The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-06-09
BRYAN CHOICE
Of DEMOCRATS
At PRIMARIES
Enthusiasm Shown at District
Meetings Held to Sc
IeCt Delegates.
STATE CONVENTION
TO BE HELD FRIDAY
INDICATIONS ARE THAT UTAH
DELEGATES WILL BE IN
STRUGGLED FOR NERRASKAN.

Democrats turned out in such num-
bers at last nights primaries in most
of the election districts as to arouse
great enthusiasm among the members
Of the party. 1t was noticeable that
some of the men who took part in the
choosing of the delegates to Fridays
convention were Democrats who had
been lured away from the party by
the glittering promises of the Amer
ican" party, but had found that they
could not remain outside of the old
organization.
This return to the fold of wandering
ones was credited by some to the fact
that this is a presidential year, but
by others it was believed to have been
due to the disillusiOning experiences
with American" party leaders and
American" party promises. There
were also a few scattering recruits
from the Republican ranks, traceable
10 the exposure of boss tyranny at the
recent Republican state convention.
The action taken at the Democratic
primaries indicates that the Salt Lake
Democrats are strongly in favor of
the nomination of William Jennings
Bryan for the presidency.
w ~ JatiH
In many of the districts the dele
gates chosen were instructed TO exert
every effort to have the Utah dele
gates TO the Democratic national con-
ventiOn instructed for Bryan at the
state convention to be held Friday
In the Forty-fourth district there
was rousing gathering of Democrats.
at which the candidacy of Bryan was
endorsed and resolutions were passed
deplOring the activity of Fred Dubois
IN Idaho and expressing the wish that
ne would cease to call himself a
Democrat and go back to his first love.
the Republican party.
in the choosing of the delegates tine
utmost harmony prevailed. The pri-
maries were not marked by tne angry
clashes and the bitter feeling which
prevailed at the Republican primaries.
The Democrats got together. and with
speed and celebrity, only possible when
complete unity of purpose prevails, Sc
lected their delegates.
Delegates Locked Out.
In few districts primaries were not
held. In the Fifty-fourth district this
was because the Democrats were in
advertently locked out of their meet
ing place. The primary was 10 have
been held in the office of ". H. King.
in the Commercial block. But at the
close of his days work yesterday Mr..
King locked the door as ne teTt his Of
ice, having forgotten that the primary
was to be held that evening. A little
before s O'clock, when the first Dem
ocrat appeared. he found d closed
door. Thinking that there had been
some mistake, he went away. This
continued until some one phoned to
Mr.. King, but it was then too late to
get the Democratic voters together.
In other districts the failure to hold
primaries was due to the neglect of
the district leaders. Some one, care
lessiy or ignOrantly. spread theNrepoTt
in some of the districts that the pri-
maries were not to be held last night.
but tonight. and this kept number of
the Democrats at home
But, apart from these few cases. the
Democratic gatherings gave cheering
indications of the increasing strength
of the party.
List of Delegates.
The delegates chosen were as fol-
lows:
First Municipal Ward.
1-Stenhen l. Richards and William
BradsfOrd, delegates.
Lyman r. Martineau and n V
Jones. delegates.
S-Stephen W. Alley and Mrs H l. Pen
rose, delegates; GrOnway Parry and H. L.
PenrOse, alteTnates: H. L. PenrOse, chair
man: Fred B. Williams. secretary.
4-William Waterfall. r. Leo Brig and
Neils Rasmussen, delegates; Neils Rass-
chairman; r. Leo Brig. secre-
tary
Frank Rollings, Mrs. S. A. Kenner
and Daniel Whipple delegates
canton Jacobson and A. W. Ross, dele
gates
mo primaries.
S-JOseph StringfellOw. p J. Nelson and
George StringfellOw, delegates: Edward
Gardner and Oliver HodsOn alternates.
9-W. r. Foster and Milando Pratt. del
egateS; Mrs. Libbie R. Pratt. alternate;
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