The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-08-22
IDAHO CONVENTION WAS
A RATHER TAME AFFAIR
OPPOSITION to Morrison VaniSheS and He Was
Nominated by ACCIamation
Little Contest For Any of the Offices Principal Points of the
PIatform-Rew State Committee.

the only candidate for the position OF
secretary Of state, so the same pro-
'ceedings applied to him.
In rapid succession followed the
names of Theodore Turner of Bannock
for auditor. Hal n. Coffin of Boise for
treasurer, John A. Bagley of Bear
Lake for the attorney generalship, Miss
May l.. Scott, present county superin-
tendent of Bingham, for state superin-
tendent of public instruction, and Rob
ert Bell of Custer for inspector of
mines. All were nominated unani-
mOusly and each acknowledged the
honor by well chosen sentences.
The state central committee was then
selected. and Immediately thereafter
the names of the candidates for the
judgeship of the various judicial dis
tricts were announced. These are as
follows; First district, Ross T. Nor
gan of ShOshone; Second, Edgar c.
Steele of Latah; Third, George H.
Stewart of Ada; Fifth, Alfred Bulge
of Bear Lake. The name of the
Fourth district candidate will be
agreed upon by the committeeman of
the FIVE counties comprising the Fourth
district
This last proceeding ended the bust
ness of the convention, and at $50
p. m. the body adjourned sine die. 4
meeting of Republican editors was
held at the Idanha hotel as a wind-up
to the convention and to discuss jour
nalistic plans for the coming cam
paign.
The Platform.
The platform, after a feeling refer
ence to the death of Mckinley, says:
I'VE believe that in President Roose-
welt our party has found a worthy
leader, whose fearlessness in the dis
charge Of his duty, and whose devotion
to the best interests of the whole coun-
try prove him to be q worthy successor
of his Iamented predecessor, and the
Republican party of Idaho extends TO
President Roosevelt its hearty sup
port
The protective tariff is Endorsed with
the following supplementary declara-
tons:
That many Of the industries of this
country have OutgrOwn their infancy.
and the American manufacturer has
entered the markets of the world and
is successfully competing with the
manufacturers of all other countries.
we, therefore, favor revision of the
tariff without unreasonable delay,
which viii place upon the free list
every article and product controlled by
any monopoly, and such other articles
and products as are beyond the need
of protection.
On the trust question it says:
Resolved, That the formation of
enormous Overcapitalized corpora tons.
commonly called trusts, for the purpose
of concentrating all of the industries
and products of the country in the
hands of few men, sitting competi-
tion and enabling them TO dictate the
wages of labor and the prices of COM
mOdities to both the producers and the
stu Glrr,1afS in he i0taraSt of tboir- o,r-r1
aggrandizement, is a great and growing
evil, the plain remedy for which should
De laws regulating the capitalization of
corporations with reasonable and mod
crate limits. We recognize the fact
that under the constitution of the
United States as it now stands no ade-
quate restrictions can be put upon the
organization Of such corporations,
therefore We favor such amendment
TO the constitution as will enable con-
SreSS to effectually remedy and SUD-
press all trusts and injurious combina-
tions of aggregated capital"
The platform favOrs the opening of
lands in forest reservations in the
state that are more valuable for agri-
cultural than other purposes.
The Democratic legislature is con-
demned for its administration of the
states land grants, for its executive ap-
pOrtiOnment. for the veto of the beet
sugar bounty bill. for wasteful extrava-
gance. etc. The railway merger is op-
posed.
This declaration is made relative to
the twO-mile limit law for sheep that
| has given rise to so much discussion
The existing law recognizing and
regulating the relative rights of those
who use the public domain for graz
ing. agricultural or INNING purposes,
as defined by existing legislation, has
the approval of the Republican party
of the state. and. except as changed
/ conditions may demand such slight
mOdifiCa tons as Will make the law
more efficient in its execution. the Re-
publican party is opposed TO any
change therein"