The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-05-03
SMOOT AND TAFT
ARE ENDORSED
Utah County Republicans Sc
IeCt Delegates to State
Convention.
(special to The HeraId1

Provo May 2.-The Republican county
convention to elect delegates to the state
convention in Salt Lake May met today
in the First ward social hail with a fair
attendance
There was an effort made In the COM
mittee on platform and resolutions TO
recommend the election of the congress
siOual delegation to the Chicago cUnven-
ton. but IL failed. There was some talk
to the effect that there would ue opposi-
ton to each delegation in this convention
naming its appOrtionment of delegates 10
the state convention, as recommended by
the committee on resolutions and order
of business but none developed
At 1880 Secretary Cuff called the con-
VentiOn to order. in the absence of Chair
man Homer. Mr.. Cuff announced for
Temporary chairman Carl HOPKINS of
Lehi. and for temporary secretary r. T
Thurber of Spanish Fork. Elliott n. JOr-
dan of Springville was afterwards ap-
pointed assistant secretary.
On converting at l O'Clock the follow
ing permanent officers were announced:
Chairman, Harvey Cuff of Provo; sec
rotary. W. A. Knight of Lehi; assistant
secretary, n. c. Christensen of Salem;
chaplain, Jonathan S. Page of Payson:
vile.
The following delegates were named by
precincts and elected by the convention
Alpine and MISUNDERSTANDING Bates
George Myers; alternate, Benjamin Full
mer.
American Fork-John NJ. Thornton. John
II. Wootton. 5. L. Chapman. James H.
Dunkley; alternates, James 7. Gardner
Nina Houston.
Benjamin and Lake Shore-George A.
Hone, Joseph A. Greer; alternate, L. B.
Stewart.
Clinton. Thistle. Cotton and Tucker-B
F. Smith; alternate, Elias Gardner.
Goshen and Mt Nebo-Willam Finch.
Lake View and Nineyard-W. w. Good
rich; alternate, W. ]. Clegg.
Lehi-W. \. Knight, T. J. WadsWOrth
Ed Karen Olaf HOlinstead. William Ash
er; alternates, S. W. Ross, r. l.. Howard,
Jonas HOldswOrth.
Mapleton-Lovell Mendenhall; alternate,
George Matsou.
Payson-John H. Dixon, Charles H
White, ]. S. Page. jr.: alternates, Henry
Smith, Joseph +. Crook.
Pleasant GrOve-A. b. Walker, A. r.
Cooper j. d. ThOrne. A. Holman, Robert
ThOrne; alternates, c. f. Thomas, Hogan
Nielsen, David Thorne
Provo First ward-C. Z. Loose ". +.
Rydalch, d. II. Thomas; alternates, Niels
Johnson. Benjamin Bachman.
Provo Second ward-James Glove. B. H.
I Bower; alternate. Andrew Rnudsen.
Provo Third ward-J. W. Dunn. E V
Vincent, George r. Judd; alternates,
/ Thomas John. l. l.. Nelson.
Provo Fourth ward-J. II. Frisby, Har-
vey Cuff; alternate, r. J. Dugdale.
Provo Fifth Ward-H. II. Cuff Ed T.
Jones, Heber c. Hicks: alternates, Elias
A. Gee, Louisa Mcbride.
Pleasant Fiew-James Clyde; alternate,
Fred Ferguson.
Provo Bench Frank Wentz n j.
i Knight; alternate, George ]. Adams.
Salem-William Beddnes, Gustaf Carl
son; alternate. John O. Stone.
Santaquin-SolOmon Peterson; alternate,
w r. Greenhalgh.
Spanish FOrk-J. P. Greer. p. r. Thorn
as. James A. Martell Henry Gardner.
Mrs. John MellOr; alternates, L. o. Law
renee, Thomas Jones. Taylor Thurber.
Springville-D. c. Johnson II. NJ. Dou-
gall, e. n. Jordan, Stephen Bjarnson; al
! ternates, Nephi Straw, G. S Wood
| Postmaster Ross of Lehi presented a
/ resolution to the effect that it be the
| sense of the convention that the Utah
/ county delegates to the safe convention
| support the Utah delegation in congress
! as delegates to the national convention
| Don c. Johnson opposed the motion and
wanted the delegation to go uninstructed
+ Others believed that the delegation should
/ go uninstructed. There were also some OF
! the delegates who favored Instructions
/ Postmaster Glove thought that if the in
| the Utah congressional delegation was not
| endorsed by this convention and the mo-
| ton ought to be carried. The resolution
was carried by big ma jority.
! w. z. Rydalch moved that the deIega ties
! from Utah county be instructed to WOrl
I for the support by the state delegation
( to the national convention of William II
| Taft for president. This was carried af
ter amending it so that if President Roose
welt could be induced to run the suppOr
/ should go to him.