The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-08-02
CONVENTION IN DETAIL.
Delegates Looked Tired When They
Appeared in the Hall.
Especial to The Herald.


Boise, Aug 1.-The morning session of
the convention advertised to begin at 10
o'clock, was not called to order until
nearly noon. There were several reasons
for this. Most of the delegates did not
get to bed until the small hours of the
morning had passed and the gray of the
dawn had come. Some did not go to bed
at all. Caucuses, big and little, district
caucuses, county caucuses, eaucuses of
candidates for every office TO be filled
cupied and some were forced out upon
the street corners.
AT 10 o'clock this morning general
caucus of the Borah and slate support
ers was held, They easily mustered a
clean majority of the convention. Some
people were surprised to see among their
numbers, too, liberal sprinkling of the
delegates who devoted the hours between
II o'clock last night and l o'clock this
morning to cursing the slate and the slate
makers. County after county, after ex-
pressing the opinion that slate making
was bad idea especially when their ia
vorite county sons were left off the slote
declared their intention to vote to ratify
the will of the bosses
Delegates Looked Tired.
The convention is being held in the Nc
Nichols & Wright building, a roomy, airy
structure admirably adapted to conven-
ton purposes. 1t is decorated with flags
flowers, streamers and bunting and noble
elk heads. The Eagles band made the
ante-convention music and made il well.
The delegates came in slowly, looking
very. very tired. From their appearance
IL seemed clear that they had little fight
left in them and that if they did start
trouble it would be largely of the me-
chanical sort.
Convention Called to Order.
Chairman Brady of. the state committee
called the delegates to order and after a
prayer by the Rev. DR.. Whitman of the
PRESBYTERIAN church and DIR. o. B. Steely
representing Mayor w. H. Clear. made
Jolly little address of welcome which was
literally applauded. Addison Smith. sec
rotary of the committee, announced the
selection of p. c. BarbOr of NeZ Perez. as
temporary secretary, and w. S. CLANCY
of Pocatello as assistant secretary.
Mr.. Moss Was on Deck.
A. B. Moss of Payette got into the game
with motion for the appointment of
committee of two to escort the temporary
chairman to the chair. Mr. Moss him
self became one of the victims. The
other was Edgar Wilson of Boise. Mr..
Barbor's first official act was the ap-
pointment of a committee to escort Sen
ator Hepburn, Representative French,
Governor Gooding and w E. Borah to
the speakers platform.
HEPBURN was the only one of the dig
nitaries i'm the house at the time, and he
was escorted 10 the platform amid tu-
multuOus cheering. wait followed a
long. long wait. The band played sew
eraI selections. Senator Hepburn was
called on for a speech, but it was an
nounced that he would not talk until
later. At last the great men were brought
in. They walked not too briskly down the
aisle in order 10 give everybody the
treat of seeing them and took their places
with the other elect. There was cheer
ing in chunks and other subdivisions
The Call Read.
Quiet being restored the call for the
convention was read and the temporary
chairman made a brief speech of thanks
for the honor that had been thrust upon
him. The applause that followed his eu-
logy of Governor Goodng gave evidence
of Gooding's strength. The convention
got down to business as soon as Barbor
finished. On motion committees on Gre
dentials, resolutions and permanent or
ganization and order of business were Sc
lected.
Committees Announced.
The committees were announced as fol-
lows, the first named in each instance
being on the committee on credentials, the
second on permanent organization and