The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-05-11
ELECTION OF DELEGATES.
How the Brown Forces Swept All Be
fore Them.


How the Brown Forces Swept All Be
fore Them.
When Judge John E. Booth, the per
manent chairman, took his place, it was
a relief, for the judge is a humorist. He
said in part:
at is a good deal of a surprise for me
to be here. l had the honor Of being
chairman Of the Utah county delegation
and I thought that was enough. II
| isn't the first time and yet it seems new
/ to me. I haven't another thing to do
now but to preside over This convention
! and 1 am going to get right down to
/ business"
He called for Jesse Smith. one Of the
/ wool Republicans who had been cho-
! sen vice president, and then he got
/ down to business"
Rev. George A. Smith was called on
! by the chairman to ask divine blessings
/ on the convention.
The first business was the report of
/ the committee on resolutions, which
was read by the secretary of the COM
mittee, who didn't excite any terrible
| burst Of enthusiasm by his reading.
/ There were some cheers for the trust
plank, the money straddle did not
arouse much enthusiasm, the sop
thrown to the labor vote sounded to
I the delegates as if it was too wooden.
! The reference to the soldiers of Utah
/ was cheered, but the convention a
Flew moments later refused to send a
/ soldier to the national convention as a
delegate.
The greatest cheers came at the men
/ ton of the name of President McKin-
/ ley.
! A motion to adopt the resolutions
was carried without discussion, amend
ment or addition.
Nomination Of Delegates.
THE next item in the programme of
/ this show is the election OF six delegates
/ TO the national convention said the
chairman
James Glove of Provo. who is the
/ editor Of Mr.. Graham's paper, said that
/ they had big man down there and in
the name of the sweet harmony that
prevailed he wanted to have him sent
to the Philadelphia convention and he
named c. Z. Loose. A Summit county
man named Thomas Kearns as a man
who would sOlidify the reunited party.
He said that if this convention would
name him the party would march 10
victory.
: A Garfield man named Thomas See
vey as a man who had money enough
to carry him to Philadelphia.
The chairman espying Hon. Tom
Fitch in the audience, stopped long
enough to invite him to the platform.
z The cheers spoiled the speech of Editor
White of Beaver, who nominated p B.
McKeon.
B sewer county presented John Ne
teer as returned volunteer, who was
: an embodiment Of the principles that
J 4ag, TrE sr,T.
I Sanpete offered Mr.. Livingston. of
+ whom it was said by his eloquent biog-
rapher that lie was a self-made man
/ who had learned his law in a stone
/ quarry" Councilman Hewlett arose to
name Mayor Thompson, but he didn't
/ speak very loud.
You will have TO speak louder. If
you don't they won't know you are
I talking" called out the chair in big,
bluff voice that almost frightened the
man from Salt Lake. But he named Mr.
/ Thompson.
Willard county presented "a synonym
Of Republicanism," c. W Aldrach.
I Major Frank Hoffman made quite an
effort in his nomination of Arthur
( Brown. Il present the name of a man
who is known throughout the length
and breadth Of the state and the land, q"
said he. He viii uphold the glorious
J BtluIipitS ol the administrations
Judge George T. Goodwin nominated
W. II. Clark and gave notice that If he
was not chosen his name would be Of
fered as an alternate. Meyer of Salt
Lake, who has a loud voice. seconded
/ the nomination of ex-senator Brown
When Secretary Earl Of the fire de-
partment seconded Brown con / half
Of a majority of the Salt Lake delega-
ton" there were grOans.
Attorney Critchlow offered that
1 true. strong. able generous, eloquent
and magnificent man, George Suther-
land" Mcbride of Tooele named Gov
! ernOr Heller NJ. Wells and there were
some cheers. Daveler named Stephen
/ H. Love Of Salt Lake. A Salt Lake
delegate wanted TO know where the
silver men were, and he seconded
Loose. George A. Smith nominated
Wesley K. Walton.
John d. Murphy of ogden nominated
George N. Hanson of Weber county.
! Juab county seconded Loose, and Utah
county Sutherland.
Wiley Brown of Salt Lake, in an elO-
quent speech. probably the best of the
convention, seconded Meter, the Utah
soldier I want you to send men who,
! if they haven't got any money, have
! got brains" said he, and he scored the
convention for its lack of sympathy
Tor the nomination or Meter
Sewer county seconded the nOmina-
ton of Sutherland. and Houghton of
Salt Lake moved that the convention
/ proceed 70 ballot which was carried.
The chair appointed II. p. Myton of
| Uintah county, John D. Murphy of
Weber. A. S. Geddes Of Salt Lake, and
John c. Graham of Utah as tellers.
Combines That Won.
The ballot had not proceeded far be-
fore clear evidence Of a deal was ap-
parent. and before the close, when the
vote of Salt Lake, Weber, Utah and
Sanpete was called, the cry of
"Trade" went up from different parts
of the house. And as the vote pro-
ceeded it became quickly evident that
Brown, Wells. Loose and Hanson
would win with a sweep. with Suther-
land and Kearns closely in the rear.
There was much enthusiasm when big
votes were announced for certain IA
vorites, bat through it all it was plain
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