The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-09-28

pective candidacy for the city attorney
nomination, was absolutely unenthusias-
TIC The entire proceedings took little
more than half an hour. There were no
fights aud no ballots had to be taken.
The men selected are: For long term, Al
bert J. Davis; for short term. T. A Cal
lister: city committee, w. T. Edwards,
Walter II. Mitchell; member for commit
tee on credentials, William E. Gillespie;
member for resolutions committee, Fl. A
Smith; member for order of business and
permanent organization, Moses Davis
II. A. Smith presided and Eli A. Fol
land was the secretary. In calling the
meeting to order, Chairman Smith pre-
dicted sure victory for the Republicans,
equacy of the present city government.
Like many of the speeches which followed
the desire to Gust the American party
was the most potent.
The convention went about nominations
in business like way If there were any
insurgents present against a carefully
prepared program fixed up in advance,
they didn't insurge. George K. Emery
made a four-minute talk on the merits of
Albert j Davis, whose name caused a
little ripple of applause. He said, "ster-
ling citizen" hard and fast Republican -
homemade boy born in Seventeenth
ward" ''In these days of graft we must
place men on the ticket who will be free
from all possibility of corruption. Such a
one is Albert j. Davis"
James H. Haslem was declared to be
several things a candidate should be.
Among them, "self.made," good" hon
wasn't very much applause as it had been
agreed that the two counci1men should be
selected at separate ballots in order to
avoid the trouble Councilman FernstrOm
came near getting in last week. Haslam
promptly withdrew his name.
Stanley Taylor sprung G. H. Bachman' S
name Bachman also respectfully with
drew" Deputy Sheriff T. l.. Irvine was
active throughout the evening in support
of Mr.. Davis candidacy and moved the
selection of Davis by reclamation as there
were no other candidates. Joe Burdette
tried to start something Il don't be-
lieve in any such proposition he said.
81 wish to nominate man who At this
point Mr.. Irvine interrupted to say that
he would tack onto his reclamation prop
osition the words IF there aren't any
more nominations" and thus Burdette
got a chance to say nice things about one
T. A Callister. who, by the way. he
persisted in calling "a. W. Collister."
He said ''Collister' bad stood by the party
and lived in the right end of the precinct.
Irvine put It on Burdette quick. He
for the long term, but for the short term,
whereat Burdette demurred and it was
up to Carlson to come forth and declare
himself for Davis. He did it, in a way
which, with the incident which had gone
before, disclosed nice little Davis-Cal-
lister deal which the meeting was held up
to ratify. They did it by promptly select
ing the men for the two places they were
after by reclamation.
The other selections were equally cut
and dried. Somebody put G. II. Bach
man up for the resolutions committee
against Chairman Smith. He withdrew
again. There were some speeches after
ward by the candidates. They said they
were all going to pull together and elect
the ticket Deputy County Recorder F.
J. A. Jaques said he was going to be
city recorder and the Third endorsed him
with some enthusiasm, but nothing like
the applause which came when o. d. Lee
said that Chairman Smith was going to
take the job of city attorney. This
brought down the house. Mr.. Smith made
q few modest remarks and everybody
went home.