Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-09-14
Will Preside at Opening Session
OF Republican Convention
Tomorrow Morning.
NOMINATING IN AFTERNOON.
y Number Of Lively Contests Insure
An Interesting Fight for
Positions on Ticket.


p. m. Republican state committee
meeting. Wilson hotel, to choose tenn
porary officers for convention. Smoker
F TO visiting delegates at Young MEMS
Republican club in the Atlas block To-.
morrow, call to order 10 a. m. by State
Chairman Wesley K, Walton, and in
PRODUCTION of Senator George Suther-
land as temporary chairman.
CANDIDATES HEADQUARTERS.
Joseph Howell, for Congress. Wilson
hotel
Farley p. Christensen, for Congress,
Kenyon hotel
j. A, Edwards for secretary or state,
Kenyon hotel.
David Mattson. FOR state treasurer,
Cullen hotel
PLEDGED DELEGATIONS.
Cacne county, to Joseph Howell, for
Congress.
Weber county, (partiaD TO David
Mattson for state treasurer.
ITintah county, to Don B. Cotton, for
secretary of state.
Tooele county. to Ivor Ajax, for state
auditor.
Summit county to Walter Calder
wood, for state auditor.
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With the fight for the congressional
nomination, and for the positions Of
state treasurer. state auditor, and at
torney- general, as its most interesting
features Republicans today are pre-
pairing for tomorrow's state convention
The convention vii! be called to or
der at 10 O'clock tomorrow morning IN
the. Salt Lake Theater, by State Char
man Wesley x. Walton. He will in
Sutherland as temporary chairman, and
the convention will then proceed to the
business before its morning session OF
appointing committees on platform,
credentials, and order of business, and
listening to speeches. The nominating
of candidates Will not begin until we'll
along i'll the afternoon, If former con-
.fyentions are followed as to method OF
procedure.
OUTLOOK is LIVELY.
This afternoons indications are that
1.-THE convention will be a lively and
spirited one. the large number of Of
ficers for which there is lively compe-
Etition, making many rival Camps. along
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Tomorrow morning at 8: 80 6clock the
Salt Lake county delegation will eau
Gus in the theater for THE purpose of
selecting state committeeman for next
year. and selecting members for the
various convention committees. 1t may
also take up the matter of Maj. H. p.
Myton's candidacy for state treasurer
and that of J. Farley White. eliminate
ing by caucus vote, with the agree
ment of both principals. the candidate
having the least strength. This plan
lis declared to be the one adopted by
the two candidates to throw a solid
county delegation behind one or the
other. but whether it will be followed
will depend, of course. on the vote
lied.
BOOMS AND BOoMLETS.
The hosting of booins was the larg-
est business of the rialto this after
noon. At the Wilson, the Kenyon and
the Cullen, headquarters of various
candidates were opened and candidates
discussed with the view point of max
ing affiliations to advantage
ToMORROW'S TICKET.
The ticket as formed tomorrow will
consist Of a candidate for Congress,
governor, secretary Of state, state
treasurer, state auditor, attorney gen.
.eral. judge of the supreme court and
superintendent of public instruction.
For congressional delegate, secretary
of state and judge of the supreme
bench, the present incumbents are cam
dfdates for denomination, but have
opposition, State Supt. Nelson is
without opposition for the position of
superintendent of public instruction.
For secretary of state, G, S. Tingey
is being opposed by j. A. Edwards, of
Bnxeder, for whom the delegation,
while not actually pledged, is working
hard. Another candidate, d. 3. Col-
ton, of Vernal, has pledged delesa-
ton behind, him, which makes this .po-
sition the center Of the first fight in
the convention following the settlement
of the congressional fight. William
Spry, for governor, seems TO be this
afternoon without competition. unless
it is in the nature Of dark horse, as
yet unnamed.
DEFENDING ON COMMITTEE.
Mich depends tomorrow IN the re-