The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-10-04

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| When City Chairman r. c. Loot
! borrow called the convention to order
/ at 10 O'Clock there was an undeTtone
/ in his voice thai shade a number OF
/ the delegates turn TO the door in
| the rear as if expecting to see Il corpse
| brought in. They did this without
/ thinking. of course. Al this time Chair
! man Loofbourow and J. Farley White
| were on the stage in fun view Later
| Judge j. Z. lSricl1 was brought forth
and introduced as the permanent chair
man. He was greeted with applause,
not OF the old, spontaneous, nerve
| racking applause; but with sub
/ dued, respectful applause as beftted
| the occasion. Judge Frick looked out
upon sea of dptunoi theatre chairs.
| Three American flags were in sight i'm
| different parts Of the hall. One of them
| was ydraped over che small table "a
| which the judge stood us he spoke In
! the rear of the hall. inst outside The
| zone of Republican influence. there vas
| a meagre fringe Of humanity, 1t WIS
| made up in part of patriots: II part
| OF eXulting DemOcrltS; in part of un-
| classified spectators; IN part of aJn-
| bilious Republicans with their eyes
| fastened upon distant Offices but
| knowing not which way to turn In
| their minds some of them We're try
] lll5 u rue LWO DuckinR DFOlcnOS so
/ ing in opposite directions. Not one IF
all these made any demonstration mat
would interfere in any way with the
! proceedings
Frick Fails to Warm Them.
| Judge Tricks address aroused no an
| thusiasm. He told something of the
past history of the Republican party
| and what it stands for He claimed
! the TPinp inIa- for oh h. A.
as the property of the Republican party
and made it clear that the Americans
| would not get the Stars and Stripes
| as their party emblem without making
a fight for them.
Picturing Republicans as assassins
shooting somebody in the back was
! one of the things that seemed to have
| aroused Judge Tricks ire He de-
nOunced this as un-American. He re-
minded his listeners that Republicans
fight i'll the open; that they favor a
square deal; that they fight for equal
rights everywhere. He deplOred deeply
| the cleavage between parties on lines
of religion, creed or class. A victory
won on such lines he declared could
not be permanent; that a party to ex-
list must have within its membership
men of all creeds, all classes and all
conditions. Fighting on the right lines. |
he assured his associates, they might |
go down TO defeat but they would not |
| be VanQuished.
An effort was made to rally The
dropping spirits of the faithful by tell !
ing them how they responded last fall /
and asking them if they were sorry for |
having then voted for a square deal /
and equal rights.
Speaking for Salt Lake, Judge Frick /
unconsciOusly threw a nice bouquet at 4
the present Democratic city administra- /
ton by saying that Salt Lake is des- /
Tined to- become the queen of all the /
intermOuntain territory"
This" said the speaker, means /
more than a temporary real estate 1
boom. salt Lake must be more than
q way station on the highways of the |
nation. 1t must become the great dis (
tributing center of the west In this /
way can be laid the foundation for I
a great city
Judge Prick begged the Republicans I
not to retaliate upon the Americans for
their abuse by abusing them in turn
but to fight in the open: to treat them
as American citizens should be treated.
but to stand by their convictions.
Committees Are Named.
Colonel NJ. NJ Kaighn was the first
man on his feet when the chairman
asked the pleasure of the convention.
The colOnel's was the customary mo-
ton for the three customary commit
tees. The motion carried and on roll
call the following were designated to
represent their respective wards.
Credentials-W. J. Moore, Alvah
Stout, Joseph e. Mullett. 2. Hieip-
botham, NJ, II. Kreibel
Permanent organization and order of .
business-H. s. Tanner. John DeGrey-
Dixon, I. L. IRVINE, A. 8. Irvine, VIII
lard Hanson.
Platform and resolutions-W. s. Nay
Tor, +. j. Eardley, William Mcmillan.
l.. II. Smythe, Job p. Lyon
H. 5. Joseph appeared on the scene
at this critical point in the proceed
ings and made a motion 10 take a
recess till l o'clock. At once there was
an uproar. Fred W. Price. Fred c.
LOofbourow and John a Houghton Of
tered conflicting motions. amendments
and substitutes. Scent of d plot tickIed /
the nostrils of some of the war horses
but there was no plot. Chairman Loot
borrow explained that all the commit
tees were ready 10 report and that
there was no use in wasting time.
Judge Frick also explained that the hall
must be cleared by > O'clock There
was danger that some of the delegates
might be swept out by the ianitor
The recess for ten minutes prevailed.
After the intermissiOn Judge Frick.
with the aid of club and the Utah
State band under the footlights. gath
cred as many as possible of the dele
gates to hear the reports.
Reports Are Read.
W. J. Moore of the First ward read
the report of the committee on creden-
tials. This report was dated Oct 4
which was taken as proof that the
Republican party is living in the fu-
ture. This date was corrected on sug-
gestion of a delegate who is a stickler
for facts, and Mr.. Moore recommended
that the list of delegates as published
in the Telegram be adopted as en-
titled TO seats in the convention. This
was fearful snub aimed at a Ger
tain morning paper published in the
western part Of the city. The report
was adopted.
II. $. Tanner, also of the First ward
submitted the report of the committees
on permanent organization and order
of business. IL named Judge ]. L.
Prick for permanent chairman; Horace
II. Smith for secretary; w j. Edwards
and II. J. Smith for assistant secre-
taries, and Axel H. Steele for sergeant
alarms. Each name was cheered as
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