The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-15

TEMPORARY CHAT
the other business of the convention,
when Delegate Jones of Weber, the
! Jones who is in our midst all day and
sleeps in ogden at night, arose and di-
rected attention to the fact that as yet
the resolutions had not been finally
adopted.
AS TO THE WAR.
A motion to adopt the resolutions
was cut off by Delegate Kellogg of
Utah, who wanted them read seriatim.
| He said there was sentence in the
same declaring that the members of the
administration were as bad as the
! Spaniards and he could not support
the same unless that was changed.
For" said MIR. Kellogg, Il believe
! there are some good men in the admin
istration and 1 do not want to censure
them unless they deserve il. While
willing to condemn those who were
guilty, he did not believe in making the
declaration at this time. If AlSer is
the guilty man condemn him. and if
| it is Mckinley or any other member,
be not sparing, but no charge has as
yet been proven"
tionable portion of the resolution as
follows: 1.-THE people of the United
States hold to a rigid account those
persons who may be found responsible
for this condition which discloses that
they were worse enemies to the coun-
try than those against whom our
brave soldiers and sailors were ready
to go forth and do battle
Judge Powers declared he would vote
for the resolution. Some one is respon-
sible for the condition, With ample
means at the command Of the admins
tratiOn it has starved the brave boys
to death. He wanted this passed so
that in future wars we would know at
least the brave n,en who go forth to
fight the battles of the country are not
to be starved. We were held reSpon-
Qaughter) and now the time has come
for the people to speak. This was sup
posed to have been a war for human
ity, but it has exhibited the grossest
inhumanity. Judge Powers sentiments
were greatly applauded.
ADOPTED.
Mr.. Kellogg insisted upon division
of the question as a matter of right and
being an action which any delegate
had the right to ask for. While all
have right to criticise the
administration, none have a right
to condemn it before hear
ing. Be specific and make charges
against some one. Do not condemn
the entire administration, which con-
tains some honest and true, although
misguided men.
But the convention was impatient
1t wanted no more delays on the reso-
lutions. Cries of vote" vote" were
heard all over tie hall. which the
chair was powerless to suppress. The
motion to adopt as amended by Mr.
Letcher was carried by a vast ma
jority. but few dissenting voices being
heard.
THE STATE COMMITTEE.
The next matter was the selection of
a state committee. Discussion began
right at the outset, which ended in the
matter being delayed. Mr.. Schroeder
asserted the order of business to be
wrong. as it was an inherent right of
the candidates to have something to
say concerning the matter. Several
people arose to speak. Langton of
Cache was among them. He wanted
the delegations filled up" This sug-
gestion provoked a great deal of laugh
ter. Motion after motion followed
eac!. other. but the subject was dis
posed of by motion of Mr.. Moyle to
pass the first order of business Aand
proceed to the nomination of a cahdi-
date for congress.
Judge Marshall. with a view to saw
ing time and eloquence, moved that all
nominating speeches be limited to
minutes. Hon. AquiIa Nebeker of Rich
amended by making the speeches ten
minutes, and the motion carried.
Then the preliminary battle began.
II. G. Whitney of this city wanted the
roll oe counties called for the nomina-
ton of candidates. After an amend
n'ent or two had been offered, the mo-
ton was lost. and the forces of Rob-
erts suffered a temporary setback, be-
cause. had the roll been called, it was
the intention to stampede the conven-
ton b. the voice of the smaller coun-
ties, before the larger ones could get
a chance.
MOYLE NOMINATES ROBERTS.
Hon., ]. H. Moyle arose to his feet
and presented the name of b. H. Rob-
erts. He was slow and deliberate, and
before he had begun it was seen he was
terribly in earnest. He created no en-
tbusiasm at the outset but before he
had progressed far the Roberts people
were shouting like mad. Mr.. Moyle's
remarks were as follows:
Mr.. Chairman and Fellow Delegates
1t is about 20 years ago, in attendingt
Our university, that I we'll remember
young man from the country, natur-
ally rather silent, but dignified, who
came there, to school. His classmates
soon discovered beneath that rough ex-
terror those latent powers that were
soon to mark him as one of natures
favored sons. He may not be a Web
ster, Calhoun or Clay, and his oratory
may not equal theirs. but with his
qualities Of mind, his hours OF study.
his vigorous constitution, he was able
to stay not only with us, but at the
ED of the year his more wealthy. ac-
complished and polished classmates as
piring to honors were passed by, and
he was selected as our class orator:
and then he made his first mark in the
world that clearly and distinctly indi-
Gated the great career that would raise
him from his lowly origin to the front
ranks among men and the peer Of any.