Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-05-09

T. Armstrong. all present incum. /.
+. bcnts, !
For the present incumbents of posi-
lions on the district bench, and for the
district attorney todays Republican
Judicial convention was am easy walk
over. All We're returned as their par
tvs nominees and the fight on each of
them dwindled after the nominating
speeches to slight proportions. For dis
trict attorney, II. a. Smith lost out
against Fred c. Loofbourow. present
incumber. and Judge j. j. Whitaker
rallied in his plan to be promoted from
the city TO the district bench.
Aside from victory for the sentiment
in favor of sending back all the present
incumbents the convention was con-
spicuous for spirited fight i'm the COM
mittee on credentials over the naming
of Harry j. Robinson. He was rejected
as delegate on the protest of w. F..
Vigus.
BY bringing in report placing the
nomination of candidates. for nomina-
ton as district attorney before the dis
trict judges the committee on order
Of business preciptated the fight or
whether one good term deserves anoth-
er on that office.
The las delegates present decided that
in the case of Mr.. Loofbourow he de-
cidedly deserved another term. and he
was nominated with a large number OF
votes to spare.
County Chairman j. IT, Eldredge
placed the name of MIR. Loofbourow
before the convention. In doing go he
called attention to the policy OF Re-
publican politics of giving a man
second term who had done we'll in one.
He declared that Fred c. Loofbourow
had done well and that to turn him
down would not be showing the tradi-
tional Republican gratitude.
As this argument had been largely
used in the campaign for renominating
the present ticket II was construed as
making a test of strength for the latter
fight between the four present judges
with Judge Whitaker of the city court
matched against the field
The convention was called to order
in Judge Ritchies court room at 10
o'clock by A. h. Elder of the judicial
committee In the absence of Chairman
Stanley Price OF that COMMITTEES. He
named as temporary chairman r.. u.
Leatherwood and n. IL. Tanner as
temporary secretary. MIR. Leatherwood
made no opening speech but upon mo-
tion appointed q committee on Gre
dentials and another on order OF bust
ness of three men from Salt Lake
county and one each from Tooele and
Summit counties. These committees
We're:
COMMITTEES.
on Credentials--J. Brown. Tooele;
James Calls. summit: A. r. Elder,
Atha Williams and j. May, Salt Lake.
on Permanent Organization and Or
der of Business-J. A. hilbert, Toocle;
William Archibald. Summit, and o.
w. Carlson, Carl Badger and George
Buckle Salt Lake.
An hours recess was granted the two
committees to prepare reports and at
the end OF that time IL was seen that
the credentials committee was IN
trouble.
ROBINSON OUSTED.
Harry j. Robinson, the attorney, who
figured in the hiring of detectives In
the bank robbery matter, was present
with a goodly vote from the Twenty
sixth precinct. w. +. Vigus, his de-
feated opponent, had filed n protest,
alleging that he had stocked the pri-
mary with denizens OF Commercial
street and people who gave their ad-
dresses on the sites OF vacant lots.
Robinson was called before the COM
mittee, as was Vigus also, and after
hearing both sides, II was decided to
throw out the entire delegation from
that district, Consisting Of two dele
gates.
Another contest IN the Tenth district
in the seating OF II. w. Cram
over his opponent.
At fifteen minutes to II the making
OF nominations began, after A. b. Ed
Ter made his report as chairman OF
the credentials committee, and o. w.
Carlson recommended for the order OF
business committee that the Temporal
ny organization be made permanent.
LooFBoURow NAMED
]. Y. Eldredge was the first TO
speak, and his candidate for district
attorney was Fred c. Loofbourow.
Bingham seconded the nomination, as
did also Summit. James Ingebretsen
seconded II for Salt Lake, and Mr..
Stookey OF salt Lake placed before
the convention the name Of Hyrum A.
Smith.
Secondine speeches showed n ma
jority of LoOfbourow sentiment. and
when the roll call OF districts was
cmpleted, Il was found that he had
"a votes with 46 for Smith. all OF
Smiths votes coming from salt Lake
and centerlng In the districts from 10
TO 22, with "A scattering vote else-
where. all women delegates dividing
their votes impartlaIly between all
the candidates.
job Lyon, until this morning an
active candidate retired upon the poll
ing OF his votes and fnding he WAS
second best inFthe race.
THE NOMINATIONS.
Whom nominations were called for
for district judges, II. V. Van Pelt Sc
cured the hoor 10 place Charles w.
Morse before the convention lie de-
olared that no had record showing
him 10 be an upright. able, and a
lust Judge, Tooele country brought In
a hearty second.
James Ingrebretsen named j. j.
Whitaker us native SON OF Utah,