The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-26

ClQtI COUNTY, VINO came 10 TINS city
yesterday with plenipotentiary author
ity, to sit in the Republican convention
Of the First senatorial district, com
prislng the counties of Box Elder and
Tooele, ran UP against a snag yester-
day afternoon in the parlor of the
White House hotel The names OF the
persons alluded to are Ii. d. Page, 3.
H. Jones, David Hoimgreen and j. II.
Pitt
They came TO this city 20 meet the
delegates from the "Llttle Republic, 4"
consisting of Judge c. w Burris, Joseph
Erickson, Perry WrMhall, Thomas
Rowebury, John 3. Gordon, c. r. Nc
Bride, Captain D. B. Slower and Isaac
Niebaur. Erickson and Slower Carried
Two proxies from delegates who could
not be here.
The convention was a how,ing farce
from start to finish, 10th as 10 the
manner in which the rooAle men " ere
sat upon by the contigent from the
north and as 10 the mstihod of procedure
1t was a combination Of dark lantern,
star session, in and out, here and there,
forward and back. cross over two
ladies chain, four hands across, right
and left six, swing your partner, fours
right, left wheel, to the rear march,
right dress, present arms, fix bayonets,
fire kneeQing, draw sabre, joint ahead,
center back, and jerry so lie the
c-a-a-a-a-r.
1t nominated a, man to be sure, and
then all the element ;Tn:ch favyrs the
free coinage of silver hoated and left
the high tariff, Arthur SroWn, William
Mckinley, Mark Hanna, people, who
are so afraid that wool will not re-
ceive consideration AK The hands OF the
Democracy, when it goes into power
next March, they cannot con-aIn them
selves, to nominate staunoh sup
porter of Mckinley and the single gold
standard.
The men from Box Elder came to the
city loaded. Nothing invidious IS to be
inferred from this statement; X is a.
metaphor, pure and simple. But the
delegation from Box Elder wanted a
Mckinley man, The delegation from
Tooele wanted a man who would vote
for Bryan and Sewall and a senator Of
the United States who would stand for
the free and unlimited coinage of silver
at adj times and in preference to any
thing else. THE precious four who
carried the credentials secured the pas
sage of a motion which gave them the
right TO vote the full strength of the
delegation, eighteen in afl, counting
the absentees and when the represen-
tatives from Tooele cosented to that
they abandoned ali hope although they
didn't realize ii until later on.
When the convention assembled,
Charles r. Mcbride was candidate for
the nomination for the state senate.
so also was ID. T. Powers of Lake
Point Captain Slower, who was a Re-
publican before Mckinley was born;
who was fighting the battles of the
party before many of the delegates
from the county on the north were
through the infanfile avocation which
gave them their start in life was also
a candidate.
Neither of them were chosen. An
other man carried off the honors.
At this point it may be stated that
Slower and Mcbride are going to vote
for Bryan and Sewall, and there you
have the milk in The Box Elder cocoa
nut.
The convention was called 10 order
at IL o'clock by a. member OF the Box
Elder contingent, who nominated
Charles r. Mcbride for the position of
temporary chairman The honor was
conferred without opposition and Mr..
Mcbride made his speech of thanks.
A reading of the call developed the
fact that the delegates We're there for
the purpose OF nominating g, victim 10
be slaughtered by Hon. William G.
Nebeker, Democratic candidate for the
state senate in the First district, and
THAI 1OOElG WIS SltLllISU " I'LL AEGu
delegates, while Box Elder was en-
titled to eighteen. Thirteen was an
ttiriucky number for the men from
along the narrow guage.
statement of the chair developed
the condition that Tooele was entitled,
by precedent, to the nominee this year,
Abram Zundel, the old-fashioned gen.
tleman who held down the seat last
year, having come from Box Elder.
A PLEA FOR HARMONY.
The chairman suggested that har-
mony prevail and that all acts be per-
formed with an eye single to the Sue
cess of the party in the district, lest
the entire aggregation go rolling IN
seething pillows of the boullion of de-
feat. Holmgreen of Box Elder was
then selected secretary, and with sew
eral sheets Of paper and a pencil took
his seat with as virtuous an aspect as
the circumstances would permit.
The delegates did not seem to crave
honors very much, and it was a task
10 get two of them to serve as mem
bers Of the committees on resolutions
and order of business and on creden-
tails; but finally this was done, and
after a short session in the hallway
they. reported that all who were there
were present, and all who were not
were absent. and that it was a matter
of right and justice that those who
were present should have the privilege
of casting the votes of those who were
absent.
This was agreed to and a brief dis
cussion was had as to the platform to
be adopted. 1t appears that the plat
form adopted by the Tooele county
convention and that adopted by the
Box Elder county convention differed
in some points. The delegates from
the last named county thought it
would be a little rough to ask the SEN
atorial candidate to go stumping
around the country OF two platforms,
not alike. While they did not say so,
it was evident that they could picture
the candidate hustling through Box Ell
der, declaring for protection and re-
ciprocity and a tariff on wool, while
down in Tooeie he would be telling the
miners that silver was all that was
REQUIRED for their happiness and pros
,)erity. and that until the free coinage
thereof was secured there was no need
to think of anything else. Such a. con-
dition would be too much of straddle
and would be painful in the extreme.
So it was decided TO have a platform
for the candidate which would fit both
counties-a sort Of peg which would
ill two different classes of holes.
The convention then adjourned un-
til go, and the committee prepared
for the catch-as-catch-can match with
the dictionary
A PLATFORM.
At the hour named the delegates as
sem bed The temporary organization
mos mad, Dernlanent and the COM