The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-10-19

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Barnes. e-'''N-
John e. Mackey, of Granger, nominated
NJ. X. Porter.
Judge McNally seconded Mr.. Baulber-
gers nomination and offered the name
of John r. Wilson, of Sugar House
l.. F. Kelsh. of South Cottonwood sec
onded the nomination of Mr.. Howe
j. b. Timmony, of Salt Lake, nominate
ed Joseph NJ Lapsley.
john 'Woodburn seconded the nominal
ton.
Alfales Young nominated Hon. Francis
Armstrong.
DR.. Faust seconded the nomination of
John r. Wilson.
K. G.. Sleater seconded the nomination
of Joseph NJ. Lapsley.
a motion to close nominations brought
Dan Griffin to his feet with protest.
The motion was lost.
John E. Hansen got the floor to an
nounce that while Henry Barnes had
the. support of the entire Third precinct
he positively declined to run and wished
his name withdrawn.
ID. r. Allen seconded the nomination OF
Herman Bamberger.
Hon. John T. Game seconded the nomi-
nation of Francis Armstrong.
Henry Barnes humorouSly seconded the
nomination of Joseph NJ Lapsley.
Mr. Murphy, of the Fourth, nominated
n. T. Ball
Dan Griffin seconded B. B. Quinn and
Joseph NJ. Lapsley.
H.. r. Stephenson, OF Big Cottonwood,
nominated d. P. Brunton.
This made the list of candidates an
even dozen.
FIRST BALLOT.
The first ballot was as follows:
Howe, 30; Quinn. 205; Bamberger. 161;
Stringfellow, 4; Livingston, Is; Jensen,
299; Atwood, 5; Porter. 81; Wilson. IL:
Lapsley. "a; Ball, 4; Brinton, IS; Miller.
Mr.. Quinn and Mr.. Jensen were declared
nominated, inasmuch as only 167 votes
were required for choice.
Another ballot was taken, the result
being:
Armstrong. 116: Bamberger. 1SO: Laps
ley, 10; Livingston 2; Miller, 8.
Herman Bamberger's nomination was
made unanimous as were the selections
Of Messrs. Quinn and Jensen.
ASSESSOR.
Nominations for assessor are now in
order" said the chair, whereupon j. y.
Timmony nominated Angus M. Cannon. jr.
sented the name of George II. Knowlden.
Taylor.
J. c. .McNally nominated Robert Sloan.
All three nominees were seconded by
various gentlemen all over the house.
The name of Robert Sloan was with
drawn by Mr.. L. Sloan, of the Third pre-
ciEct.
The nominations were then closed and a
ballot taken. Taylor had a walkover
from the. start, both in the city and
". L.
Cannon, Is; Knowlden, Il.
COLLECTOR.
Nominations for collector then began.
Judge Powers got the floor and put before
the convention the name of Walter P
Richard Cabell, of the Fourth precinct.
nominated Andrew c. Brixen.
Some one raised the point of Andy
RriXen not being a Democrat. Mr.. Game
and Mr. Hansen took the floor in Andy's
defense. The question of BriXen's Dem
ocracy was settled very quickly. Andy
got seconds frcm all over the house and
for a time there was sort OF BriXen
BOOM jennings friends took a turn and
the two factions warred with each other
for ten minutes.
Joe Walden got the floor and placed
before the convention the name Of Will
lam Mcqueen. -.-l
Samuel Allen. of the First precinct.
This closed the nominations and a ball
lot was INDUCED in.
1t was a wa1koyer for Brixen. the result
being: Brixen, 1872; Jennings. 1O9; Eard-
ley, Sc; Mcqueen, 4.
TREASURER.
The next order of business being the
selection of a candidate for treasurer.
Hon. ]. w. Whitehead nominated Johp
r. Winder, jr.
Judge Powers presented Cyrus L. Haw-
Morris sommers seconded winder's
nomination, while ]. B. Timmony en-
No time was wasted in preliminaries
but the convention got right down to
business.
On the first ballot Hawley was selected,
the vote being: Winder. 1876; Hawley. l95.
AS in all other cases the nomination was
made unanimous.
COUNTY CLERK.
For county clerk David c. Dunbar pre-
scented the name of H. V Meloy. David
said that up to date the Tuscaroras had
played in hard luck. and he desired to see
all good Indians taken care Of
J: w. Eardley named Charles y. Felt,
Hon John T. Game seconded the nomi-
nation of II. V. Meloy, as did Fisher
Harris and S. W. Darke.
The vote was victory for Mccoy eI9y the
figures being: Meloy, 1873; Felt, lSS.
RECORDER.
In nominating candidates for recorder
John z. Hansen was first recognized. He
placed before the convention the name
of Gideon A. Gibbs. ~
in one of his characteristic speeches.
Mr.. Hyde of the Third ward, moved a
suspension of the rules and the nominal
ton was made unanimous. This was
agreed to without a dissenting vote.
COUNTY ATTORNEY.
]. A. Williams got the floor. on the
county attorneyship matter and placed
before the meeting that eminent young
J. C. McNally offered for consideration
the name of John NJ. Cannon;
b. Y. Hampton nominated AurelIus
Miner.
On the first ballot there was Ano
choice, and another was ordered. Daly
was very close to the goal on the f1rse
ballot. as. viii be seen:
P j. DAILY, 1854; John M. Cannon, 19S;
A. Miner. %; scattering, 2.
Cannon distanced Daily on the next
ballot. the vote being DAILY, 13o; Cam
non, 1S5.
FOR SURVEYOR.
M. B. SowIes placed Charles S. Wilkes
in nomination for surveyor. On motion
of J. B. Tiinmony the rules were sus-
pended and Mr.. Wilkes nominated by
reclamation.
FOR coroner.
The office of coroner developed quite
a contest.
]. C. McNally nominated H. 7. Ball
Joe Walden nominated DR.. Milliron.
Gustave Kroeger nominated r. A.
King.
P. J. Daily nominated C. A. Carlquist.
Alex McMasters nominated c. b.
Banks.
All the candidates were warmly sec
orded by several different gentlemen
from all parts of the house
A CLOSE VOTE.
The first ballot was an unproductive
one. Carlquist leading. The vote was:
King. 10: Carlquist, 159; Milliron. q;
Banks. %.
CARLQUIST NOMINATED.
On the next ballot Mr.. Carlquist got
there by an overwhelming vote. The
result is as follows: King, 81; Carlquist,
224; Milliron, 2: Banks. is.
Mr.. Carlquist was declared the unan-
& chr Of
On motion of John T. Game, the COM
mittee was empowered to fill all vacan-
cies which may occur between now
and the day of election.