The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-02-21
NOMINATE JUDGES
MONDAY, MAY is
Republican Judiciary Commit
fee Fixes Date.
BIPARTISAN SUGGESTION
PLAN TO DIVIDE JUDGESHIPS
BETWEEN TWO PARTIES.

Monday. May Is. is the date decided
upon for the holding Of the Republics
judiciary convention. wheD four camel
Gates for the district bench wiz ba
nominated IT VIII meet I'm JuLse
Charles W Morse's court room in the
city and county building. The time
was fixed ut q session of the judiciary
committee, which met last evening in
the parlors Of the Kenyon hotel. George
\. Lawrence acted as chairman and
Farley p. Christensen as secretary.
The representation was not definitely
decided upOn. To viii be about $50
based upon the vote cast by the re-
sQective counties i'm the district for
Congressman Joseph Howell i'm The fan
of 1903 salt Lake county VIII get
about no. TGoeIc seventeen. and sum
nit twenty-five dci1gates- J. n Lock
hart Of Coalviiie, /. l. Baker Of TOoele
city and Attorney Christensen were
appointed "a committee 10 compute the
app0rtioumcnt
In deciding uDou Max IS as the date
for holding the convention, the com
mittec fJ1ned down James II. Ander-
son. chairman Of the board of county
commissioners and chairman of the Re
publican state committee. Tt was his
wish that il he held some time during
September, within a few days of the
date of the other Republican convention
which viii nominate candid S-es for the
fall election.
Mr.. Anderson was anxious to have the
judicial convention meet at that Tins,
but 1T had been already decided by
the majority of the committee tina.
politics if they could prevent it, should
not enter INTO the selection of the date
When the meeting convened last
evening il was evident that there was
@ decided division a TO when the judi
GARY convention should be neld. E2c1
man had a date OF his own, the field
being pitted against Mr. Anderson, who
was personally represented on the COM
mittee by L. J. EaTdley. former council
man. and Charles Marks. They were
for September first. last and all the
Cime. The other members were divided
on dates ranging from March 81. fav-
ored by James Smith. to the middle
OF August. which would have suited
=. I. Christensen.
Arguments Lasted Some Time.
March 81 was first moved then any
date between Sept. 1 and 10. as a sub
EtitUte A compromise was offered for
May 10 Then May % was proposed,
and lastly any date in August. The
different dates were argued back and
forth for nearly two hours. When a
vote was taken 1fT- Baker Joined the
Anderson forces. making three, while
1Iz-- LOckhart. Ralph Guthrie. T. F..
Christensen. James Smith, Geo. y.
Lawrence and Henry Harker voted for
May 16.
The convention viii be preceded by
Inc Republican convention for the
selection of six delegates to the Nation
go IA mil Na
held in this city about April 8
During the day prominent politicians
of tins city on the Republican side were
working on the proposition to nave the
Republicans and Democrats com oine on
the judiciary, each TO select two cam
dida les. instead of both parties putting
four i'm the field. 1t was feared that
question woJld come m in last even
ing's meeting, but it did not. As near
"a could te learned last evening the
proposition meets with general public
approval
Judiciary Candidates in Field.
Tn to date six names have been men
toned for nomination on the Republ-
can ticket for district judge. They are
Judge Charles w. Morse Of the erin
NAL division of the district court and
Judge Thomas D. Lewis Of the Fourth
division. neither of whom viii have
any trouble in receiving the nOmina-
ton il is said; Deputy Clerk George G.
Armstrong. Judge c. r Goodwin.
d. II. Wenger and NJ. 7. Ritchie
only two Democrats have as yet per
mitted their names To be used: Judge
William c. Hail of the probate division
of the district court and Judge Samuel
w Stewart of the civil division
District Attornev Dennis G. Eichnor-
the present incumbent. Is the only
name mentioned by either party as a
candidate for that Office. Tt is con-
coded the Republicans. as the matter
now stands. VIII nominate him by a
complimentary vote