The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1916-08-11
MORRIS bEATSSPRY
FOR THE NOMI-
NATION.


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high for or against Governor Spry.
and the battle was evidently drawn on
those lines. liallotinE for governor
was accompanied by a tumultuous up
roar most Of the time. This reached
the climax. however when the final
count was announced. the Morris peo-
pie waving hats and yelling In tri-
umph. The Spry supporters iecred
and howled.
The lead that the Morris crowd had
over the supporters Of Governor Spry
and others did not indicate IN any
way the bitterness and intensity Of
the fight In the convention. when at
the end Of the struggle the Spry
forces had lost they manifested Keen
est reluctance to quit the fight. and
almost to a man dissented t. the vote
to make the nomination unanimous
Nominating speeches were spirited.
y. =. Hinckley placed In nomination
Mr. Morris. praisinE the convention
Tor responding $50 nobiy to the voice
of the people" and declaring his can
didate fitted every demand ~ the
platform and of the party. Carl A.
Badger named Mr.. jenkins. Glen Mil
Ter nominated Governor Spry. =. r.
Farnsworth placed John g. Mackay
In nomination and ~. a. smith and
John Jensen made the nominating
speeches respectively for u. -. Ride.
out and Oscar W Carlson
Mr.. Miller reviewed the record of
Governor Spry as an executive. de-
clared he had carried out TO the letter
the platform of the party and had
brought only dignity Co. tbe office 81
governor OF Utah. with the exception
~ Mr. Miller and Mr. BADGER the
speakers were frequently interrupted
with Misses or ieers by the opposing
forces. Thcs. ieers. however. were
reserved In most cases until after the
speaker had exceeded the tim. con.
sidered sufficient Tor the nominating
speech when the delegates engaged
In paatime ~ ioshinR and bcfud-
ding the speakers MIR Miller and
Mr.. badger by No means escaped on.
tircly undis,urbrd. hut their Interrupt
lions were less frequent aud les hoia.
ferrous than In the other cases.
Iioll CalI Vote Taken.
Salt Lake county was called first on
the roll and cheers rang through the
Alhambra thcatcr when IN. spr,
forces showed greatest strength The
rest of IN. roll however. went lers
fnvornbly Tor the governor Morris
taking the larger roll from Utah. We.
her Cache. SEWER aud Junh counties
spry Won. however. In both Carbon
and summit
Hopes Of the Spry forces that the
convention would result In a three.
cornerrd fight were dashed Co pieces
on announcement of IN. results of the
first ballot. Not until then had even
the opponents To- Jenkins thought his
support was 30 weak. IL was az
this point. and on learning the actual
strength of the Jenkins crowd. that
the Spry people received IN. first
shock of fear In the convention. or IN |
the entire fight up 10 that time. IL
then became apparent that Morris |
would easily win the nomination. |
there being No other organized
strength against him than that or the
Spry people.
Convention Takes Reeves.
Following the bailoting "A recess OF |
an hour was taken FOR dinner. when |
the convention rerunyened aud the
work ~ nominating "a secretary OF
state. attorney general. state trena
urer. state auditor. superintendent OF |
public instruction and four presidcn.
tial electors was dispatched with as
much haste as possible
with five candidates In the field
the fight Tor secretary of state waXed |
warm In the convention. Nominating
speeches were limited to three min
ut"s, John G. Chiids of Weber cnun-
~ presented the name 81 David Matt |
son. Alonzo Iirinkcrhor OF Emery 1
county offered the name OF Jesse H. |
JcWkcs, ]. \. lockwood of Salt Lake
nominated Lincoln q. Kelly Dana T. |
Smith 81 Salt Lake offered the name
OF Heber T.. Cummings of Salt Lake
county, and r. ~. Merrill of Cache
county nominated u, A. Petersen. al
50 Of Cache, one ballot was all that
was required. the result being Kelly |
3l6E, Petersen ii0h. JrWkrs iOSN
Mattson sos, Cummings 80.
Three Baliots On Attorney.
Three ballots were required Ia set.
lie the tight Tor attorney general. q. |
A, lverson was presented Co the con-
Vention hy y. q. Morgan OF salt Lake.
Harold q. Fabian by Charles NJ. Nor |
rls, bath of salt Lake; william NJ.
McCrea by George r. wasson. both
of Salt Lake; l.. l.. Baker 10y W. y |
Marks of Tooele. and John q. Chides- |
ter OF SEWER by Hrber g, Christensen
81 SEWER,
on the first ballot Fabian led with |
a total of l7O tn l5t Tor lyerson. laS !
for Baker, ~ Tor McCrsa ana 90 Tor |
Chichester, on the second ballot IA. |
bian jumped ahead with $50. az the |
expense ~ Chichester. McCrea and !
lverson. and on the third ballot the |
vote stood Fabian i55, Baker SIS. Iyer- |
son 90. McCrca 8 and Chichester ..
only three candidates were out for
state auditor--W. A. Leatham OF Salt
Lake, Charles iieiner Of Morgan and
Joseph Jensen OF box Elder, and one
ballot settled the question In favor of
Jensen. The vote was Jensen 329 y
Heiner. l46n, and Leatham. li3h /
l.eutham's name was presented bN A