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

was a lively time during the meeting
OF the delegation. AT times the up
roar from the delegates was SO great
as 10 completely drown the voices or
the chairmen OF the other delegations,
who were striving to announce their
vote. II was seen before Salt Lake an
nOunced its vote that McCarty was
elected, and an effort was made 10
make the nomination unanimous with
out the Salt Lake vote. but it failed
amid r0ars of laughter When the re-
suit Of the ballot was announced there
was wild cheering which, however.
lacked the enthusiasm which the Nc
Carly men were striving TO inject
into il.
Brown Takes a Hand.
Just before the Salt Lake delegation
its vote, some one suggested
that they proceed with the election OF
the congressman, and return 10 the
judgeship when Salt Lake was ready. /
By that time former Senator Brown
had reached the stage, and entered
protest against all further nominations
until the resolutions committee had re-
ported, because, he said. the nominees
did not know whether they were 10
stand on a gridiron plank of the DEM
ocrats or the smoothly polished plat
form of the Republicans. A Juab
county delegate suggested making the
nomination unanimous without salt
Lake, saying that for six or seven
years that county had always caused
delays, and II was time to teach the
delegates a lesson.
But the vote was announced after
while, and. on motion of a Sanpete
delegate il was made unanimous.
.Ali in favor say aye" shouted the
chair
There was a chorus OF ayes"
That's unanimous. laughingly re-
piled the chair, without even stopping
to ask for the nays.
The chair then announced the next
order of business was that OF placing
in nomination a candidate for con-
gress. Again Senator Brown entered
an objection, making one of his short,
but very sarcastic. speeches, most OF
which was lost on the noisy conVen-
ton.
There was a long silence when the
chair said congressional nominations
We're in order. A member of the reso-
buttons committee said the platform
had been completed; that ii was in the
hands of a subcommittee which was
drafting II; that it would soon be pre-
scented. and that it was IA Republican
platform" That called forth cheers
and applause.
When the subcommittee did not put
in an appearance Judge Allen said MS
original motion called for the contn-
uance OF the regular order of business,
and suggested that they proceed until
the resolutions were in evidence. Sena-
tor Brown again received the recoghl
ton of the chair, and made Few re-
marks in protest of further procedure
until the resolutions were adopted. Inc
chair did not stop him, as it saw the
sub committee filing into the theatre.
When Senator Brown took his seat the
chair said the convention had done an
excellent thing in killing time by De
bate, as the committee was now reaoy
TO report. That announcement was re-
ceived with cheers.
Graham Reads Resolutions.
John c. Graham Of Provo read the
resolutions. When he appeared, papers
In hand. upon the stage, he was warm
ly received. When he got in the middle
of the section on trusts he stopped and
said a few lines had been left out, and
got them from another member of the
committee. When he had gotten
through with the reading another
member of the committee sought to ex-
plain about a short section on the
trusts, and a long one. adding that the
committee had adopted the former.
Some one else said 1t was the long one
which had been acted favorably upon.
And a third commended that both had
been adopted.
The convention did not like the
mixed-up condition of affairs, and an
unsuccessful effort was made to send
the committee back with its CARRIED
section and have II fixed" The chalr
ruled that motion out of order on the
ground that the report had not been
received by the convention AFTER
much re-reading Of the long and short
passages. and a vast amount OF eH-
plantations on the part OF various mem
bers of the committee, it was decided
not to send it back under any circuIn-
stances.
Just before the vote could be taken
on the motion to adopt or reject the
platform as read, Congressman Suth-
erland asked permission 10 amend FOR
a few seconds 1t was thought he was
going 10 inject a Cuban reciprocity
plank, and much uneasiness was man
Tested through the hall. When the
congressman gained the ear Of the con-
vention, he said:
sutherland's Gallery Play.
.I wish TO offer an amendment. That
we insert designating the place. the
words referring to President Roose-
veltl "and he shall be the nominee OF
the PARTY in 1904 as his successor.
The convention went wild when IL
heard what the amendment was. Men
and women stood upon their feet and
shouted and yelled for several SECONDS.
Men waved their hats and women
waved their handkerchiefs. 1t WAS the
only really enthusiastic demonstration
of the convention. and Congressman
sutherland was the lion of the hour
His amendment was adopted amid
cheers, as was also the report OF the
committee. Men and women shouted
it was the platform of the Republican
marty In Utah for the fall campaign.
The convention then took up the
nomination for congressnan. George NJ.
Cannon OF Salt Lake placed Joseph
Howell before the convention hrst,
whose name was loudly cheered. IL
was seconded by Cache and Weber
counties. At 5.59 Cummins OF Salt
Lake proposed the name of Fire Chief
Devine. who was also warmly received
but not quite as enthusiastically as
Howell. Amid laughter and many sal
lies. c. S. Patterson OF Salt Lake, In
very mastery speech, nominated Dan
lei Harrington John Meakin OF Salt
Lake seconded Devine and &. Il. Allen
added a few words for HIM
Ballot on Congressman.
At this point an effort was made to
close the nominations. but it failed. and
S. o. Nelson went to Devine's support
A Utah county man moved to proceed