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

art and the work began This report
was to the effect that there were no
contests and that all delegations should
oe permitted to cast a full vote. A list
OF proxies was also read and the report
was adopted without opposition.
Joseph Iippraan next read the report
OF the committee On permanent organ
lzatlon The committee recommended
Ior permanent chairman of the cOnven-
ton the Hon. George L. Nye; for vice
chalrwOman, Mrs. Doctor Anna Burn
nam of Draper; for permanent secre-
Iary, Thomas Hull; for assistant secre-
tary, Mrs A z Pease; for teIlers,
William T Edward and E J. EardIey:
Cor chaplain, Hon. John Henry smith:
Tor reading clerk, Ralph Guthrie; for
seargent-at-armS, Charles D. GocdSen.
order of business: Nomination of
three candidates for state senators, ten
candidates for members of the house
OF representatives, three county COM
missioners, county recorder. county
Snerlm. county treasurer. county clerk.
county attorney, county auditor county
assessor. county surveyor, county COM
mlttee TO consist of fifteen members.
two to be selected from each precinct
In the city and Eve from the precincts
from outside the city, in the county
ID was further recommended that all
nominating speeches be limited to two
minutes, that all seconding speeches be
limited TO one minute.
The committee also recommended
that as there is much business to be
done by the convention the permanent
Chairman be instructed 10 limit all
speeches on all motions to one-rninute
time and that this rule be strictly en-
forced BIZ the chairman.
Manner of Voting.
The committee also made the follow
ing recommendation:
For the purpose Of facilitating bust
ness we recommend that the districts
outside of Salt Lake City be grouped
into two voting delegations, each with
a chairman and secretary the dis
IrictS situated east Of the Jordan river
TO be known as the east county dele
cations and those west of the river
as the west county delegations.
Voting shall be by ballot in each
election district, the result to be re-
ported in writing by the district chair
men to the chairman Of municipal
ward and county delegations respec-
lively, who shall tabulate the returns
by districts and forward the same, to-
taled, to the secretary Of the con-
Vention. After all delegations have
reported, the reading clerk shall an
nounce to the convention the vote of
each district, and the total number of
votes cast by the convention for each
candidate.
Candidates receiving the highest
number of votes cast over a majority
shall be declared the nominees of the
convention
The First Fight.
The manner OF voting proposed by
the committee gave rise to the first
hght of the convention. George NJ
Cannon started the fun by moving to
amend the report SO that all the coun-
try districts be grouped il one group
instead of two. G. S. Patterson in
stentorian tones, of which he was very
proud, Favored every district voting by
itself Another delegate took the same
ground and limited that there was
some dirty work being planned. He
was literally Kissed for his trouble.
ID. II. Wenger was recognized and
proceeded to explain until time was
called on him. A 5. Riser. another
member of the committee, explained at
some length. Patterson moved as a
substitute for that part of the report
that referred to the manner of voting
that each district in the county vote
oy Itself George a. Smith opposed this
on the ground that it would take too
long to poll the county and would keep
the convention in session all the next
day. ]. S. Daveler was the emergency
man again and moved the previous
question.
This carried and then there resulted
a little parliamentary tangle that was
quite amusing. Major Grant the chair
man, was coached on one side by D. c.
Eichnor and on the other by George A
D.
wing and George NJ. Cannon in the
other threw in ell the advice at their
command But the upshot of it all was
that PatterSon's substitute was voted
down on rising vote. as was also Can
mons amendment, and the report was
then adopted as it came from the com
mittee.
F. S. Tingey and John Axton were
then appointed by the chair 20 escort
the permanent chairman to the plat
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stepped to the front Of the stage. He
spoke very briefly, which fact was ap-
preciated by the convention. He hoped
that the convention would be guided
by wisdom and put UP good men so
that they would carry the county. He
referred 20 the Democrats as those
little Americans who are crying out
for little America; who are hanging
u the tail of the cart and yelling
Whoa with all their might
He said that as this county went so
would go the state and both should go
for Mckinley and Roosevelt and four
years more of the full dinner pail.
On motion of d. H. Werger, c. Or
lobb was substituted for Thomas Hull
as secretary Of the convention as Mr..
Hull could not be present. The report
of the committee on platform was then
called for and E. B. Critchelow stepped
to the front and read the following:
The Platform.
1--WE, the Republicans of Salt Lake
county in delegate convention assembled,
send greeting to our brethren in the
other counties and renew our fealty to
the cardinal principles of our party
I'VE heartily endorse and ratify the
platform of the state convention adopted
at Provo on the 4th day of September
We point TO the magnificent results
of the campaign waged in November, 1898.
in Salt Lake City by which the capital
cstv was taken from the Democratic
ranks as a pledge that our utmost en-
deaVors will be put forth to complete
throughout the county the work SO well
BEGUN.
I'VE remind the people of this county
and of the state that the only efficient
legislative work ever accomplished IN
this state was done by the first state
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