The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-09-16
Resolution to Prohibit the
Sale Of Intoxicating Liquors
in Salt Lake Is introduced
and Promptly Defeated.
WILLIAM R. WALLACEIS
AGAIN NAMED FOR MAYOR
.0nIy Small Per Cent of Elected
Delegates From Various
Wards Is Present and Tick
ct Is Quickly Made Up,
PROMISES IN PLATFORM

At their city convention at the Salt
Lake theatre last evening the mem
beTs of the Citizens party nominated
William R. Wallace for mayor of Salt
Lake. He is the Democratic nominee
for the same position, and by a vote
that was all but unanimous the con-
ventiOn turned down a resolution
faVOring prohibition. In voting
against prohibition a large number Of
those who last spring were earnest
advocates Of prohibition suddenly re-
vsTsed their position.
Bishop A. IT. Woodruff moved the re-
lection of the resolution and Nephi L.
Norris was among the prominent pro-
hibitonists who voted for the rejection
of the resolution. Only a single voice
was heard in opposition TO the motion
to reject.
Tho full ticket was named as follows:
For mayOT-William r. Wallace.
For tTeasurer-A. II. Pea body
For rec0Tder-A- N Mckay
For attoTney-James Ingeb retsen.
For aUditOT-W II. L0vesy.
Mr. Wallace. who now heads both the
Democratic and the Citizens tickets. was
member of the committee Of three sent
from Salt Lake to- Des MOines to in
vestigate the commission form Of gov
eminent. He was an earnest advocate Of
the Des MOines bills which We're intro
duCed in the last Legislature. but which
failed to- become laws. Mr. Wallace is
an ardent prOhibitiOuist and was an adj
yOcate Of the Cannon prohibition bill.
which failed of passage at the last ses-
sion of the legislature
Mr. Wallace was one of two Demo
endorsed o.
EenS party LAST evening. The other was
s.. n. MCEav- who is now a candidate
ON both tickets for recorder. Both AIR.
Wallace and Mr.. Mckay. aS well a9 tine
other three candidates .U the city Ticket
We're nominated without. opposition
Committee Finds Wallace.
After sIr Wallace had been nominated
him. DE was brought TED the .Iaatr-
and escorted to the stage. where H.
thanked the convention briefly. Pr.
promised that if elected Doe would give
tle city careful prudent economic
and honest administration
When the convention was called t1
order there were only small portion of
the 535 delegates elected at the primaries
present C.. B. Felt the temporary chair
man of the Citizens central committee,
presented Councilman L. i. Hall as tenn
pOrary chairman of the convention. Mr..
Hall. in a brief opening address CEN
sured the American INSTRUMENTATION
of the City's affairs and said that the
ticket that would be named by the Citi-
zeus' convention would be the successful
ticket i'm the fall campaign.
As committee on platform and resO-
lutiOns. Elias Conway Ashton, J. NJ.
Sjodahl. o. J. Widts0e. George N Law
renee and Joseph r. Taylor We're named.
A. Fl. Woodruff, C.. H. CaTlQuist, a. r.
Carr J. Q. Critchlow and John NJ
Knight were chosen as d committee on
permanent organization and order of
business. The committee on credentials
consisted of p. c.. GertsOn, II. Alma
Raiser, Isaac Langton. II. p. Richards
and David Cameron
While the committees were i'm confer
ence +. $. FeTustTOm, councilman from
the Third ward, said that the uOmina-
ton and election of a Citizens commit
tee was not q dangerous experiment be-
cause the situation could not be worse in
any event than it was under the Amert-
can administration
Chairman Named.
John @ Critchlow. chairman of the
committee on permanent Organization. re-
ported that the committee had decided ON
L. T.. Hall as permanent chairman; w
Fl. Lovesy, secretary; G.. II. CarlqUist
assistant secretary, and GramWay
Powers, sergeant-at-arms. The usual or
der Of business was prescribed.
The platform declares that national
politics shall not govern I'm city affairs
and that discrimination against any class
of citizens ON account of political or re-
ligiOus beliefs is iutOlerant Tt condemns
the system of paying political debts by
the municipal employment of party work
eTs, and declares against the employment
of alien labor on public works. Mer-
chants licenses are declared to be UNI
Just and their abolition is promised by
the new party. It promises that compe-
titiOn in bidding on public works be re-
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