Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-10-14

Got the Sominatlon by Acclamstion e.
George A. Smiths speech.

seerge A. smiths speech.
After enthusiastically adopting tho
report Of the committee on platform and
revolutions Chairman Hammond an.
nounced that nominations for Mayor
were IN order. As soon M Mr.. George
y. smith could secure recognition he
namcd Ezra Thompson. who was chosen
By exclamation.
II have the honor today 10 be In
your midst and present for your con.
nideratlon the name Of the candidate
ior the high ONCE Of Mayor Of salt
Lake city.
I'VE have met and have heard read
the good feeling Of the Republican par
" townru this city. We are assembled
teEether, I trust, with no partisan fcei-
inE existing between us ne a party
trust that any bitterness that may have
existed ~ the past between ua ne a par-
" has been entirely put aside. I trust
that the dclcHntcs who are present to-
day have come here with the purpose
N view 10 nominate ticket that shall
De an honor 10 the Republican party
and that will be elected In November.
we should hc confederate Of the
man thnt " TO 20 at the head of our
ticket II IL not our purpose today to
take any chances In the election that IL
To come. The enemy. the Democratic
party, have met and nominated their
Ticket. They have placed upon that
hNh'A mus names ihht VIII ufuW TO
them VOTES, II should be our purpose
not to overlook any opportunity that We
nave at the present time but we should
nominate ~ the leading firurc upon
the Republican ticket man FOR whom
viii.
'rhe man whose name dealre To
present before you this afternoon for
your suffrage ~ well known 20 you all.
lie was born In Salt Lake city. he has
lived here all his life. lie has lived here
sufficiently long that almost every tree
that IL growing today was planted since
he WIS frHt here. He has seen the IT.
rigntion system established In this
country that has changed II from
desert ana made Il 20 blossom as the
rose, He has seen the homes that In
his childhood were mere dwellings OF
adobe grow to mansions Of brick and
stone, and he N still In his prime. lie
has seen the business ~ salt Lake city
grow from the time Il was In It's In
thncy until We rank any city Of double
our population In this whole western
country, Appluse) lie has been alive
20 the conditions that have existed dur
ing all his time. He IL a man OF stcr-
ling ability. he was born In poverty
and ohacurlty, but, by the manhood he
maintains he has howu hla way
through this world and today he ranks
among the foremost OF our citizens.
ii' mas interests IN THIS State that
are very large, He has been president
during his lifetime Of two OF the lnrg-
est mining companies In the State 1.-The
silver King and the paly-WcsO. lie II
Today "a large prongrty-holder In Salt
Lake city. lie ~ one u those who goes
out day by day and laborH with hts
money 20 carry our city onward and
upward. He IL a man Of means. and he
has pledged himself that Il he receives
the nomination from the Republicans
that he viii do his best to be elected,
aud II elected he will not devote one
day, or one week. or a portion OF his
time 60 that Office. but he Will devote
all the time that he has 10 the carrying
ON Of the high ofico.
Il think We need man al the pres
ent time. with the complex condition
Of our city government. who will have
the backbone and the manhood Go
stand out untrammcled ana set going
some OF the things that are required 10
bring about "a reformation In the city
government The man refer 10 In un-
der obligations 10 no one. He IN "A
member OF no organization, religious or
social. lie has not held an Office before.
save as a member Of the city Council,
to which he was reelected.
y desire TO say that the man whom
shall nominate has within him the pow
er and the strength when the day OF
election shall roll around. I have the
honor to present to you the name OF
Ezra Thompson"