The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-04-22

The meeting Of the Republican coun-
ty committee yesterday to arrange for
the naming of delegates from this
county to the state convention was held
at the Knutsford hotel and was well
attended. There We're present Chair
man Dennis c. Eichnor, Secretary ]. U.
Eldredge, Jacob Moritz, A. II. Parsons
d. H. Wenger, who represented George
Canning; A. S. Reiser, William McMil-
Ian. J. A. Houghton, Arthur Pratt, who
represented T. L. Harper; +. G. Loot
borrow, who represented A. A. Robert
son; II. n. Standish, S. L. Howard,
Charles Denny, Robert Harmon, who
represented George B. Squires, w. 7.
Carlisle, who represented b. L. Cutler,
and j. r. BowGle. But two districts
were unrepresented.
The same plan used for selecting dele
gates for the last convention will be
used again. That is, there will be a
precinct convention in each of the five
city precincts, and q number Of district
conventions throughout the country
districts at convenient points. These
conventions will be held at o'clock
on Wednesday evening, May 3.
Allotment of Delegates.
Each district in the city will be enti-
tied to at least one delegate and the
surplus will be chosen at large in the
precincts. The allotment in the city is
as follows: The First precinct will
have seventeen delegates, eleven to be
chosen by districts and six at large; the
Second nineteen delegates, fifteen by
districts and four at large; the Third
thirteen delegates, ten by districts and
three at large; the Fourth eleven dele
gates, seven by districts and four at
large, the Fifth fifteen delegates, nine
by districts and six at large.
The following contry districts will
have two delegates each: Fifty-Seven
or Mill Creek, Sixty or Murray, Sixty
seven and Sixty-eight or Sandy, Sew
enty-two or Draper, Seventy nine or
North Jordan, Eighty-five or
Granger. Nos. 81 and So, Big
Cottonwood and Silver, are consolidated
and will have one delegate; Sixty-nine,
Seventy and Seventy-one, Granite, Lit
tie Cottonwood and Crescent. are con-
solidated and will have one delegate.
Eignty-three and Eighty-four, Pleas
ant Green and Hunter, are consolidated
and viii have one delegate. The fol-
lowing will have one delegate each:
Fifty-three and Fifty-four, Farmers;
Fifty-five, Fifty-six and Fifty-eig
Mill Creek; F5fty-nine and Sixty
ore, Murray; Sixty-four, Mountain
Dell; Sixty-fve, Butler; Sixty-six
Union; Seventy three, Bluff Dale;
Seventy -four, HERMAN; Seventy
five, Riverton, Seventy-six, South
Jordan; Seventy-seven, West Jor-
dan; Seventy-eight, West JOr-
dan; Eighty, Eignty-one and Eighty
two. Bingham; Eighty-six, Brighton;
Eighty-seven and Eighty-eight, Sugar.
The delegates will meet at 10 O'Clock
at the Salt Lake theatre on the MORN
ing of the state convention for organi-
zation.
Eichnor Is Endorsed.
A motion was adopted at the commit
tee meeting authorizing the county
committee to protect all the party s
rights in the matter of registration Of
ficers as indicated by Mr. Eichnore
protest before the cGnvaSsing board on
Friday.
Another motion was adopted author
izing the county chairman to appoint
a committee Of five to confer with the
Saltair management with reference to
a meeting to be held at that resort
ratifying the action of the Republican
national convention at Philadelphia.
The committee meeting was very
harmonious and every action was
taken with great unanimity This
proves that the punishment administer
ed on the End inst. had the desired
effect.
The county will have ia delegates.
OF these Seventy-five will be from the
city and thirty-nine from the country
districts. The apportionment Il based
on the vote cast for Alma Eldredge in
1885, one delegate being allowed for
each sixty votes cast and one for each
major fraction Of sixty.