The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-10-10

time in which TO formulate reports. The
committee on organization reported
very promptly. 1t recommended that
the temporary organization be made
permanent. and that the first thing
done be the adoption of the report of
the committee on credentials The re-
port was adopted unanimously, and as
the credentials committee seemed TO
be hung up for an indefinite period,
there were calls for q speech from Mr..
Dunbar.
Made Ringing Speech.
The county clerk responded with one
of the soundest Democratic talks that
has Weakened the echoes in the Third
for long time. He started out by say
ing that he had come to the conven-
ton expecting to spend but a short time
there Being a cripple. he contin-
I ued, smilingly, II didn't know whether
crowd of fighters.
Il come here by sufferance of a gen.
tIeman who was elected delegate,
and my only purpose is TO do favor
for friend and a Democrat whose
name is TO be presented here tonight. l
am here on stills. so to speak. The
Democratic party, as represented by
those present here can afford to dis
cusS the questions before us fairly and
do what is right. / believe You will
| do what is right, and then, regardless
| of who it hurts, stand by it.
They call us scrappers down here,
| but somehow or other in spite of all
! our scraps, the old Third always gets
! there with both feet at the polls. l like
| to see activity in politics, and 1 IND
! it here. We always manage 10 get a
! good ticket, and then we stand by it.
Here Mr.. Dunbar spoke in terms os
highest praise of the councilmen who
have represented the precinct. He said
they had always done their full duty,
and he was glad to be able to say so
with truth In nominating candidates
for the council, he declared that TWO
vital principles must be considered.
The first was the fitness of the man
to hold the Office and the second his
abilities as a candidate for that office.
He did not think it was invariably
true that a good candidate made
good officer. but it was nearly always
the case. Neither was it always true
that man who would make a good
officer made a good candidate.
Should Combine Both.
The aim of the convention should be,
he thought, to combine both requisites
in their candidates. THE Democratic
party is in shape today" the speaker
continued, ito go before the people
city administration is a mixed up af-
fair. No one is ready to claim the
glory of it or share the opprobrium, if
there be any.
Il want to say, though, that the men
who were elected as straight Demo-
Gratis have made records of which they
and their constituents may we'll be
proud. Every one of them has done
his full duty and done it well. Now,
some important things are to come be-
fore the next city administration.
I'VE shall have bonds to issue, $780,,
600 worth of them. We want to see to
it that the Republican party is not al
lowed to fasten gold bonds on this mu-
nicipality." In this connection Mr..
Dunbar praised the councilmen from
the Third for their stand in favor of
a lawful money clause in the last issue
of bonds. Another thing he gave his
attention to was the principle of en-
ploying home laborers on municipal
work. This, he said. was one of the
cardinal principles of Democracy. and
had never been practiced by Republl-
can administrations.
Mr.. Dunbar's speech was literally
sprinkled with enthusiastic applause.
Several times he was forced to stop for
half a minute while the big crowd
cheered his utteranceS. After he had
finished, Ben T. Lloyd was called on.
Mr.. Lloyd made ringing appeal to
the Democrats to stand together He
paid particular attention to the fact
that no Democrat is bigger than his
party, and that if the party called on |
any of them it was their duty to re-
Spond willingly and cheerfully. He |
said that the big men of the party paid |
too little attention TO its workings, and |
that they should look after them more !
closely.
Report On Credentials.
Just as Mr.. Lloyd was getting well |
warmed up to his subject, the commit |
tee on credentials announced its readi- |
ness to report. This brought the meet !
ing to a point where it looked like bust |
ness. Two hours had been spent in
waiting on the committee, and a sigh |
of relief went up when the report was |
announced.
The committee recommended that the |
Sleater delegation from the Thirtieth !
be seated and that all other delegates !
whose names had been published in The |
Herald be accorded seats. The report |
was adopted, the negatives being few
and scattering.
A prayer by William Ridd. who was
chaplain of the lower house in the last
followed. Mr.. Ridd prayed
that harmony might prevail and that
good men might be selected. The cleo i
ton of a precinct campaign committee
was next in order. Those chosen were
as follows:
Twenty-seven, Joseph Fowler, Will
liam Barber; Twenty-eight, ]. Bull,
jr., j. Dahlquist; Twenty nine, r. S.
Sleater, Andrew Petersen; Thirty,
George Pugsley, H. D. Sleater; Thirty
one, Thomas Matthews, Mrs q. C.
Reiser; Thirty-two. James Earnshaw.
William POLAND; Thirty-three, r. p
Morris, Brigham Haslam; Thirty-four
P. Pugsley, jr., A. B. Margetts; Thirty
five Henry Coburn. John Haslam;
Edward Brook, James Sta
cey.
Nominations Called For.
1t was 1915 when nominations for
were called for. S. NJ. Bar
low had been appointed assistant sec
rotary and the speeches were limited
10 two minutes each.
Nominations were made in the fol-
lowing order. each speaker paying a
handsome tribute to his candidate:
Joseph Anderson, by John L. Nebelzer;
F. S. Fernstrom. by d. c. Dunbar; Ed
win e. Rich, by w. j. Smith: Charles
Howe, by Q. w. Moyle; Thomas Mat
thews, by George Green; S. NJ Barlow,
by Ben Johnson. Other nominations
were John B. Reid and Ed H. Davis
The roll call was ordered after a few
minutes of caucusing, and the first
ballot resulted: Fernstrom, 60; Bar
low, "A; Rich, AZ; Anderson, 4; Howe,
49,; Matthews, 16; Davis, Is; Reid, Sc.
choice, so. Mr.. Fernstrom was de-
elared nominated and while his friends
held an impromptu jollifcation meet
ng another ballot was ordered