The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-09-19

mated for councilmen by the ward sign
or the men who placed them in nomina-
ton sign for them. pledge which would
make II obligatory upon them TO refuse
to request or recommend the appointment
of any person to an office under the
American" administration and to work
and use every influence to secure the dis
charge of any person working for the
city under an American" administration
who could not show his "Americanism''
by certificates from the chairman of his
district and from the members of the
council city committeeman from his
ward.
Mr. Lippman had scarcely finished read
ing his resolution when Allen T. Sanford
was on his feet. and in an impaSsiOned
declaration pronounced the resolution far
too sweeping. warning the convention
that its adoption would cause good can
oidates for nomination on the council
ticket to withdraw or refuse to accept
and would lose the party votes He asked
that the resolution be made to refer to
the heads of departments of the city gov
eminent. The debate that followed was
fast and furious Mr.. Lippman declared
that there were men within sound of his
voice who had not worked for the best
interests of the American" party the past
two years. inaSmuch as thew had permit
ted to remain in appointive offices men
believed OF known to be unfriendly to
the cause of the Americans
w. Mont Ferry, the hold-over council
man from the Fourth ward. got the floor
and declared that the adoption of the
resolution and the request that success
ful nominees sign such a pledge was a
reflection on himself and any man who
might be nominated. The hOId-Over coun-
cilman's friends rallied TO his support and
a dozen fiery speeches were made in rapif
succession for and against the resolution.
The resolution as adopted finally reads:
The candidates nominated for election
to the city council shall take the follow
ing pledge, or the men placing their
names in nomination will pledge their OBJ
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nomination for member of the common
council of Salt Lake City from this ward
and in case of election to said office I
Will vote against the confirmation of any
person to any office or position who can
not furnish certificate of his Amer
lcanism from the chairman of his dis
trict and the members of the city com
mlttee from his ward. | will not request
or recommend the appointment of any
person who is not so certified and will
DO my utmost to obtain the removal from
any appointive position or office of all
persons who are not members of the
American" party and certified to by the
chairman of the district in which thev
live and by the members of the city com
mlttee from their ward
L. ]. DAILY. who placed Mr. Stewards
name in nomination for both the short
ana long term races, bespoke that gen
tleman adherence to the above resolu-
Ion rion. David I. Dunbar. however, who
nominated Frank Harris for the long
term council race, declined to pledge the
Willingness of his candidate to agree alb
ssolutely to the resolution, but guaranteed
mis- "AmeriCaniSm.'
The convention wanted Harris had
enough to let it go at that.
john NJ. F. HOpfenbeck and DR.. Henry
La Motto were elected to the city COM
mittee from the ward, over Elliott Kelly.
{. NJ. Freed and Dan Sullivan. the votes
running as follows: Hopfenbeck. III. Ia
NOTE, 81; Kelly, 30; Freed. IA: Sullivan. 2e
MI Sanford was elected to memberships
on the general city committee, with c. NJ
Freed as alternate Mr. Tjnnnan - ~
elected to the committee on permanent
organization, with Mr. Meyer as alternate
and Judge Weber was elected to the reso-
!utiohs committee in the city convention
to be held today. with w s Dalton &C 81
ternate " - N1eOii as d.