The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-09-14

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/ comfortably warmed their seats a
| blanket motion was adopted to the eff
| feet that they serve as the permanent
| officers; that the convention do with
| out the customary rules and commit
| tees, and that the matter of adopting
! a set of resolutions and a platform be
| LETT to the state committee.
In assuming the chair Mr.. Hall made
! a speech in which he declared that the
| time is ripe for uniting all reform
forces to check the oligarchicaI ten
denotes of the Republican admins
tration. He also declared that since
the Democrats of Utah had in state
| convention promised to advocate in
TINS campaign the Populist principle
OF direct leg1Sla ton, the time is Oppor-
tune to work for reform principles
rather than Tor offices and emOlu-
ments.
Report on Fusion.
Mr. Thomson, who, with Messrs.
Lawrence, Stein, Gray and Sugden,
constituted the committee which has
been negotiating with the Democratic
county committee for fusion of the
two parties, reported that after a long
conference yesterday afternoon the
Democratic committee had rejected the
proposition of the Populist conferees.
which was that the PoDulist party's
candidates for one state senator, two
representatives and for county record
er, should be endorsed by the Demo-
cratic county convention and in addi-
! ton there must be guaranty that
one-thlrd of the patronage of the re-
I cOrderS Office and a deputyship under
the sheriff viii be at the disposal of
the POpuliSts.
1t further reported by Mr.
/ Thomson that the Democratic COM
/ mittee positively refused to yield the
recordershIp and made counter pro
pOSal that the basis of fusion be a
senator and two representatives of the
Populists' choosing on the Democra tic
ticket and in addition a promise of the
chief depUtyship in the recorders Of
flee and deputy sheriffship to the
minority party. This proposal was re-
Jected by the conventions conference
committee, but, he added. another
meeting will be held tbs morning.
Mr.. Thomson declared his belief that
the Populists could muster probably
500 votes in this county for election
day. and in his opinion the Democrats
ought to yield if they only considered
that the minority party had led the
Democratic party in every reform
movement.
Instructing the Committee.
After a wide range of discussion on
the adviSa bility of instructing the
committee as 70 who should be pro-
posed from the POpulist ranks for the
fusion ticket or whether to give the
ing the fusion on the lines proposed
it was decided to pursue the latter
course, with the understanding. how
ever, that in the event of failure the
convention would be reconvened to
nominate a full state and county ticket
independent of the Democrats
Mr.. Lawrence wanted the convention
to indicate by informal ballot its first
and second choice for the offices de-
manded on the fusion plan but Mr.
4 Dc obi
second choice proposition that it was
decided TO instruct the committee only
for one choice in each case.
With the coast cleared for nominal
tions. Mr.. Lawrence was put in by ac-
clamatiOn under suspension of the
rules as the fusion candidate for
state senator.
Choosing the Nominees.
Then Mr.. Lawrence again advocated
that second choice candida ties be
chosen for the other offices, on the
score that the Pcoulists are too few
in number to NJ so independent as to
dictate TO the Democrats. but several
declared with some warmth that he
did not favor such trucking to the
Democrats. NJ. V. Wagner said he
would hurl back as an insult any re-
lection of the conventions nominees.
Similar expressions were made by Mr.
Edmunds and by Mr.. Sugden
August Stein was then chosen by
acclamation for the candidate for
county recorder.
VIII F. Wanless. a Democrat who
had dropped in to help Mr.. STEMS
cause. but did not have the oDDortun-
ity to nominate him, proposed the
name of James Thomson for one of the
representatives. Charles w l. Stew
ems a Republican. attended the con-
vention 10 give Edmuads a lift and did
it by nominating his friend for the
other place in the lower house of the
legislature. Mr.. Wagner proposed the
name of Mr.. Hall.
ballot was taken TO determine the
choice. resulting in the following: Ed
munds, 80 votes; Thomson, %; Smith,
s, and Hall, ;.
On Mr.. Lawrence's motion the con-
ference committee was directed to do
its best to effect the proposed fusion
Mr.. Stein failed in getting a rider on
the motion to the effect that the COM
mittee must stand firm in its demands
The convention then ADJOURNED sub
ject to call.
Walter Jones is Married.
Minneapolis. Mimi, Sept. 1s.-Walter
Jones, the comedian, and Mrs. Pulsi-