The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-08-21

ISSUE is EVADED
BY ALL FACTIONS
No Trial of Strength in Weber
County Caucus.
NO ENDORSEMENTS GIVEN
wARDLEIGH PLACED AT HEAD
OF DELEGATION
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Ogden, Aus. 20.-The caucus of Weber
eounty's delegates TO the -Republical
state convention held today in the court
house did not preeipitate the contests
that were known. to be imminent and
which had been gathering here during the
past week. Part OF this was due to the
tact that conference after conference had
been held within the past thirty-six hours
and some of the troubles temporarily
smoOthed over: another and far weight
5sr reason was that none of the factions
cared TO risk q ShO -wof strength By at
tempting to put through resolutions of in
Gorsemelt or of attempting to enforce
the unit rule.
Some of the earnest partisans of a ".
Agee claimed that a point was scored for
Il cir candidate for supreme judge first,
il turning down Stewart for chairman.
ard later the defeat OF a resolution pro-
posed by A II. Moyes that a trading
committee be appointed. r. A Moves.
candidate for state treasurer. expressed
himself as entirely satisfied with the OUT
come.
That r. a Moves has a big majority
in the delegation who viii support him
support him to the extent Of being traded
in his interest is also assured, though
quite number will 20 to that extent.
Trouble at Huntsville.
After calling the conference together
Chairman Ages. explained at some length
4 complication that had arisen in Hunts
Vile which resulted in the sending or
two delegates from district No , Of thar
place. The county chairman and secTe-
tarv in issuing the official call had deS-
10 hold the primary for district No. :.
Since the last primaries Huntsville has
becOme city. and among the changes
vas one which changed the boundaries
making the city part district No.
I. and the outside residence district No.
:. Consequently a confusion OF ideas re-
suited as To what district constituted No
. The Huntsville party chairman TOOK
the home Of " c. Smith. Part of the
voters went there and chose Mr.. SMITH
as the delegate Another part went 10
NarzsgaaTds hall and failing to get IN,
went to a nearby school house and chose
state Senator David Mckay. Disnop OF
huntsville Mr.. Mckay did not reside
ir the district hence he was accredited
bv a primary held in the wrong place.
and another had elected d delegate re-
siding. without is borders. Bishop Nc
Ray had been slated for the position OF
Chairman of the delegation The tu-
dicial convention had recognized the dele
gate chosen at Smiths house The cues
non was about. to precIpitate 4 liVely
scrap when Mckay Withdrew and Smith
was seated.
officers and Committeeman
For chairman of the caucus W L ste
Hart was defeated stewart IS m out-
spoken advocate Of Cutler Tor COVER
ror. The other candidate was II. 9.
Wardleigh. who was chosen by a sub
stantial majority. David Jensen was
chosen secretary. and thereupon both
these Officers were elected for the dele
cation as well as for the caucus.
Rudolph kucaler was elected state COM
7nitreeman for Weber county By acciama-
ton
For positions on the various committees
the action was also unanimous. Alex
Moves going on the committee on order
of business and permanent organization
and E. " Wade on resolutions. Mr..
HoliingswoTth declined 20 run for either
of these positions. On credentials JO-
seph Fife was Selecteu-
A H Moves then moved that trad.
ing committee of three b. appointed by
THE cpair This gave A " Agee an
0Deniug. and ne inVeighed against the
theory that any three men should be
delegated. 10 trade" the votes Of the
delegation. r. A MOyes explained that
what was meant was a steering commit
tee to get information and report it back.
But despite explanations the plan met
with much criticism and was turned down
hard
4 committee on transportation com
rosed of Dave Low. H A Sims and T.
". wade was named. and the caucus ad-
jouTned.