The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-09-10
OGDEN DEPT.
hERHLD BRUNCH OFFICE.
5l3 UTAH LOAN o TRUST BUILDING.
Ogden. September 10.
POLITICAL.

The Republican judicial convention
for the Second judicial district will
convene in this city today at IL o'clock
a. M, and there is reason to believe
that there will be quite a lively time
when it comes to naming J. candldate
for judicial honors.
For some time it has been a settled
fact that John Murphy would be the
nominee, when the primaries were held
during the last days of August the
only candidates who contested for the
district nomination were A. G. Bishop
and Murphy.
1t will be remembered that the
Seminoles were on the war path then
and Murphy was a heap big brave in
that tribe. He fought against the ring
with THE other fellows and Bishop was
defeated in every precinct.
Murphy was "a. leading man at the
Republican state convention and made
one of the greatest efforts of his life
when he nominated Crane for COVER
nor. He was not at all vindictive and
when he and the other Seminoles had a
chance to give Bishop T. nomination
which no one else wanted, they named
him for encouragement on the state
ticket, as a sort of peace offering.
Murphy has had the nomination for
district judge in his pocket for some
time but during the past few days
there has been a determined effort to
wrest it from him by inducing ex7Judge
Allison to enter the contest and be-
come a candidate before today'S con-
vention.
Allison was one of the first Republic
cans suggested for the nomination
some two months ago, and he, after
careful consideration, declined in favor
of Bishop. No one, not even Murphy,
was disposed to oppose Allison at that
time and had he continued a candidate
he would have received the unanimous
endorsement of his party when the
convention met.
1t was not that way with Bishop.
Murphy, Bagley, Foreman and others
were prepared TO contest for the honor
with him and they did for while
but towards the last it narrowed down
to a pitched battle between Murphy
and Bishop and the Irishman won with
q 'Whoop.
Now Allison comes in and it makes
the Seminole warrior put on a very
CORY colored war paint and sharpen
UP his hunting knife with great sare
and swear by all of the dead and
buried victims of the last great battle
that this ghost of a slain foeman shall
not rise up to plague him. He thinks
that it is not exactly fair when he
was Wiling TO pC'tule up MS Juolclal
ambition in order that Allison should
wear the ermine, and that worthy
declined in favor of another champion,
! whose aspirations he Murphy did not
feel under obligations to respect and
therefore went forth to do him battle
and won-for Allison to come looking
for "a plum which he once refused.
| 1t will be a CORY battle today be-
cause every delegate from this county
is or was pledged to Murphy and if
Allison gets the place it will be simply
wrested from Murphy by main force,
and that means great slaughter both
now and in the future.
| SO far as the. Democrats are con-
cerned it is a matter of little conse-
quence which one of the possible Re
publican nominees is. successful, be-
cause Rolapp will have an easy victory
with either Roland in the field.