The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-30

call Tor a. convention to nominate aHIet
electors who. if elected, should cast
their votes for Mckinley and Hobart
Mr.. Kearns offered a substitute
which was in effect the same as Mr.
Clarks amendment. The substitute
was discussed at great length, nearly
every member ON the floor taking a
hand. Meanwhile Mr. Kearns and his
handful of followers piled their Nc
Kinley opponents with questions
which stumped them in many
instances to answer. Mr. kearns
punctuated the remarks OF every
speaker who opposed the adop-
ton of the substitute with the inferno
CATION, ARE YOU afraid to trust the
people?" to which they one and ati re-
piled that they were not, but that they
considered it in the interest OF mar
mony that two conventions be neio-
The Mckinley men were quite oNVl-
ously bent ON putting it beyond tIie
power of the silver men to prevent the
nomination of Mckinley electors, now
ever much they trusted the people, oor
after everyone had had his say MT.
Walton moved the previous question:
and the question being put, the cnHlI
announced the substitute lost on a
viva voce vote. Mr.. Kearns called ZOE
the ayes and nays, which resulted -FOUR
for and thirteen against, two not
voting. The four silver men voting IN
the affirmative were Messrs. heaHlls'
Clark, Lowry and Harrison.
The question required upon the
amendment of Mr.. Campbell when was
withdrawn, the chair holding that MT:
CIark's amendmenr had been passed
upon on the defeat of Mr.. Keanrs' Sud
stitute and the question came up OH
the adoption of the original report.
Mr. Rapp moved to amend by cla aclS,
ing the dates to the 25th and 2oOn,
witch lost and the report was adopted
by the same fractional vote tnaG ue-
fe,ated the Kearns substitute.
The question as to the places Oh
holding the conventions then came up
and the claims Of the various cltaes OIL
the state were set forth. A committee
headed by j. A Hyde of Nephl, was
permitted to appear and presenh tle
claims of that city and atter COL
siderable further discussion IT was ue-
cided to fix the place for holdlnS Ciie
first convention at Mount Pleasant ana
the second at Ogden.
The chairman and secretary were
authorized to issue calls for the conNen-
lions and the meeting adjourned
The Salt Lake Democratic county
central committee held a meeting yes
terday afternoon in the jennings
block to take the preliminary steps To-
ward opening the campaign.
There was a full attendance OF Ihe
committee which was called TO oroef
at 4 o'clock in the afternoon by CIsilrc
man D. C. Dunbar. The flrst ofder ou
business was the filing of vacancies
caused by death or removal OF se soS az "a,
members. Ben T. Lloyd was named IN
place of Joseph Watson, deceased
George Taylor in place of II. Z. Car
lisel. absent, and John NJ. Cohen TO rep
resent the Fourth precinct.
The committee as now constituted
consists of D. G. Dunbar, chairman;
Ben T. Lloyd, vice-chairman; VIII Z.
Jennings, secretary; A. M. Cannon, Jr',
w. j. Poulton, j. M. Cohen, Albert
Spencer, Taylor; w. B. Ennis, Draper;
George Taylor, Mill Creek.
These gentlemen will act as the cen
trad committee until the meeting OF the
county convention.
PRIMARIES SEPT. Is.
1t was decided that primaries to Sc
lect delegates to the county conVen-
ton be held in all the new election volt
ing districts, on Tuesday, Sept. 10, at
s D. M. and that the ratio OF represen-
tation be fixed at the uniform appor-
tionment of FIVE delegates for each OF
such districts.
COUNTY CONVENTION SEPT. 10.
The committee agreed upon Satur-
day, Sept 10 at 10 a. M, as the time,
and Salt Lake city the place for hold
ing the county convention.
COUNTY OFFICERS.
AS Salt Lake county is one senatorial
and representative district, in addition
to nominating a full set of county OIL
GERS. it will name also five state sena-
tors and ten representatives, and Sc
lect delegates to the Judicial conVeal-
ton (to be called and the state con-
vention to be held at Provo, Sept. "A.
CONFERENCE COMMITTEE.
In view of the fact that so many citi-
zens of all the various political Or
CARNATIONS throughouk the county,
have indicated a. readiness to support
the Democratic candidate for president
and to work in harmony with those
who advocate the silver cause, it was
deemed advisable to select a commit
tee on conference" with full power to
communicate with and aid in unifying
all the silver supporters, in whatever
form Of organization they may now
stand. AS such committee, James FL.
Moyle, Albert Spencer and w. H. Dale
were named
CHAIRMAN TO ISSUE CALL.
The chairman was instructed to is
sue a call-along the lines Indicated
for the primaries and the convention,
which will appear in a day or two.
WORK TO BEGIN.
In the interval of two weeks, until
the primaries, it will be the purpose
of the committee to aid all the Demo-
Gratis in the eighty eight election dis
tricts of the county in getting. together
and learning their new duties under the
Australian election law. First of all,
a carefully prepared map, showing
each district, will be sent out, in order
that the voters may know what consti-
tute their geographical boundaries. The
great advantage of having the prlma-
ries held by this method is to acqualnt
the people with the new arrangement
under which they will be compelled to
vote at the general election in Novern-
Der, and to secure the organization of
suitable committees in each of the new
divisions. The old precinct and ward
lines for tbs purpose have been oblit-
Grated and hencefor7th the voter must
know his district by its number and
street boundaries.
DEMOCRATS AWAKE.
The sesssion of the committee was at
tended oy several of the best known and
most active workers in the party. In ad-
dition TO the committee there were present
Hadley D. Johnson, o. w. Powers, chair
man of the state committee, Farley L..
Williams, Judge A. G. Norrell late chair
man OF the Utah commission; j. B. Tim
mony and ]. r. Letcher