The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-09-19
DAVIS WINS IN FIFTH.
Nnt-Sransford" Resolution Goes
Through Intact,

In the Fifth ward President A. ]. Da-
We We OF the city council apparently had
Lungs MS own way motion to suspend
the rules and nominate him unanimoI1siI-
Tor the long term in the city council was
carried with but two dissenting votes
IhoSe OF Charles MOstyn Owen and JudCs
JOnn A street, who voted AGAINST Davis
IN spite Of the spirit of the convention
For the short term Mark ReedaIi was
nominated on the second ballot after a
sharp fight in which DR. c. L Douglas
ana Barney B. Quinn were his competi-
The convention was held in the court
room Of Judge Diehl in the old city hall
Inc room was well filled. Councilman
l. X Black called the meeting to order
Lester d. Freed was chosen chairman
of the meeting and George NJ. Clutch Sec
IeIary. The chair appointed Judge John
A Street and Joseph OberndOfeT as q
committee on credentials. Willard Snyder
moved that in order to save time the list
Oh delegates printed in the Salt Lake
tribune be accepted as a correct list of
those entitled to vote at the meeting
Immediately there arose cries of disap-
proVaL many Of the prominent "Ameri-
cans saying that the list as published
by the party organ was full of errors
The report of the committee on creden-
ualS showed that many of the delegates
present held proxies emitting them to
vote for absentees. Former Mayor Ezra
thompson was not present
Much discussion was created by a mo-
ton that the chairman of each district
delegation be entitled to cast the full
vote of the district that he represented
whether or not the strength of that dis
rlct was present either by person or by
proxy The contention of the opposition
TO TINS motion was that unless each del
egauon voted as a unit there could be
no method of determining for whom the
absentees wished to vote The motion,
however, was finally carried.
Lauds President Davis.
At this point Chairman Lester d. Freed
called Secretary Clutch to the chair and
look the floor to nominate Councilman A
J. DAVIS as candidate to succeed him
self Tor the long term in the city council.
IN his speech Mr.. Freed eulogized Presi-
dent Davis as a perfect politician. The
nomination of Mr.. Davis was seconded by
e A Rodgers, who also moved that the
rules be suspended and Mr.. Davis be
MADE the convention nominee BY accla-
nation Then it was that the slight OPP
position to Mr.. Davis developed. Charles
Mostyn owen rose to a point of order
saying that rules could not be suspended
except by unanimous consent of the con-
ventlOn- The chairman was lost for
moment but Councilman T r. Black
came to his rescue and whispered to him
mat II only required a two-thirds vote
to suspend the rules Chairman Freed so
ruled and the original motion was carried
with a cheer, Charles Mostyn Owen and
Judge John A. Street the only ones voting
against Davis.
Before the nomination for the short
term councilman was made Joe ODern-
dorfer introduced the anti Bransford res
olutOn that only "Americans' need apply
for office under an American city ad-
ministratiOn and that all others now hold
ing such offices be removed and the va
cancles be filled by Americans" The
resolution was carried unanimously.
FOR the short term vacancy in the city
council there was a redhot contest be-
tween Mark Reedall. Barney B. Quinn
and Dr. c. 1. Douglas.
ReedaII Wins.
Martin f. Mulvey. the present "Ameri-
can councilman whose place was filled
at this convention, was not even men,
toned. Mr.. Reedall, who won the NOM
ination, was placed before the house by
A. T. Moon; Barney B. Quinn by E. A.
Rodgers, and DR.. c. 1. Douglas by George
L. Goodwin. On the first ballot Reedall
received 80 votes. Quinn 80 and Douglas
81. AS So votes were necessary for choice
another ballot had to be taken. In the
meantime 1t was announced that DR..
Doug'as would withdraw in favor of Mr..
Reedall The second ballot gave Mr..
Reeda1 ITO, Quinn 30 and Douglas 3. It
was then moved and carried that the
choice OF Mark Reedall be made unani-
nous.
motion was made that Lester d.
Freed act as chairman of the ward COM
mittee OF the party for the ensuing two
years. Chairman Freed however, refused
TO entertain the motion. A. A. Robertson
was then unanimously made chairman. }.
E. Darmer, Herman Bamberger and Alex
ander Rodgers were nominated to serve
as members of the city committee, two Of
Alexander Rodgers asked that his name
be Withdrawn and the name of z. A
Rodgers was substituted. A vote on these
three gave J. E. Darmer Us, Herman