The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-09-21

not divide il. Mr.. Bldredge and Mr..
Joseph. the great mining man from Salt
Lake, said they could whisper around. If
you pass this resolution, whispering ones
viii not have any vitality. They will not
have any pull, and II the Democratic
party Will come and back you up-if you
do that, I want TO say to you that whis-
perlng interferences will cease"
Mr.. Harrington's resolution was then
put to the convention and lost by an
overwhelming vote, Not TO exceed If
teen delegates voted in favor OF 1t,
Alma Bldredge then desired to have In
corporated in the platform a resolution
providing for the establshme Of a State
Board of Railroad Commissioners, but
the proposed resolution was lost.
The report OF the committee on plat
form and resolutions was adopted ut this
time and Chairman Squires announced
that nominations for Congressman were
in order.
Naming the Ticket.
Stephen II. Love Of Salt Lake. So
called insurgept, who has been protest
ing so strenuously against machine"
rule, was recognized. and. In an euolgistic
speech. placed Joseph Howell In nomi-
nation. Mr.. Love said In behalf OF his
candidate. that personal motives and
prejudices of all kinds should be set
aside and that the convention should only
have the good OF the State at heart,
when a ballot was cast for the man who
he hoped would represent the people OF
Utah in Congress. 1t was declared by
Mr.. Love that Mr.. Howell had been
success for four years, and that he should
be given another term.
Lorenzo Stohl OF Box Elder county
placed +. w, Fishburn before the con-
ventiop in a complimentary speech, and
expressed the hope that his nomination
would be made unanimously.
D. o. Rideout of Salt Lake county,
former Democrat, who at one time had
the Congressional bee buzzing in his
own bonnet, nominated Farley P. Chris
tensen. Mr., Rideout said that a peculiar
condition existed In the county and State
that called for the nomination of Mr.
Chris tenseu, and that the County Attor-
ney could lead the party TO victory.
There were number OF scconding
speeches, including one, by Arthur Brown,
who attempted to stampede the conven-
tion to Christensen. The convention.
however, declined TO be stampcded, as
the result shows.
Upon ballot being taken Mr., Howell
was declared the nominee. by a vote OF
326. TO Chrlstensens 157 aud Fishburns
q,
ship were next declared in order, and
j. NJ. Bowman, securing the floor, placed
In nomination Judge ]. e. Frick, saying
that his candidate was man OF ripe
experience and great ability. It was
also added that Judge Frick's Repub-
licanism was unqucstioned
Joseph Stanford OF Weber placed the
name OF Judge e. T. Hulanlski Of that
county before tho convention. and WAS
followed by Benner X. Smith. who paid
high tribute to Judge Charles w Morse
and placed that well-known iurist in
nomination There were a number Of
seconds for each Of the candidates. Tho
FIRST ballot was without result.
There being no choice on this ballot
n second ballot was taken. which re-
suited in the selection OF Judge Frick
This completed the State ticket and the
closing business was the selection of a
State committee, after which the con-
vention, at o'clock, adjourned