The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-27
Juab County Republicans Had a
Convention Row.
THE M'KINLEYITES RUN IT
MAMMOTH DELEGATES BUCKED
A BRACE GAME.
Scandalous Trading and Wirework-
ing By the Goldbug Managers of
the Party Weakened the Ticket
and Sowed the Seeds of Dissension
Among the Reunited Republicans.
Especial to The Herald1

! Nephi, Sept. 26.-The Republican
county convention met in the district
court room here at IL o'clock this morn
ing. The attendance was meagre, not
more than a dozen seats being taken
in the body of the hall As was pre-
dicted in The Herald, the Mckinley
forces captured the convention and
temporarily organized by electing ]. 2.
Driscoll, the Arthur Brown postmaster
at Eureka, chairman, and Herbert Bur-
ton of this city, secretary. The various
committees were appointed and a re-
cess taken until 1870. During the inter
val there was large amount of eau
cuSlng and button-holing, and it ap-
peared difficult for the conflicting inter
eStS-Sheep and mining-to harmOniZe.
The Tintic delegation, although weak in
personnel, made a stubborn fight for
their side, and tried hard to keep the
MckinleyiteS from committing hari-
kari, but it was useless. The goldbug
sentiment was so pronounced that the
persuasive Captain Bridges and the log
zeal Driscoil We're unable to meet the
fOrceful arguments of JOudge Stout
and his wool-lined allies from this side
of the divide.
The delegates did not get together un-
til 3 O'Clock, and the work of the con-
vention from then on was simplified by
the slate prepared by the joint caucus
being sustained.
MAMMOTH DELEGATES BOLT.
During the caucus discussion, which
was redhot for three hours, personali-
ties were thrown around promiScuously
and it became so torrid that when they
reached the name. for recorder, Nam
moth, who had a candidate for the Of
flee in the person of George Whitaker,
was so suddenly and heavily sat down
upon that the delegation from that
thriving camp took up their threats and
bolted the convention in a body and
left for their homes.
The various committees reported in a
perfunctory way.
The resolutions were in the main a
rehash of what has been so oft repeated
at recent Republican conventions that
they have become stale, lauding McKin-
ley and his administration, adding only
a clause in favor of a high bounty for
the destruction of coyotes and other
animals to be paid by the
taxpayers, and denOuncing the law re-
quiring the mining records to be de-
posted at the county seat.
NOMINATIONS.
When nominations were called, Dele |
gate Mix nominated William Hatfield |
or Eureka and Salt Lake CITY Tor rep |
as prearranged. There was !
no opposition, and Hatfield went !
through with a whoop. The same was |
done with w. c. Ockey of Nephi, N. w. !
EllertOn of Mona and w. F. Shriver of |
Eureka, for county commissioners. A.
A. Wilson of Eureka was nominated |
for county clerk without opposition. as
was also Mayor E. r. Booth, the Nc
kinley champion of Nephi. for treas
Irer. Then John Cooper briefly alleged
hat sympathy charity and equal rights
required of this convention the nOmfna-
ion of a woman, and he named Mrs. J.
W. Cole, a dressmaker of Nephi, for re
,order. AS with the others, this met
with no opposition, neither did the
magic name of 7. L. Foote of Nephi for
attorney, A. l.. Jackman of Levan for
assessor and President Stillman of Eu-
'eka for sheriff; and the job was COM
)leted
The ticket is weak from top to bot
ON, and with one or two exceptions,
will not poll the party strength. Two
birds of the nominees were pronounced
supporters two years ago and
wo are sheepmen.