The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-07-21
those who came to see a pretty race
were not disappointed.
a Parliamentary Point.


that the vote by which the Martin
substitute had carried be recOnsidered
delegate from Canyon made the
point of order that a reconsideration
could not be moved at this time for
the reason that notice should have been
given at the time the vote was an
nOunced. The point was argued at
some length by leaders of both sides
Frank Harris of Washington made
a plea for peace. He said all the dele
gates had come for the purpose of ac-
cOmplishing victory for the reform
forces. They were seeking to adopt
different means to that end. but every
body was honest in his belief. Mr.
Harris thought a mistake was made
last night and that the convention
should have an opportunity to correct
! it. He hoped that the victorious fac
ton would not attempt 10 rub it in
on the other fellows.
Authorities Cited.
Colonel Reid spoke next. He read
from various authorities to show that
d motion TO reconsider should be recos-
nized within twenty-fOur hours after
the vote was taken.
Some little confusion was created by
Martin of Ada and Nugent of Owvbee
| reading from different editions OF Rob
i
une declared that a motion to recon-
4 slider must be made or notice Of inten-
/ ton given on the day the original vote
/ IS taken. Mr.. Nugent's copy Of the
/ same rules allowed twenty-four hours
for this purpose.
/ NUSent, who was following Martins
! reading, accused the Ada man of double
/ dealing When it developed that Mar
Z tin was perfectly honest in his con-
I ranffnT1 he hool-.- e
/ ferent dates, Mr.. Nugent apOlOgized
1 very handsomely and peace prevailed
| once more.
/ The chair declared that he would rec
/ oSnlze motion to reconsider as the
weight of authority as he had found
II was in favor OF such q course
Then Phil AveTitt, the floor leader
I for Governor Steunenberg, ATTEMPTED
I TO talk reconsideration TO death He
/ made the point of order thar two
( thirds vote was necessary. TO carry a
; motion to reconsider. Mr.. AVeriIt made
/ an extended argument in support OF
his point, but the chair ruled against
! E;--.
Vote Reconsidered.
The motion to reconsider was put
and. amid tremendous interest and ex-
/ cltement was carried, 125 TO 20 The
! total vote OF the convention is 246. but
one delegate who held a proxy which
| could not be transferred had gone
home. The Dubois men were not slow
TO take advantage OF their victory
When the cheering had died away
Colonel Reid came forward with his
resolution
First. he wanted to know if II could
be presented as a substitute for the
/ Martin substitute. a parliamentary
tangle enSued which resulted in Colonel
J Reid changing the name Of his resOIu-
ton from substitute to amendment
There was little debate over the propO-
sitiOn, for it had dawned on the con
vention that Dubois and his friends
were holding the reins.
The HaWIey- Steunenbergers lost mora
votes on the amendment. for the total
was 132 for to 113 against When the
substitute as amended came up de-
sire 10 climb into the Dubois chariot
WAS manifested An Oneida county
delegate moved that the amended sub
Stitute be carried unanimously. but
there were numerous objections and a
vote was ordered. 1t resulted 1873 ayes
10 1OI noes and if the unit rule had
not been adhered to IL several deIega-
tons the Dubois majority would have
been considerably larger.
Lost His Head.
Some of the opposition took their de-
feat with bad grace Phil Averitt, for
instance, who had been . keen, sharp
but good natuTed fighter for SteUnen-
berg, almost lost his head completely
1t was this way. Col. Reid made the
announcement that Charles y. Towue
was in Virginia City and that the wires
were being kC~t hot in an effort TO get
him here ~ 3D.. Is a q speech
It's the u. men who are using
the wires IS To- shouted Averitt.
with no attempt to conceal his i'll tenn
per.
Shouts Of '@Yes,'' Yes" came from
all over the hall.
a. c. Liliard Of Canyon county. a
warm supporter of Governor SteUnen-
berg, promptly rose and repudiated Az
eritt- He said that while he would en-
dorse every action Of the governor he
would not stand for the insult to Mr..
TOWne conveyed not SO much by Mr..
Averitt's speech as by his manner.
Cheers for Lillard lasted half a min
ute and then BashOr of Washington
moved that the convention send d tel
egram inviting Mr.. TOwne mere for a
speech. Before the motion could be put
p Mr.. Averitt holly declared that he had
said nothing for which he ought to
? apologize and he was the only man
D who voted no on the proposition 10
D invite Mr.. TOwne.
2 At 1890 O'Clock the convention took
\ a recess until this afternoon.
! AT o'clock the conference commit
tee announced its inability TO report,
6 Notwithstanding several hours of hard
! labor. The convention then wished TO
I know what had become of the invita-
e ton TO Mr.. TOwne to speak here. Chair
[ man Watt announced that it would be
impossible for Mr.. TOwne to come to
] POcatellO at present on account OF his
J Nevada engagements. He congratulate
ed the reform forces on the prospect of
T an honorable fusion and expressed the
E belief that it would result in Bryan and
a Stevenson carrying the state
The convention then played horse f0r
a few minutes. Somebody made mo-
Q ton that Miss Permea1 French, state
! superintendent of public instruction,
: address the gathering. Miss French
Smilingly declined on the plea that IN
: strueti0n had no place in a Democratic
! convention. A speech was insisted up
] on, and Miss French demanded a can
!, of the counties. The Alternatives won
q and it looked as if the superintendent
: would be forced to talk Just then
@ however, the committee which had Deen
! appointed to look up the confereeS re-