The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-09-15
FIGHT OVER SHERIFF
FEATURE OF EVENING

The Theatre was not more than half
filed when Judge Powers called the
convention to order at five minutes af-
ter O'Clock. He called for nominal
tions for treasurer and when the word
was passed around on the pavement
outside that the convention was on, the
delegates hurried in.
There was a long pause and finally
]. c. Lambert moved that w. H. Dale
be declared the nominee for treasurer
by reclamation. The motion met with
a number of ready seconds and it
looked for a few moments as if it
would be adopted, but a disposition
against railroading nominations mani
tested itself in time. The motion of Mr..
Lambert was laid on the table.
Judge E. A. Wilson was the first
speaker. He placed the name OF Mr..
Dale before the convention. Bishop o.
T. Whitney performed a like service
for George f. Felt, speaking of him in
the highest terms as a Democrat, a
neighbor and a citizen. Orson Rumel
was proposed by ]. G. Bywater and
then came the seconding speeches. They
lasted about ten minutes before the
ballot was ordered.
1t didn't take long for the delegates
TO do their voting From the first it
was apparent that the convention was
with Dale and the result proved the
correctness of the surmise. Dale got
3391h, Felt 140 and Rumel COZ. The Dale
men cheered for a minute or two be-
fore Mr.. Felt was seen standing on a
chair seeking recognition. When the
chairman observed him Mr.. Felt moved
that the nomination of Mr.. Dale be
made unanimous. In making his mo-
ton he said it was hardly necessary
for him to say that he would take his
hat and coat off and work for the sue
cess of the ticket and especially for
Mr. Dale.
Money For Texas Sufferers.
At the close of the ballot Chairman
Cohen of the committee that had been
appointed to solicit funds for the Texas
flood sufferers, reported that he had
secured $11515 with a number of dele
gates to be heard from.
Next came the report of Chairman
Smith of the committee appointed to
look after terms of fusion with the
PopuiiStS.
Mr.. Smith reported that the Populist
conferees had agreed TO accept the
Democratic endorsement of Henry w
Lawrence for state senator and James
Thomson for representative as their
pro rata in a fusion agreement. The
committee recommended that the pro-
position be accepted Judge Powers
put the question and the convention
unanimously decided to adopt the re-
port.
Nominations for sheriff We're now de-
clared to be in order and then ensued
one of the dramatic scenes of the con-
vention. Judge Powers had abCicated
the chair long enough to present the
name or John f. HOWellS in an earnest
talk He said Howells had been fought
in this convention as no man ought
ever to be fought in a Democratic con-
vention and he urged that he be given
another term.
Kisses the Speaker
Matt Thomas took the floor to second
Howells. In the course of his remark
he said men were working against
Howells. who had been his beneficiar-
les. A storm of Kisses broke out that
drowned the speakers voice He made
two or three Intellectual efforts to con-
tinue, but the storm continued Fisher
Harris sprang to his feet with a de-
mand for fair play. but it was nearly
a minute before quiet was restored.
Mr.. Thomas said that only the lowest
of God S creatures had been given DOW
er to express their disapproval in the