The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-09-12

The agony is over and Frank ]. Can
non is the nominee for delegate on the
Republican ticket.
1t was short and sweet but Cannon
got there without a struggle.
The funeral will be held on Novem-
Der 9Th next under the auspices of sew
ersl people.
There was blood upon the Republic
an moon when the delegates assembled
at Provo yesterday. Coagulated, con-
gealed and frozen blood. Because all
the southern members had read The
Herald and had arrived at the conclu-
sion that Salt Lake county was in the
dee business and wanted to freeze ev-
|. erybody else out
$50 they caucused.
The result was that when Salt Lake
county arrived there was knife in the
sleeve Of every man from the rural
'deestricks But Salt Lake county
never faltered. She also caucused. For
details, see small bills, or rather read
the minutes.
1t seems that the Tribune wanted the
chairman of the Territorial committee
to he elected by the convention at
large. But the Trib has not the pull
1t used to have, and when the other
day c. e. Allen fought Colonel Nelson
an caucus, as reported exclusively in
this paper, it meant something.
: Now, c. E. was against Crane, of
fgSanosh. Dead against him. With c.
=. was a majority of Salt Lakes nine
ty-two delegates.
So they caucused. and with them
were several members from the outside
The result is told below. Allen was
hDC oh.
presiding officer left to the committee.
BY the way, at the caucus Ike Woolf
was sadly turned down.
That sizes up the situation. Here are
the details:
SALT LAKE DELEGATION.
The Salt Lake delegation assembled
at the Union Pacific depot al an early
hour. There were candidates galore;
In fact all the county office aspirants
were present, except Harvey Hardy
who was busy at work. Fred Leonard
md DR.. Whitney alternated' in button
T<oling the few present who are not
&elning for Office. Jake Greenwald
- " sled himself in selling badges to
\ lie Salt Lake contingent. which an
r nounced 10 the locker on that the bear
er or the wearer was a member of
the Salt Lake county delegation
Jake was doing well when someone
CHANGED to notice the typographical err
Tor and the result is job lot of badges
on hand for sale cheap.
Lance Earl and Joe Lippman, rival
candidates for recorder, walked arm in
arm to one corner of the platform and
engaged in earnest conversation until
the Denhalter band, with it's twenty
pieces, struck up Annie Laurie" Both
apparently took this act on the part
of the musicians as directed at them
and when the train started they were
so far apart that while Joe made
frantic effort to land on the front of
the blind baggage, Lance barely missed
the rear END of the train. They have
not spoken since.
The train from the north. carving
the Box Elder, Cache. Weber and Da-
Wis county delegations pulled in at $50.
The only sound outside the churning
of the air pump was the Wellsvi!le
band, playing "Ob, dear what can the
matter be?"
THE TRIP DOWN
The trip down was an uneventful
one, the train running smoothly and
making the distance in less than two
hours. including the stops
Jake Greenwald varied the monotony
at one time by taking up a collection
for the band. When Jake's errand was
discovered there was a rush for the
chair car in the rear. But Greenwald
was persistent and performed his mis-
sion. Someone then started a report
q that the commissary department was
supposed to exist in the first car which
caused great ebb and flow in that
direction. The Salt Lake Glee club.
consisting Of T. Z. Harper. J. G.. Car
Isle, j. t. Dunbar, John James and
j. d. Spencer. noting the rush, COM
menced practicing, whereupon every
body present Joined in mad effort to
escape. Several were injured Nick
Treweek. losing his bouttoniere and
Major Stanton two suspender buttons
Both will recover.
VIII the train reached Provo the
variC : delegations from the north
were met at the depot by those from
Ahe south. headed by drum corps A
Word concerning this latter organiza-
fyor may not be out Of place. They
L,4an play all right but oh, how per-
n sistent they were! The Denhalters
Jake Greenwald's joy and pride, fell in
behind, and to the soul inspiring music
of Get there, Eli, Hannah's coming
by the fife and drum brigade blew the
perspiration from their horns and
waited for the close in order to satisfy
Provo that Salt Lake can furnish mu-
sic while you wait. But the drum corps
repeated; then they repeated again:
after concluding the second repeat
they began all over and repeated that
In vain did the Dephalter drummer
sound his three RIFLES. Provo would
not quit. Jake grew desperate and
confiscating banner at the head of
the parade, waved it frantically Still
Iney prayed, or rather, nOlSlly they
played. Eli got there at least thirteen
times and Hannah came on countless
occasions. When the parade had near
1y reached the opera house they quit
and the Denhalters got in their work
To the soul inspiring strains of Gov
er my defenselesS head" the procession
fled in, arriving at 10 o'clock and sew
y eral minutes, and there they sat and
sst and sat.
THE DECORATIONS.
The interior of the opera house was
very tsstefully decorated, festoons of
evergreens hanging from the balconies
in the body of the house and stage.
while the American flag was displayed
in all parts of the house. Notices
galore were conspicuously displayed
among which I'VE must provide labor
for our children by fostering industries
that will furnish them labor" "Prctec-
ton for Utah Sugar; Best on Earth
1--WE demand protection on lead and
WOOL welcome and "Silyer-16 to
j." This last sign caused c. E. Allen.
;sotSait Lake county, to heave sigh
ultbiilky as a pound of cotton. litho-
tssafh copy Of the late lamented Ben
SvSr1in Harrison hung over the Salt
\ Lake county delegation, which, owing
to its striking town with band was
accorded seats upon the stage.
Probably owing to a yearning for re-
freshment and the knowledge that the
southern counties had caucused upon
the evening previous. the assembling
of delegates as per call at IL a. m. de-
iayed the Salt Lakers somewhat The
overruling power only knows what
might have been the result had not