The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-09-12

Lake county delegates will meet on
| the stage of the Garrick theatcr NJ
| 10 O'Clock this morning aud the con,
yontion will be called TO order at IL
| O 'clock by Joseph y, Young, chairman
of the county committee, who VIII IN
troduce Mr.. Olson as temporary chair
| man -
standing committees Of the convention
will be named and recess Will be
taken until afternoon. During the noon
recess tho committees will prepare their
reports. which will include the county
platform.
Fast Work Expected.
On account OF the number Of nomi-
nations TO be made and the prospective
contests for each place on the ticket,
an effort will be made TO rush the
nominations through with all possible
speed to avoid keeping. the delegates
in convention late at night For this
cess will be as short as possible, and
in case the platform committee IS not
| ready to report as soon as the dele.
gates reconvene. the nominations Will
| be made without waiting for the plat
| form.
1t has been suggested that adding
] machines be used and expert account
|
waits that were incident to the he
publican county convention. It also
| has been suggested as tlme-saVlng
arrangement that while tine tellers are
adding tho votes On n ballot for one
| Office, the nominating speeches for tho
next office be made, 1t is certain also
| that the nominating and secondlng
speeches will be limited to the brief
est possible time,
Three Close Contests.
Among the most interesting contests
are those for county commissioners,
clork and sheriff. The probability is
| that one county commissioner Will be
named from the county outside OF the
| city and one from the city, the Demo
Gratis thus following the example of the
be a Hfree for ALL - with a number of
contestants in the race. John n. Cook
appears to have slight advantage over
his adversaries in this contest, though
the race appears to be, close.
For clerk, Ben S. Rives, former city
recorder, appears to be leading Albert
J. Scare, though the latter claims much
support throughout the county. Mr..
Rives g friends claim for HIM the sup.
port Of four out of the FIVE municipal
wards in Salt Lake City and an even
| break in the county, conceding Mr..
Scare the Third ward of the city. Mr..
Scare claims better than an even break
in the city and majority IN the
county.
police. looks to be the winner in the
contest for sheriff, though friends of
former Councilman John Holley de-
clare their man is pressing him close,
Ben Harrios and John Howells also
arc candidates for this place.
Moyle Picked to Win.
Stephen L. Moyle is picked by many
TO win over Thomas Aston for
recorder, and Moroni G. Iverson is re-
garded by bis supporters as certain
winner OF the nomination for auditor.
| George H. Wood, auditor for the Utah
| Hotel, is urged by many to become
candidate for this place. John Halver-
son and Barney p. Quinn are in close
contest for assessor.
For surveyor Il. Harry Fiero, deputy
city engineer; Edward Nessen, deputy
United States mineral surveyor, and r.
F. l.. Collier, the well known local
civil engineer, are In an interesting
| contest.
Henry G. Lund, in response TO urg.
| ing by friends, will be candidate for
| county attorney, and appears to have
a certainty on the nomination, though
J. Louis Brown, city attorney of Muir
ray, also is ont for the nomination.
Mr.. 1und originally was a candidate.
for senator, but his friends urged him
70 be candidate either for county at.
torney or for city Judge He finally
decided 10 come out for county attor-
| ney. There appears TO be no oppo-
| sition to John Z, Clark for county
treasurer, and it is not unlikely that
he will be named by acclamation.
Tobin Strongly Supported.
John +. Tobin appears certain to he
one Of the nominees for city Judge The
other nomination is between j. NJ
Hamilton and A s. Fowler. unless
some other candidate appears between
now and the time Of the convention,
Indications are that J. A. Young will
be named for justice Of the peace.
His opponents are W. s. Dalton and
Martin Lindsey. For constable the
race Is open, with every indication
pointing to close contest.
The big league Democrats are all
out for domination 10 the state lepis.
Iature. Most Of the moro prominent
Democrats prefer the lower house, as
they believe that one session will be
sumclent Tor them in case they are
elected. e. L. Olson, Will ". Ray and
Juhan Bamberger are regarded as like
" senatorial nominees, with John
Dern, W n. King, ". r. wallace T
:. Bransford, Dan p. Shields, F p
stephens and other party heavyyeipbts
as nominees for the lower house.
List Of Candidates.
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