Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-09-28
cRlTCHLoW HUNTS. HIERARCH
But His Efforts Fall Flat on Chilled
Audience. Which,, Is Too Busy
5a. SIlivcring TO Listen.

4 Today was a busy one in political
activity for the American party.
Commencing with the early mornings
smlsts the forces of its city delegations
We're busy selecting candidates for lnu-
nicipal judge. Hardly had the morning
sun warmed up the atmosphere until
its city precinct delegates We're in
session to name a precinct justice of.
8the peace and constable, and then
shortly before noon, the convention to
name a county ticket got under way,
and 1T will Discontinued most IL notlalls
of this afternoon.
This evening shierarch hunting with
pyrotechnics will be INDUCED in as a
proper trimming for the fourth conNe11-
ton of the day. which is to select
state ticket and listen to speech by
Frank j Cannon.
1.-The ticket SO far as selected this
morning is as follows
For City .1udges-Dana I. Smith and
L j Il. Darmer
For Justice Of the Peace--W. S. Dali
ton.
For constable--Tho S. Fowler
present incumbent.
Besides naming this ticket, the
& Americana who We're present at the
conventions, for the same delegates sat.
/ the whole morning through. resolving
themselves from one conyentionsGin into,
another with appropriate motions by
Col. William Nelson. listened also to a;
platform. which. had been prepared and
printed for their edification, and to a.
bite the hierarch' speech by A. p.
5Critchlow, well known as one of the
men in whose heart bitterness most
completely dwells on matters connected
with a large portion of Utah $ people
Mr.. Gritchlow's effort was devoted to
proving that hierarch actually exists
and is not merely "a child OF the mag,
nation or a vision of booze--illumined
nights. In this he was supported by
Jos. Lfppnan and William Nelson, au-
thors of the platform, which was read
by the former.
RESERVED HIS ORAToRY.
The conventions of the day started at
8 o'clock when County Chairman j. T..
McGinty called the delegates to or
der, and introduced Mr. Crltchiow as
temporary chairman. Mr.. CritchloW
didn't think municipal convention a
| 1T until later and allowed tire municipal
| and precinct conventions to resolve
themselves into death, before exhibit :
ing his powers at frying and fricaseeing
Morlnonss on sight 5sf3
When the morning finally was SO far
gone that the county convention had "a;
come along in its turn Chairman.
Critchlow raped for order and asked;
Indulgence. while he said a few words.
The first claim advanced was that this
was the fifth convention of /" Aneri-S
can" adherents. Then followed quota
tons from u. S. Senator Sutherland's
speech as chairman of the Republican
state convention, with answers insert
ed wherever an opening appeared to
exist.
II declare that for the past year We
have had the best government i'll Salt.
Lake City that the city has ever had i'll
it's history was the way he segregat-
since the elimination of Sheets as po-
lice chief with that which went be-
fore.
After defining and describing the
8hierarch for nearly half an hour Char
man Critchlow felt that he had done
sufficient Mormon eating for the day
and subsidized amid very faint applause.
following. still fainter efforts that had
spunctuated his remarks.
ROLL OF "STALWARTS.''
The committee on organization and,
permanent order of business then
brought i'll a report fixing upon the
temporary organization the label Of
permanent or ahization, and adding " :
h A. Daugherty, "A. G. Mahan, Dr.. g. N.
Ray Mrs. Elizabeth H. Cohen and Mrs
IA n. Little, as vice chairmen.
The work for this afternoons session
was outlined, to begin with the nolni-
mating of state senators. followed by
representatives for the house, county
commissioners, treasurer, sheriff, clerk,
auditor, recorder, attorney, surveyor,
assessor and finally a county commit,
tee.
The work of the morning. was con-
Quoted in an ice-cold building in which
goratory and enthusiasm failed utterly
to blaze to any proportion. The lower
floor was we'll filed with delegates
while IN the first circle sat a sprinkling
4 of spectators,
Following the adjournment of the