The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-08-25
The Convention.

The great Republican county conven-
ton to elect delegates to the state con-
vention met this afternoon in the city
hall. The seats in the auditorium were
arranged so with respect to the chair
mans stand that half the delegates
had to sit with their faces to the wall,
which, owing to some happenings in
Republican circles in this county re-
Gently, was very significant.
Chairman Whipple, of the county
> committee, had recovered sufficiently
from the cyclone which struck him
Friday evening to appear and perform
the pleaSurable duty of calling the
delegates to order. This was especi-
ally pointed in the case of the chair
man, as none Of his friends had sur
vived the onslaught Of the anti-ring
faction, he having gone under with the
Others.
Mr. Whipple announced that the
committee had named as temporary
chairman Mrs. ]. H. Carleton of the
; convention, and on motion Charles
NIeighan was elected temporary secre-
tary.
Chairman Whipple, as on former
occasion when the ladies were man
aging a convention, proffered his SER
vices as promptor and general man
ager, which were promptly accepted.
BILE TO keep order even with the assist
ant chairman to prompt her.
1t was noticed during the early stage
OF the proceedings that several people
who were buried out of sight kept bob
ing UP on the proxy plan, which sug-
gested the thought that anyone so re-
Gently buried ought to stay buried I'M
,,1til those VINO had done the interring
act had at least got out Of sight.
Committees.
The selection of committees was a
Great tribulation, but it was finally de-
cided that the city wards should each
have a representative and that four
members should be selected from the
country at large. There was not much
trouble with the city wards, but when
1T came to the country members, sug-
gestions were made. Mr.. GlaSmann
the bald eagle Of the Wasatch, sent up
a list of names for the country men,
bers. but a watchful delegate who evil
IDENTIFY had got in on a proxy and did
not belong to the Glasmann faction, OBJ
oacted to this mode Of procedure.
Later however, the Standard editor
arose and said: Let it be ordained
that Bishop Wade, David Mckay, Ed
win Dix and A H. Rogers come for
ward and tell the chair who will be
Z suitable persons to appoint" or words
10 that effect.
The committees were announced as
: follows:
on credentials-W. F. Critchlow, D.
w. Ellis. +. w. Chambers. B. A. Bow
man. Lee Curtis, Robert Cowan, JOS
eph Ririe. David Lowe and Mrs. E.
Hawkins.
On permanent organization and or
der of business-Sidney Stevens, Mrs.
c. 4. Nelson, George j. Kelley, George
IIalverson, John Farr, George j. Lind
ford. William L. Stewart, William C.
Hunter, Miss f. Wilson.
After the appointment of commit
tees the chair declared a recess of
thirty minutes.
While the convention was at ease,
The Herald man took in the
situation It was q well-attended
convention, 239 delegates being in at
tendance, with probably sixty ladies in
the cast. 1t was a very nice looking
body OF ladies and gentlemen, and this
was especially true of the ladies, all
of whom seemed to have an idea what
they we're there for. The big man Of
the day was the Standard editor. He
bore the honors with meekneSs, but
there was a determined look in his eye
which indicated that he would brook
no interference with his plans.
Cannon Got in BY Three Votes.
Hon. F. j. Cannon was on deck, but
It was just by scratch that he could
he SO written down. The Herald had
reported that he was defeated, but
that was without making ailowa noes
FER the final outcome Of the result of
The canvas of the votes at a, Republi-
can primary election. At the time The
Herald got its information Mr.. Cannon
was buried out of sight W the rest
of his colleagues on the ticket which
he headed, but that was sometime be-
fore the final result was announced,
when the figures showed that he was
elected by three majority. When it
was remembered that he svas the only
man on the list of twenty-eight names
which he headed that managed to sur
vive it is somewhat remarkable. Mr.
Cannon is a member of Congress and it
would not have looked well for him to
have been defeated. The fall might
have crushed the life out of the SEN
Rtorial bee in his bonnet. AS it was
the little busy bee has been badly
<nsnehea.
Some Speaking.
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