The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-09-16
IN SCENES Of BITTERNESS
MACHINE SLATE TR|UMPHS
Continued from Page I.
TRIUMPH OF MACHINE
IN REPUBLICAN CONVENTION

IN REPUBLICAN CONVENTION
such monopoly that they want to die
tate IN matters OF legislation. Mr.. Harri-
Here Mr.. Reiser was interrupted by
Harry Joseph. who rose to a point of or
DER. Mr.. Joseph was overruled by the
chairman.
Il hope / have the right OF free speech
here. said Mr.. Reiser.
a delegate from Weber county moved
that ldr. Reiser's motion be laid upon the
table
Advances to the Stage.
This motion was adopted. and Mr.. Rel
ser was unable to present his resolution.
Angry and excited Mr.. Keiser appeared
upon the stage with copies of the reso-
luton in his hand.
81 think that "a trick has been played
upon me to prevent the placing of this
matter of the Utah railroad commission
before the convention" he said, as he dis
tributed several of the copies. His reso-
luton was as follows:
Whereas. 1t is our belief that the prop
er regulation of railroads and railroad
traffic is one of vast Importance, and is
inseparably linked with the material in
terests of the state. and
Whereas. it is our belief that each
state should have voice in such regu-
lation; therefore, be 1t
Resolved. That we. the Republicans OF
Utah, in convention assembled, pledge
ourselves and the executive officers of
the state TO the support of measure es-
tablishing a railroad commission for the
state of Utah"
At this point Senator Sutherland read
a telegram from New York announcing
the denomination Of Governor Hughes by
the Republican party of New York on
the first ballot \ resolution authoriz-
ing the chairman to send message of
congratulation TO Governor Hughes was
adopted.
Committee is Backward.
As the committee on resolutions and
platform had not appeared with its re-
port. it was decided to take up the mat
ter of naming the new Republican state
central committee When this was DONE
Wesley X Walton of Rich county made
a motion which adopted authoriZ-
ing the cen,ral committee TO fill all va
cancies which may occur in the state
ticket.
Dan Harrington made an appeal for
some remarks by Colonel George b.
Squires but as the colonel was engaged
down In Postoffice place with the commit
tee on platform in the work of expunging
from the party platform all reference to
the liquor question. his request could not
be granted, so a delegate from Brigham
City rose TO invite all the other delegates
10 THE Brigham City peach day celebra-
ton toda-.
John L. Knox of Beaver county moved
that the party emblem remain an eagle
perched upon beehive. The motion was
Mr. Reiser had something more to say
concerning his failure to find the com
mittee on resolutions and platform. apd
the consequent tragic end of the pro-
posed demand by the party that Utah
railroad commission be created Then
as the missing committee seemed TO be
still busted in wiping away all traces of
the hquo- agitation of the Republican
leaders from the party platform il was
decided to fill in the time until their
arrival from their mysterious meeting
place with the work of selecting the three
Utah presidential electors. 1t was APP
parently concluded that IL Mr. Reiser
be useless to try to send word to the
committee that the convention was wait
ing for its report.
Electors Are Named. .
Wesley X. Walton then reminded the
delegates that directors of national banks
were not eligible as presidential electors
This caused audible inquiries as to the
identity of the national bank director who
aspired to represent Utah in the college
OF electors
Thomas Sevey of Garfield county was
the first man TO be placed before the
convention for nomination as elector
Then s. w. Ross of Utah county named
Lafayette Holbrook of Provo. and Al
Hoppaugh named Henry Cchn of Salt
Lake. These three We're unanimously
chosen as the Republican electors. on mo-
ton of George NJ. Cannon.
By this time the missing committee on
platform had succeeded in dropping the
matter of the saloon question in some
secret place and had appeared with its
report.
Resolutions Are Presented.
In many round. rolling. verbose phrases.
N.aE l..