The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-09-08
WILL Be NO SLATE
FOR DEMOCRATS
State Convention to be Held
Here Today.
SEVERAL LIVELY CONTESTS
JUDGE POWERS Is SINGLE
UNANIMOUS CHOICE.

! n EMOCRATS Of Utah, as in the past
III unterrified and still stalwart in
support of the principles of the
great party, viii meet in the Salt
Lake theatre at 1880 this morning to
place in nomination a complete state
ticket
An interesting convention with a
! fair field and the race TO the swiftest.
/ Is promised. Delegates from all see
lions of the state began to arrive yes
! terday and filed the headquarters and
/ the hotel Hobbies during the evening.
! All were cheerful, hopeful of the fu-
ture and busily at work in the inter
est of various candidates.
Diligent search failed to disclose the
| existence of a slate. On the contrary.
! the general disposition appears to be
/ 10 select the best men for the vari-
Gus places on the ticket and to line
] up solidly behind the entire ticket the
/ moment after the convention adjourns.
/ From indications late last night there
| viii be no soreness to be taken home
by the Democratic delegates. The cry
OF Get together" so persistently
sounded by the state organization an
pears TO have found a responsive echo
IN the breast of every Democrat in
Utah.
Contest For Governor.
For the place at the head Of the
| ticket there are two active candidates,
| IN William NJ. Roylance of Utah coun-
! " and James II. Moyle of Salt Lake.
! Receptive candidates are Aquila Ne
| beker of Rich and Rulon S. Wells Of
| salt Lake. The position of Mr.. Ne
| beker in the race is unique. As he
explains it, he is not and has not been
an active candidate for the nominal
! ticn. $50 far as l know" he said last
lR|2f my name will not go before
eeaention. At the same time I
YER shirked a duty to the
&c party and win not shirk
convention thinks I
sdidate. But l am not
i'm any sense a can
ninatiOn.'
ebeker, however, in
viii be presented.
6blicly stated his po-
- IJsizstEya receptive candidate
alendstBft night were predicting that
the nominatOn would go to him some
Ftime after the first ballot.
Moyle Made Active Campaign.
Mr.. Moyle has conducted more &C
/ tiY campaign, probably, than any of
I
strthgth Wed organized. His support
c IS claim a nomination for him on
| ~ first ballot by a large majority,
! S9rne placing il as high as $50.
kNr. ROylance's supporters, while adj
hitting he has not made Il Systematic
campaign. contend that he will win
the contest we only ask the con-
vention 10 name the best man in sight
for the place. and on that showing
we claim Roylance is the man."
The Roylance men expect to secure
/. Utah county solid. Wasatch solid, not
| less than thirty votes from Salt Lake,
twenty from Weber, twenty from
Cache, twelve from Sanpete, and
enough from other counties to make
not less than $50 on the first ballot
The struggle for the nomination for
secretary of state lies between Levi n.
Harmon of Carbon and l. c. ThOresen
of Cache. Mr.. Harmon comes with a
powerful backing from his section of
the state already pledged to him, and
his men claim he viii draw heavily
from all over the state. Mr.. Th0resen
won over Joseph Monson in caucus
yesterday, and has the solid support
of Cache. with enough outside sup
pert, his friends claim, to make him
the choice of the convention. Dan Ha-
mer of Weber also may get in the
race.
Struggle of Weber Men.
For the nomination for treasurer, W.
b. Wilson and r. T. Harris, of Weber.
have been mentioned. II is believed
that Mr. Harris will not go before the
convention. however.
NJ. ID. Bowen of Juab, J. b. Christen-
sen of Sanpete and J. w. Geiger Of
I Pc II, 10
nomination for auditor.
For the nomination for attorney gen
eral J. d. Call Of Box Elder, Edward
Pike of Juab and Grant Bagley of Utah
are candidates. Members of the Utah
county delegation stated last night.
however, that in case the nomination
for governor goes TO Mr.. Roylance
other Utah county candidates viii be
at once Withdrawn.
Judge r. \. Baskiu of Salt Lake
and c. S. Varian of Salt Lake are the
only men in the field for nomination
10 the supreme bench.
Geography is to cut no figure in the
selection of a candidate for superinten-
dent of public instruction, according
70 many of the delegates. Names heard
i'm connection with the nomination are
those of ]. II. Paul Of Salt Lake, \. r
Porter of Davis, y. l.. Nelson of Utah
and ]. a. WidtsOc OF Cache.
All For Powers For Congress.
Three names suggested last night as
constituting a good electoral ticket are
Fred j. Kiesel of Weber, Z. II. Snow OF
Washington and r. A. Wall OF Salt
Lake. The Washington county delega
ton is asking for nothing beyond the
selection of Mr.. Snow for candidate for
presidential electOr
One choice that will involve no dis
pute and that is expected 20 be mad
by vociferous shouting is the selection
of a candidate for congress. No name
Dut that Of Judge o. w. Powers Of
Salt Lake has been heard and that he
viii be chosen by Reclamation is beyond
question.
Judge II. =. Henderson of Salt Lake
has been selected as temporary chair
man OF the convention. with j. a.
Hougaard of Sanpete secretary and
William Howard OF Emery sergeant-at-
arms. The convention begins at 10:30.
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