The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-09-29

| sell were elected members or the city
| committee. For the city convention,
! Carl A. Badger was elected member of
/ the committee on resolutions; Raymond
Sermon member of the committee on or
| der of business, and Mrs. Joanna Mel
| ton on the committee on credentials.
/ The motion that the members of the
| city committee be empowered to fill any
/ vacancies in the ticket that might arise
/ from any cause was carried.
! A stirring meeting Of the Second mu-
nicipal ward was held in the Sixth ward
meeting house last night, at which ]. A.
| Ekman was named for the long term
| councilman and W. Z. Vigus won out in
/ a hard fight for the short term Office,
/ The meeting house was packed when
/ the convention was called to order, and
/ w. A. Leatham was chosen chairman.
/ Alex. Buchanan, jr., was named Secre-
/ tary. Mr. Buchanan nominated Charles
| COttrell, jr.; B. G. RaybOuld was named
/ by James n. Lambert; Edward Eardley
was named by Z. J. Eardley; Guardello
| Brown placed the name of w. E. Vigus
/ in nomination, and Fred Price nomi-
mated J. A. Ekman. Then the battle
| started.
There were 1873 delegates in the hall,
| which made seventy for a choice. The
| first ballot stood as follows; J. A. Elk
man, 76; Charles COttrell, jr., 81; Ed
ward II. Eardley 46; B. G. Raybould,
/ 45; W. E. Vigus, 45. On motion of J. J.
| Greenewald Mr.. Ekman was then made
the choice Of the convention for the long
| term councilman.
Another Ballot Taken.
As no other candidate had enough
votes to be chosen, another ballot was
| taken, which resulted as follows: w.
E. Vigus, Al; Charles COttreI, jr., Il;
| B. G. RaybOuld, 81; Edward H. Eardley,
q. No candidate had been successful,
and the name of Mr.. COttrell was then
withdrawn, and the third ballot result
ed as follows: w. f. Vigus 79; 3. G.
RaybOuld, AZ, and Edward H. Eardley,
II. Mr.. Vigus was then named the NOM
inee of the convention for the short term
councilman from the Second.
There had been an attempt by some of
the sympathiZers of the Citizens party to
push themselves forward in the meeting,
but they were given warning by /. E.
/ Wiley in a short speech to the COnven-
/ ton, in which the statute was cited IN
this relation.
After the nomination Of councilmen, w.
A. Leatham and John Corless were ChO-
sen as members of the city committee, ].
J. Meyers was named for the committee
on credentials at today's Republican city
convention, Alex Buchanan, jr., was Sc
lected for the committee on resolutions
I
committee on order of business.
Republicans of the Third municipal
ward, at their convention in the Sixteenth
ward amusement hall. nominated Charles
VI. Lees for councilman from the wand
for the long term and William J. Yard
for the short term There was practically
no opposition to either, although the
name or GuStaVe Il Backman was Of
tered for the long term nomination. and
both Mr.. Lees and MT. Yard were nOmi-
mated by reclamation.
-TT~ J. Il
the convention and J. Farley White sec
rotary. The chair appointed Albert Cal
lister, l. Dahlquist and Samuel Spry a
committee on credentials. and Senator
William y. Williams, J. E. Gibbs and Al
bert Newman committee on permanent
organization and order of business. After
these committees had reported, Chairman
POLAND made a brief address in which he
said the Republican party, the party of
progress, should select men Of aggressive
character from the Third precinct for
council, that the precinct might be put
in the Republican column.
Nominations Made.
Secretary White placed Mr.. Lees in
nOmlna ton. Senator Williams seconded
the nomination Robert s. POLAND DIaced
the name OF Gustave II. Backman in
nomination and then, upon motion. the
nomins CiOus closed. Mr. Lees obtained
112 votes on the first ballot and Mr.. Back
man. !, On motion of Mr. FOlland Mr.
lees nomination was made by accIama-
ton.
Heber C. Anderson placed William J.
1drd IN nomination for the short term.
No other nominations We're made and the
rules were suspended and Mr. Yard NOM
mated by reclamation
l.. Dahlquist was named as committee
man from the ward on the credentials
committee for the city convention: Sen
ator w n Williams, as member Of the
committee on permanent organization and
OIueL Oh. business, and ". 3. Booth as
I ILeLinfr OF the committee on platform and
William T. Edwards and FIeber c. An
Getson were appointed as the two mem
bers to act on the city committee.
At the Fourth precinct convention. held
AZ the nome OF Harry s. joseph No 81 IT
street, Rev. DR.. Francis Burretra short
was nominated as councilman for the LONG
term and w. T. Atkin for the short term
That the convention would have rotbi11r
70 Go with the Citizens party movement
was demonstrated when Ernest f. Brown
Stougnl a seat delegate on a proxy from
lTeftruCe Sperry- The announcement r7ada
by Mr.. Brown that ne favored the GIFT
zehs movement created almost as much
eEclIelnent among the delegates as
ttIho,asn bombshel had been thrown in
Instantly Harry S. Joseph iunoned 70
ms feet and made a motion that any
delegate who had participated IN the con
EenllQh OF any other party have no seat
in this convention. The motion was Sec
ohcec' but before being put to the con-
Vention M. Brown attempted TO make
speech in defense Of his stand
Where do you stand now2" was the
question propounded by one Of the dele
gates.
Il am for the straight Citizens ticket
said Mr.. Brown
Then you ought to retire from this
convention exclaimed Mr.. Joseph. ''for
this is a Republican convention
The motion carried, and Mr. Brown
withdrew from the convention
In a brief speech. in which attention
was called 10 the admirable qualities of
his candidate. Harry s. Joseph placed In
nomination Dr.. Francis Burgette Short
The only other name placed before the
convention for the long term honor was
that of Peter A. DrOUbay, who was placed
in nomination by John James. The bal
lOting resulted in seventy-One votes for
DR.. Short and twenty-five for Mr.. Drou-
bay.
w. T. Atkin and Peter A Droubav were
placed in nomination for the councilmanfc
short term. and the resulting vote Showed
fifty and One-hGlf for Atkin and forty
six and One-half for DrOubay
Following the selection Of councilmanfc
nominees, the following officers and com
mitteemen were elected: II. p. Myton
precinct chairman; II. L. Cummings, sec
retary; ward committee, district chairmen
of all districts in the precinct; city com
mittee, o. P Eldredge. II. S. Joseph per