.
Johnny AXton was opposed TO jobs
of any kind The Democrats jobbed
the convention and the nomination was
not made on the square. He had felt
confident from the manner in which
The Democrats. acted on the night of
the convention that it would be a put
up job. Nothing grieyed Johnny so
much as Jobbery and he wanted to see
an honest fight.
Chairman Crossman excused himself
and addressed the convention from the
chair. He was an advocate of non-par-
tiSan school and municipal elections.
in fact, he was sort of a crank on the
subject. He was present at the non
partisan convention, ready to fight
dSsditis>S any eitit5 pdI llSdi, out ne IelJ
confident now that he had been tricked.
On the night of the convention, the
speaker said he had been approached
by number of prominent Democrats
who said that as Young was a Demo-
crat they were willing to give the new
member TO the Republicans. and in
he had thought Toronto
was Republican. Instead. the con-
vention was captured by the Demo-
Gratis and they had put their man in. |