The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-02-25
- Correspondeneel


.Sra.laI Correspondence)
OGDEN Feb 24-The Democratic
county convention Of Weber county met
+.4.r and elected fifty delegates TO the
san. Invention. For business. energy
and harmonious work, the gathering
mas r...rd- breaker. All unnecessary
f-maH.:s we're dispensed with. and
-r. delegates quickly chosen. Never
-r...t t,re was nc slate and no par
-..r..r candidate can claim a majority
of The gates, and no prediction as
p, r.r. the delegation viii stand can be
made with any certainty.
rsI Of The delegation made as
r.-.fu.-- as the circumstances would
ALLOW. showed that King and Dunbar
s..- has a large following. Narian has
"a good many friends, and viii poll a
good vote from Weber, If his name is
presented
TH. name of Frank j. Cannon. too.
ia mentioned. his stauucheet advocate
bring Senator Fred j. kiesal.
Tie convention met in the district
court room.
Convention EIOceeu1nES.
Chairman L. NJ. COrToy called the
convention Co order al about 1880 and
named II. H. Henderson as temporary
chairman. i. r. Christensen was nam
ed fHr temporary secretary. The call
Wa read. and on motion Of DAME.
H.w.~. committee was named, con-
ssrug of one member from each ogden
g.r ward and three from the prec.n- t.
~ .rrH 60. 4.
delegated 10 report on appOrtiOumsn-
OF delegates for the various districts.
On being understood that there were
ua contests whatever. the usual COM
wIrtres on credentials. permanent or
B.u zatiou and the like were not nam d
The appuruOnmcHt committee con
sisted of the following, First WaId
Daniel Hamer. Second ward T. r.
oD0nnUlly. Third ward. Thomas D..
Dee, Fourth ward, a. j. Weber Fifth
ward r. ID. Johnson, ogden valley
Alex Eire of E-eu- north of ogden City
John Seaman uf View; west OF Ogden
tiy. George +. Hunter of West We
Der.
ON motion Of g. ~ SmuTthwaue. the
temporary organization was made per
manenL and a recess was taken To yer
init the app0Tti0nment committee Co .
port The committee reported Lhroug
its chairman. John Seaman. an eqult-
able distribution of delegate.
The schedule ~ as approved. and TIE
delegates were chosen in accordance
herewith. 10 gave thiTty-hye of the
fifty members to the city. and the re-
maIuder 60 the OUTSIDE precincts. Each
ward and group of county precincts
chose their own rep. -sen-ativss, ane III
result was as follows
Delegates Chosen.
Fiyrt ward-W. l.. Ma-muis. Dan
Hamer. r. H. Tout r. H. Cunr1y. Jo-
reph Hiatt. j. W Graham, George b
Narllaw.
Second ward-T. r. O'CounolIy. J.
J.. Herriek, ~. =. R0Wiey John Shipley
Robert Sterretf.
Third Warj-ThOmas d. Dee. Fred
Huropp. James Taylor. G Iugebretsen
L. q. LevedauL j. 81. Perrin. alter
rates, r. Christofersou, ST., II. Ander
son.
Fourth ward-C. a. Smurthwaite. A
D. Weber. r. j. Taylor, =. y. Whittake.
Val Gideon, job Read, Z. s ROlapI
Eliza EarT.
Fllh ward-F. j. Kiesel. Nj. snow
James Ballard. Joseph Wallace. j.
EIIantyne 4. q. Horn, NJ. PuulteU. 7
d. Johnson.
WHsol-Jlhu Homes; alternate. JON
Tumb.e.
Plain City and WdTen-Char.es
Nav and T.. Olsen.
Pleasant View and North ogden
John Seaman, y. Montgomery. John j
HAN
Tarr West and SIatcrviue-Williau
Wheeler alternate. j. j. Hunter.
Riverside, Roy, Jintah and burcI
g-..A-Johu r. Thompson
ogden vaIley-A- j. Anderson. Angu
Mckay, David Johnson.
West WebeT-ThOmas Gibson
HOOPER and kau6Svllle-Edwln Par
Epr and James q. NiddisOn.
Ha-rrvilg and M3rriOt,-Will.am II
Anderson
While waiting for the Second war;
delegation to report. Eliza FarT wante
G. Introduce q resolution. but the con
N..-u decided To- leave all declara
ti.-- .u The nature OF a platform 10 tn
stat. convention, and Mr. Farr did no
eye. -..f his resolution.
A committee ou transportation va
named. consisting of Thomas D. Dee
John seaman md Val Gideon. Later r
~ IHE-rE Hls added 10 the commit
lee.
Littefeld Declines.
f. A. Il-u-He-d, silver Republican
and editor .l the Utah State Journal
addressed a Communication intende,
for The committee on credentials of tn,
Democrat. county convention. As tn,
yuuNtu.H. ..# business without a com
mltJee .u credentials. the C0mmuniCa
ton was -..u ny but Few. In the note
Dir. Lir-Hr..f declined 20 act with IN,
Democrats .- delegate, saying.
al. So