Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-09-06
REPUBLICANS MEET.
Salt Lake County Delegates IN a
Convention,
PRELIMINARY 10 pRoyc's WORN


Two O'CLOCK this afternoon was tho
time set Tor the meeting %! the Salt
Lake County Republican convention,
called 10 seui % delegates 10 the rorr.
toriai convention 10 be held NJ Provo
on the lltn inst. Tho place Tor AIsem.
blago was tho old Folersl court room
In the wasatch block.
At 2:l5 Hon. W. T.. james, chair.
man OF the county committee, called
the delegates to order, aud requested
the various precincts 70 form ia
specified locations la the hall This
was done.
On the roll call Mountain Dsll and
Riverlon precincts were not repre-
scented.
Mr. James stated the object Of the
meeting, calling the attention OF the
delegates TO the Importance OF the duty
placed on them, Of selecting delegates
TO Provo, 10 choose nominee for
delegate ito Congress, a man whom tll
can work iOr, aud who will DO elected.
The central committee also should DO
representative Of the party, huaItd by
capable man. THIS convention
SHOULD deal Justly by salt L1keani all
other counties. rhe people should DO
fcpio. unted, aud Justice TO done on
every hand, anu tho Republican party
be triumphant In November.
Mt. james had ~ statement real
from thu secretary nud ttCa.urcr
Of the county Republican committee.
Geo. NJ. Cannon presented the tUcfo.
tnty's statement, which told Of the
organization Of tue party throughout
III. county, aud showed that the Rr.
Tublicnns had nj least 800 majority Ia
the county. Tue registration hat urou
larger than was anticipated, No heat
quarters had been opened, tut tho
work hal beun going on, very little
money having been expended.
y. n. Htll read the tfenHurrI'a TO-.
port from Oct. "a, 1892. Receipts o.
March "a, 1898, sl,.JguO. DIsbuf-t.
mrnts 20 March,, 1884, sl,l51,si. Re-.
cUiplH since Aug 1879, SlJJBj, De
burscmonts IS. Balance on hand
| siH5.U1,
Mt James then uamod George B.
Squites, OF bingham, ~ temporary
chairman Of the convention.
Chairman Hquirus thanked tho con.
| vcntlJn iut the h1uUr conferred on him,
| lie felt that la November the Espuu.
Leans would ascertain that BiuEnam
| was SIN the "lld rplighln." 10 every
precinct works as well us bingham
would, he had no doubt tho next dele
gate to C0ugrtts would BIO a Roput.
| hynn.
4. u. platt was namei NJ temporary
HUofetsfy and read thU call for the con-
yentiOu, consisting NJ 81 Iuioga 81.
! NJ. NJ, kaighn moved that com.
mi,tee of credentials be appointed, one
from each precinct.
Frank Fierce moved that tho com.
mit,Ue consist OF seven, one from each
/ city precinct, anu two from tue county.
The amendment was carried,
The chair appointed Flank Pierce,
Fiat precinct; a. W. Rayb0uld, See
ond precinct; A. :. Goddet, rhird
precinct; Levi AKtsll, Fourth Pre-.
cinrt; L.. ID. n. Thompson, Fiilh pre-.
rincl; Mr.. Ferry, Sandy precinct, aud
4. l., Cushing, bingham precinct, as
committee on credentials.
| a committee on permanent organi.
zation anu order Ut business, consisting
" niue members, five from the city and
four from the county were named NJ
follOwH sam. J. Kenyon, N. q. But.
ton, W. l.. Dykes, IA. q. Mcmillan,
| r.. T.. Rtchlc,J ,s. J. Williams, JOSEF d
5ltolton, Tom Ferguson and John a,
sharp.
J. J. Gteenwnld moved that a com,
mittre Of nine be- appointed, five from
salt Lake, Gus from bingham aud
three from the county. The motion
was thrown out ~ not being in order
An adjournment was then takoJ
pending the reports Of the committees