Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-09-19
THIS Is tbs CAUSE.

EALT LAKE C1S Utah,
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EALT LAKE CIiN, Utah,
September 10, 1891
ktt0r Dsscfd NepA
In your Issue Of lasl evening q Gem.
mun,cau5n was published Offering a
suggestion regarding the call for con.
vcu.ion TO county Republicans. In
answer 10 the lucst ous asked desire
10 give thu Views that were expressed
by the members Of the county CON-.
mitleU o. the limo that the call for
separate conventions ior nomination Of
the Constitutional convention was de-.
teimiutd upon. Alter y iull anJ care.
tul confederation VI the tu0igci II was
the unanimous expt,Hslou Of the tbifty'
thfeu C0mmiiitcmen present. that II
would bn better 10 have different
primaries ~ elect delegates b the Con.
sli'uri1nal aud county conventions
respectively. The unanimous opinion
expressed WIS that by 20 do
INK nominations for delegates 10
the Constitutional convention would
DO separated from the neat
ani contention that viii naturally be
found In tho county convention; par-
licularly NJ II Is known that there are
between si4iy anu seventy candidates
Tor the county offices to be iilled. Your
correspondent oyrrloOks tie fact that
the county convention Ia any event
could have nothing 10 40 with nomi.
nation Of delegates 10 the Constitution
nj convention; for the latter NO not
elected by the entire county, nut are uy
the enabling act hppuftiOusu to six
districts IA Salt Lake county made ny
OF the five precincts Of Salt Lake City
eenpreitiy ard tho remaining district
com pricing tho other twupty-suyen
pfscmcts In the county. IL was nee
essaty that sliu twenty.seVen pre-
cincts outside OF salt Like CITY should
meet and n0niaats the delegates TO the
Constitutional convention 10 which
they were entitled. Some
slight difference Of opinion *
isted In the county committee
as TO the proper parties 10 supervise aud
make call. Tor thecouventlOus TOT nom.
inati1h OF delegates 10 tho COnstilu-
tiOnHl convention; but over eighty per
| cent VI those prescott voted Ia favor OF
the call being Issued by the county
| committee direct. Not with the iIua VI
| interfering In any way with the duties
| OF tho precinct committees in the city
/ precincts, but because II being the uu-
| DOUBTED duty OF thu county committee
/ 90 call the convention for the twenty.
seven precincts outside Of Salt Lake
/ CITY, u was deemed wise TO make n
uniform call for the entire county, The
matter Of the app0rtiOnment OF dele.
\ gates among the various wards u each
precinct was left 90 the precinct com.
/ mittous aul the ohAirnOu Of the res.
| pectiyu precincts were requested 10 Ia.
| form the county committee Of thu APP
| poftionmunt made by their respective
precinct committees AMI Of the place
| of holding primaries aud precinct con-
ventious In order that all might be
published IN one call.
From the foregoing you viii SEQ that
there viii not bs two county cOnve D.
tiOns, anu 1t IL possible that the dele
| gates who attend the conventions hrst
| called may altO be delegates 10 the
county convention, hut this ~ mat.
ter that IN lefJ entirely TO the people;
aud the conventions were separated Tor
| the reasons given anu ln the iirn be.
lief u belief which was apparently
held Uy all pruteutl hat Ia making the
separation, better u'lus Atos 10 tue Goa.
! sIituiionAl invention will DO named
aud tno wishes Of the people III large
more iully carried out.
| Yours truly,
GEORGE NJ, CANNON,
See. Go. Rel uuilcAn Committee.