The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-22

a free people and not by the Mormon
hierarchy. ] present the name Of
Thomas Maloney of Ogden, an ideal
candidate and presenting the desirable
and admirable combination of all those
high qualities that are needed by the
occupants Of the bench OF the supreme
court"
Attack on Republicans.
NJ. A Daugherty, in seconding the
nomination, said that he saw the name
of Lincoln and the name Of Mckinley
insulted in the Republican convention,
when those names were linked with the
Republican party in Utah
Abraham Lincoln wiped out slav-
cry" sbe declared, land he would have
wiped out polygamy as we'll had he
lived" He recounted the defeat of the
resolution presented at the Republican
convention, demanding that church Of
hcials be kept out of politics, and said:
That sort of rule made the dark
ages reek with crime and misery, yet
American Gentiles in Utah will swal-
low that pill for the sake of Reed
Smoot. The Republican party in Utah
is the tin can tied to the tail of the
Mormon church cur. Gentlemen, such
of you as believe i'm that kind OF poll
tics do not belong TO the American re-
public-you belong to the anarchy and
socialism of Europe"
Mr.. Daugherty declared that the ex-
ploitS of the pioneers were small as
compared with the exploit of Whitman,
who saved Oregon and the territory
| embraced by Oregon. Washington,
Montana, Idaho and part of Utah to
the Union, when the government was
contemplating trading that territory
for I'll % - -
Of the New England coast.
Whitman and his comrades settled
that country for freedom and the
American government-for our own
country" he went on. 1.-The pioneers
! settled this state for an individual ma
tionality, for the founding of a govern
ment Of their own.
Ashamed of Roosevelt.
THE Republican party are truckers
and towards. They kneel before the
Mormon church as the Democratic par
| " truckled before slavery prior to the
war. l am ashamed of President Roose-
welt coming here, and sending ennis
| sarleS here and making a political deal
with the Mormon church as he did
Judge Foreman of Ogden paid a high
tribute to the worth of the candidate
and seconded his nomination.
Then the only furry that stirred the
convention took place.
Captain Minor was recognized. and
pl esented motion that that portion of
! Daugherty's- speech, rejecting UPON
President Roosevelt be eliminated and
| eXpunged from the record of the con-
ventiOn, or that. in the event this were
not done, the convention go on record
as being opposed TO the criticism OF
| the president.
Before a motion could be presented
Daugherty jumped into the aisle and
/ declared that he was willing to with
4 draw the remarks that had been OBJ
jected TO. There were some cries from
various parts of the house endorsinp
Daugherty's last action, and then Judge
! Goodwin made a hit by excusine
| Daugherty.
| when an 1rishman gets to making
a speech, If his tongue slops over :
| little bit, it doesn't count" he said.
Upon the motion of Judge A. n. Cher
ry, the nomination OF Judge MaIoney
| was made unanimous.
The American flag, unfurIed. was Sc
4 lected as party emblem, and upor
motion Of S. p. Armstrong, the party
name was changed from the American
party Of Utah, to the American party
The state committee was continued
with power to. appoint a member from
each county not represented, and Il
| fill all vacancies that may occur on the
! ticket. The thanks OF the convention
were extended to Chairman Goodwin
and adjournment was taken