The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-10-14

After brief recess the following COM
mittees were announced, after which an
adjournment was taken until o'clock.
Cullen, Henry Anderson, L. Belnap, n. S.
Elderkin. b. Harker, jr., D. ID. Mckay,
j. Z. Gibson, Chris Olsen.
J. J.. Driver, S. T. Whitaker, r. t. Har-
ris, N Montgomery, Joseph Bidwen, A
L. Peterson, George East.
Platform and Resolutions-W. l. Ma
ginnis, James Allen, w. Fred Bossner,
John Seaman. A G.. Horn, w. II. Low
der. A. A. Allen, ID. c. Shupe, Robert
Gale.
Permanent Officers Named.
Temporary Chairman Seaman called
the convention TO order at 80 oclock
for the afternoon session. The attend
ance was increased until almost the full
delegation was present. The committee
on credentials announced that there were
no contests, and each district was en-
titled to vote a full delegation. The com
mittee on organization announced the Sc
lection of the following permanent off,
GERS:
men. S. IT Corn. Joseph Chez: secretary,
H A Anderson; assistant secretary. II.
Barker, jr.; sergeant-at- farms, George
Wardlaw; chaplain. Rev. n. 3. Elderkln.
Chairman Richards was escorted to the
chair by a committee appointed for that
purpose and made the only lengthy adj
dress of the day. Mr.. Richards started
off mildly, but before he had completed
his address he flayed those Of the county
officers accused Of graft numerically
and made strong plea for united action,
which he said would surely mean vic
tory for the Democratic party this fall.
He said that the county was sorely in
need of government for the people and
for their interest; that judging the pres
ent county officers by their official con-
duct they must believe they had a righf
to take the county funds; they had no
regard for the taxpayers, the law. for
anything except an appetite for political
preferment and capital He said these
officers were putting their arms in the
public treasury in utter disregard of law
and propriety and held that the people
who pay the taxes had the right TO call
on and demand the nomination of such
men as would guarantee an honest adj
ministration. He was not in sympathy
with adopting a platform that merely
il said.
Need for Honest Men.
I'VE do not want people for office"
he said, who do not know it is wrong
to take money from the public treasury
II should be no excuse for the people
nominated here today to say that they
bad taken twice as much money
from the county as they were entitled
because they did not know it was wrong.
The men who do not know what money
they are legally entitled TO should be left
off the ticket, and defeated IL placed on
He then made some pointed references
20 the recent exposures in connection
with the alleged illegal appropriation of
county funds, and said that the system
OF graft seemed to be worse in the coun-
~ than in the city offices. IF a man
will charge $3.50 for going to the poor
farm" he said. what would he do when
ii comes to buying voting machines?
Why. they have TO get the people of the
different districts in the county to vote
a special tax for buying sprinixlers and
to repair the roads. and at the same
time they are throwing money away to
the railroads by paying $3.50 for trip