The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-20

and order of business, G. S. Peyton,
Louis Hyams, Mrs. Rachel Miller, w.
W. Wilson, William Doxey, John Lu
Taylor. A. NJ. Spooner, P. w. Nelson,
I. D. Lewis.
RESOLUTIONS.
On resolutions Ex-Governor A. L..
Thomas. Charles Crane, S. w Sears,
r. A. Campbell, Mrs. Arthur Brown.
CREDENTIALS REPORT.
The credentials committee reported
by j. c. Axiom, chairman, when the
convention was again called to order.
The report showed forty-three pre-
cincts represented by 253 delegates in
person and by proxy, and twenty-six
precincts from outside of the city rep
resented by ninety-four delegates, like
wise in person and by proxies. AS the
other committees were not ready to
report a recess was taken till / o'clock.
CONVENTION RECOMMENDS.
1T was 1:25 when the convention was
again called to order. The report Of
the committee on permanent oreaniza-
ton was presented by G. S. Peyton,
and read as follows:
Your committee on permanent or
ganizaGion begs leave to report as fol-
lows: That the officers of the perTne-
nent organization shall be, chairman,
Arthur L. Thomas; vice chairman,
Mrs. Isabelle Sears; secretary, Louis
Hyams; assistant secretary, Miss Belle
Lawson; chaplain, George A. Smith;
sergeant at arms, B. B. Nesbitt.
Order of business, prayer by chap
lain, report of committee on credentials,
report of committee ON resolutions,
election of 145 delegates to the Mount
Pleasant convention, apportioned tweTl-
ty-two to the First municipal ward,
thirty to the Second, twenty to the
Third, fourteen 10 the Fourth, eighteen
to the Fifth, forty to the country out
side of Salt Lake City.
A MINORITY REPORT.
John Lu Taylor presented a minority
report, favoring the selection of a
county committee, and thereby produc-
ed a scrap among the small fry. Messrs.
Irwin, Greenewald, "Mistah'' Simpson,
who didn't want his integrity as a
"gemmen' questioned, and various
Others which was only ended when the
previous question was moved to shut
off an attempt to force Arthur Par
sons to declare his position.
WAR NARROWLY AvERTED.
John Lu led the debate in favor of
his minority report, and was assisted
by c. J. O. Irwin Question as to nance,
who thought emergencies might arise
which would justify the selection of
committee, while there was power and
authority to get it.
Jake Greenewald spoke against Sc
lecting the committee, and was follow
ed by Mr.. Simpson, who supported
John Lu.
The situation began to get strained
d = IL,
OIL" etc, rose and addressed the con-
vention in opposition to John LUIS re-
port, but in very conciliarory language.
He felt that the interests of the Nc
Kinney adherents would not suffer at
the hands of the county committee, and
argued that rancor must not prevail
among the two classes of Republicans,
as there was no hope of eleCting state
and county officers if it should, where
as, otherwise there was a good proba-
bility of Republican success. He
thought there should be no further
strife among Republicans than now
exists, and if there was not to be, the
silver men must be accorded the right
10 hold their views ON the financial
question.
Numerous other gentlemen spoke and
it began to be apparent that John LUIS
support was going to be rejected when
that gentleman again got the hoor
and attacked Chairman Arthur Par
sons of the county committee charg-
ing that he was a. Bryan Republican,
and not a safe person to trust with the
interests of the Mckinley men. He
argued holly that none but avowed
Mckinley men had any right to be
recognized in any way by the con-
vention.
John LUIS remarks stirred up
parrot and monkey time, which had to
be peremptorily suppressed by the
chair
DOOLY STANDS BY PARSONS.
John E. Dolly secured the floor and,
prefacing his remarks by saying that
his fidelity to Mckinley could not be
questioned, said he had not intended
to enter the discussion, but since MT.
Parsons had been attacked, he deemed
it his duty to say that Mr.. Parsons
had been loyal at all times.
Mrs Arthur Brown said she was not
satisfied with Mr.. Parsons Republican,
ism She had read in one of the pa
pers that he had promised the ladies
who are conducting the silver Repub
lican rally to be held at the theatre,
that he would assist them in paying
their expenses. She characterized the
ladies silver Republican meeting as
one U6iLS duN6I IlSSu ny OQdSe wv
ers and Matte Hughes Cannon, and
wanted to hear from Mr.. Parsons as
to whether or not he had promised
the ladies support.
Mrs Browns remarks set the con
vention afiame and loud calls Of Par
sonsp' "Parsonsr' make him declare /
himselfr' I'VE want, none but Nc
Kinley men herer' MAKE him tell
how he is going to voter etc, filed the
air.
PARSONS DECLARES HIMSELF.
The chair held that to make Mr..
Parsons declare which way he was
going to vote was not proper before
the convention, and S. w. Sears made
the point of order that the subject was
not relative to the question under dis
CUSTOM The chair held the point we'll
taken. when Mr.. Parsons stepped to
Mrs Brown that what she had read
or heard was not true; that he had
never made any such promise, had
never been asked to, and would have
refused if he had.
There were more cries of ''Make him
declare himself" and half dozen Of
the deserters tried to get the floor
at once, when the chair peremptorily
ordered them to sit down and pro-
ceeded TO explain that he had had
much to do with Mr. Parsons during
the campaign and knew he had treated
the Mckinley men with the greatest
fairness
Jake Greenewald moved the previous
question, which prevailed; the minority
report was rejected on division and the
majority report adopted.
APPLAUSE FOR THOMAS.