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

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]. LYNCH, chief of police
w of Salt Lake City by the grace Of
Ezra Thompson, candidate for
mayor on the American ticket, cOntin-
ued in Office by the grace of Richard p.
Morris, candidate for mayor on the
Democratic ticket, was nominated~for
mayor in the Republican convention
yesterday. In this way Chief Lynch is
placed in the position of turning against
the men who elevated him. The stu
alton is made still more complicated
by the statements given out that Chief
Lynch is TO retain his position at the
head of the police department through
the campaign and use the influence of
| the department for his own election and
against the men to whom he owes his
| position.
| Chief Lynch has asserted from the
| first that he was not a candidate, and
| that he preferred TO remain in his pres
ent position, but two weeks ago he con-
scented to accept the nomination and
since then his selection has been fore
gone conclusion. For this reason the
nomination aroused no enthusiasm in
| the convention and falls with deDTess-
ing effect on the party at large. There
was not voice raised in the conVen-
ton against the nomination of Chief
Lynch. All other possibilities had been
eliminated by the slate makers.
On the ticket with Chief Lynch were
placed W. Z. Vigus fortauditor, W r.
Hutchinson for attorney Calvin :.
Buckwalter for recorder and Walter J,
Beatie for treasurer.
The only real fight of the convention
for a place on the ticket was between
W. +. Vigus and Charles CottrelI. ir.,
| for auditor. Mr.. Cottrell had been in
| the race but one day, and yet SO indus
! triously did he and his friends work
| margin of five majority in total vote
openshaw Men Bitter.
More bitterness was stirred up in the
race for treasurer than in any other
| feature of the convention with the sim
| gle exception of the "tithing" incident.
After the convention was over il was
openly charged that J. +. OpenshaW
was defeated through the agency of
| report secretly circulated to the effect
that he was compromised by the recent
| bounty frauds Walter J. Beatie was
| the beneficiary of these reports. but It
| is not intimated that he was in any
way responsible for the character of the
Seldom has anything more ridiculous
! been seen III a convention than the
panic that took possession of the de-
| egates and officers when Wiley Brown,
/ one of the old leaders of the party. pre-
/ scented an amendment to the platform
| aiming TO cut off the payment of tith-
| ing into the Mormon church treasury
| by employees of the city administration.
| Had the cry of 'LeprOsy'' or Mad dog
| al fF. a haI
! CONSERVATION could not have been
! greater. Browns motion to have the
amendment to the platform made was
never seconded, showing that there was
/ not one in the convention i'm sympathy
| with his movement; and yet so great
was the terror that took possession Of
/ the convention that it dumped the
whole platform on the table and was
! ready 10 cremate il and bury the ashes
| in order to shake off this damnable
| thing about tithing.
"Point With Pride" Family.
An effort was made in the platform
| to revive some of the national ReDubli-
can spirit by pointing with pride in
| the direction Of Washington and way
| lug Old Glory as the exclusive property
| of the G. o. p. The present city ad-
| ministration was also condemned for
|
| prOvements only on paper" 4 water
! system was advocated and taking the
/ question out of politics was urged.
| There was nothing about the couVen-
/ ton from beginning to end to stir en-
! thusiasm. The morning session was
/ poorly attended and pitiably cold. The
| speech Of Judge j. Z. F'Tick. which was
| expected to serve as the keynote of the
| campaign, was apologize and ex cathe-
| dra. There was not an aggressive note
| in it. The absence of the party leaders
was marked. and there was not
! speech made at any time in the day
| that arose above the line of mediocre
| The ticket had been decided upon prac-
] tically before the meeting of the con-
yention, and the delegates found il diff
/ ficult to make a respectable show Of
machine-made enthusiasm. The con-
| vention throughout was of the Wet
! blanket order.