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

Towering above the audience in the
dress circle was the form of Sam King
of Provo. His lips moved, but no man
heard sound in that demonstration.
His arm was extended and the chair
man caught his eye, but no one could
| be recognized in that crowd until quiet
| came. 1t was finally restored, and then
| Mr.. King was heard. He said: Mr..
| Chairman, no man could sit and listen
! to this demonstration in his favor with
| out feeling fiattered, but the honor and
/ honesty of William H. King are at
stake in this matter. In all honesty
and firmness he has told his friends he
will not be a candidate for renomina-
| ton at the hands of this convention.
Those friends have made a canvass of
! the state, and they are here today be-
| fore the convention with delegations
| pledged to their support. BY reason
of this you should not attempt to nom
| mate Mr.. King or put him in the race.
! Great demonstration by all factions.)
1t would be ingratitude and an injus-
tice to him, and a disgrace. Nominate
any man you choose, and relegate him
TO the ranks, and his labors, his influ-
ence, his purse and his time will be at
| the disposal of the Democratic party,
| but do not disgrace him. l ask you to
withdraw his name, because, take ii,
if he is nominated, he would not ac
cept.
THE SECONDS.
Mat Thomas seconded the nomination
of 3. H. Roberts. Mat made an ad-
dress which set the convention on flre.
He declared that the young men OF
Utah looked upon Mr.. Roberts as the
man of their choice and had looked for
ward to the time when they could sup
port him for congress. The statement
that he is the candidate of an ambition,
Mr. Thomas branded IS untrue, for ne
is not but is the candidate of the peo-
pie who want him and will have him.
He denounced the scheme to foiSt King
upon the convention as base 1ngrau-
tude, being an act calculated to center
the opposition of the friends OF one
man to beat another
Seaman of Weber asked Sam King II
any man in Utah was greater than his
party and provoked another demonstra-
ton at the hands of the men who want
ed to see Mr.. King selected
Holt of Box Elder said his county
came down and laid its allegiance at
the feet of B. H. Roberts, who was the
choice of the delegation. He was the
peerless leader of the Democratic
party and they wanted him elected.
Seegmiller of Sewer declared his lit
tie county had come up from the south
to endorse all that can be said of B. II.
Roberts. We lay 13 votes at his feet.
One delegate has g favorite, and we
have no quarrel with him, but we are
for Roberts.
Barnes of Davis said the motto of
the old Peoples party, to which he had
belonged, had been for 20 years, Let
the office seek the man." and the Lib
eFal party had also adopted the same.
If that was good in the past, it is good
now, and he endorsed the candidacy of
William H. King. This provoked an
other outbreak of applause.
Holt of Salt Lake seconded the name
of B. H. Roberts and declared the con-
spiracy to foist the name of King on
the convention was but scheme to
beat Roberts. He contended if King
was nominated he would resign. Cries
of mo, no. greeted this statement.
Clark of Utah denied this, said King
was a gentleman and a Democrat and
a man he respected and loved.
The King forces cheered this remark
vigorously, but the Roberts crowd had
a chance the next moment, for Clark
endorsed the candidacy of their favor
lite.
Judge Powers at this point moved
minutes and it carried, but bless you,
that convention paid no further atten-
ton to the order.
Porter of Davis declared his county
had another voice than that heard here,
and he endorsed the nomination of B.
II. Roberts. He knew him behind the
curtain of public life and knew he is
a worthy man.
McCuiston of Juab wanted the num-
Der of seconding speeches limited to
two for teach candidate, but the con-
vention was not in that mood.
DALE NAMES FISHER HARRIS.
w. H. Dale arose to nominate Fisher
S. Harris. He said it would be pre-
sumption on his part to attempt to en-
ter the oratorical contest participated
in by so many men of worth and learn
ing. but he had a candidate whose