The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-07
Republican Convention Will Not Be
Held Tomorrow.
GOES OVER UNTIL FRIDAY
BOOTH AND ZANE WILL SURELY
BE NOMINATED.
But Fight Is Expected On the
Adoption of Financial Plank
Lady Candidates For the House
Other Political News and Gossip.

On account of the funeral of the late
President Woodruff occurring tomorrow.
! the same date selected by the Republicans
for their state convention, it has been
decided to postpone the latter until one
day later, when the delegates will as
semble in the Grand Opera house in this
city. The following was. issued last even-
ing by the chairman of the state COM
mittee:
by reason of the death of that great
and good man, President Milford Wood
ruff. whose name and influence are so
closely identified with the history and de-
velopment of Utah, and whose sudden
demise has thrilled with sorrow the citi-
zenS of the entire state, the Republican
state conventions, which was called to
meet at the Salt Lake theatre on Thurs
day. Sept. 8, 1898, at IL a. m, is hereby
viii in nf the and opera house a the
city at 10 a. m. The heartfelt sympathy
of the Republican party is hereby extend
ed to the family and relatives of President
Woodruff in this their hour of affection,
as well as to the great body of Mormon
people. of which he was an honored and
devoted head By order of the Republi-
can state executive committee.
WESLEY X. WALTON,
Chairman.
JULIA A. FARNSWORTH, Secretary.
This action of the state committee will
give the newspaper men of the city ample
opportunity for work on Friday, as there
will be two conventions held on that date,
publican.
There will be no trouble in the state
convention of the Republican party over
the selection of candidates for congress
and the supreme court The slate will go
through. Booth and Zane will be selected
without opposition.
But there is going TO be some fun when
the platform matter comes up for action.
One of the Mckinley Republicans who has
been elected a delegate to the convention
told q Herald man yesterday they feared
mi .ralr
tons got to work A poll of the delega-
tons has been made and the Mckinley
men find they have majority. That is
to say, those who voted for Mckinley
for president are in the majority slightly.
They favor a plank declaring for silver.
but endorsing the administration. while
Bryan, who have been silver Republicans,
want an emphatic expression on the silver
question. a 16 to expression.
We are in favor of declaring for sill
ver," said the delegate YESTERDAY ''but
when it comes to a plank declaring for
the free coinage of the same. virtually
making a Chicago platform plank out of
the declaration. then we are going to
fight And that is where we fear trouble.
While we have strength enough to carry
the plan we propose. if every mar. votes
right. there are several of the straightouts
who will vote for harmony and may be
willing to conciliate the silver men by
making concessions. But if we stand to-
gether we will be all right, and what we
propose to, do is to endorse the admin
istration of President Mckinley and en-
dorse it as it should be endorsed. You
can look for a whole lot of fun, if the sill
yer men attempt to run things. They
have got to stand hitched until we see if
they are all right and with u.s.
1t is understood that the speech which
will place in nomination for congress John
z. Booth of Provo viii be made by John
c. Graham who is postmaster and former
editor of the Enquirer. 1t will be seconded
by Lindsay Rogers of Ogden. Then B. F.
Jones of Box EIdeDocOunty Will add q
few words. and the delegates from San
pete will follow in a few touching re-
marks.
has not as yet been decided upon but his
name will be placed before the convention
all right enough. There will be but one
ballot, or rather the rules will be sus-
pended in each case and the candidate
selected by acclamation.