The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-09-28

/ Chairman Hon. Joseph L Rawlins-
Yice-Chairmen-Dr. Matte H. Cam
non, Mrs. Margaret Game.
7 Secretary-John L Hansen.
/ Assistaats-Josaph Cohen, John
! Montgomery, jr.
! Chaplain-Jame5 W. IRE.
! SeTgeant-a t-arms-Hush Watson.
/ decentralization Gillespie, D. l.
The order Of nomination was fixed as
/ follows:
/ Mayer
?. Recorder.
( 9. Attorney.
T. Treasurer.
3 Auditor
6. Police Justice.
When the reading of the report was
/ completed, Delegate Rich of the Third,
! inquired if Mr.. Rawlins was delegate
! or a proxy.
No reply was vcuchsafed to this in
/ quiry. but the convention manifested
some signs of disapproyal at Ny. Fich's
/ action.
B. 7. Lloyd. of the Third. arose and
said it might be unpopular to express
ones opinion in the convention, but
I he wished to protest against going out
| side the convention for the selection
/ of a chairman.
/ s. A Kenner supported the position
say he did not personally admire Nj.
/ Rawlins as past events had demon
! strated- But this action was unprece-
/ dented and he felt constrained TO vote
I against the report for this reason alone.
/ Mr.. Lloyd receded from his position
as it was immediately learned that
! Mr.. Rawlins was a member of the con-
vention.
The report was adopted.
! Ntessrs. b. w. Wilson and James Fl.
! Moyle and Mrs. e. X. La Barthe were
| selected as a committee to escort the
chairman TO the stage.
SENATOR RAWLINS' ADDRESS.
! Senator Rawlins was introduced by
the retiring chairman, and burst of
I applause greeted him as he appeared
! He began by expressing his thanks for
! the unexpected honor of presiding over
| the body. Delegates came here, he
| said, IN obedience with the method of
! government which has prevailed for
more than 100 years; you came in
! obedience to the sovereign viii of the
people. There has of late beer a de-
! parture from this system. bat It is to
| the credit of the Democratic party that
! il first prapGgated and later upheld this
great principle.
! When under the government across
the sea, the people were allowed to
choose their own municipal officers
| and that is the seed which has since
evolved into the splendid popular free
! dom OF today. The people of the
United States have got along well
enough under that system, and tllis is
( too late in the day to institute a
change.
: II is true that some men are rot so
good as other men and some men are
! net SO bad as other men; so it is with
! parties. The people have a right to ex-
! pect good government and should al
! ways manifest a deep interest in the
! proper government of the city. We
! should strive to make the party better
! and more worthy the confidence of all
! the people. This should te accom-
plished by the selection of the most
suitable men in the party for the suff-
! RACES Of the people.
The millennium is not here The lamb
and the lien cannot yet lie down to-
! sether. There is not such a thing as
/ non-p partisan. unless he is a nom
entity. applause and laughter) a
man who is deeply interested in the
! government cannot be a non-partiSan
He viii stand upon one side, right or
wrong, and must do hattie for the
| cause If he is instrumental in the
! selection of men for the suffrages of
I the people. he must endeaVor 10 make
| those candidates successful at the polls
and in so doing must antasonize the
men to whom others are antagonistic
Therefore he is necessarily a par
uzan (applause.) Everyone of sincere
Econviction must be a partizail. He
/ IUuSt he a Democrat or a Republican
/ n il lla is not he must be a partizan
lighting against both parties.
The gentlemen who have been in
StTUlnental in Racing what is called
tAe r0n-partiZan reform ticket in the
( ED are not non-partizans. because
/ they are men of convictions. 1t wCllld
! e too harsh a criticism to say that
tney arc nom partizans. (Applause). If
hey differ from you then your desires
and purposes viii suffer defeat. For
myself, [ stand for the principles of
The Democratic party, locally and ma
( tionaIIy. These principles cannot be
EiVen uD. They concern the future
! Nelfare Of the people Of this city. l
/ 2anr3t far one moment cast my lot
yith the nNn-Darti2an movement or
lily cause that will thwart TIE pur-
ooges or defeat the success Of the great
'eTroeratic party [Applause). We can
Save no pickerinSs or divisions or
petit politics in these affairs. The hest
zen must be selected. No man is per-
set Of course. Those VINO have
>chieVed perfection have become too
Dad for this age. They have either
eft Us by death or have gone from
g ny translation. Qaughter). A man
who assumes to become a refofmeT
@ecorues pharasotcal and prctentious
were better for others to apply that
'er;n to him. when his gifts have en-
titled him to be thus accredited. Men
como With sinister purposes. but backed
/ w.ch eUPhOue0uS names and platitudes
eb0ut freedom. ] 90 net aseribe this
II the reformeTs, but there are those
mo stand in places which their past
history does not eTtltle them to main
tain.
Senator Rawlins then referred to the
immediate affairs to be considered by
the convention, and recommended that
hey give consideration TO the best
interests of the city. The conditions
called for an economical administra-
t'3n. a reduction in the burdens OF
-a1ctioa; for an easier road on which
the men and women of this NUM-
the path of progress should be taken
away and ii should be made easy and
cheap for people to come here and live
among the citizens of Salt Lake.
"Y2u want an honest and true man
in TIE mayors office" he continued
You should not consider the advance
ment of the ambition of any particular
Individual but your aim should be to
make the principles of Democracy
triumphant"
The other officers then took their
places and Chaplain James Ure offered
an invocation.
Hon. A Z. Hyde. chairman of the
committee on platform and resolu-
tons made the report of the commit
tee on resolutions as follows:
1or r-v,OpNT