The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-20
w. C. LYME,
HENRY HARKER.

The widest confusion followed mo-
ton to adopt the minority report. Ar
thur Parsons saw the trouble coming
and tried TO get the permanent OH
GERS by moving the adoption OF that
portion of the committee report over
which there was no dfsa greement, but
the motion was lost sight OF in the tu-
multi.
]. 7. Axton got the floor and fairly
went into contortions in his rage as he
branded the majority report and said
English would not express mis- contempt
for men who would favor such a
scheme.
The convention howled him down and
Walter Lyme, getting the floor, declar-
ed that if the majority report prevailed
and the delegates elected by the silver
Republicans were endorsed the pur-
pose of the convention would be multi
fed
George w. Meyer deprecated the Sc
we're language of Mr.. Axton but agreed
that the majority report should not
prevail He spoke at length and i'm
passionately and in the end used some
severe language himself.
+. G.. Waite championed the majority
report but was constantly interrupted
by questions and hooting from the
Mckinley men when he asserted that
he was supporting silver and consider
ed himself better Republican than
ever, the convention went simply wild
with cheers and Kisses mingled. When
he said no sane man doubts Bryan will
be elected. the Kisses and catcaEs were
something terrific. The chair held that
was not a relevant topic and he sub
sided.
Jake Greenewald had little say and
aaroitiy poured oil on the troubled
waters.
Then Judge Wenger moved the pre-
vious question The motion shut off a
number of delegates who wanted to
speak and a delegate from the cow
districts with Populist appendages yell
ed for nearly five minutes, Il will be
RECOGNIZED as a member of this con-
vention" He was mistaken, however,
for he was not. A motion to lay the
previous question on the table carried
and the disorder was renewed.
Widest confusion held the convention
absolutely at q standStill and Judge
Mcdowell getting disguised moved TO
adjourn, point of order that a motion
was pending was held well taken and
the chair finally succeeded in putting
the question. Roll call was demanded
and the minority report was adopted,
2641a to 671a.
A number of silver men bolted and
walked out and George Thomas moved
that McKinley'S picture be removed.
He was not entertained but the confu-
sion increased until Mrs. ]. e. Quayle
rose, the noise died out and she moved
the appointment of three assistant SER
geants-a t-arms The motion carried
and Messrs C. e. Offenbach, G. B.
Margetts and William Doxey were ap-
pointed.
RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED.
The report as amended by the adop-
ton of the minority report was adopt
ed and Colonel George B. Squires took
the chair. He merely thanked the
convention and called up the report of
the resolutions committee, which was
read by E. G. Rognon as follows:
We, the Republicans of Salt Lake
county in convention assembled, again
declare our allegiance to the cause of
silver and reafflrn the Republican state
platforms of 1894 and 1895. We demand
that the nominee for congress, to be
selected al our state convention at
Ogden, be a Republican whose record
on the silver question has always been
consistent and unqualifiedly in favor of
the free and unlimited coinage of sill
yer at the ratio of 16 to 1, without
waiting for the consent of any other
nation, and who is in hearty accord
with the principles of protection and
reciprocity.
Recognizing that the Republicans of
the state of Utah are in favor of the
free coinage of silver at the ratio Of
16 to /, that all differences are due to a.
difference Of opinion as to the meth
DDS by which this can be obtained, and
that the success of the Republican
party of the state of Utah depends
upon the united action of all Repub-