Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-10-13

rraronAnY onoANIzArIoN.
Secretary Hammond Chosen Chairman
and Makes sa Anti Democratic speech.

TEMPORARY ORGANIZATION.
Secretary Hammond chosen Chairman
and Makes sa Anti-Deuiocratlc speech.
The convention wna called 10 order
hy city Chairman EiChuor. who named
Secretary ~ state Hammond ae the
conventions TEMPORARY presiding oiil-
cor. and George y. Lawrence and Miaa
Susie Harper no temporary and nHalst.
ant Temporary secretary respectively.
Mr. Hammond stepped 60 the front %
the stage and was received with a
warm round of applause. Ia " few
we'll chosen words he thanked the con-
ventlOn for the privilege of preceding
over 10, and congratulated the Rcpuh-
lican party Tor ita accomplishments
and the era Of good times which he said
u had inauHuratcd. lie declared the
people Of the United States were now
cnloyins the fruits of Republican poll
cy and Administrations that tho cm-
ploycd OF the land were receiving high
or wages than Tor years past. that tho
same happy condition obtained at
home. and according 90 the newspapers
Important public improvements and
buildings had 10 BE- deferred on 0ccount
OF tho ecarcity of labor Employee no
longer have 10 40 10 their employers and
bid Tor work. but their employers are
compelled TO come To- them ana do the
bidding, tApplauacj
All thin wa on account OF the Re-
publican supremacy. aud he was - tho
nplninOn that the people wanted no re-
turn 10 Democratic days.
AZ 10 tho war with spain the .poakcr
said that roon after President Mckinley
assumed the relnr 81 government. Il
wna necessary. 10 the lniercaN u hu-
manity, Tor the United States 10 Eo 10
war. Rules OF war were promulgated
that were In advance % and superior
TO anything els OF the kind oXer put
IN force. The general conduct Of war.
too, both upon the battle field and IN
tho FIELDS 81 diplomacy. were ~ skill
nil and wise as 90 place the United
States on higher scale among the
family OF nntionn than any heretofore
occupied by Il. II save Americans nd-
ditlonal reason Tor being proud of be-
INK citizens Of thia great government.
A. ~ Utah, the epeakcr was proud
81 the patriotic fcrvor of hof soldier
hoye who had achieved such fame while
nfhting the inouicl 81 freedom. Their
vnlor had been sa marked ne to cail out
tho commcndntion OF the regular army
officers under whom they served nn
we'll az OF the President ~ the United
states himself NApplauac)
Il was the duty Of the Republican
convention 60 remember some ~ utnh'H
citlEen soldiers, who had brought fame
10 the State by unminatluf them 90
onlce, " any should present Themselves
for nomination tApplnuHul ~ would
also be- the high duty on the licpuhu-
can candidate when elected 20 gre Z"
u that these self-Hamu mon were ne
membcred IN tho distribution OF patron
axe. QloncWrd npplauHcl The Demo-
cracy was worried. No wonderi FOR
circumstances favored the Republicans,
Immediately after tho war the pemn-
Gratis commenced looking around for
a candidate Tor President ~ the United
states and sent secret envoy 10 Ma
Mia Bay 20 induce Admiral Dewey 90
become itH standard bearer hut the
old war horse told them that Dc was
not IN aympathy with thcu, that a.
was not Domoorat-but that he wua
a Republican. Then they went after
Admiral schlcy and tried 90 work the
saiAo game and with the same insults
Then they looked over tho whole lirt
OF distinguished officers ana soldiers
and found that thuy were ull lA"puhN-
cana smurting under their dishpnnint-
ment, Democrat Ike, they declared tho
war 70 DO a failure.
Two years ago when there wcrc evil
dencos OF returning prosperity the
Democrats denied that the wave of
good times was coming, But u came,
nevertheless, ana now they are Kept
busy explaining how lt came.
Coming down 10 local conditions
the speaker continued. THE Democrats
are also worried. A year ngo they he'd
false idea that % was necessary for
them to vote the Democratic ticket lu
order 60 get "a United states senator
who was silver man But whut dll
they do9 when they got together they
simply tried 60 elect the man who had
put up the most money Tor cunpnlgn
expenses. when Democrats arc asked
when away from home why they have
hut one senator II appears Co me that
II Will be rather embarrassing To- them
60 give the facts
n was highly incumbent upon the Re
puhllcnna 10 select @ good rcprCHentiyc
uckot-ono that could defcnt the Demo
cratic party OF this city. which WINS no
busy hustlinR places ua 90 Doe neglectful
~ duty. Besides that 10 had taken
Htcps that had endangered the water
ayatem OF this city and ahould be
checkmntod IN ~ EFFORTS,
After the following committees had
been appointed on motion ~ Farley r.
Christensen the convention took "a roe
cess until $3.50.
Credentlnls-A l.. Inmlln; Henry
Heath, A. 8. Gcddo7, Johu n, Lynch
and Aiyiraa ~ Snow.
Permanent Organization and order of
nnainesH-A, NJ, purkor ~ H. EyauH
Stanley n. Price, Frank Hoffman and
j. y. Dooly
Platform and Rev0luuons-D IT,
Walker. Colonel William Nelson NJ. q.
frauuef 10 a Wins and Frank Knox