The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-09-27

Lake City, who WAS the chairman o
the committee on platform and resolu
tlons, was introduced, and read tb
platform. which was finally adopted b,
the committee after protracted con
test which. had lasted for moro tha,
seven hours. The platform ni0.v ~ Una, Una,
and finally adopted by the convention
appears elsewhere in these columns. MI
Thomas then moved the adoption of tb
platform as read WV
when the motion was put TO adopt fb
platform G. l.. Hollingsworth of Ogden
former state senator. then submitte,
the following resolution as an amend
ment to the platform:
Mr. Chairman | move an amerd,,o,,
to the report made by the COMMITTEES
namely. the insertion OF the foliowin,
provision In the platform. The kepubli.
can party in the United States. and n
the state, Is and always has been one o
progress. and a large measure of lis suc
cess is and has been due TO the fact tina
~ mas earrien out the direct wishes o
lican party Of this state for all elective
o,nces shouId be chosen directly by the
mass mass OF NE Republican voters. We
10 tnc state legislature OF 1911 as well
as the Republican holdovers TO the stato
seg,Siature; seg,S,a re- TO adopt primary law. one
ana also urge upon our Republican COVER
nor, Hon. William Spry, 10 use his hest
etorIs r,r.ss,, TO secure the enactment of such
upon lts passage TO approve the same
Chairman Smoot asked Mr.. Hollinps.
worth whether or not his amendment
was offered by way of addition. or
whether he offered it as a separate
resolution. Mr.. Hollingsworth said thai
1T was an amendment by way of an ad.
dition. III ''
United States Senator George suther-
| nd
chair that under the rules formulated
by the committee on permanent orpani-
5atlon and order of business, the reso.
luton offered by Mr.. HolIingswortb
should have been submitted without
reading to the committee on platform
ana resolutions. He added that the
amendment proposed by Mr.. Hollings.
worth was probably a separate and
dlstlnct resolution, and therefore should
be referred TO the committee.
Ashton Gets Busy.
Il. Conway Ashton of Salt Lake
county insisted that the resolution was
an amendment to the platform proposed
ny the convention, and declared that
the delegaIes had a perfect right to
take the amendment up at this time and
} to discuss it on the floor of the CON
ventIon. George Halverson of Weber
county conceded in the belief of Mr..
Ashton, and declared that this was the
regular place for the amendment to
be considered. The discussion then be-
came general, and the delegates from
Cache, Box Elder and Utah counties
urged that the chairman permit dis
cusslon of the amendment at this time
Senator Smoot said that discussion
OF the amendment or resolution at this
time would be in violation of the rule
prescribed by the committee on perman-
ent organization and order of bust
ness. Mr.. Thaln of Cache county, a
member OF the committee Oh permanent
organization and order of business, said;
Question of Honor,
MIR, Chairman, there is a question OF
ton under discussion In that way, and
/ made the same proposition and inter
probation OF that rule that you have
made, ] said that the chair would prob
ably interpret that rule In that way.
leave IT TO the other members OF the
committee to act honorably on that ques-
ton. | told the other members of the
committee that that would be used TO
shut off debate. (Cries OF Don't get cx-
cited.")
Mr.. Chairman. have been In conven-
tions before where debate has been shut
off In that way. ] ask the committee on
permanent organization and order OF
business 10 act honorably in this thing.
We decided that where a resolution had
that II could be discussed in this house.
(Applausc)
George Halverson declared that the
procedure suggested by the chairman
was foreign TO any action that should
be taken by a Republican convention.
He said that the amendment was just as
gcrmane TO the question as any amend
ment that could possibly be made. An
amendment by addition, he said, was
c., ia ln mn on nnf "
elimination, and either was permissl BILE
under any parliamentary rules of pro
cedure He insisted that there be no
gag rule in this convention.
Farley p. Christensen, who at that
time thought he was a candidate for
congress. asked the chairman whether
or not he had ruled on whether or not
the resolution was open to debate. Sen
ator Smoot said that II was far from the
intention Of the chairman 10 inflict any
gag rule on the convention. He said
that he had not ruled upon whether or
not the amendment was debatable, but
that ne would decide now, that 1T was
open to discussion. Mr. Christensen
then delivered the following speech Oh
the direct primary:
Christensen Talks.
Mr.. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen
of the Convention: II there is anything
that S1dtcatcs the advanced growth OF the
Republican party, that indicates that the
Republican party Is at the vanguard OF
the peoples advancement along economic
lines, IL is the fact that The Republican
party throughout the country has been
demanding and enacting Into law sys
TEN whereby the people have had an OPP
portunity 10 nominate their candidates
by what we call direct nomination, Gap
plausc.)
No one Ia Utah has had moro pleasure
than l have in Republican conventions.
and in party caucuscs. There Is nothing
that thrills my blood more than TO get
into Republican convention and fight
the issue. Nothing pleascs me more.
but when / get down 10 sober thought /
realize that In smallest part do we repre-
sent our constituency. CApplauseD
When ! took the floor two years ago in
the Salt Lake county convention and
either by force OF character or rhertorlc
or by domination. | don't know which.
was enabled to compel that convention
TO reverse its order of business and later
on compel that convention TO put four
new planks in,o it's platform. realized
that the people had very little TO say:
but il was simply the spontaneous move