The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-10
nan. and Hopkins OF Summit got the

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floor.
Il made arrangements with the SER
/ geant-at-arrns.''i he began, ito make a
/ speech for me. es 1 feel unable 10 do it
IN such an interesting manner as he is
capable Of. but I'll try my level best
l Mr. Hopkins then went on TO speak
I OF the many good.quaiities of mis- man.
VINO was q man. and wound up by
] naming Alma Eldredse of Coalvilie, "a
man who can go on the stump and
make things hum
THOMAS NAMES SALISBURY.
Arthur Thomas said a strong man
was needed 10 carry salt Lake county.
and ne had discovered such an individ-
ual in the person of O. ]. Salisbury
CLARK of Sewer seconded EldreGge,
and Salisbury got a similar compliment
from Box Elder.
JOHN E. BOOTH.
Lindsay Rogers got in good word
for Salisbury.
Then UP, rose Jones Of Utah and de-.
clared that he had been highly edited
by the patriotic oratory. He had a
''self-nade3 man, man who voted for
Lincoln: who didn't mind splitting rails
if necessary. Such man was John; Z.
Booth.
Don't make the mistake that was
made 1900 years ago. when people
thought nothing great could come out
of a hay now. = he closed, and the con-
vention hail resourded with laughter,
Jake Gresrewa1G said in behalfO of the
banner Republican precinct of Salt
Lake City she took great pleasure in
seconding Saiisbury's nomination.
Mrs. GaTnbie-of Weber said; After
looking over the field I can see no bet
ter material to put on the market than
o. j. Salisbury"
Judge Foreman of Ogden thought
alt Lake. had enough .honors. I'VE
ought 10 go outside apd nominate that
grand old man, John T. Eeoth.'
Wiley Brown OF Salt Lake surprised
the convention by seconding the name
of Eldredge. who was '.as sound on sill
yer as on protection"
Reed iSnoot tof Provo wanted Booth.
while Spry of iTooele was in favor of
Eldredse.
J. A. Wright of Weber was in favor
of Booth because he was "a man with
out any precincts"
been a Republican until we got in
with Frank opposed Salisbury on the
ground that he was too rabid a silver
man. THE fight is between Eldredge
and Booth. salisbury will never come
back to the. Republican camp"
Things were now beginning to go
against o. j.. and his friends got the
nominations closed and the ballots pro-
ceeded with.
HOW SALISBURY WAS DEFEATED.
The whole number of votes cast was
ass, the number. necessary for choice
being 22S. On the first ballot Salisbury
led with 1S6 votes, 40 more than Ell
dredge. while Booth received only 123.
1t soon became apparent that the sheep
and wool men We're ready to carry out
an unholy compact with the support
ers of Judge Zane, who desired to have
the ticket balanced with a Mormon
candidate for congress, and with the
BOOTH contingent, who stood ready TO
throw their votes TO the wild horse of
the Wasatch'' in order to defeat Sails
bury if the Provo man could not win.
1T was another case of the COW counties
against the metropolis
One significant instance of the de- |
meanor of the anti-silyer delegates was
when. between the first and second bal /
lots, Delegate Thoreson of Cache arose
TO inquire if Mr.. Salisbury were not a
Democrat Chairman Brown ruled the I!
out of order because the mer-
it's of the candidates were not then de- !
batable. Thoreson sat down remarking !
that he had said all he wanted TO say.
but little later he shouted ''Vote for !
Salisbury is a Democrat" |
Probably because it is generally known |
that Salisbury is an ardent bimetal- I