Show THE PEOPLES PRIMARIES primary meetings of the members of the peopled people Is pany were held in the five municipal wards of this city at 8 p in sept 2 in response to the call of the municipal mu hicl central committee and delegates were elected to attend the convention to be held on thursday even evening irig the effect of the work done during the last campaign was apparent in the large attendance and the enthusiasm manifested in every ward there was an evident earnestness to work for the triumph of good and economic government at the municipal election in february next at the FIRST MUNICIPAL WARD WABD primary which was waa held at ninth ward meetinghouse the house having been torn down diye houtz was waa elected chairman J t paul secretary and thos M maceol chaplain ron hon C W penrose was ask askvik explain the object of the con connal tion and stated that it was to 1 organize the municipal centt committee to formulate a plis for the party in this city and decide upon such measures ass an we necessary for the approach approaching in bax laign he urged the selee selection ow representative men that their might be for the good of the peoli the rhe election of of 18 delegates toj to municipal convention w was C proceeded with three being sole bel from each bishops ward as fol fell first ward le grand Y aw john frederick I 1 bridge second ward leonard G dy john gallagher jacob he third ward james W E thomas J curtis john W woo see eighth ward C B tuck edwin frost L dahlquist ninth ward C W Pen roee bert T webb A A houtz tenth ward wm fuller J paul edward braby alternates wm campbell fred H caine fergus coalter coal A H mccallister A M woo boob J W saunders SECOND MUNICIPAL ti the primary was held in county court house T D lewis was m made d e chain george M cannon secre taW morris chaplain and J B I 1 sergeant at arms arma 4 prayer by the chaplain the rotary read the call for the ignee meeta on motion a committee of from each bishops ward wame waa pointed by the chair to allot to its number of delegates A gentleman inquired what ness the municipal convert coave which was to meet at the city on thursday evening next w have before it by reque request of tet chair angus M cannon iba chairman of the municipal CA centam v committee gave the informs asked for he explained that ahll convention would be called choose a stronger central com than the present one to carry out measures to bring ou full strength of the party and aid protect the liberties of citi formulate such a of principles as the people sustain at the polls he th ii I 1 the might find it sary to hold adjourned sio that they should take ample time aiki do well the work before them IU hat gent lemans remarks were iv waiau applauded t the committee on apportion apperti recommended the following ment of the 23 delegates to be ch c by the meeting fourth fifth ward 8 3 sixth ward WA fourteenth wardi ward 4 V ward 5 tl the report was unan ui adopted and kid the committee discharged A mation tion that tha each teach ward nomi aate its own delegates was carried and the following were chosen dbarth ward R B R irvine john williams and alid david woodmansee fifth fah ward S J brown wm A cowan and don G C rushton sixth ward A G giauque J fil poulton thomas W green and winter seventh ward isaac M waddell dell henry wallace C H hyde god and john E callister fourteenth ward george E Bo M W taylor H P richards and frank Y taylor fifteenth ward B F cum jr B W As ashton liton jos jes G cutler T D lewis and T F k howely du six alternates at large were as follows chas worthing 1 johb jau hill E J eardley david MeRl ensle eie geo M cannon and Thoe hull fihe the minutes were read and ap the delegates were notified ai that abir their credentials would be ccady at the municipal convention mad and the meeting adjourned bene diction by the chaplain 1 anid MUNICIPAL WARD afie 0 sixteenth ward schoolhouse ay tb the lace of meeting hon A SP smith was made chairman t SHA folland secretary and john y auard ovo chaplain on motion the 24 delegates which lafle 60 municipal ward was entitled to ane as follows sixteenth asio 7 seventeenth ward 6 lar nineteenth ward 6 twenty s sec ec f ond ward 6 t 1 the meeting took a recess upon I 1 aa agreement that the four I 1 wards ards I 1 mew for their delegates on am resuming ramming the session the fol lawin 11 fl were elected edth ward wm J new BMW jaaka ehll A folland arthur 8 ar J zaddock C mitchell Mito hell aagut parsons geo W timpson ibid pamp seventeenth ward john II I 11 I mith frank H hyde chas B W 36 ellas jas A smith walter J beatie and geo G bywater nineteenth ward A W carl findt 90 james E talmage B W jfe waga Z g s jr john N rike pike wm j and geo W hill lr twenty t second ward joh john L Kebe arary feer andrew kimball 0 H fitly godf arthur winter and samuee samuel f 9 george R emery bahm F parry pairry wm langton A F R hyde yde S C sandberg J W babbidge Bar bidge wm wood jr joseph imd A 8 silver JIM alex carr D M ross rose juare T flashman ashman FI and james F smith f MUNICIPAL WARD atthe twentieth ward the e could not be af used zd as a could not be found romney tendered the use of awil tb meeting iest ing house bouse which was achon 16 A oft john aran T calne caine was elected lairman dairman H J foulger secretary 0 V PW ff hitney chaplain and wm 0 unripe sergeant at arms mr balne stated dated the object of the municipal convention to which this primary was to elect 16 delegates the approaching municipal election was the most important of any yet held in this city and the municipal central committee asked that their number be increased and a reorganization be effected also that a policy and line of operations for the party in municipal affairs be clearly outlined for this purpose the delegates should be carefully selected A motion was made by hon P F S richards that live five delegates be selected from each school district and one at large he urged the necessity of energetic and prompt action in the approach I 1 ing ng campaign and as he believed the peoples peopled party had a considerable majority of honest voters in the city if the party would work effectively there was no doubt of victory the motion was carried A recess was taken for the residents of each ward to hold a caucus and select delegates upon reconvening the e lection election 0 of f delegates was proceeded with resulting as follows eighteenth ward F S richards T G webber richard W young frank W jennings heber M wells twentieth ward james sharp B Y hampton D L murdock edgar howe H J romney Ro niney twenty first ward M S W woolley ool james maxwell wm win J tuddenham thos goodman josiah burrows alternates robert patrick M E cummings oliver hodgson D R lyon joseph W maynes J barton M 8 woolley nominated J fewson smith esq for delegate at large he referred to mr smiths abilities and energy eberg and presented his name as I 1 that of lithe the most popular man in the ward james sharp nominated nominate d hon john T caine F S richards seconded the latter and while he conceded mr smiths capability and nd popularity thought mr caine was equally able and popular mr woolley withdrew the name of mr smith giving as his reason that the eighteenth and twentieth wards had combined in favor of mr caine the election of mr caine was by unanimous vote Ho hon nJohn john W young was present and responded to calls for a speech he referred to the past administration of municipal affairs on the part of those who had made this once desert place to blossom as the rose and made it the most desirable sir able place in the united states for residence who bad kept taxes down to five mills on the dollar the lowest of any city in the land and who have given to the people a government of peace and nd good order buchas such as was not equalled equal led in any other part of the nation this was accomplished by the peoples peopled party not by those who sought to deprive the people of their liberties or who came here to speculate in land the peoples People ps party had labored conscientiously and effectively for the general good he did not wish to say that no mistakes had bad been made for he believed there had been a few one of these he thought had bad been the laying of water mains in the centre of town without local loal taxation and taxing for them in the outside districts but this mistake had been discovered and remedied he believed the coming convention should define a vigorous policy on the water question so that there would be no misunderstanding as to the platform on which the city council would stand when elea elected ted he also thought the railroad question should receive proper consideration and an equitable arrangement be made between the railroads for the public welfare upon a request for any instructions that members might have for delegates dele gotes mr gunn said he thought the city government should know no distinctions of districts in regard to the water question he wanted no prior rights no dry bench but all to be salt lake city FIFTH MUNICIPAL WARD at the meeting in the city hall hon E G woolley was called to the chair delegates were elected as follows eleventh ward vard 0 0 A woolley willard done 8 kershaw francis armstrong H A tuckett twelfth ward T A williams louis hook J D lyon martin lenzi thirteenth ward H H J grant D S spencer J C jenson alternates arthur stayner E G woolley alonzo yeung spirited speeches were made by H J grant arthur stayner E G woolley francis armstro armstrong W M stewart W done and nal H G park urging united and energetic action to preserve the municipal government of the city in the hands bands of the party which would operate for the welfare of the whole people |