The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-09-30
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Republican County Platform. I

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Z and the principles enunciated by 4
| = these sterling leaders OF Republican, 4
| = ism and We pledge the united sup 4
= port of the Republicans of Salt Lake 4
= county. 4
4 We endorse the platform Of the ma 4
| tional Republican party and the
= platform adopted by the recent Re- 4
| = publican convention, and we renew 4
| 2 our allegiance to the principles of 4
| = the party in state and nation.
| = We commend the administration of 4
| = the Republican party in the state of 4
= Utah and in the county of Salt Lake 4
: and the vigorous and impartial en- !
| 2 iorcement OF the laws by its public 4
= OFFICERS and the economic adminis- :
Z tration of county affairs. !
= We favor the establishment of !
: good roads and we pledge the nomi- !
= nees or this convention for coun- \
= " commissioners to construct and !
MAINTAIN system of good highways I
= throughout the county. !
Realizing The value OF measures !
= looking TO the prevention of crime !
We commend the work Of the juyen- :
lie court system as established and !
Z maintained throughout the state by :
the republican administration; the \
detenuon school of Salt Lake coun- \
= ~, also established by the Repub- :
mean administration, as an approved :
ana valuable adjunct to the court, !
ana an aid in its work. We heart !
lily endorse the wor kof the city iu- =
= yeniie court commission and the Of :
= ncers in charge of the local deten- !
ton school, and pledge ourselves to :
tne support of those institutions. and !
10 the increase of facilities for in 4
dustrial training and for the estab-
hshment of schools for girls. /
we pledge our legislative nominees !
20 the support of such remedial leg \
islation as may be proper toward the a
= greater safety and protection of the 4
metal and coal miners and smelter 4
employees of this state 4
we FAVOR primary election law, !
ana we pledge our legislative nomf- /
nees TO work for the enactment of !
\ the same. =
We favor the enactment of a fire 4
and police commission law for cities !
~ 81 tne ilrst class, and we pledge i
me nominees of this convention to !
= the legislature to work to that end a
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c: " Anderson and P. s. Condie, assist
Nephl 5. Timpson, Mrs. j. d. SWenson
ana carlo Peterson. assistant secretaries
Order of Nominations.
Then it gave the following order or
nfartl IONS Sheriff, attorney, recorder
clerk, AUDITOR, assessor, treasurer. sur
veyor, county commissioners, representa-
tives: senators. Immediately Anthone
Lundperg submitted a minority report
making the nominations for county COM
James E. Clinton. county Commissioner
supported the minority report Charging
mat the committee had MANIPULATED the
order OF business to suit some candidate.
Lon j. Haddock, chairman of the COM
mittee, resented the charge, and Farley
r. christensen repeated the charge, de-
caring that the committee had been
packed to do the will of the machine poll
lclans, and that IL had changed the order
OF business from its natural order. He de-
clared that the nominations for commits
sloners should come first, and clerk sec
ond. In his speech he took occasion to
attack the platform as lot Of glittering
generalities.p He was a member of the
platform committee, and said that he was
opposed to the manner in which it was
named. Finally the minority vote was
adopted by a vote that was almost unan-
fmous. The order of business was changed
to make the nominations for commission
ers first, clerk second, and the nomina-
tons for senators just before those for
representatives.
Bishop wcRae Prays.
The turmoil subsiding, Bishop McRae
opened the convention with a prayer
George B. Squires then nominated John
c. Mackay, and the names of H L. Ham,
lin, w; w. Wilson, Walter ]. Burton, j.
w. Miller. Seth Pixton and Hyrum Neil
son followed quickly. Mr.. Burton was
nominated by Senator Stephen H. Love
and the insurgents rallied to him to a
man. Ol the 1lrst ballot Mackay received
SS2 % votes, making him the nominee
for the long term. Burton received 229
votes, Wilson 10 Is, Miller 155, Pixton
139. Nelson GA and Hamlin 81.
Before the second ballot Pixton with
drew in favor of Burton and Nelson In
favor of Wilson. This gave Burton the
as on the second ballot he re-
ceived 370h votes. Wilson got lO7lh, Miller
10 and Hamlin AZ.
Woman Sweeps Convention.
The nomination OF Mrs. Margaret Zane
Wltcher Tor county clerk furnished TIL,
of the convention When nom
nations for the position were called for
Of Fred c. Bassett before the convention.
Inc Bassett supporters responded with
mild cheers. w. r. Hutchinson then
named w. II. Farnsworth. Mrs. Witcher's
name !, was placed in nomination by Harry
L Edwards in carefully worded speech
In which he demanded recognition for the
women of the Republican party, who had
been faithful TO the party in time of dire
need. Inc instant Mr.. Edwards f.amed his
candidate, pa1Gemonium broke loose and
the cheering lasted some minutes before
Mrs. Dennis c. Eichnor, Who seconded
Mrs Witcher's nomination, could be
heard. Mrs. Eichnor was followed by
Mrs w. II. Jones. Russell Schlder. Major
Breeden, DR.. Ellerbeck. James Devine
Lon Irvine, Lon ]. Haddock and a host
Of others.
hc occOhuCi5 ucHltUOe1 not Only that
Mrs. Wltcher be given recognition on ac-
count of her ability as 4 business woman
md her experience and qualifications for
he office, but because the women OF tina
republican party deserved recognition and
because II was promised that the placing
)f woman on the ticket would draw a |
multitude of womans votes from the other |
.wo parties. A half-hearted attempt was |
made 10 second the nominations of Farms |
worth and Bassett, but the majority of |
he delegates would not listen and the |
wal orators were drowned out by cries |
II Witcher.
Getting Out From Under.
The enthusiasm for Mrs. Witcher which
vas worked up by the efforts of her SUM-
'orters was fervid and put the first seri-
ms break in the machine slate which had
zen framed for the convention Hardly
ad the ballotins begun when ]. u. Ell |
redge, jr:. realizing that his political SUI
remacy hung by a slender thread. ar
racted the attention of the chair and an
ounced the withdrawal OF his candidate
v. II. Farnsworth in favor of Mrs
Vtcher. II was clever politics on Ell
redgeS part, as he stood absolutely no
nance of winning with Farnsworth
ew seconds later Farley p Christensen
lso withdrew the name of Fred c. Bas-
ett and Mrs. Witcher was given the
omnation by reclamation amid a roar
I cheers. The delegates demanded a |
peech, and Mrs. Witcher was conducted
, the stage and in few well chosen
lords expressed The hope that she would
o honor to the Republican ticket in eoual