The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-09-29


! Surveyor-Joseph Timer.
! Recorder-Charles w. Lawrence.
CITY NOMINATIONS.
City judges. f. Darmer and =
PRECfNCT NOMINATIONS.
Justice OF the peace-W. 5. Dali y
y ton.
observation-disclosures S~Fowler. y
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The American" party county conven-
tiCn held yesterday. showed few close
contests and less enthusiasm. Most OF
the places the county ticket were Sc
cured by overwhelming majorities, al
though the nominations for sheflff ana
for auditor We're hard fought The coun-
" delegations came to the convention de-
termined 10 secure the nominations for
one county commissioner and surveyor,
and their solid front was largely lnstru-
mental in putting through the candidates
" no agreed to stand by the county choice
for commissioner and surveyor. The
business of the convention was rushed
from the start and little opportunity was
given the managers of rival candidates
TO do effective work upon the floor or
the convention. The tendency to climb
into the band wagon was noticeable ON
every ballot. No sooner did any cadi-
date gain an appreciable lead than dele
cations flocked to his banner in the eff
fort TO get behind the winner.
Action Is Hurried.
run through in quick time. there being
no conflict on credentials and little &C
ton required by the committee on plat
form The platform was adopted with
out a single change, while the commit
tee on order OF business experienced lii
tie difficulty in deciding on the order OF
nominations. The county delegation.
however. succeeded In having the nomi-
rations for county commissioner placed
among the first on the list in order to
prevent the withdrawal of the support
which had been promised Bourgard from
the city delegations.
! The nominations for state senator were
without feature with the exception Of the
slight support given A s CSandyD
| Fowler. Fowler withdrew from the race
| for city judge two weeks ago In the
! rope of securing the senatorial nominal
| ton. but was unable to muster the neces-
| sary support.
| The nominations for representatives
/ showed little trading account of the
method adopted in balloting, which gave
/ the places to the ten men having the
| highest number Of votes on the first bal
! lot.
! The nomination of Jerome Boureard
| for county commissioner conceded.
| and the action taken by the county dele
| gates. who caucused just before the NOM
| duired strength TO J. E. McGinty. whose
position as county chairman had been
! utilized effectively among the city Walls
/ Frank A Swenson for treasurer
| NJ. E. Wilson, for attorney, were prac-
tically without opposition, while Frank
r. Christensen, for clerk. and A. l.
| Brattain, for assessor, were never IN
danger of losing those coveted places on
the ticket
One Good Fight.
The fight of the convention was be-
| tween W. o. Norrell and H. A Mercer.
! for county auditor On the first bal
1 lot they were most evenly matched. but
/ the withdrawal of r W. Armstrong
and the transfer of his support TO Nor
ren gave the latter the nomination by
| a comfortable margin Mercer made a
number of trades among the Fourth and
Fifth war0 delegations. but could not
swing enough votes to check the Nor
| rell movement.
A close contest was expected between
| Fitzpatrick and Charon for sheriff but
the Charon forces showed far the best
| OF ganization and speedily gathered in the
unpledged vote. During the balloting for
| sheriff the american" Drum corps
marched upon the stage and aroused the
first signs of enthusiasm noticeable in
the convention.
| The city delegations pledged to aid the
| county to secure the nomination for sur
veyor delivered the goods and Timer
was chosen with a rush amid loud cheers
from the outside members.