The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-29
SUMMIT COUNTY.
Democrats Meet mt Park City and
Name a Ticket.

Especial 10 The Heraid)
PARK CITY, Sept 2S-The Demo
cratic convention of Summit county met
at the city hall today.
]. L. Boyden called the convention to
order as chairman of the county COM
mittee, and in so doing he made
brief speech, in the course of which he
advised the delegates present to place
in nomination for the various county
offices men who were known TO be in
hearty sympathy with the Chicago plat
form
A temporary organization having been
effected the chair appointed the follow
ing committees:
Committee on observation-disclosures P.
Sweeney, Park City; Ward E. Peck,
Kamas; w. W. Cuff, Coalville.
Committee on permanent organiza-
ton and order of business-F. ].
Mclaughlin, Park City: ]. NJ. Faddis,
Coalville; George w. Young, Wanship.
Committee on resolutions-Colonel
William NJ. Ferry. Park City; j. A.
Smith, Coalville; Scion Spiro, Park
City.
After a recess to enable the commit
tees to formulate their reports, the con-
vention again assembled. The report of
the committee on permanent organiza-
ton and order of business was read, as
follows:
I'VE. your committee on permanent
organization and order Of business, re-
spectfully recommend as follows: For
permanent organization: Chairman,
Ward d. Peck, Kamas; secretary, John
Mcdonald, Park City. The order of
business was the receipt of the report
of the credentials committee, the re-
port OF the committee on resolutions,
followed by nominations.
The committee on credentials reported
forty-one delegates entitled to seats.
woodland was not represented. The
report was approved. after which the
committee on
RESOLUTIONS
reported the following:
we, the Democrats of Summit county
in convention assembled, recognize the
meeting of delegates as the second one
under our new conditions as a state
in our beloved republic and resolve:
First, That we endorse the action
Of the Democratic national convention
held at Chicago July Z, 1896. The plat
form and nominees of that convention
meet with our most earnest and hearty
approval
'.Seeond-We recognize that the finan-
cial Issue is the paramount one in this
campaign, and we pledge our best eff
forts toward the election Of men for any
ana all offices who are unquestionably
in accord with the financial utterances
of said platform and we will endorse
and support no other"
When nominations for county commits
sioners were called for, the following
named were placed before the conven-
ton: B. Marlborough, Park City; VIII
liam Rheims. Hennefer: William Ca
ruth. Coalville; John Clark, Upton; Os-
car wilkins. Peoa; John Lambert, ka-
mas; s. c. Thompson, Park City; Ralph
Maxwell. Peoa-
The first ballot resulted; McDonough,
s61; Rheims, 10; Caruth. IA; Clark, 2;
Wilkins, 5; Lambert, 81; Thompson, 16;
Maxwell, 9.
Messrs. McDonough and Lambert
were declared nominated, and the ballot
for the third commissioner was take1
BY it William Caruih was nominated
by this vote: Rheims, y; Caruth, %;
wilkins, !.
For the offices of clerk, treasurer
and assessor, there was but one can
didate each and the convention pro-
ceeded to nominate them by acclama-
ton in the following order: For clerk,
John L. Boydon; for treasurer, Frank
]. Mclaughlin; for assessor. William
n. Miller.
When nominations for recorder were
called fer E. II. Rhead and J. A. Smith
were placed in nomination The vote
resulted in the nomination of the lat
ter. the vote being. Smith 80. Rhead 10.