The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-09-27
Ogden, Sunday, Sept. 27.
ffiee 40 Twenty-FIfth Street

Henderson, called the convention to or
der and announced that Judge A. r. Hey
wood would be the temporary chairman
and Miss Rae Keck temporary secretary.
Judge Haywood was escorted to the chair
and addressed the convention for ten
minutes. His talk was largely plea for
harmony. There was an absence of any
important reference to national or local
politics When in mentiol hing the. great
men of the party past and present he
mentioned Roosevelts name, the applause
which followed drowned out his reference
TO presidential nominee TAFT There was
no other mention of Taft's name during
the address.
Some surprise was occasioned when the
roll call of the committees was made and
/ the names of Martin Cleary and Chris Aad-
neson were handed in as members of the
committee on resolutions from the Second
and Third wards, respectively. Mr.. Cleary
is saloon man and is the person who
handled the primaries with such a high
hand in the Second ward last Wednes-
day evening. He sat in the convention by
the aid of proxy. Mr.. Aadneson Is
brewing company employe.
Two efforts We're made to adjourn me
convention for an evening session, after
the nominations for commissioners and
sheriff had been made. Both were lost by
"A decided vote. When the last was taken,
Immediately after the ballot for sheriff.
the chair declared IL carried. AT this stage
of the proceedings, City Recorder Ernest
p. Brown mounted a chair. and. in loud
tones asked of the chairman whether he
or David Mattson was running the con-
Vention. He also accused the chair OF
adjourning because Mattson had ordered
an adjournment.
The nominations for state offices were
placed at the head of the list. State SEN
ator headed the order of business, and
when nominations for that office were
called for. Rudolph Kuchler. the machine
candidate was named by Carl Allison and
John Farr by District Attorney Halver-
son. IL was apparent that the machine
candidate would be an easy winner. M.
! Farr thereupon withdrew and the nominal
ton of Mr.. Kuchler was made by ac-
clamatiOn.
| Representatives were next on the lis
and j. B. McCracken, George A Fuller,
| H. p Randall. j. 7. Young. r. ID. Rob
bins DIR. ]. NJ. Elliott, II. a. Sims and
| Thomas England were named. The vote
resulted as follows: Randall, 10; England.
en-. 10; Robbins. l06: Young. So; Sims, Of:
Elliott. 10. England, Randall, Fuller and
McCracken were declared the nominees.
For commissioner, four-year term. Frank
Moore received 100 and BILLY" Wilson 6S.
| Wilson carried the Fifth ward. but lost
out in every other ward of the city ami
precinct in the county.
Quite a contest developed for the short
term commissioner domination. The NOM
inees We're Moroni Skeen. j. L. Bybee and
| NJ. A. Child. Three ballots were neces-
sary to decide Bybee finally winning.
The first ballot resulted: Byhee. 81: Skeen,
81: Child. %. The next ballot gave Skeen
and Bybee each 9S. and in the third bal
| lot Bybee received 102 votes and Skeen 81.
| For sheriff, Is. b. Wills N had walk
away. his only opponent being c. +.
Layne. II was surprise to many that
the name of l.. 3. Balch was not pre-
scented. Mr.. Balch made strong canvas