The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-09-16
WAS FARCE COMEDY
Republican Convention as a
Star Attraction.
ONE PATHETIC SCENE
HOW AN OLD MAN WAS TURNED
DOWN.

The alI-winter Republican convention
odtourned at 5:O4 a. m Friday. If
Manager Piper could get it to so
+brough the closing scenes before an
audience he would have an attraction
that would turn every theatrical man
oper in the country green with envy
In fact. the convention from morning
70 morning was. generally considered.
,,ore Of a farce comedy than anything
ever put on the Theater stage and
the red. swollen eyes the delegates
thereto carried around town Friday
gave a slight idea of what the siege.
had been. Many expressed surprise
that only one man had thrown a fit be-
fore it was over with.
To begin with, under the system of
voting it required all the way from
three-uuarters of an hour TO two hours
and a half TO cast a ballot, and every
time a remedy was suggested, some
DISTINGUISHED patriot like Butch Lowry
would object. Reiiiys family resort
across the street was open all night,
which, in a measure, served to expe-
dite matters. Butch and others leaving
the hall at intervals to see men.
Pete Condie's WrangIe.
Along towards $3.50 O'Clock in the
morning, when only a few nOmina-
tions remained to be made, and while
Governor Wells was in Manager Py-
perS Office, explaining that the man
agement never should have let the
Democrats engage the hall for the next
day, and that the Republicans were
always getting the worst of it; and
while Manager Piper lay in a trance
on his desk, praying for the finish; and
while a score of stage hands were in
waiting behind the scenes ready at the
first signal to start tearing down the
decorations; ana while the sergeant
alarms posed on an inebriated alter
mates neck, trying to preserve order
Pete COndie got into wrangle with
some delegates from the First, the is
sue being whether or not Pete was the
descendant of a certain specie of do
nestle quadruped, as alleged by the
delegate.
Looked Like Free For All.
Pete was for smashing him. and the
delegate who had proven such a dis
turbing element was for seeing him do
81. II looked like the convention, in
stead of vanishing" as predicted by
Judge LOOfbOUrOW. would break up in
q fTee-fOr-aI. But just at the critical
moment the Lively Flea" rushed in
and prevented casualties.
Long ere this, the chairman. Mr.
Nye, had given out; Ralph Guthrie's
voice could be heard as plainly as the
toNdpt Oh dlI through a bicycle tire
when the puncture is too small to be
found: Colonel SQuires. having succeed
ed Nye, haG reached that point where
he held the gaven in one hand up in
the air and absently pounded on the
table with his other thinking he was
restoring order, ana Dennis Eichnor,
who had succeeded the reading clerk,
was promising candidate for a throat
specialist.
1t was a sight inspiring.
The Pathetic Feature.
Only the delegates who were on the
stage saw the pathetic feature of the
convention. A man whose hair and
mustache had been whitened by the
passing of years sat in one of the seats
on the front row His wife was next
10 him, and the couple occupied their
positions from o'clock in the morning
until Just before the last session ex-
pired.
Patiently they waited through the
dreary speeches, the tedious ballotins,
the noise and disorder. in an atrnos-
pherc that was fairly dripping with
impurities. Nominations for assessor
came far down in the list. It was an
important office in the eyes of most of
the delegates. To the couple on the
front seats it was everything.
Two names were presented for con-
sideratiOn. One belonged to a Veteran
in the ranks. man who has tasted
the joys of wealth, the bitterness of
poverty. The other was that of a
younger man. a good fellow a
hustler at the polls, a good worker in
his district. Then came the call of the
districts
Old Man Keeps Tally.
The old man reached into his coat
pocket and drew out two slips of pa
per. One he handed to his wife the
other he kept AS each vote was an
nounced ne JCtted it down, but his face
recorded it more clearly than did the
paper he held. District after district
was called. The boys were voting |
Tor the younger candidate and as |
usual the boys" were in the major
ity.
The result was announced In such |
case there could be but one result I
Inc old man Crumpled his tally sheet !
and threw it on the floor. Something |
seemed to cloud his glasses for he |
wiped them with his handkerchief His |!
VIE touched his knee with her hand. |
She. az least, believed in him. In a few |
moments they went out together.
80 did William GrOesDecIx make exit |
from the Republican stage.
Az +-"t there were a few newspaper
men. me officers, and George NJ. Can !
non left Mr. Cannon had not been |
-raId IOr nearly nine minutes and |
,hlngS were at a standstill. He came |
- me rescue, however. on the last bal |
Dt oy announcing the vote of the /
.-.shiF-seFenth, Bill TimpsOn, the dis |
'IIc' announcer having fallen asleep.
Chris Diehl Sleeps.
Christopher Bismarck DiehI had been |
eH,ruSted with the vote of the Forty !
nun 10 announce. hut Chris was down
~" IN his seat with his feet cooked UP /
T.. me chair in front sleeping. When 4
IrlShhpr nudged him perilOusly in !
ne 'eit rib. Chris started up suddenly I
80 Geclarad he would second the !
,-,--e''dLlent in the absence of the chair
III Ia. OF the delegation. Later, Chris I
.L1---,-' and moved that a vote of |
rr.anhS be tende~ed Mrs. Pease. who |
apparently the only man in the |
l3uSr Who has stayed awake and tend |
eL 10 business"
so lhe session closed. There weren't |
.+1E" people in the house without the |
gu ol the stage hands 20 carry an ad-
80 HInent so the usual motion was /
NJ put The last business transacted |
10 He election of a county commit
1' lhe following being named:
NATION ETADn NTOTUC, /