Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-09-15
OUGHT TO BE GUARANTEED
Says it Is No Organization Wor-
thy Of Name, Simply Spell
Of Sickness.
Remarks Greeted With Cheers by
Delegates and tho Gallcrles-out-
look for Nomination Of Ticket.

Tonight, at some hour before mid
night the Republicans of Utah will
have completed the ticket which is to
be the subject of their state campaign
this fall. This morning the state con-
Sention was opened With a parade oc
martial music and oratory At noon it
took a recess until o'clock, after the
American party had been given the
grilling Of it's history and committees
had been selected on all matters per-
tanning to the conventions permanent.
work.
The credentials committee went into
session on the Salt Lake theater stage,
after the recess was declared, the COM
mittee on permanent organization went
into session at Republican headquar-
tiers in the Judge building, and the
committee on platform adjourned to
the Salisbury block OH Market street.
The opening Of the afternoon ses-
Sion was marked by the interest in the
reports of these three committees
This morning noae of the spectacu-
lar contests which are expected to
mark the nominating session were in
evidence. Except for vociferous app
plause greeting Senator Sutherland in
his telling blows upon the American"
party and7its bullying methods in
matchmaking all those who do not
agree with it, the morning session was
without conspicuous features.
HI GALLERY CROWDED.
Foretelling the keen interest or this
afternoon, however the first gallery OF
the theatersWass we'll filled with specta-
tors, while a. feature of the lower floor
( was the fact that all delegations we're
present in full force, each backing some
faEorite candi date and anxious for the
Il hattie of bal lots to gin. tn
State Chairman q Wesley II. Walton
{ called the convention to order this
morning, without anything resembling
~ speech. He merely announced that
Col Geo. B. Squires would read the
call, after which he introduced Sena-
tor Geo. B. Sutherland, who began at
once an llnnerciful fiaying OF the Am
Etrican" movement in Utah. which he
declared flew the flag of guerilla
warfare.
drew the most marked applause in his
arrangement of the i-"Mormon"3
party:
"The American party is not SO much
of an organization as 1t is q spell OF
sickness, which ought to be quaran-t
tined or sent to the hospital''
ut demands of all Gentiles that they
hunt the hierarch and howl, or get off
the earth"
According to It's definition of
Jack Mormon. its own members We're
all Jack Mornons, before they flew the
flag Of their guerilla warfare, where
fore 4 suggest that they be recon
vened and rechristened, The Society
of Reformed Jacks.
ELABORATE DECORATIONS. 81
In point Of decorations the theater to-
day presented a more beautiful APP
pearance than at any previous conven-
ton.
Not only was the stage, the pros
cenium arch and all the galleries buried
in bunting and flags, but the scheme
WAS carried out to the ceiling. seven
streamers were arranged. leading TO
posts on the third gallery.
Three party leaders We're brought out
for special honor through the display
ing OF their pictures on the stage. TheyN
were Theodore Roosevelt. the last can
didate, William n. Taft, the present
candidate, and James S. sherman, his
running mate.
The Utah State bard enlivencd the
preconyentIon hour with popular tunes.
The arrangement OF delegations
brought Garfield on the extreme right
Of the dress circle, with Weber, Salt
take. Utah, Rich, Morgan and Kane.
In the parquet. to the right of the
center. were cards for Juab, Sewer,
Millard. Tooele, Uintah, Wasatch, and
Wayne.