The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-09-23

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by R KKnudsen: Hyram Con. by ].
w. Williams.
There were a number of seconds for
each man. The ballot. which took al
most an hour TO call. resulted as FOL
lows:
Wilson Gets Long Term.
Anderson. sS1; Standish, S2s; Gabbott,
255; Wilson, sos; Harker. 107; Rich, 100;
Godfrey, 80; Con, 80; necessary for
election. 277. Amid cheers the chair
announced that Wilson had been elect
ed to the long term, and Standish and
Anderson for the two short ones. Their
elections were made unanimous.
After several attempts 10 make John
James nomination for county clerk
unanimous II was carried. but not I'M
I'll several stormy scenes had occurred.
Colonel George 3. Squires OF Sugar
House, In an impassioned speech, nom
mated w. o. Carbis for treasurer. The
conclusion OF squires' speech was fol-
lowed Immediately by a motion 70
make it unanimous for Carbis. This
was opposed by delegates who be-
lieved a dark horse was to be sprung
and wanted to see the fun, but no
other candidate developed. and Carbis
went through without opposition.
There were but two candidates for
sheriff, c. Frank Emery and Jack
Smith. Judge Hiram E. Booth nomi-
mated the former and Hyrum Smith the
latter Emery won. All TO l04. HIS
nomination was made unanimous.
II was growing late, and an unsuc-
cessful attempt was made by the
Kearns men to take a recess until Z
O'Clock.
The county recorder came next. W. A.
Lee nominated Walter J. Meeks and
Angus NJ Cannon eulogized A. G. Sad
Ter. There were cries for unanimous
vote for Meexs, and when Mr.. Cannon
saw his protege was hopelessly de-
feated, he withdrew him by asking the
convention to make Meeks' nomination
by reclamation. II was done with
cheers and yeiis.
Tom Kessler nominated Ben r. Ell
dredge for county assessor. and B. b.
Bitner was placed before the conven-
ton by H. F. Edwards. The former re-
ceived All votes, and the latter $50.
When the result was announced Bit
ner asked the convention to make Ell
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was done.
Fight Over Authorship.
Then came the county authorship
fight between !. NJ. Fisher and J. Farley
White. Colonel George Squires nOmi-
mated Fisher, and Farley Jensen did
the honOrs for White. At that stage
OF the proceedings the chairman lost
control of the convention. the dele
gates refusing TO pay any attention to
his repeated calls for order. They We're
shouting and yelling like 50 many In
dams, and throwing ballots up in the
air Finally the chair asked the band
to play 10 force the delegates to stop
trying TO get his attention and prepare
their ballots. Fisher received 81 votes.
and White lS2. His nomination was
made unanimous.
Another attempt was made TO induce
the convention 10 adjourn, but 1t failed.
The nomination OF a county attorney
came next. II evolved itself into one
of the most disgraceful scenes ever en-
acted in a convention held in Salt Lake
county. From the time that order OF
business was called until after the vote
had been counted the second time and
the result announced to the convention,
the chair only once or twice had con-
troll OF the delegates. They shouted.
yelled, talked at Will, threw ballots at
each other, stood up on their seats,
and acted like bad boys generally.
Convention in Uproar.
The convention went wild when Par
! ley p. Christensen was placed in nom
ination by George Lawrence, and re-
peated calls were made for three
cheers. There was another spasm of
yells. cheers and waving OF hats when
A. L. Hoppaugh placed George Wes-
tervelt's name before the convention.
In making his nomination speech, Hop
paugh INDUCED in some personalities
against Christensen which caused Wes-
] tervelt TO lose a number OF votes. He
ridiculed Christensen's manly form,
and In comparing the legal capabIli-
| ties Of the two men said he was NOM
! mating "a lawyer"
His remarks brought a score of men
10 their feet In defense of the county
attorney. and pandemonium reigned
| for some time. The chair was abso-
lutely al the mercy OF the infurIated
/ and enthusiastic delegates. After
Delegate Shulder had been informed by
half the delegates that his time was
up while he was trying 10 make a
speech, and the chair had called him 10
order, he turned his back 10 the stage
and continued his speech. while a
dozen men stood upon their feet and
yelled at the top of their voices for
recognition. No one could be heard,
and the chairman lost his temper
| pounding for order. The head of his
tack hammer flew OF. and that angered
| him the more. Then he pounded on
I the table IN front OF him with the end
OF the hammer until he got red in the
face.
Councilman Daveier finally got the
floor, and began a speech for Wester-
Welt. Before he had spoken a minute
the convention went OF its feet and
the chair went up into the air. Chair
man Wenger's arm gave out trying TO