The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-07-01
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Contest For the Judgeship Was g
Splendid One.

The convention was very slow in as
sembling after the noon recess, and
when a large majority of the delegates
were ready for business, il was discov-
cred that the committee on credentials
was not ready 10 report and asked for
another half hour. This half hour
passed, and another and still the COM
mittee was out. 1t then developed that
there was a hot fight on in the COM
mittee. In a number of districts in
each county no primary was held, and
in these cases persons went 10 the dis
trict chairman and got proxies to be
used in the convention.
The fight was made to shut out these
votes. The fight was won finally and
the committee reported each county
short two delegates. The districts I'M
represented were 70 and "a and IS COM
bined in Salt Lake county; TOOeie dis
trict in TOOele county and Camas and
Woodland in Summit.
officers of Convention.
The committee on permanent organ
iZatiOn and order of business, through
its chairman, LIE Grand Young, report
ed as follows:
Permanent chairman, Hon. o. w.
Powers.
Vice chairmen, Mrs. ]. Fewson
Smith and Mrs. w. j. Robinson
Permanent secretary, D. w Moffatt.
Assistant secretary, B. T. Johnson.
Sergeant at arms, G. w. Sanborn.
Order OF BusineSS-1. Report of COM
mittee on credentials; ,. Nomination Of
district attorney; 3. Nomination of
three district judges; 4. Selection of jul
dicial district committee, consisting of
nine persons appOrtioned as follows:
Five from Salt Lake county, two from
TOoele county and two from Summit
county
George w. Lee, who had been elect
ed an alternate from the thirty-fifth
district of Salt Lake, demanded his seat
in the convention, his scat having been
given to another on a proxy from the
delegate Tn convention voted that Mr.
Lee should have his seat II was also
decided that there were 1O2 delegates
in the convention and a majority of
that number would nominate and not
a majority Of los. the full representa-
ton. 1t was also voted on motion of
Thomas w. Green that all nomination
speeches be limited to five minutes
each.
Powers dominates Hampstead.
F. S. Richards was then called to the
chair and Judge Powers took the floor
ination for district attorney. Judge
Powers spoke of the Importance of the
Office and the high requirements needed
by the man elected to fill it. He spoke
of the probity. learning. honesty and
vigor Of his candidate and said he
would rather do right than win the ap-
plause of the people. He was well
htted in every way for the place; he
was Democrat, and his father.
before him. Twice he had gone down
to defeat in conventions and each time
he had Loyalty supported the ticket. He
IS a graduate Of Ann Arbor and also Oe
Harvard and was for two years assist
ant city attorney. He is able and clean:
a Utah boy who will not go down to
defeat.
Van Colt Is Named.
Judge Andrew Howat next secured
the floor and placed Ray Van Colt in
nomination. He agreed with all that
Judge Powers tad said as to the i'm
portance of the office and thought an
experienced lawyer should be chosen.
Mr.. Van Colt he said, was such man.
He W2s d graduate Of the University of
Utah and of Cornell; he has had three
years experience as assistant county
attorney; he is a Utah boy fitted bv
nature and experience for the position
he seeks.
Judge II. p. Henderson was next rec
ognized and nominated Harper ]. Din
my. He was citizen Of Utah. he said,
from choice. not from accident.
County Attorney Putnam seconded
the nomination Of Van Colt and spoke
very highly of him John Siddowav
seconded the nomination of Diuinv. w
J. Robinson of TOoele seconded the
nomination of Van Colt and q number
OF others seconded the nomination of
HemDStead.
A vote was now ordered. and il had
been decided that in voting each nra-
cinct in the city would announce it's
vote as a whole: the county outside of
the city would announce its vote and
the other two counties would vote in
the same manner.
Hampstead Is Chosen.
Tn ballot for district attorney re-
suited in the nomination of Hennstead
by the following vote:
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