The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-09-23

II hOI SuIHcleII oppOSlJlOn 10
w make the convention interesting
the candidates selected by ApOs-
tie and Senator Reed Smoot of Provo
FOR salt Lake county were nominated
yesterday The slate went through so
smoothly that the convention was
merely a matter of form.
Some of those who had stOutly MAIN
tanned that no slate existed learned TO
tteir grief that il not only existed, but
was in excellent condition After the
last man had been nominated there
was not d delegate in the convention
who did not know that a slate had been
put through without a crack. From top
10 bottom, every man chosen by Mr..
Smoot of Provo was landed.
In an effort to make the affair look
right an attempt was made 10 convey
tn impression that Miller broke the
slate. The claim was made that An
deTsOn's man was Standish. Those on
the inside know better. and Mr.. Stand
ish. If he would talk of the matter,
could no doubt give some interesting
Information concerning the support he
got from the Smoot crowd That
Standish had been led TO believe he was
ON the slate is the generally accepted
belief, but there is abundant evidence
10 show he was ruthlessly cast aside to
make room for Miller. Anderson sat
by the telleTs while the vote was being
recorded. As Miller showed up strong
er and stronger the former chairman's
smile grew broader and broader. and.
when il was seen that Miller had been
nominated. Anderson. apparently un-
allie TO restrain his delight longer
passed behind the scenes, where he
grasped the hand Of one Of his bench
Iren and shook IL heartily. with every
outward manifestation of great joy
Anderson Pleads Not Guilty.
oh. you do me an Injustice" said
Nlr. Anderson when asked why he had
let Standish go down to defeat Il
couldn't save Mr. Standish. This
statement is sufficiently amusing in
view Of the fact that the Smoot crowd
had absolute control Of the convention
II was claimed that Christensen also
broke the slate by beating Irvine
Nevertheless, Christensen was on tn
slate the night before the convention.
The explanation of the downthrow OF
Irvine is that the powers had decided
10 put i'm Gentle county attorney
Not that they loved Irvine less. but
Smoot more. and figured that the only
rope they had Of heading off the de-
sertions to the new party was TO make
the Republican county ticket strongly
Gentle
As it stands the ticket carries SIX
Gentiles aud four Mormons. the Gen
tiles being Miller. Carbis. Fisher. Per-
kins. Swenson and Farley Pratt Chris
Jensen.
Beaten Candidates Sore.
Some Of the defeated candidates DO
not take their downfall i'm good sririt
Several OF them claim To have had
definite assurances that they were ON
the slate. The supporters OF the de-
icated ones minority Of the conven-
ton. Of course, left the convention i'm a
state of mind that did not augur wen
for the success Of the ticket. mo ua-
rule for me, They have run this thing
through but they can't make us vote
it' is the substance OF comment that
was heard from not loss than a dozen
OF those who had been beaten
Shoots Salt Lake county stan was
busy all day long I'm the rear Of the
building. Anderson Thomas Hull.
Judge II. s. Tanner. Z. II. CalIister. y,
Noisy. Sutherland. Jenkins and the rest
worked ceaselessly. Some member of
The Smoot staff was the center of =
group Of delegates almost an the time.
What was said. Of course. did not reach
alien ears. but certainly the results
were an that could have been ex-
3ected
Nj. standish Endorsed.
The platform endorses the county adj
ministration, which vas repudiated by
the defeat OF Mt Standish. The
church and state" plank is a result of
the American party movement As
first presented i'm committee the plank
was much more drastic than il appears
IN the platform. It's language was
stronger and the new party was men
toned by name This plank was the
only one i'm the platform that called
forth debate, and il was al length
adopted as it stands by unanimous vote
OF the committee, later being accepted
10y the convention by unanimous vote.
The convention was on the whole. /
about as dreary a gathering OF the
Kind as Salt Lake las seen for years. |
il was at the rear end of the hall that
most of the business was transacted. !
Most Of it was done silently, although !
q pleasant diversion was furnished at