The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-09-30
VICTORY FOR HEWLETT
OVER HOLIDAYS FORCES

If DiOgenes had lived some 600 wears
later than he did and had spent a few
minutes al the First ward Republican CON
NentioH last evening he would nave been
able TO find whole CARLOAD OF honest
men without the use OF a lantern That IS
II the Information peddled out by those
making nominating speeches can be taken
al par. First II was Honest Steve stan
ford, who was nominated for councilman:
then II was Harry b. Davis. The Honest
Plumber, who next got the glad hand.
and last Frank L. Hewlett but nobody
said anything about his honesty. This
might have been mere oversight on Lhe
part ot those making the nominating and
secondIuS speeches.
But it is not always the honest one
that carry away all the good things ami
when the votes were counted Hewlett led
the field by narrow margin of one vote.
giving nm the privilege OF having MS
name published on the official ballot as
the Republican candidate for the long
term Honest Steve Stanford a vote
behind. landed the nomination for the
short term, while the name of Harry b.
Davis must go in the summary as an
'also ram The vote was: Hewlett, l05;
Stanford. 104, Davis, Al.
Although the 100 voters yelled when
HeWletts name was read at the top OF
the list. they heard a few remarks FROM
Councilman Thomas Holiday intended fOr
their candidate, that Jared the political
PEDESTAL upon which Councilman Hewlett
had been placed earlier in the evening.
HOLIDAY, ia seconding the nomination CT
Davis, SAID he was man who would al
ways stand by the Republican party III
the council. As a Republican member ~
The present council. HOLIDAY said he had
for TWO years felt the need of such a col
league. The voters of Salt Lake elected
= Republican council at the last election.
according to Holiday, but when the Dem
ocrats needed votes they had no trouble
in always getting one from the First.
which was not Holidays. He said Davis
was not that kind of man. and that lie
could be depended upon TO remain true
blue 10 has party at all times. something
one of the other candidates had not done.
When il was all over Hewlett was called
upon for a speech, and made a few re-
marks IN his own defense, and told what
a good Republican he had always been.
In the middle of his speech d man. who
has been previously thrown out Of the
convention for talking too much, yelled
through the open door something to the
effect that Holidays talk on HeWletts
RepubHcanism was ali right
Question of S..
Another interesting feature OF the COM
ventiOn was the effort made by The ian
itor to collect s. for hail rent before pro-
ceedings hogan. The janitOr said line
bishop had told him 10 get the money by
ali means, and he did his best Several
plans were suggested 10 raise the funds.
resolutions We're offered, speeches were
made and recommendations offered bp
nearly everybody present on WAYS anI
means to raise that five but the iauitor
didn't see any real money coming his VaQ
Then one by one the prospective candi-
dates got the JanltOr off i'm the corner
and talked to him while business proceed
ed. and when the show was over the fam
itOr was still listening to narrowing tales
Of the wealth of life insurance Companies
who were friends of the Republican par
".
Judge II. S. Tanner was nominated BY
A r. Beveridge for the committeeman IA
permanent organization of the CITY con-
VentiOn. Reveridge, in making his speech
said Tanner was the one loyal Lieutenant
still left TO the party in the First
There were five candidates for the two
places on the city committee, Joseph l..
Weller with 81 votes and W. Il. Langen-
hacker with - votes landing the Jobs
The other candidates were A c. Sadler
So; +. c. Sanford, "a; A 3. Elder, IL
W. j. Moore was elected a member on
the credentials committee, ". $. NaylOF
member on platform and resolutions. IL
5. Tanner member on permanent organl-
cation, all by reclamation
The positions of chairman and secretary
of the ward delegation were given to A.
L. Hamiin and Hyrum J. Smith, respect
lively by acclamation.
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