The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-25

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box Elder Republicans.
BRIGHAM CITY. Sept 24.-Jangie,
wrangle. mix-up and tangle!
That was how the Box Elder county
Republican convention resulted yester-
day. On-HookerS were almost unani-
nous in voting 1T tihe noisiest, most
comical and most unparEameneany con-
venton ever held in the county. They
were either ulpped up, tied up, OF the
wheels OF progress blocked half the
time OF questions and situations so
simple thai boys in the audience would
smile with glee.
The surprising thing is that they
finally put up as good a ticket on the
whol as Jlley did.
The first blood of the convention was
drawn over the adoption of the plat
form The convention Swallowed
everything in it except the ,conlmenda-
ble silver plank There was a strong
kick against that, led by one Hammer
land, the lOng-whislered orator OF
EOneyVllle. He wanted the St. Louis
gold plank adopted instead. Said this
silver plank would cut the Republicans
OF this county OF from the national Re-
publican party Secretary Cleveland.
like his namesake at Buzzard's Bay.
was for gold. Their talk was warmly
applauded.
As the gold plank substitute was
about TO be put TO the convention. nnf
one word having been uttered in favor
OF silver. Peter Lowe, of Willard,
jumped 10 his feet and roundly fiayed
the locad Republicans for their luke
warmness on the silver question He
cited how each year in that very room
they had declared for silver; how we
had charged the Democrats with favor
ing England and now that same Charge
Is coming home to rooSt Judge
Coon os also talked for silver
Then Tom Wand, of Goose creek
vicinity. the wild man from the west,
IeaqJed 10 his feet, toothpick in mouth,
anu made a rafting good speech for
silver and Repu baican independence,
winning up with a. loud wnoop for
Bryan"
A. ]. Google, OF Corinne, and Hyrum
Jensen, OF CodlinSton, were for the st.
Louis plank and The dropping OF the
hateful l6 TO / clause. b. H. Jones. of
Brigham, talked harmony.
But 1T was left to ]. p. Holmgren, a
small Republican potato from Bear
River city, 10 let The Republican cat
out OF the bag. Amid groans from Re
publicans and laughs from Democrats
he declared That the Democrats are
tricky and we must fight them with
tricks, SO he said let's adopt this silver
plank; it VIII catch votes; but we can
go and vote for Mckinley just the
same.
This speech SO pleased the convention
tnaf at its conclusion there were loud
cries for a. vote. So che vive voce vote
was taken, some voting for gold, but
most for their silver plank which reads
as follows:
ION the silver issue we declare our
selves TO be in favor of a diStSnctively
American financial system. We are
unaste rably opposed to the single gold
su9ndard and demand the immediate
return To the constitutional standard
of gold and silver by the restoration
by this government, Independently of
any foreign power, of the unrestricted
coinage of both gold and silver into
standard money at the ratio of is to l,
and upon terms Of exact equality as
they existed prior to 1873: the silver
cu.n 70 be a ful4 legal tender equally
with gold for all debts and dues, public
ana private and we favor such legisla-
ton as wiaa prevent for the future the
decentralization of amy kind of legal
tender money by private contract"
1nas question disposed OF, they then
began Jangling over how TO vote for
candidates.
The chairman suggested that nomi-
mating speeches be limited to two and
a half minutes. At this a parliament-
arian jumped up and seconded the mo-
ton" To quiet down the laugh that
followed. JONI, Merrill calmly arose and
''nn1ioned' that the time he limited,
e-e.
The nomination of surveyor was the
first in order r. c. Fryer nominated
Il. -. Page of Brigham City He was
chosen by reclamation.
This quick and easy way of dispos-
ing Of matters so elaIed one young
sprout of a delegate that he thereupon
hoped up and wanted ''all nominations
to be made by exclamation"
Here came a great mix-up on a mo-
ton and its numerous amendments and
several original motions combined,
which consumed a great deaf of time.
The Office of attorney came next.
Hans Larsen nominated B. II. Jones
of Brigham and the nomination was
made unanimous.
Judge Coombs' friends were wonder
ing where he was an, but no mention
was made Of his name for the Office.
County commissioners came next.
Hyrum Jensen nominated P. c. jensen.
ST., of Martina; A. ZeTldai nominated
Alfred Ward OF Willard; Thomas Wand
nominated William Holt of Clear Creek:
A. ]. Google nominated r. C. Fryer of
Deweyville; Plymouth Zandil nominat-
ed c. w. Richards Of Plymouth; Hans
Larsen nominated James Nielsen, ST.,
of Three Mile Creek.
They balloted and talked and balloted
and tangled, for a long time; the re-
suit being the nomination of Il. c.
Fryer, James Nielsen. ST., and William
Holt.
For assessor, Mrs. Sophia Kicks nam
ed Hans Keller Of Manrua: Bishop A. !