The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-16
Represents Utah in the Nation a |
Republican League.
OMAHA SELECTED
FOR NEXT MEETING
A FEW SENSATIONAL SCENES
DURING THE DAY.
Close of the Convention of the Ma
tional Republican Club League of
the United States Marked by
Scenes of Wild Observation-Disclosures
Pleas Made by Various Members.

Detroit, Mich, July 15.-There was lots
of talk among the Republican clEo
league delegates this morning about a
coming departure from the programme
of Crawford for president. Bowling for
secretary and Omaha for the next meet
ing place
Maryland men wanted the convention
to decline to ratify the action of the
committee on time and place. and select
Baltimore as the convention city. thus
giving the east show for league bene-
fits along with the west. As TO the sec
retaryshiD, the Michigan delegates had
started an active boom Tor Fred j.
Biakeley OF Detroit and the men from
Illinois were still in the field with Ora
E. Chaplin. of Chicago. for secretary.
Before the convention was called to
order the committee on credentials were
obliged TO mold a meeting TO consider
questions of proxies and changes made in
: the personnel of the delegates rom New
York and from Illinois. caused. il was
claimed, Dy the absence of some of the
delegates who had gone home
The new president. Mr.. Crawford.
ca.-ea the convention to order at IL
O'Clock.
A motion was passed directing that
copies of the plank in the platform
urging passage of a discriminating duty
act for the protection OF American snip
ping in the foreign trade. be sent to the
president vice-Dresident and members of
congress.
A resolution of thanks for and appre-
citation of the efficient services of Mr.
Woodmansee as president was adopted
unanimously. The citizens of Detroit
We're thanked for their bountiful enter
tainment.
our DENNIS WITH THEM.
The. list of vice-Dresidents was then
read as follows:
Pennsylvania. Mahlon D. Young: Ore
gon. II. NJ. Cake: Nebraska, w. p. Nc
Creary: Iowa John 5. McQuiston;
Indiana, J. W Egnew; Virginia. Samuel
Burrough; West Virginia, Stuart Reed;
Illinois, W. A. ROuenDerg; AIaDail4t,
Charles Henley: New Jersey. Thomas
McEwen; New York, John w. Totten;
Ohio, John w. EzeftOn; Tennessee +. l..
Case; Texas. J. E. Lutz; Vermont, H. 5.
Peck; Wyoming. F. +. Warren; Wis
consin, G E. Buell.; Louisiana. w. S.
Hero; Missouri. John l.. Gleason; Mis-
sisslppi. Joshua Stevens: Maryland. John
G. Friedel: Massachusetts, W. NJ. Crane;
Michigan. a +. Peake: Kansas. d. A.
Hook; Kentucky. William a. Donaldson;
3. f. Kimberly; Utah. Dennis c. Eichnor;
Georgia, ]. F. Hanson; Arkansas. \.
NJ. l\eliiott: Oklahoma. c. NJ Barnes;
California. L. G. Brow; New Mexico,
College League, j. E. Whitney, Illinois.
GREW SENSATIONAL.
When nominations for secretary were
called for, ". Z. Payne came forward
and presented the name of ora r.
Chaplin. of Chicago, in a vigorous and
somewhat sensational speech. He char
acterzed his candidate as a man earnest,
active. ca -lab5. .5Dre in heart ana .ui-
pose and for Mckinley from the begin
ming.
Chicago is rot asking for the con-
vention next year he said. the Chic
ago press is not asking for it, but there
are some men here. paid emissaries. VINO
want to make some money out of it, John
AZ. Tanner cannot place me under the
lash: he can remain. if he will the arch
enemy OF the Mckinley administration.
he can't lash me into line
Melville W Hayes. of Ohio. nominated
glowing speech. Ohio. he said. had
never swung her electoral vote IN benaif
of Democracy. He would present man
worthy and capable. who had no
enemies. always an interchangeable worker
for the league His manhood, he said.