Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-09-26
Americans Nominate Candi-
dates for County and
State Offices.
SESSIONS SANS ENTHUSIASM
"Old Guard" Almost Caught Mapping
On Amendment Attacking
ScCy. BallingcF.
THE TICKET.

For senators-E. b. Critchlov, c. 49,
Jack
For Representatives.. ~ SpauldnB'
Judge George NJ. Sullivan, II W. Den
nett. Tony Jacobson w. u. Morrison.
o. w. Ewing. d. G.. I. Douglas, A. 5.
Fowler. c. 5. Pulver A. T.. Harvey
For County Commissioners-D. Ray
Walker dong term; w. G. Romney.
(short term,
For county Clerk-Frank r, Chris
tsHscn,
For Assessed NJ. Hopfcnbeck.
For Shcriff--A j. Charon.
For Treasurcr-Charlcs Read.
For Auditor--E. j. Greene.
For Rccorder-P. r.. Common
For Surveyor : Barker.
For Attorney George j. Gibson.
For Justice of the Peace-Harry ,.
Harper
For Constable-Georgo +. Tinges
After an all day session which was
largely devoid Of enthusiasm. tho
Americans" succeeded In nominating a
complete county and legislative ticket
at their county convention Saturday.
For the most part the ticket IL COM
posed of residents OF Salt Lake. only
small representation being accorded 20
the county districts.
When the county convention con-
sludcd its work II was half after seven
In the evening. and the state conven-
tion. which was to place In nomination
"a candidate for Congress- and also fCr
the supreme bench was yet to be he'd.
The delegates who had been leaving
their seats all the afternoon were COM
paratively few in number when the
state convention was called to order.
There were no speeches OF eulORy per-
mitted, and Allen r. Sanford was
named as candidate for Congress and
Judge John A. Street was selected as
the nominee for the supreme bench
without any accompanying oTatorical
pyrotechncs.
The temporary organization Of the
county convention was made perma-
ncnt, with Judge A. j. Weber as chair
man and T.. A. Rogers secretary. The
platform committee reported, and was
n choice bit OF utilization Of the peo-
pie OF the state and the congressionl
delegation savOring largely Of Tribune
editO! lal flavor. The platform was
adopted without opposition, and tho
convention proceeded with the business
of nominating a ticket.
For the nomination Of state senator
five names were presented. e. Il. Critch-
low. c. Il. Jack, w. j. Barrette,
George r. Goodwin and w, II. Bramcl
being the candidates. w. H. Bramel
declined nomination. and the vote on
the TOUR names remaining was as iul-
lows: Critchlow. 1858, Jack. 295 Bar
rctte, 303: Goodwin. 24s. CrltChlow was
the only one receiving a majority OF all
the votes cast, and the convention took
another vote after Mr. Barrette with
drew as a candidate. The vote resulted
In the nomination Of Jack, who re-
ceived 3s7 against 367 for Goodwin.
For Representatives in the state leg
islature. 10 candidates for which We're
10 be chosen, % names were presented
10 the convention. They were as fol-
lows; J, n. Spaldlng, w r. Morrison.
II. w. bennett. A. T. Harvey O. W
Ewing, Tony jacobson. George NJ. Sui
Ivan, a. s Fowler. G, s. Pulver. Or
G. I Douglas. Il. a. Dunsby w Il
Walker. c. j. Crahtree. David Taylor
y Ridd l.. &. Ritter. l. j StarbuCk
II II Don. J. Walcott Thompson. Fred
G, Smith, w. J. Dickson and A. e.
Fisher.
The result Of the ballotng gave the
nomination to the following: Spaidlng
800; Morrison. Gil; bennett. $50: Har-
vev. 1893; Ewing. $50: jacobson. GS7:
Sullivan. go; Fowler, asa; Pulvor, 3s6
and Douglas 5i9. These were declared
the nominees Of the convention
For long term county commissioner
ID. Ray Walker of Big Cottonwood was
chosen. while W. c. Romney Of salt
Lake City drew the short term nominn-
tion
were also nominated. but they lost out
on the first ballot
one of the surprises OF the convention
was it, failure TO name a woman on
the ticket. For county clerk Frank
Christensen. at present clerk in the
board OF public works. was made the
candidate. his opponents being John w.
Pike. \. n. Mcclure. Mrs Genevieve
Mullan and Mrs Tom n. Pitt Tho
result Of the ballot was as follows.
Christensen, 400 pike 2s5: Mcclure. IS;
Mrs. Mullan, II: Mrs Pitt, Il. This was
the only time the name OF woman
was mentioned for place on the ticket
John NJ HopfenbeCk was named for
the assessorship nomination, being on
posed by Barney b. Quinn Of Ring
ham. whose name was presented AZ the
last minute. The ballot gave Hopfen.
beck 442 votes against 1875 for Quinn
and Hopfenbeck was declared the nom
inec
A. J. Charon was successful for the
nomination for sheriff. Joscph Raleigh
and ROderick Mckenzie being pitted
against him Charon received the nom
tnation on the first ballot. the vote
standing Charon 442, Raleigh, 94i, and
Mckenzie 81.
Frank Swenson. who had been work
Ing hard for the nomination for treas
urer. did not have a look in against