Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-09-30
Republicans Hold Their Ward
Conventions asd Vote on
Candidates
HEWLETT WINS IN THE FIRST
Wood Beaten by Curris 10 the Second
New Men 10 All the
Other Wards

nominees lot iNe CITY tONlNll.
FIRST MUNICIPAL WARD.
Long term-F. D. Hewlett,
short terms. A, Stanford,
SECOND MUNICIPAL WARD,
Long term. W. Currle.
short torm-J \, ECkman.
THIRD MUNICIPAL WARD,
Long term T. O. Calhster
Short torm-E. +. Parry
FOURTH MUNICIPAL WARD,
Long term-A. H. Peabody,
Short tcrm--Joseph johnson.
FIFTH MUNICIPAL WARD.
Long tcrm--H. n. Standish.
short term-A. G.. Bower
HEWLETT AND STANFORD.
In the First ward A. l.. Hamlu
acted as chairman and Hyrum J. Smith
as secretary while Theodore Raybould
and Fred }. kegler We're elected tel
lols, Joseph L. Weller and VIII f.
LangeubaCkcr were elected members
Of the city committee. W. j. Moore a
member Of the committee on Creden-
tails AZ the city convention, W. >,
Ns%lor, platform and resolutions, II.
s. Tanner permanent organization
and order OF business.
Nominations for the council being In
order a. b, Elder was recognized by
the chair and named as his candidate
the honest plumber" Henry b. Day-
les, County Attorney Farley =. Chris
tonscn placed in nomination the name
Of stephen A. Stanford competent.
capable. always am active party work.
en- and one who has never before
sought honor at the hands Of his par
tN'
The name OF Frank j. Hewlett, pres
emit councilman from the First was
placed lon nomination by Joseph L.
Weller who paid hls candidate many
compliments for his gooa work In the
past. Councilman HOLIDAY seconded the
nomination of MIR. Davies. but his
speech failed Of results. as the fo',ow-
ing ballot will show. Hewlett, l05
stanford. l04 Davies, Al, The sue
c'ssful candidates were called upon for
speeches and responded briefly, Mr..
Stanford merely thanking his friends
for the nomination and Mr. Hewlett
pridmg himself in the fact that he had
never yet reversed himself but had
always remained firm 10 his oonvic-
tions. Then the meeting adjourned.
SECOND WARD MEETING.
The convention I'm the Second ward
was called To order promptly at \
o'clock by H. j. Eardley city commit
teemau tred Price was elected chair
man ana Albert $, Reiser secretary.
After the reading ~ the call the fol-
! lowing committeeman for the city COM
| yention were announced, Cree
dentals, Alyah Stout porma-
nent organization aud order n
business, John DeGray Dixon, platform
and resolutions T., II Eardlcy, As city
committeeman, J. }. Grcenewald and
Joseph A. Anderson were elected unan-
imously
Nominations for the council being
called for. j. j. Meyer presented III,
name Of the present councilman, l.. j.
Wood; Seth PiXtou named Harrison Il.
jenkins; j, }, Curtis named j. w. cur
ric, ana Fred W Price presented the
name Of John A. Eckman. The ballot
resulted as follows, Currie SAY Wood
G6ia, ECkmeu, 66ia; jenkins 54iA. cur
RE was declared the nominee Of the
convention for the long term. where
upon Wood and Jenkins were with
drawn, leaving a clear coast for Mr.
Eckman he was therefore nominated
for the short term by reclamation. Dur
ing the evening MIR. GreeneWald made
@ number of ringing speeches,
~ THE THIRD WARD,
The Third ward convention was pre-
sided over by State Senator w. n. VIII
lIams. while William ~ Edward acted
as secretary Going az once 20 busi-
ness, Secretary Edward presented the
name of H. A. Callister for the long
term Nh CallIstor was nominated by
acClamation, after which Edwin T.
Parry Was similarly dealt with for the
short term As members of the city
committee, Harry S. Anderson and Wal
ter H. Mitchell Were elected, while the
following committeeman Were chosen
for the city convention on credentials,
Joseph r., Mullctt; ON platform, william
McMilen; on permanent organization,
~ L. Irvine.
SMOOTH SAILING IN FORTH.
The Fourth ward convention was held
iu the Twentieth ward amusement hail.
with Glen Miller as chairman and
Frank Higgubothum as secretary. . But
two names were placed before the con-
NCntlou for the council they being JO-
seph Johnson and a. H. Peabody. 1t
was moved that the candidate receiving
the largest number OF votes be made the
l0nR-term candidate and the next high
est the short term nomination Upon
counting the ballots It WAS found that
Mr. Peabody had received a votes
against Mr. Johnsou's 2S. so he was ace
cordingly nominated for the long term
ana Mr. Johnson for the short term. W.
r. Hutchinson was then named as pro-
ciuct chairman but he promptly with.
drew aud John Htghom was then NOM
mated for the position. For Secretary
NJ. f. Cummings was decided upUu,
while Joseph sharp and Glen Miller
Committeeman for The convention
were named as follows. Credentials.