The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-10-10
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY CONVENTION

The Democratic county convention
for the nomination of legislative can
didates met at Thomas hall in this
city yesterday morning at II o'clock
and was called to order by Chairman
Civilians of the county committee,
who named Hon. Thomas D. Dee as
temporary chairman and John Led
widge as temporary secretary. After
the appointment of committee on
credentials and one on order of bust
ness and permanent organization the
convention took a recess until , o'clock
p. m.
At the afternoon session The COM
mite on credentials reported full
delegation from all precincts and the
committee on permanent organization
and order of business reported as fol-
lows:
For permanent chairman, Thomas
D. Dee; secretary, r. 7. Harris; as
sistant secretary, Mrs. Lille Montgom-
cry; ergeant-at-arms, Z. II. Ballan-
tyne.
The next order of business being
the nomination of senators, Hon. Da-
vid Evans was placed in nomination
and nominated by acclamation. Hon.
John Seaman. Hon. l. ". Shurtliff and
Hon. F. J. Kiesel were placed in nom
nation for the next place.
Mr.. kiesel had previously declined
to allow the use of his name because
Of a business engagement which made
It imperative that he should be alb
sent from the territory for several
months. He was willing to accept, but
for that reason. Mr.. KieSePs name was
Withdrawn. One of Mr.. Shurtlif's bus
mess associates stated that Mr.. Shurt-
4 se,5
On a. vote being taken Mr.. Seaman
was nominated and his nomination
made unanimous.
The next order was the nomination
of cana dates for representative. The
following We're placed in nomination:
]. c. Armstrong, Joseph S. Peery. An
gus Mckay, Arthur Brodder, James
Johnson. 2. Blair. Joseph Wallace,
Theodore a. Smith, w. L. P. Peyton.
Mr.. Peery said he was not a candi-
date. but in making his statement
wherein he asked that his friends sup
port Mr.. Armstrong in his stead he re-
ferred to the necessity for retrench-
ment in public expenditures, and made
a speech which caused the delegates
to think that Mr.. Peery was all right
for the place and his request to be
allowed to withdraw was refused.
Mr. Purton Blair refused TO be a
candidate. The first ballot resulted
rs follows:
Armstrong 14s. Peery 1873. Mckay 1870,
Brodder 102, Johnson So, Blair 10,
Smith 26, Wallace 81. Peyton %.
Armstrong Peery. NIcKan and Brod-
der having received a majority of all
the votes cast were declared the noni-
ness, and their nomination was made
unanimous.
TIE chairman of THE county commit
tee announced several meetings in that
county during the week and the presi-
dent of the Young Mems Democratic
club called upon all Democrats to rally
around the standard bearer, B H.
Roberts on the occasion of his visit
to the city on the evening of October
18TH.
z. W. Mcdaniel greeted the Demo-
Gratis present and stated that this was
truly a. Democratic year and that he
hoped the Democracy OF Weber county
would stand by their colors and make
the calling and election of not only the
candidates on the state ticket but the
Legislative nominees sure. And THE
response was such as TO assure any
one that the chairman of the state
committee would have no more earn
est support in his efforts Ito redeem
Utah than the Democracy of Weber
county would give him
The county convention then ad-
5ourned and the county delegates met
and organized by electing w. G. Gro
gun chairman and Lorenzo Wallace. ir
secretary. after which Mosiah Hull
was named for superintendent of
schools by exclamation.