The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-10-11

As soon as the result was announced
the Republican drum corps started to
play. and Chairman Brown in vain
called for them TO stop. They simply
laughed in his face and went on drum
ming The Glendinning men were wild.
At length however, order was restored
and a motion made to adjourn. Chair
man Brown, however, declined TO re-
ceive any motion until joan I. Lynch
arose and moved to make the nomira-
ton of Glendtnning unanimous. This
was carried by the bare quorum that
remained and a recess was taken until
7:3O.
Came Near Being COlbOrn.
Only those on the inside knew how
close the convention came to stamped
ing to Judge Colborn. After the Sec
ond ballot, all that was needed was
for one word to go solidly for him. and
he would have gone through on the
next. Offers came to Colborn from all
over the house. but they were declined
| because it was understood that after a
certain stage in the fight, he could
call on his own ward for its solid vote.
That ward, however, had adopted the
unit rule and Joseph Lippman, astute
politician that he is, was chairman of
the delegation and master of the situa-
ton. When the critical time arrived,
the call was made. the pledge was
broken and the solid vote went to Cen
dining. All that the spectators saw
was terrific rumpuS in the ward dele
cation, and Colborn's friends all over
the house waited in vain for the signal.
Evening Session.
The evening session was little slow
in getting together, but after the as
sembly got down to business work was
lively and interesting. AS soon as the
drum corps had ceased playing Mrs.
McLeOd's Dead March" something the
chairman endeaVored to accomplish for
several moments, without avail, be an
nounced that nominations for the office
of city recorder were in order. Dee
gate Watson succeeded. with the as
sistance of W. G. Van Horne, in limit
ing the speeches to two minutes each
ard business had a clear road. when
Harry McCallum espied the candidate
for the mayorality in the audience and
called the attention of the chair to the
fact This was sufficient to cause the
convention to howl for GIendinning
and business took a recess while he
came to the. platform ana made {.
speech.
Glendinning Speaks.
1t was brief He thanked the dele
missed a good, busineSs-ltle adminiStra-
ton of public affairs if elected MI
GIendinning said he was nominated
without promise or pledge to any
man and was prepared to carry QUO
such measures of municipal policy g.;
were best for the interest of the citi-
zens.
When Mr.. Glendinning retired, D. N.
Straup arose and nominated "a young
man who has been a Republican all
his life, 1. N. Fisher"
J. NJ. Tanner grew eloquent in pre-
senting the claims of David s. Emery,
who is a man of excellent material
and character, one who, in the mayor
atty contest had endeared himself TO
the delegates from the Third precinct
Councilman Cohn declared that in
order to complete a ticket of strength
and stability it was necessary to have
Thomas HUH as the candidate Hull
is a man whom all the members of the
council love for his many good quail
ties and the ability he has displayed
as the deputy recorder; eminently fitted
for the place and one who should be
chosen.
James H. Bacon seconded the nomi-
nation of I. NJ Fisher.
John T. Axton said that while his
name had been mentioned for the place
he would forego all claims to the posi-
ton and second the nomination OF
David S. Emery, thus carrying out his
contract
}. ]. Corum seconded the nomination
of Hull.
Several people raised their voices foI
Emery and then the voting began.
1t was seen on the first ballot that
Hull was doing no good for himself
but a whole lot of damage to Fisher
and that Emery would get there soone,
or later. On the first ballot Hull had
IS. Fisher 7G, and Emery 126.
Hulls friends must have seen that
he had no chance right there and then
but they still hung on and on the next
ballot, although Fisher gained a few
votes, Emery was selected; Hull, 81
Fisher, So; Emery. 144. Emery was Dc,
clared the nominee and made a short
speech in which he thanked the con
vention and all that sort of thing.
City Treasurer.
The announcement by the chair thai
| nominations for the office of city treas
urer were next in order was the sig
nal for every man, with one excep
ton, in the convention to rise to his
feet and shout for Jack May It was