The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-09-11
Its a id outrage"

Its a id outrage"
hat is the remark made by John NJ.
Zane, as he came out of the Republi-
can Judicial convention yesterday
after the nominations had been made
He was accompanied by Mr.. Gray, of
the firm of Booth, Lee & Gray, who
said:
IF the Democrats put up a good
judicial ticket I'VE viii vote it
It's a mighty good thing for US
under the circumstances thai we have
over 1000 majority in this district"
remarked George w. Meyer. who had
been a delegate.
George Sutherland was absolutely
silent. His disgust was too deep for
expression. He only took his hat and
rushed out OF the convention, his
actions speaking his frame of mind.
ID all the expressions made by Re-
publicdns against the judicial ticket
nominated yesterday could be put to-
gather they would damn that ticket
forever in the eyes of the people. 1t is
81 safe wager that not one decent, self
~ y citing member of the bar, with
respect for his own judgment and for
the interests of the people of this dis
6rict, will give his endorsement of the
ticket.
An Insult.
xThe ticket is an insult to the intelli-
<snce of the people of this district. 1t
az a deliberate insult offered by the
Republican party because it believes it
has a sufficient majority in the three
counties to impose even a yellow dog
upon the citizens. 1t must be re-
membered that the members of the
bar have insisted all along that the
salary was too small to make it pos
sibla for a lawyer who was fitted for
the work to undertake it. Even the
best men that offered themselves for
the Nomination were not as good as
should have been named. The docket
of the court is in such a condition that
only the ablest kid of lawyer can
straighten it out. Cases involving
hXlndreds of thousands of dollars, as
VIII as the lives and liberties of the
people are constantly coming up.
Yet the Republican party has
deliberately ignored the best men
that offered themselves. Three bet
ter ca ndidates could have been
made out of the timber on
hand. Lawyers of ability and practice,
like John A. Street, C. w. Morse, r. B.
Shepard, N. L. Richie, d. n. Straup
and J. NJ. Bowman who would all
have been very acceptable to the MEM
hers of the bar here. have been turned ]
DOWN. while men like Snyder, Thomp-
son and Ferguson have been put for
ward for the suffrages of the people.
stood Very Low.
An indication of how we'll these !
nominees stand among the lawyers at /
the Salt Lake bar is given by the cleo !
fion held at the district clerks office |
yesterday and the day before. Mem |
kers of the bar cast 107 ballots for the |
different candidates and the count yes
terday morning by Marshal Brigham !
.kpd Clerk Dunbar shows that the /
Y ote stood as follows:
.rohn a. Street, As; r. B. Shepard. 43; |
NJ L. Richie, Al; c. W. Morse. 80: D. |
n. Straup. 81; Grant H. Smith %; Bar |
low Ferguson, 20; E. d. r. Thompson,
Is: c. w. Burris, IA; j. NJ. Bowman, IA; |
J. H. Harris, 10; George F Goodwin II:
W L Snyder. II; c. F. Loofbonrow, 8;
J. R. Bowdle S; Benner X. Smith, 6;
Jacob B. Blair, 3; Harmed Pratt, 4;
Wiley L. Brown, 5; William Mckay, 4;
NJ. NJ. Kaign, 2; scattering, II.
This was circulated around in TIE
convention during the forenoon, but
those who did not get up very high
on the list charged that the ballot was
scheme to foist the highest men on
the convention and that t should he
broken down. The delegates rom the
country and many ;nnocents from the
city were led astray on this plea and
voted against the best men on the
list.
Country Members Ran 1t.
The outcome was the fault Of the
country members Of the convention.
Summit, Tooele and Salt Lake county
outside formed a combination against
the city. The Summit men came 10 the
city to trade IN their man Snyder by
hook or crook. Their whole vote was
practically modified and ~ The hands
of the chairman. The most OXEN and
fragrant trading was Gone all during
the day An alliance was f. med with
snybody who would ally himself with
TIE Summit crowd. Every time a bal
/! twas taken the Summit county men
Would wait until every Salt lake ne
cinct had given its vote before an
nouncing what it would 10 Then if
votes were delivered as promised. the
lark City contingent 'sould throw
their strength in the direction thew
had agreed to. That is, generally.
Several times they did not deliver the
goods.
Deals and Trades.
Behind the Summit men were the
delegates from Tooele and this county.
The fact is that the Summit men ran
the whole convention, and after foist-
ing their own unworthy candidate on
the convention they helped to fcist
Thompson and Ferguson f.
srIeae idea of judicial nominations be
Eng Subjects for political trades and
deals, instead Of being matters of nit