The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-08-12
BOUQUETS FOR DENNIS
Republican County Committee
Holds Its Chairman.
HE WANTED TO RESIGN
PRECINCT CONVENTIONS TO BE
HELD ON AUGUST 80.

The Republican county committee, at
a meeting held in the Knutsford hotel
yesterday afternoon, decided to hold
precinct conventions on August 80 for
the purpose of electing delegates to the
state convention at Provo, September
and 5.
In the county delegates will be elect
ed on the same date from the districts
direct. The same method of procedure
will obtain in the city, except that the
Republicans in each precinct will all
get together in some hall in their pre-
cinct and then the districts viii caucus
for the purpose of making their selec-
tions. BY the terms of the appOrtiOn-
ment agreed on yesterday the city gets
IS of the 1872 delegates allotted to the
county and the county outside the city
gets 81.
The First precinct is entitled to "a del
egates, divided as follows: First, third,
fourth, sixth. seventh, ninth and elev-
enth two each; second, fifth and eighth,
Il.-aa each.
The second precinct was awarded %
also, as follows: Twelfth. thirteenth,
sixteenth, nineteenth. twentieth, twen-
ty-first, twenty second, twenty fourth,
twenty-fifth, two each; fourteenth, fif-
teenth, seventeenth, twenty-fourth, one
each; eighteenth and twenty-sixth, one
and a half each.
Sixteen For Third
Sixteen go to the Third precinct, with
this division: Twenty seventh, twenty
eighth, twenty-ninth, thirtieth, thirty
second, thirty fourth, two each; thir-
ty-first, thirty-thiTd, thirtyffth and
thirtv-Sixth. one each
To the Fourth precinct fourteen del
egates were apportioned this way:
Thirty-seventh, thirty eighth. thirty
ninth, fortieth, forty -first. fOrty-second
and fOrty-thirG. two each.
The Republicans of the Fifth are en-
titled to eighteen. as follows: Forty
fourth, foTty-fifth, forty-seventh, forty
eighth, forty-ninth, fiftieth. two each;
fifty-first, three: fifty-secOnd, one.
The following county districts get one
delegate each: Farmers. "a; Farmers
So: East Mill Greek, Sc; Mill Greek, 81;
Mill Creek. IS; Mill Creek. SO; Murray
so; Murray CT; Murray, 81; Big Cotton
wood, 65; Butler. Sc; Union, 81; Sandy
6S; Sandy 50; Bluffdale. 74 Herman
70; RivertOn, 76; South Jordan, Il; West
Jordan, IS; West Jordan, so: Bingham
81; Bingham, 50; Bingham, So; Granger
Sc; Brighton, 81; Sugar. SO; Sugar.
Draper, 49,; North Jordan get two
each; 60, SilvertOn, and g. Mountain
Dale; SO. Pleasant Green and a. Hun
ter combined get one; 50, Gigantic;
20, Little Cottonwood; Il, Crescent com
bined get one.
Those at the Meeting.
Chairman Eichnor presided over the
meeting. Those present were: jacob
Moritz. A. S. Reiser, A. H. Parsons
George Canning. George ]. Spencer
William Mcmillan. John A. HOughtOn
T u. Harper by d. II. Wenger, proxy
II. n. Standish. j. r. Bowdle, Charles
Denny and George b. Squires. In the
absence of Joe EldTedge. the regular
secretary. Col. SQuires, took the notes
After the business had been transact
ed Mr.. EichnOr tried to resign. He spok,
Of the campaign for district attorne2
he has on his hands, and asked tha
he be relieved of the Craftsmanship
without delay. A chorus of protest,
arose. Bouquets without number were
tossed at Mr.. Eichnor for his services
and the committee as one man urged
him to hold on until the county con,
vention meets. This he agreed to do
but with the distinct understanding
that he is to be released at that time
The commit ee will meet again at the
KnutsfoTd at o'clock next SATURDAY
afternoon to fix up call for a county
convention. In the meanwhile a com
mittee consisting of EichnOr, StandisI
and Parsons will see the railroads with
a view to securing rates for a sDecia
train to take Salt Lake county Re.
publicans to Provo next month";.