The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-02-25
CACHE REPUBLICANS.
Thrown Into a Panic By Goldbug
Resolution.
Special Correspondence

Logon. Feb. 2A-There was a mass
convention Of the Republican party of
this county held in the court house this
morning. 1t was marked By an unusu-
ally big turnout. there being slxty-hVe
persons present. including the report
ers, and for a Republican meeting OF
that sort, sixty-five is a large numD Der
to be present. The decree had Sone
forth that there was TO be no MONKEY
ing at the convention, and in obedience
to that order. the body concluded ITS
work in exactly thirty-siX minutes. TIE
delegates were selected haphazard from
all parts of the county with the re-
suit that Logan got het lion snare,
securing sixteen of the thlrJy-elSht
delegates. while Lewiston, Avon, Tren-
ton. Coveville, Benson, College ana
Sterling went unTepresented-
The gOld-bGg element made an Ell
Fort to put through a resolution en-
fOrsing the ST. Louis platform, but tel
Down on il, the leaders being AFRAID
to risk the making Of such an utter
snce. Joseph Knowles was chairman OF
he convention and J. c. Walters sec
-etary.
The delegates chosen are as follows;
-oseph Knowles, John Spande, j, g
Walters, oJseph Odell Robert Muir
lam II. THAN. W. W Vaughan, J. ID.
snowden. Fred Scholes, Thomas Muir,
-mer Crockett. William Irvine, NleiS
Carlson. J. W. Barrett, ali Of Logan
samuel Holt, Joseph Peterson and
Ivrum Hulse Of Melville.
Joseph a Smith and AdOlph Baer
William Hope and &. L Peart Of
Richmond.
Mrs. DR.. Boynton and James Meikle
IF Smithheld.
II. H. Peterson, ST., {. +. olsen and
SOren Hansen of Hyrum-
Fred Larsen and Mormon Bird Of
J. N. Larsen and J. n, Hansen Of
Newton
A. A. Law Of Paradise.
John A. Leatham and Joseph How
ell of Wellsville.
Isaac Jorgenseu of Hyde Park
William Cunningham of Peterboro.
These alternates were elected; y n
Thompson, George Godfrey Joseph
Tarbet, Joseph J. Richardson, William
Efduan. IT.. Mrs. Robert Murdoch,
George L,undauist, Norman G. Allen. o.
y. Beach. James Nelson, Peter Chris
Jensen and James K. Hansen.
Caused a Panic.
When the last alternate had been
named. T. \. ThOresOn startled the con-
vention by asking permission to in
-roduce a resolution. The permission
was given and Tho-eson read the fol-
lowing: Resolved, That we the Re
pubHcans OF Cache county do heartily
; endorse the Republican platform
/ adopted at the ST. Louis convention, in
! 1896 i'm its entirety
/ For a moment there was consterna-
| ton amongst the leaders. then AttOr-
ney George Q. Rich jumped to his feet
and moved to adjourn, and without
{ waiting for any further talk, the chair
man put the motion and announced
I that IL had carried
well. I just wanted TO see what sort
/ of Republicans you We're shouted
! Thoresou as the motion TO adjourn
went through. and I've found out.
/ Thoreson is an appointee Of Postmaster
} Robert Murdoch. and has always been
a straight Republican.
/ The delegation selected is composed
/ of about twenty-five Hammond people,
and the balance are divided amongst
( various candidates, with Sutherland in
the lead. The Hammond crowd claim
{ Is per cent Of the delegation, but the
antTs deny that Hammond has any
more than so per cent