The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-30

: Dean, North Ogden: r. KGchIer. og- :
Treasurer-A. d. Chambers. ogden. !
Recorder. b Wallace, Ogden.
Sherlff-G. Alva Sebring. Ogden
,lefk-Daw'd Madison, Ogden
Assessor-Edwin Dix. Ogden
Attorney-N. j. Harris Ogden i
surveyor-H. j. Craven. Ogden. 7
Commlssioners-O b. Madsen a
= years.; Frank Moore, @ yesrs)
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The Republican county convention was
held here yesterday and the hand of the
county machine showed plainly through
out the proceedings and in the result. A
Feeble attempt To break II resulted I'm a
failure The hall in which the conven-
ION was held was entirely too small for
'he number OF delegates and spectators
assembled. This fact became evident
when the voting for candidates began. In
each case where the nominations were
Si,,sSteu the announcement to prepare
III ii,1o,5 Mds IoiloWed by psndemonium
me chairman OF the convention was nm
aple 10 mold the crowd in check. His re
pcdIed raps Tor order were utterly ig-
, moreo and at times as much as five min
u,ItS were consumed before he could ouiet
the aggregation and make himself beard
SuliclentlN To proceed with the work Of
me convention. The convention on tbe
MI ~nois Vas perhaps the most disorderly of
ahy helu mere IN years and at one stage of
me proceedings free for all fight was
threatened as the result of an argument
gates. uele-
Fight on clerkship.
As foreoasted the main fiebt was CON
tered on the nomination Of county clerk
winch. according 10 the machine order
or business was placed first on the list
county attorney the three-cornered fi,bt
was spirited. Mr. Harris the machine
gaHdlaate. won out on the first ballot
. ne ol9sest contest was in the selection of
q candidate Tor commissioner for the two
year term. In this struggle "BilIvi' VIII
son. the present incumbent lost ont 10
bb Ji,ntS Moore of North, Ogden after three
DaHots were taken In all there were
commissioner o VI
Many OF the nominations were made
without opposition and in each case whore
mere was q contest the nomination was
mac UNANIMOUS on motion g. the de-
ISated candidate, in an effort 20 bring
about the harmony thought TO be rleces-
sary for the success OF the ticket Tba
feature of the convention was the ab-
Selce or oTatOTy from the proceedings
one OF inc tlrst motions Of the day car
REC with IT the embargo to limit all
nominating speeches TO five minutes and
tne secondlng speeches TO two minutes
1Fen IN this short space of time many
OF the speakers We're iutprrupted nv the
impatient crowd before the allotted time
had elapsed. ~
There was close TO a full delegation
present but they were slow i'm getting
10 their respective places i'm the half
Curb politics were in full SWAY all the
morning and this accounted for the way
IN Whlch the delegates stra ggled into the
building. The convention nall was deco
rated with a large American flag hung
at the rear of the hall. The Stars and
Stripes were also wound around the pre-
sidlnS otfcers station and a large bou-
quet of white and purple asters adorned
his desk.
Temporary Organization.
II was l:2O o'clock when County Chair
man r. T. Hulaniski raped for order
and II was fully five minutes longer be-
fore ne could make himself heard lie
then announced the following temporary
organization for the convention. Chair
man. Joseph Stanford; vice chairman.
Mrs. Jennie Nelson; secretary. Thomas
Mckay assistant secretaries. c. H. Folk
man and Mrs. Arthur Chandler; ChaDlafn
Rev. J. r. Carver. After prayer had been
said by the chaplain and before relin-
gushing the place of the presiding off
Ger 70 the temporary chairman, Mr.. HUI
ianiski made short talk on Republican
Joseph Stanford. the temporary chair
man. was touted as one who would make
a lengthy address and define other prin-
ciples OF the party, His address, how
ever. was brief and on the whole was a
plea tor peace and harmony. He said il
was necessary that peace and good order
should prevail that they might win the
approval Of the Republican party and
the respect at their opponents.
After recess OF twenty minutes the
following committees were named after
which an adjournment was taken until
2:30 D. m,
Committees Are Named.
Committee on Credentials-Fred c. Nais-
nit, \. IL Moves. David Jensen, +. J.
J.. II: Froercr, T. ". jones. f. A Miller,
L. Fisher.
.orEsnization-H. l. Snyder. w. c. How
ell, A. Power r. Kuchler, F. F. Dalton,
Enoch Bingham. q Dawson. ID. G. Stew
art Joseph Iioag. Farley SmOut.
RESOLUTIONS and PLATFORM. A. Austin,
-: A Bowman II. 7. Randall, r. w.
Wade. w. ]. Browning. j. L. Robinson /
George s. Dean. r. y. Jones. Il Marriott
Nephi Matthew.
When the convention got down to bust
ness Tor the afternoon session il was al !
most o'clock. The reports of the vari-
Gus committees We're received and the |
first test Of comparative strength came
when an effort was made by the faction
supporting s. c.. Dive for county clerk. 10 !
have the report Of the committee on order !
Of business amended and changed SO as |
20 conform with the usual precedent |
Much feeling was manifested in the de- !
bate which followed because of the fact
that the intimation had gone out that !
there was some Interior motive back OF |
the report The original report however /
was finally adopted, and the first victory 4
f9r the MattsOn or machine cliuue was /
Scored. The report OF the committee re- |
ported the following permanent Officers:
Chairman. X. Kuchlcr: vice chairmen, O. |
VI. Hanson. l.. NJ Nelson and r. Bng- |
ham; secretary, T. ri Jones; assistants. /
7. r. Mckay, Carl Allison and Joseph |
Hoag; chaplain. NJ. s. Marriott When /
tho permanent chairman was escorted to !
the stand he merely announced that he /
would make no speech and then stated /
that nominations were in order.
Platform Is Adopted.
The platform adopted by the convention |
was as follows:
We. the Republicans Of Weber county.
in convention assembled, resolve as fol- |
lows:
First-That we approve the platform /
sdopted at the state convention held i'm /
Salt Lake City, Sept 20. 1906. and endorse |
the candidates OF that convention.
Second-That we heartily endorse the |