The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-09-29
AMERICANS" NAME
TICKET IN jig TIME
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ing by j. E. McGinty, the county chair
man, who announced that Z. b. Critch-
low had been selected as temporary chair
man of the convention and P. Edward
Conner temporary secretary. The an
nouncement was received with applause.
Mr.. Critchlow then announced the APP
pointment of the following committees:
observation-disclosures II. Ball, Jessie l..
Burnett, w. A. Holman. Frank l. Sefrit,
l.. c. Kelsey. L. c. Axiom. j. III. Walker.
Platform and resolutions-N. b. Ores
ser. William Nelson, S. Nj. Barlow, Jo-
seph Lippman, II. j. Dininny, j. II.
Raleigh, A. Morning
Permanent organization and order of
business-Henry Glenn, NJ l. Morris, A.
S. Fowler. NJ. II. Daugherty, S. b. Wes-
terrified. j. c. Beatty. j. +. Clay
After the appointment of the commit
tees a recess was taken to allow the city
delegates to hold their city and precinct
conventions. Following these conventions
the county convention was again called
to order and reports of the committees
were received. l.. c. Kelsey. chairman
of the committee on credentials. reported
that there were no contests and that the
list of delegates as published. with but
one or two exceptions, was correct
More Officers Named.
The committee on permanent organiza-
ton and order of business recommended
that the temporary officers be made per-
manent and that in addition to these the
following be named: First vice chairman,
Nj. A. Daugherty; second vice chairman,
A G. Mahan; third vice chairman, Dr.
c. N. Ray. Bingham; fourth vice chair
man. Mrs. Z. n. Cohen fifth vice chair
man, Mrs. A. II. Little: assistant secre-
tary, ]. Oberndorfer: reading clerk, j. c.
Beatty; sergeant-sat-arms. Harry Jones,
A. NJ. Kast, B. D. Blackmar.
The order of nominations recommended
IA three
state senate be named first, followed by
the nominations for ten representatives,
two commissioners (the one receiving the
largest vote to be the long term candi-
date. treasurer sheriff. clerk. auditor,
recorder, attorney, surveyor and asses
sor.
The report was adopted, whereupon Z.
B. Critchlow began his keynote speech.
Mr.. CritchlOw flayed the Hierarchy"
He attacked the speech of Senator George
Sutherland at the Republican state con-
vention and then invited the senator TO
join the american party: He declared
that, although the Republicans asserted
that there was no church interference in
politics. on the other hand.
large majority of the Democrats believed
that it was just this interference that
brought defeat so often to the Demo-
cratic party. The anti-Smoot resolution
introduced at the Democratic state con-
vention at Logan was favored by ma
jority of the Democrats of the state. but
convention by the exercise of the very
influence that the resolution attacked.
Mr.. Critchlow eloquently referred to
the American flag as the emblem of the
American" partisans, and predicted a
sweeping success for the party at the
polls at the fall election.
The convention then adjourned until
adopted without the alteration of syl-
liable.
Legislative Ticket Named.
At the afternoon session Vice Chairman
Matt Daugherty welded the gavel at the
opening of the session and the conven-
ton PROCEEDED to the nomination of three
state senators. E. B. Critchlow's name
was placed before the convention by Ben
Haywood, who spoke of Mr.. Critchlow's
ability as a lawyer and his clean po-
litical record. III. ]. Dininny placed G.
]. Gibson in nomination, and Horace
Dunbar nominated Charles B. Jack Alex
ander T. Fowler and w. w. Armstrong
were also nominated. the latter being
named to the convention by Dan B.
Shields. 1t became evident as soon as
the precincts began to ballot that %the
nominations would go to Critchlow, Glib
son and Armstrong, although Fowler
showed considerable strength. The vote
was: Critchlow, 529; Gibson, 423; Arm
strong, 312; Fowler, 241, and Jack. go.
The fight for places on the legisla-
tive ticket brought out twenty candidates
and in the balloting a number of other
men received votes, although they had
not been placed in nomination. In the
midst of the balloting a motion was made
to the effect that the rules be suspended
and the ten candidates receiving the
greatest number of votes be named as
the candidates of the convention. whether
they had a majority or not This mo-
ton was carried. and the ten candidates
who received the highest number of
votes are as follows: ]. N. Spaulding.
49, Arthur A. Sweet, 422; II. s. Mccain,
1894; Henry Catrow. go; c. j. Crabtree
S43; f. w. Kelly, 329; j. w. Mckinney.
1926; N. D. Corser. 32l; A. S. Martin. Si7.
and Walter w. Little. 299
The defeated candidates were: A. T.
Moon, c. G. Gattrell A. NJ. Spooner. DR.
Niles, C. L. Shelley, F. ]. Tierney. ri
II. Don, A. D. Mcclure, Thomas Wat
kins, Herman Bamberger, b. A. Ridd r.
z. Currie and Dominick Burns
For County Commissioners.
During the time that the ballots for
legislators were being tabulated the coun-
ty delegations got together in the green
room of the theatre and caucused for
county commissioner. Jerome Bourgard
of Bingham was. of course. the candidate
on whose election the county members
counted most, and ]. E. McGinty was
able to assure the county delegates OF