The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-09-12

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eraI appearance Of the convention was
about the same as during the morning.
Were No Contests.
When order had been restored by
the chair. he announced that the next
order OF business was the report of the
committee on credentials.
Yep" came the semi Indian grunt
from behind the chair, as Gus Hen
r0id, the chairman of the credentials
/ committee arose from his seat and
walked towards the front of the stage,
and, as he did so, unfolding a paper
which he had in his hand. He report
ed with pride that there was not a sin
gle protest recorded with the commit
tee. and that the recommendation was
made TO the convention that each coun-
~ be accorded the number of dele
gates provided for in the cali The
report was adopted.
The next order OF business is. the
report of the committee on permanent
organization and order OF business"
said Chairman Murphy. Alma FL
dredge of Summit county said the re-
port was ready. He was applauGed as
he made his appearance upon the stage
from the wings. The report recon-
mended the following be the perma-
nent officers:
Booth For Chairman.
Chairman, John Z. Booth; vice chair
men. Mrs. Rachel Miller OF Salt Lake
and Alma Eldredge OF Summit; secre-
tary, A. j. Bruneau of Tooele; assist
ant secretaries. Mrs. Alice Collins of
NVaeat~H As~.r Afzov, nP
Amelia Graehl of Box Elder and Jami-
son Eyrich of Salt Lake: sergeant at
arms, H. p. Jensen. Sanpete; assistant
sergeant at arms. &. +. Layne OF
Weber; chaplain. John Henry Smith.
The report continued as follows:
We recommend the following order
OF business:
l. Report of committee on creden-
tials.
p Report of committee on organiza-
| ton and order of business.
g. Report of committee on platform
and resolutions.
T. Nomination OF candidate for JUS
| tice of the supreme court.
5. Nomination Of representative to
| congress.
6. Selection of state central commit
! tee. one member from each county
named by each member on roll call.
= Miscellaneous business.
The mention of Mr.. Booths name
for permanent chairman was the sig
nal for long applause.
Judge NJ l.. Richie OF Salt Lake
caused lot OF trouble for a while by
submitting a minority report which
| provided that Salt Lake county should
| have three instead OF one member on
| the state committee, and Weber, Cache
and Sanpete two each, an increase Of
one. His report was signed by him
| self. ]. e. Bagley, r. r. Mcdonald
| and j. c. Lemon. Mr.. Richie moved
\ his minority report as substitute as
regards its affecting the state commit
J tee representation. 1t was seconded,
when Rogers demanded a roll call. The
chair took steps to have a vote taken.
when some one in the Uintah delega-
| ton shouted:
Say, isn't there going TO be a roll
call?" adding: 'Salt Lake county
wants the whole EARTH" CHEERS from
| all over the house,.
| A Rich county man said it was not
a square deal, and Jones OF Box Elder
said the substitute ought to be voted
down. why" he asked. should those
counties have more power on the COM
mittee? (Cheers.) 1t Is a move to
centralize power in those counties.
(Cheers.) 1 don't think the substitute
ought to carry; hope II will be voted
! down." CHEERS and applause).
! ]. L. Bagley took the opposite view.
| saying the counties mentioned in the
minority report were entitled to a big
ger representation on the committee
because of their comparative large
population. "They are only asking for
what is just representation" he con-
] tinued. II ask in all fairness IL we
have not the right to appeal for in
creased representation. / hope it will
carry. i appeal to your JudSmeLt and
your sense of fairness" (Applause and
cheers).
Salt Lake Beaten.
George NJ. Cannon scented a pro-
| tracted debate and sought to cut II
off by saying the convention had much
business before it. and moved the pre-
vious question. 1t carried amid cheers.
The convention then defeated the
amendment by vote of 245 for 10 2s2
against. More cheers. The majority
report was then adopted almost unan-
| imOusly.
When order had been restored, the
chair said: "Will Judge John &.
Booth come forward?" The judge did
as requested. and was greeted with a
{ storm of applause, and was introduced
as the permanent chairman by Chair
man Murphy. who said: Fellow Re
Ipublicans, il affords me great pleasure
! to introduce to you j. L. Booth or
Utah county" AS the delegate just
introduced bowed and smiled there
were more cheers and loud applaud
ing.
The new chairman said: i feel
] deeply the honor conferred upon me,
more than l have the ability to express
in words At the same time l desire
to express my feelings on the matter.
In accepting such an honor l take II
l am the greatest servant IN TINS con
vention. (Laughter) A servant is sup
posed 10 do the bidding OF his master
/ hope you will deal kindly with me
(Applause) The greatest title in this
I country is that of Mr.. Citizen. While
il tickles ones vanity-and l have some
of it-Qaughter)-tO have one called
| Judge, honorable and the like, / feel
lust as important by being called a
| citizen.
This afternoon I hope you will be
harmonious. Gaughter.) You will re-
member-no. those fellows, l think are
all gOne-perhaps there may be few
OF them here-they will recall my
standing on this floor once before and
pleading for harmony
Applause For Chaplain
The judge then told one of his funny
| stories, after which he said: This
meeting is for business and not for
| talk: we will have a meeting tonight
for talk and not for business. The frs,
business is an invocation by the chap
lain" His reference to Apostle John
! Henry Smith was the signal for a
round OF applause, which was repeated
when Mr.. Smith appeared upon the
stage.
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