The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-10-11

The only Democratic officials in Salt
Lake City are four members Of the
council. There are no Democrats hold
ing office in the county or the state ad-
miniStrations. The national adminis-
tration is Republican. Yet the Demo
Gratis of Salt Lake county. assembled
! in convention in the Salt Palace thea
ire yesterday, were as full of ginger as
! though a Democratic nomination had
always been equivalent to an election.
They battled for the nominations as
| though il were only question Of the
size of the party's majority when the
votes are counted next month.
| Few or the nominations were arrived
at without a contest In several in
stances the fight was so closely :on-
tested that more than one ballot was
necessary. And in spite of these con-
| tests the utmost harmony prevailed
| throughout the proceedings and the del
egates went home at an early hour this
| morning feeling that they had faithful
| ly looked after the interests of their
constituents. that they had nominated
a ticket that would win because it de-
| served TO win.
Victory in the Air.
Never was the old, fighting, always
| n-the-battle-front spirit of Democracy
more typically made manifest. There
| was not delegate in the convention,
man or woman, who did not believe
| that the ticket would win. There was
| in the air a subtle stirring of victory
| assured. Onlookers there were at the
! convention. men sent out by the
| american" and the Republican par
ties to spy out the Democratic lard.
They found nothing to give them cour-
| age, nothing calculated to inspire in
! their hearts the belief that the Demo-
| Gratis this year are not united that they
will not present a solid front 10 their
political enemies.
The ola war horses of the party.
smelling the battle from afar off were
on hand with their Democratic armor
! buckled about them. John Dern was
| there with his voice and his vote So
were Granville w. Gillette, and Uncle
| Charley" Livingston, and Richard w.
! Young, and j, u. Eldredge. and OrIan-
do w. Powers, and d. Il. Peery, and a
host of others. And they were all
! working earnestly together to secure
for presentation to the voters of Salt
Lake City and Salt Lake county a
ticket to which no honest objection
could be raised.
Young Men Also to Front.
1t was pleasant, too, to see the young
| V,
was temporary chairman of the con-
vention, and made the keynote speech.
| Another, Willard @. Farrell, was per
manent chairman, and guided the pro-
| ceedings with rare fairness and firm
! ness to a satisfactory conclusion. Other
boys were on the platform or the floor,
making their voices heard. their infiu-
ence felt, in the deliberations of The
convention.
| ID hair rod
| Mike Cunningham, chairman of the
joint city and county committee who
called the convention to order, was { lsO
a power. Take it by and large. a con-
vention more thoroughly representative
has never been held in this city, for il
included the veterans and the recruits,
the old men and the youngsters, ali
joined in the common cause of Democ-
racy, all fighting for the everlasting
principles of the party.
Enthusiasm was manifest from the
time Chairman CunninghamS gaVel
fell at the beginning until Chairman
Farrell ahounced, as the small hours
drew nigh, that the convention stood
adjourned without day. Delegates
cheered their favorites on to victory
or acquiesced goOd-naturedly in their
defeat. The platform presented by the
committee on resolutions was adopted
without argument or dissent, and amid
applause that indicated perfect una
nimity.
Two Contests Are Close.
The two most interesting struggles
in the convention, from the standpoint
of the spectator, were those for the
short term county commissioner end
for the Shrievalty. After John CLARK
had been nominated by reclamation al
the evening session for the long term
commissionership. a four-cornered race
for the short term place developed be-
tween Quillan. Hall, Brinton and Howe
After the first ballot Brinton and Howe
withdrew in favor of Quillan. Only a
handful Of votes separated Quillan and
Hall when the former. on the second
ballot, was returned the winner.
d The county could have the shrievalty
if the Bingham delegation had stood by
i MausS after the withdrawal of Cum