The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-09-07
REPUBLICAN, COMMITTEE.
RATHER A LIVELY MEETING HELD
LAST NIGHT.
Date For Holding the City Conven-
ton Fixed For Octder 1O-The
Oquirrh Club Wants Cash.


The Republican city committee had
sort of cat and dog, monkey and
parrot time last evening at it's meet
ing, held for the purpose of fixing the
! date of the city convention.
It appears that Captain Hoffman, a
| retired army officer, who lives in the
Fourth precinct, has organized bal
lot reform club up there in the in
terests of pure politics. He wants ward
conventions held for the purpose of
selecting delegates to the city conven-
| tion, believing this is the way to be
'close to the people" In this position
he was supported by Dr. Whitney, the
gentleman who ran for the Republican
nomination for county collector last
fall, and has just succeeded in dig
ging himself out from the snow bank
of negative votes which he encoun-
tered on the day the delegates met.
The two organized club and have
been holding meetings with each
other ever since with first class sue
| cess. Joe Lippman became convert
to the plan, which really has merit,
and last night suggested that it would
be good thing to adopt the plan of
the retired officer.
Did it work?
/ Well, hardly. The committee liter
ally sat on Joe Not only that, but
they laughed the Hoffman idea to
scorn and rubbed in the obloquy by
sending out the call to all the MEM
bers of the party, that the primaries
would be go-as-you-please affairs;
that pastors, printed tickets, written
paper, tickets composed of sections
of cedar shingles or pasteboard boxes,
in short every and all kinds of tickets
could be used.
: Joe, having been sat upon in this
matter, attempted another movement
in the interest of the Hoffman scheme
of ballot reform and the process of
getting close to the people He sug
gested that it would be good thing
to increase the number of delegates
to the city convention to about 500,
thus prohibiting the chances of work.
ing the body in the interests of a
clique or set of men, his theory being
that large number of men could be
handled with greater difficulty than a
small lot
Again was the gentle and guileless
Joseph taken up and literally driven
into the mud. Selectman Geddes, the
astute statesman from the Third, was
decidedly against this. Geddes spoke
earnestly, forcibly, energetically, VIC
lently, strongly, loudly and enthus-
astically against this proposition, and
as the Republican party worships men
of his character, he was sustained.
Having settled this point, the COM
mittee took several falls out OF the
question as to whether it. would be
liable to contempt of court for per-
hitting women to vote at the pri-
mary elections. This subject was dis
cussed from several points of view,
but finally after reading the Poland
bill, and the bill for last months rent,
the bill of the electric light works and
the furniture company's bill, it was de-
clded that the supreme court had no
jurisdiction over the Republican party,
and that women could vote. Aye even
more than that. 1t was also decided
that if any of them were successful
in getting elected, they will be per-
mitted to sit as delegates in the con-
vention.
Having arrived at this felicftous
stage of the proceedings, the COM
mlttee appointed Geddes, Lippman and
the chairman-the man who has a
name which can be used to fasten a
Suspender to in case of an emergency
a committee to rustic up cash for con-
tingent expenses.
There were more motions fired at
the chairman during the next order
OF business than the secretary could
keep track of. 1t was on the question
OF apportlonment. Some wanted the
delegates apportioned on the basis of
ten to one; others advocated fifteen to
one; another suggested twenty to one:
oneg man wanted some ratio" the
toll X
the silver question and the genius of
the party offered resolution providing
1t be sixteen to one
Ihen every man spoke to his.1nOtion
suggestion or resolution as the case
happened to be. The hand on the dial
was searching for midnight when the
chalr decided that the previous oues
ton ought to be put. This raised a
discussion as to the identity of the
previous question. Where the matter
would have ended, no one can fell
but for once the counsel of The Fo,',,t li,
precinct man was. listened to. He moved
ana the basis be the same as that used
ny the county conyention-one dele
Sdte Tor each forty votes cast for
rank y. Cannon and an additional
delegate from each ward.
Discussion was confined to +b.s
point until the hour when cemeteries
Sdpe ana graves surrender theiI, CON
tents, but it carried. The Third. Fourtb
ana Fifth precincts asked for three a1
dltional votes each, and as the Third
Fourth and Fifth precincts renresent
majority Of the committee. they
were granted what they asked.
Pending decision of the apportion-
ment, which was left for Mr.. Lippman
TO figure out, the committee decided tn
mold the ward primaries on Oct. T. the
precinct conventions on the 9Th and the
city convention on the 10Th. This lat
ter action was taken in order that
nothing might occur to mar the peace
full passing of the slate ticket in its
entirety. Inasmuch as but one night
fntervenes between the precinct and
city conventions, it is not thought
likely that any men or set of men can
do any great amount of successful
grating" in that short space of
time.
1t was decided to hire the theatre
and. Denhalter's band and have as
good time as possible.
MIR. Lippman having completed his
work, the following announcement was
made as relates to apportionment:
First Precinct-Annex, delegates:
First ward, Z; Second ward, z; Third
ward, 6; Eighth ward, IS; Ninth ward,
II; Tenth ward, II. Total, 60
Second Precinct-Fourth ward. s.;
Fifth ward, 10; Sixth ward, 8; Seventh
ward, 10: Fourteenth ward, IA; FIT
teenth ward, 16. Total II.
Third Precinct-Sixteenth ward. 10.
Seventeenth ward, SB Nineteenth