The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-10-11
THE PROCEEDINGS.
convention Was Il Rather Warm AZ
fair All Through

1alr All through.
Delegates assembled very tardily.
only a corporal's guard of delegates
! were IN the theatre. AS the men came
! together they We're met on the steps
! Dy dogr0lleTS for the different candi-
oates, VINO We're there in profusion.
/ everybody claimed everything in sight.
! EVERY candidates friends said he
could roll up Just a trifle better ma
Jorlty than every other candidate.
/ everyone was recommended as being
able to hold the normal Republican
majority and to make a large hole in
the Democratic minority One was
! recommended because he understood
the wants of de boys" another be-
cause he could not be swayed by them,
! Gentle and Mormon" was a phrase
frequently heard, and swapping on
this basis was INDUCED in. Taken all
in all there was every indication of a
very warm time.
By 1890 a sufficient number had
gathered to justify call TO order and
! they Immediately crowded into the
theatre. marching to the noise of the
Republican drum corps.
The decorations inside the theatre
were far too elaborate for the occa-
sion. Streamers hung from the roof
and bunting was found around all the
/ galleries. Over the stage was a
streamer, bearing the legend Our
/ Candidates are for Protection and
Free Silver" Around the first bal
an Honest Registration and Fair
Count" and Republicans issue Bonds
in times of War, Democrats in Times
of Peace The hall was as cold as
| refrigerator, and some who were in
draught kept their hats on.
At 1926 Chairman Button. of the
! city committee, called the meeting to
order and the call was read. Mr.. But
ton named George A. Smith, of the
Third, one of Geddes' lieutenants, for
temporary chairman, and c. E. STAN
ton as temporary secretary.
Smiths Queer Address.
Chairman Smith began-'I believe
! we have met as a deliberative body"
He said men of integrity should be
selected, as the masses are less swayed
by party than by the men to De put
/ up. Men are wanted who will spend
the money economically. He said he
had heard this is a Democratic year.
! Yes it is. and we have had enough
Democratic years. He said this terri
! tory is Republican and that the Re-
publican party has nothing against it.
1t has done nothing for which it need
be ashamed.
Elmer B. Jones moved the naming
of the committees, one from each pre-
ing committees resulted:
The Committees.
Credentials-J B. Moreton, First:
Elias Morris, Second; R. L. Conely,
Third: C. NJ. Bell, Fourth; F. A. Vim
cent, Fifth
Permanent Organization and Order
( of Business-H. S. McCallum, First;
George w. Meyer. Second; w. G. Neb-
eker. Third R S. Campbell, Fourth;
NJ. j. o'Meara. Fifth.
Resolutions-W ]. Moore, First; S.
P. Armstrong, Second; j. NJ. Farmer,
Third; w. T. Cotton. Fourth; DR..
Henry n. Mayo, Fifth.
An adjournment was then taken
until pm, but it was almost 2:30 be-
fore. Chairman George A. Smith ap-
-peared and made the call to order.
r. II. Conely, chairman of the COM
mittee on credentials, reported no con-
! tests, and the list of delegates as here
tofore given, with two votes from
Center ward given to Chairman Far
mon, the Republicans having failed to
! send delegates.
Permanent Organization.
H. S. NcCallum, chairman of the
committee on permanent organization
and order of business, reported the Sc
lection of Arthur Brown for perma-
!
rotary; r. L. Conely, assistant secre-
tary; d. c. Eichnor, reading clerk, and
W. S. Thorn, sergeant-at-arms. The
nominations were ordered to be mayor,
recorder, treasurer and city justice. A
provision was made that the ballot
should be taken by wards in their or
| der and that no ward should be passed
on the call, but that the call should
be delayed until the ward could an
swer 1t was Immediately seen that
this provision was the outcome of the
Republican judicial convention, which
Summit county had worked by its
trading schemes.
AS soon as the report was made,
George ". Meyer presented the fol
lowing minority report:
THE undersigned member of the COM
mittee on permanent organization and or
der of business begs leave to offer MI
nority report and exceptions to rule 10 in
the majority report. that all voting be
done by ballot and that the chairman of
each ward collect the ballot of the ward
and pass the same to the secretary of the
convention. and that the vote of no ward
be announced publicly to the convention
until all the wards have voted when the
result shall be announced by the reading
clerk
Fight over the Ballot.
Then began one of the interesting
fights Of the convention. Some one
called on Meyer to explain his plan.
He said that those who had been in
the judicial convention did not need
much explanation. They had seen a
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