The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-10-28
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orher side had nominated two good
tickets Good clean tickets. The non
partisans had nominated their ticket
and expected the people 10 ratify it, be-
cause ii Was good.
Judge Goodwin called attention to the
alleged fact that the Democrats had put
a slate through in their convention, and
wanted to prove it by the statement
that the Tribune had been able to call
the turn on the morning OF convention.
The crowd didn't appreciate this as
much as expected and Goodwin looked
disappointed.
The candidates on the non-p partisan
ticket were all good, clean Men aDe
had been here long time. They were
men who would not. like the present
administration. make the city hall an
incubator for Matching Democratic
eggs, which were sometimes snakes
and sometimes aIiisators.
Judge Goodwin said Denver was do
1ng the same thing, 50 WAS New York
Whenever there's a party government
IN a ciSy, there is always trouble.
The silver question made the speaker
tired. The silver question was agitated
long before some people heard OF it
This statement took the peoples breath
away but they finally recovered and
Judge Goodwin alluded TO the nominal
tlon OF Cleveland, ana passed from that
point TO the ST. Louis and Chicago CON
Venuons. The aliusion 10 William J.
Bryan brought applause from the gal
lerics. but the DIt and stage we're as
silent As a grave The pit and stage
didn't appreciate Bryan.
\ general condemnation of Demo-
cratic methods in relation to silver fol-
lowed. the eminent gentleman spend
ing q great deal of time in reviewing
John Sherman and Grover Cleveland.
VIII were eminent anti-silVer men. This
statement aSJounded the audience, SO
much so that the pit and stage ap-
plauded, while The galleries remained
silent. not being able TO comprehend
the depth OF the assertion.
II WAS desired, said the speaker, to
have the mayor and council in har
monY, so political committees could not
levy assessments on them for party
purposes They wanted a new deal an
around. Mccormick, Jack Mays bonds
man, applauded this statement Nigor-
OuSlY.
The Judge uointed to san Francisco
as a place where the non-paFtieans
vegetated very successfully, and scored
Fisher Harris for declaring against
-partisans The partisans have got
all the money there was to get under
present conditions. This statement pro-
Nohed another SIS 900 smile on the face
of AfcCorcick- lie WAS smiling sim
when Judge Goodwin quit and an
nouacee that the Reform Glee club
would sing. Mr.. s H. Hill whispered
something, md the judge said the Re-
form Glee club wouldn't sing, but the
band would play. The Reform Glee
club having failed TO materiaiize. The
band PLAYED.
JOHN CLARK.
The chairman then introduced Mr..
Clark. as the next mayor" The ap-
plauSe wasn't very terrific. but Robert
Patrick, Charles Ellis, T. Grant and
John @. Cannon and Wandering Willie
Hedges INDUCED in I hCe-COTnered
demo-stratio- to make up DEFICIENCIES
Mt. Clark said the campaign of the
reform committee was for educational
purposes. He believed the people We're
past grasplng tlletr ideas With more
time 10 pPe2cA il was not unlikely the7Y
would have an overwhelming majority
in November.
But What ne varied was to explain
the methods OF the committee ia con-
demn1d the claim tAaG u0n-partiSAnS
We're un-AnleTican ii their style anu
said that whether conventions were
AulEItOeAn GU IAIl- AI6N were Vel \ AA4
indeed and vastly inferior to the select
committee route for obtaining candi
dates.
What" CURED Mr. Clark. lis the
use of these Anlardcau methods DO
NOT follow chem il they lead 10 trouble
and lead your municipal affairs into
the conditions that they are in.
Primaries we're All right when they he
gan but it is che misuse Of primaries
that is VeSatious.
What is the difference" Mr. Clark
asked between men heing nominated
by a few bosses in a convention and
being put forward by a committee If
instead Of having conventions. the;peo-
pie had given the nominating power
10 a few men. The city council would
not be IN such q GisgTaceful condition
as IL IS now. People WOULD gain greatly
by Ielegating authority 10 a commit
tee. Great applause. But they viii
not do il. II is easy 10 SHOW the ad-
vantage OF our method over the other
whatever men may say about the
system being un-American-"
Ar Clark spoke in sad and thrill
ling tones of che way ward heeIers
and iobbers controlled conventions. He
mad not been much in politics. but he
had been panied to hear that men
traded votes il conventions, and made
rash promises and counter promises
without any idea Of keeping them.
What he wanted in the municipal
affairs WaS 4 staff Of men OF character
Men were wanted who would say mo-
qu@e emphatieally when men applied
for work when there Was none 10 be
given In this way the departments
would net he over-erowGed The
trouble was that men nominated in the
regular way would have 10 recognize