The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-09-24
American Party Convention to
Meet in Colonial Thcater
This Morning.
DELEGATES WILL WITNESS
SEVERAL WARM CONTESTS
Principal Interest Centers in
Shrievalty and Treasurer
ship Nominations.

The American party county conveu
tion will be called to order by Chair
man D. C. Dunbar at 10 O'Clock Thu!
(Saturday) morning in the Colonia
theater. The purpose, as heretofore
stated, is TO place in nomination ful
county ticket. including candidates foI
the senate and lower house OF the leg
Islature.
After the county convention attends
10 preliminary matters, such as reading
the call. listening to the remarks OF
tee county chairman and temporary
chairman, appointing committees, etc.
an adjournment will be taken until the
afternoon, and the precinct convention
Will meet for the purpose of nominating
candidates for justice of the peace and
constable.
In addition TO the selection Of nom
Iuces for county Offices, the county
convention also will elect Il county com
mitiee consisting OF sixteen members
two from each of the municipal
wards of the city and six from the
districts outside of the city.
The county convention, as well as the
precinct convention, promises TO be live.
ly. The greatest interest centers IN
the shrlevalty contest, so far as 4 fight
IS concerned. but the trcasurership and
clerkship contests also give promise of
being well up IN the running. In the
precinct convention, the contest also
will be spirited. as a number of popu
lar men are coutestiug for the nomina-
tlons TO be made.
Following the county and precinct
conventions, a mass convention Will be
held for the selection of candidates for
congress and the supreme bench.
Following is a list of the candidates,
receptive and otherwise, whose names
will be presented to the conventions:
For County Offices.
Recordcr-P. i. Copnor, draughtsmap
city engineer 5 Office; Thomas Homer
real estate dealer.
Auditor-Harry Mercer. city humane
officer i. j. Acomb, deputy in city au-
d'tor 8 Office; d, j. Greene. bookkeeper
United States smelter. Midvale and
member Of county committee.
Treasurer-F'rank Swenson, former
city treasurer; Sband Smith, auditor
Ohio Copper company; NJ. M. Beaver,
deputy city treasurer; Charles Reed,
business man.
Attorney-George j. Gibson, attor-
ner; Ben + Johnson, attorney.
Assessor-Johr NJ Hopfenbcck, sheet
metal worker; B. B. Quinn, former
county assessor.
Sherif.Joe Raleigh, foreman for
fushcrs city street department.; A. !.
Gharon. foreman press room Tribune;
Roderick Mckenzie, former chief of
police.
Clerk~-Mrs Olive Havens. Women IS
club worker; Mrs. G. NJ Mullan. for
merry stcnograpber in city engineer IS
ONCE: Mrs. Tom D. Pitt, widow of for.
mer chief of police; \. D. McGuire,
advertising man j. i. Gardner; +. L.
Christensen. clerk Of board of public
works and secretary Of American party
county committee; John w. Pike, for
mer court stenographcr for Judge Og-
den HiIcs.
Commissioners-W G.. Romney, presi- /
dent of Century Printing company and
exalted ruler Of II. T. O. f.: Fred j. I
Leonard, former chairman Of board of
pubic works: Dominick Burns of Bing.
ham, foreman Utah Copper company; !
Ray Walker Of Cottonwood, capitalist /
and farmer; \. j. Perry of Bingham, /
dairvmau
Surveyor-A h. GatreD, former en-
ployec of city engineer now surveyor
for Western Pacific Railway company; !
Joseph UImer. city engineer of Murray: /
Harry ID. Hcist, civil and mining cngi |
ncer; j. s. Barker, employee of CITY |
engineer 's Office; Ray Spencer of Tay. |
lorsVlile, assistant engineer Of Murray /
Senate and House.
State senators-E. r. Critchlow. ut 4
torney; W. j. Barrctte. attorney; w. /
n. Bramcl, attorney; Charles Il. Jack. |
attorney
.Jouse OF representative NJ.
Sullivan. attorney; N. W. bennett, Salt
Lake Engraving company; DR.. e.. +
Douglas, physician; Tony Jacobson.
manager Columbus Consolidated Min
ing company: a. E. Harvey, president
OF Barber union; j. Wolcott Tbomp.
son. attorney; o. w, Ewing. agent for
Conti tinental Casualty company: w r
Morrison, electrician; A. S. Fowler. ori.
Nate secretary TO Mayor Bransford. ]
n. Spaulding former president of car
penters union and former nominee for
the legislature; Charles S. Pulver. agent
AT Metal company; A. NJ. Spooner.
deputy III city treasurer g office; 7. +,
Starbuck, deputy city food and dairy
c. j. Crabtree, former
city councilman. manager of Crabtree
Produce COMPANY; B. A. Ridd, contrac-
tor; David TAYLOR of the Tavlor.
Brunton saInpling works; l.. C. Ritter
mining man; Fred G.. Smith and w. j.
Dixon, business men; Thomas Watkins,
carpenter; a. +. Fisher, painter; Il. A.
punsby, Building Trades Council; J. A.
:, ,ohnson, business man; W. e. Walker,
agent. and probably
others.
Justice of the pcace-Harry S. Har.
per, attorney; Dana r. Smith, attorney.
e, D. Hoge, attorney; w. A. Holman
caty wateTworks department.
Constable. L. Griffith. inspector
board of health; Tom Fowler, former
A, V. Thompson. stonooranb.
er; George p. Tinges, policeman: Trant
Jordan. inspector board of health. H
u. Bowdich, inspector board of public
works; w. r. Graham, G. A. r. man
The men most talked Of for the state
nominations are Thomas Weir and Nav
or John S Bransford for congress and
Judge Ogden Hiles and Judge John A
supreme bench. 'Ae