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Show I fal Bunch, Uoder Direction of iiier-jjyf iiier-jjyf Order Gentile County Attorney slaughtered and Mormon Nom- inated in Mis Stead Ion sidetracked because he (jought grafters in county offices Ifleginbotham and Jack Groesbeck Also (jelved Because They Had the Temerity S to Obey the Law IBBE IS TICKET. ioner (long term) O. W- Nl " jieloncr (short term) W. J. PMrs. Margaret Z a n c -I-Gtocpli C. Sharp. fer-Amos .1. Gnbbott. I-b-C. Itoscoe Vlgus. v Kr-H Auen Gardner. fennte V. J Williams and ! feilativci-T U llohnan. IrranVY. Hlncs. L.' Dalil- -! grr- Colo Daniel Jlc- M. Eanllcy, Claude Y. Rus- - k men who liavc been out 1st graft in Salt Lake coun ictl down .Monday by the iblican eon cut ion which the Salt Lake theater, rcrc Job Lyon, county at-Grocsbeek. at-Grocsbeek. county trcas-rank trcas-rank Heginbothani, coiin-Thcsc coiin-Thcsc geutleiiien, officials o county., had tho Jicrvc anil declare against tho ome of the county offices foing, incurred the enmity Mackay, who is the board ncrs of Salt Lake county. 3 that they were shiught-icir shiught-icir names were presented iCiition for renoulinution. do not stand in with tho :kay ganjj need not apply at tlie Iiands of tho church tuty in Salt Lake county. Ii Republican convention iicr tiling that shows their '. Tho platform indorses j affirms its allegiance to adopted by the state con-I con-I in Ogdcnand then adopts rding legislation upon pub-ivliich pub-ivliich tho stale convention and refused to incorporate ! Programme Favored, inu v.iiidi doiuinales and politics of the slate had o programino and it was o the letter. The chairman cntion willingly and glad-1 ut tbc behests of tho ma- tho federal biuich, in a must conimeud him highly Jtliau arbitrary. Spectators at tlicy were" in a Mormon 'or ;ho methods which wofbourow adopted were f. those used in the seini-au-ccs of the church -when fc!i3(Cu uc"1 revelator asks : All favoring the motion .flic ayes hac it." Ipsioually there is some re-m re-m who has the necessary Sn "is ri-rhts in conference, .ftlwaya .squelched and sat lii" i51?. tbc "icthofl adoptd J Uofljonrow and his sat-aionday. sat-aionday. nc endeavored to 9 glit of free speech b upon the insurgents o! Y4i 1 lrow off tin: collar frw. H1"1"1' U1 fastened focrfn, J,n this ,,c s ") tf,,"3"1 lor sc"c "f llio in-SbEK in-SbEK lo bc 'fvod and ns- he hcurd and were jjfc0 Keynote Speech. B0l5akoeCfor sSlM C'lmiV" flRt,!1 'hl"kol upon' Vl'ieeou-wia Vl'ieeou-wia c2","-'' speech, had SMK iManus!''1 bH''dl '!l,d ;,rflDi ?ri i conversant wi h '?iP,tl'vc !la'i ,,' RH lfut0'! nVcvilboul 1,al !l (U'a"C'"'''linand t!hi jeBbt "t . ,! 0 lx','(.' c them. JiSPfe iin, VlH. !' hstless coiivon-Lr?hp.bul. coiivon-Lr?hp.bul. U.ltl0 enthusiasm v ;!l-10r,t-v of the deln. k aPrt for the mi- JjRj l?"uesVri CUld ?Bbc' slJi00", 1,a"fa"onich- dec-4fc'1r?rS dec-4fc'1r?rS ,m,",fi' American .w" ilfl V'rR Pictures bur , i0no "":iio shown pWifor ''c Po'lSl ",u, JutVJ iorlSre0' fit' H"' calls on commissioner, auditor, treasurer treas-urer and'' county attorney, and hi tho case of treasurer and attorney the voto was close. Jn tho ballot for treasurer there was much bitterness manifest , and this was true of the county attorneyship. attor-neyship. The bunch had ordered that a Mormon must be" tho candidate for county attorney and a Mormon was selected. se-lected. .John f Mackay docs not want any prying into his acts as commissioner. commis-sioner. The convention was late in asscnv bliug; it was lato in adjourning. Coolio labor was secured to furnish the music. The fedora bunch has no use for union labor and it demonstrated this in the selection of its musicians. Throughout it was tho chillicat convention con-vention ever held by tho party since tho day the church directed that it divide upon party lines, and when it set apart one-half of tlie faithful to bo .Republicans .Repub-licans and the other half Democrats. Tho proceedings of the convention fol low Morning Session. When Chairman Eldrcdgc of the church Republican county committee at JO o'clock called tho church Republican Re-publican county convention lo order there were just seventeen spectators in tho gallery. Jn the auditorium and upon the stage where the delegates were to be seated, there were probably 200 delegates in attendance. Several of the princincts, according to the labels which designated them, had no representation -whatever. There- wero several women in the delegations that wore present. When the convention was in order the non-union band, composed of stringed and reed instruments, and the Hawaiian and Jap Troubadours, gave selctions. Tho 'troubadours sang in their native language, this presumably for the benclit of the Mormon missionaries mis-sionaries who had worked in tho cross roads of tho Pacific and in .Japan. Tho result was that the applause was minimized. min-imized. Then Chairman Eldrcdgc directed Socrotary Burl Armstrong of tho com-mitleo com-mitleo to read the call for tho convention. con-vention. This done. Mr. Eldredgo informed in-formed the convention that the "county "coun-ty committee had selected as temporary tem-porary officers of the convention the following: Temporary Chairman Frederick C. Loofbuurow. Temporary Secretary J. Piirloy U'hltc. Sergeant-at-Arnis Dan C. Loftus. Mr. Eldrcdge then introduced Mr. Loofbourow', who was given a frosty reception. The district attorney read his speech which was to be the keynote key-note for tho county campaign. His eulogy of the county commissioners elicited faint applause, tho large ma jority of tlie delegates knowing lull well that his statements pertaining to the roads and bridges in tho county were personal references to Commissioner Commis-sioner Mackay and that all the good roads and all the concrete bridges led to but one point and that was the home of .Tohn C. Mackay. who has taken particular cart; lo see that the immediate imme-diate members of bin family have been placed in snug positions in order to draw salary from the public crib. It was for this reason, no doubt, that his speech fell like a wet blanket upon his hearers. ILis address was as follows: Chairman Loofbourow 's Speech. .Mr. Chairman. Ladies and Gentlemen of the convention: J appreciate very highly the honor that has been conferred upon me by selecting mo to act aa temporary chairman of this convention. , , ,, We have mot hrrc to select Ucpimll-enn Ucpimll-enn candidates to fill the offices in Salt Lake county men whose character, standing and (jualirii-atlons arc such Hint they are worthy to be put in the position of Hpolrcsnicn for the greatest political party our country has ever "'niirlnp tho past fifty yean; the progress prog-ress and development of the Lulled States has been unparalleled in tho hlH-torv hlH-torv of the world. Our country haw gone a i i... i.... .mil Imitiiflu until todaV commercially, industrially and jls a woil power It. occupies nil enviable por tion among the great nations of the world. And throughout these fifty years of advancement ad-vancement tho Republican party has controlled con-trolled and led In every forward movc-has movc-has throughout, with the except r.r iwa tonus of C evclandlHin. held tho It.s of government and guided the Bblp of "fnlB on throuch Uio.raplUa of Interna disc ml and purtleanship Into the. broad realm of Industrial success and perma- 'The civil war was fought to a "-ccsHful "-ccsHful and righteous conclusion 'under a Re iblican president and a Kcpubllcan cone&s": the reconstruction of the sout wa:f workccl out and II..-, negroes p it In si fiotiitlou to take adant:iKO of educational educa-tional anil ind.mlrial opportunities un- s,Kd thcCHawaiIan Wand, and the Phi iniihu. islands, three of the grandest tc! si ions a prluj-lpnllly ever boKirte.l. w-inii a nnrt of the Lmled Stales as a K f Republican statcHrnnnHh.p. and added heir wonderful resources and 1 11-du-nrlal possibilities to .swell tho grand of railroad wore mado poaslblo b.v .1 Continued on rR Three. DEEGATES TIED TO CHURCH CHARIOT" WHEELS Continued from Paco One. sSS11' srnntcd b' Republican con- rfT?i?..Yarr wil.1' SpnIn Mulckly and decisively fonght and ended by a genu b-llcnn b-llcnn presiriont and a Rupublic-i" rnn gress. backed by tho bono and sinew of Amerioan manhood, and H r5 m splto of the ma n- obstacles cm HtAtii " Placed In (he way by U DomSw C uba was given n frcn govenmVenl and SUTho(i,1,n 'V way lo "ulependcnc". "d i liee and many other achlovpmnnfK that are mlleH.oncs in tho fonv rdarcii of tho nation havo marked the progress of our countiT under RepublicAn rule, nnd I montlon ilium and this period of fnreW,.,VrC;Rl'-SS toocnna it is well for m In Utah to remember that the pariv support Is not local, and is not temporary.' I he greatest men who have lived and worked In this, the most progressive period of our eoiintry's life, have hon- pori nnd havo devoted their Intelligence and energy to determining Ha policies and fighting Its battlca. juih.h.h ,.And ?, greatest things tliat havo been Vr iVZ -uu lowan Drtnglng tho nation into its present condition of strength and power were brought, about by the Republican Republi-can Party It lives throughout the length and breadth of this broad land, a living energetic power, fighting for everv lust cause and opposing every falso principle; and the Rcpubllenn party in Utah is but, a smnll purl, of one great being. Wo must, honor that party and tho great men who have given it life and permanent; perma-nent; by ever-keeping In mind the high and noblo purposes thai havo . Inspired tbo souls or lis great leaders. Vct"s forget the local, pcttv rmarrcla and the sollsh personal jealousies that Inevitably lead to party defeat. Tho loss of ono eounty In Utah Is a. blow tf tho party In the nation. It loFscns tho strength of that partv and makes it less able to put into operation tho great principles that have given us freedom and pre-omlncnco as a nation. Wo aro proud of the part Utah is taking In tho halls of congress. Our senators and congressman are men whose marked ability and loyalty to party principles prin-ciples Is such tliat they have enjoved tho full confidence of President Taft and his counselors. They have taken a lead ing pari, in lorming inc important laws that moan so much to the nation at large and especially lo the west. Tho people of Salt Jiko county are justly proud of the administration given the county's affairs by tho Republican board of eounty commissioners. Modern macadam roads aro being constructed throughout tho county Already Al-ready twenty-two miles of crushed slag macadam, road Is built at a cost of about S5000 a mile. One hundred and twenty-flvc twenty-flvc miles of road havo been brought to permanent grade preparatory to putting on macadam. For two years past reinforced rein-forced concrete construction has taken tho place of lumber in all bridges and culverts where reconstruction was necessary, nec-essary, thus making the improvement permanent. Forty-live miles of road arc sprinkled regularly through the summer, and tho canyon roads aro in splendid condition. You men who travel through the farm districts can tell perfectly well, merely by the condition of tlie roads, when you cross the Davis county line on tho north or the Utah county line on the south, or for that matter when you reach Mm 1 ,.m ("Ml. IL.ille nninini' fin til any direction. From tho well graded, well drained, firm roadbed you roach tho old fashioned dirt roads, filled with mud and chuck holes and covered with dust. And so year by year the mlleago of modern mod-ern permanent roads throughout tho county Is increasing until the thoroughfares thorough-fares of Salt I;ako county will equal. If not excel, those of any of the older states where road building and rebuilding buy been going on for a century past. Tlie new county jail, modern in every ev-ery respect and imerpialed In the west, litis been constructed at a cost of ?110.-000. ?110.-000. the entiro cost of which is now fully paid. Of the bonded Indebtedness of Salt Lake, $120,000 has been paid and the bonds retired. County warrants arc as good us national bank notes, and the wages paid to laborers have been increased in-creased from 10 to 20 per cent .n tho last two years. The orphans' home and day nursery on State street bus been purchased at a cost of $10,000 and extensive Improvements Improve-ments are now being made upon the buildings and grounds at a cost of about 5-1000. All these county improvements are paid for, not by special assessment against the abutting property, but out of tlie' general tax fund. The payments for the retnement of Ihe county bonds to which I have just re- ; ferrcd and for all these permanent iin-1 provemcnts, necessitating an CNMenditure : of about half a million dollars, have been made and the increasing general expense of the coun'.v met promptly without the Issue of bonds, and today tho tax rate for countv purposes is onty half a null higher than it was ten years ago. During Dur-ing the same period of lime the tax levy of Salt Lake City for city purposes has Increased six mills. The city's bonded indebtedness has increased .more than one nnd one-half million dollars and practically prac-tically all of the city's permanent improvements im-provements have been paid for by special assessments levied against the abutting real estate. . . At the present time the county Is advertising ad-vertising for bids for tho construction ot a much needed county hospital, which Is to cost S150.000. At the county infirmary new ivaler and sewer systems are being Installed and the buildings improved throughout, so that the county's sick and the county's poor will be cared for in modern, sanitary and healthful surrouud- And the county's finances are in such excellent condition that all this expense, as well as the general expense of t he countv. ean and will be met without the issue of bonds and without Increasing the tax lew. These conditions in our county gov-..i...i.i gov-..i...i.i tin m.-ilnlnhied Honest. economic government can be accomplished only bv Placing In office citizens whose character' and qualifications Hi them to perform the duties Imposed. If we noml-hate noml-hate fearless high minded citizens and " .unci Republicans the countv's affairs w continue In this present salisfac ory state Tho Republican party is full of men who measure up to this standard, and I have no doubt that each nomineft Sf this convention will be so Impressed with he responsibility resulting from the rradltlons of his party and the sacred na-ire na-ire or bis (rust that the very highest v ,e am most economic form of county government will result from their selcc- UWhen Mr- Loofbourov,' concluded and Secretary While and Serpcnnl-nt-rms r.oftus had boon introduced, the towering form of Parley Christenson, lute candidate heforo the church lie- publican state convention 101 eong. was seen, and when he was recognized recog-nized bv the chair, said: "In "tiio abHcnce of the gentleman from ihc second municipal ward, who usuallv makes the motion in our conventions, con-ventions, f move you that committees on credentials, order of business and permanent oi'gii nidation and resolutions resolu-tions bo appointed.-' Committees Named. The motion was agrcd to and when the secrc-larv called I ho roll of the several wards and tho county at large, tho following wcro selected : Credentials - Parley IK ,yjVnIf1Ie.n??"i First: Charles Cottrell, Jr., hecoud. Oub II. Hackman. Third: John Fourth; M. H- Kyel. ,ift,(Se Shan). ITnlon; John Dunn, Mldxal'. ''"permanent Organisation and Order of i5rJwn.faia!h; Wc I CJ. Fifth; K- P. Morgan, Mill Ucuc, cim First: Hurl Armstrong., becoi ill. ""0SlM': Bandy C. N. Brown. FnrnuM. When tho committees wcro named , on ti e motion of .loo Meyer, a iveesb wa, taken until 2 V.loek i onl v r to mwi the eoiiiiin't ccs line to make io Sort. And Thus ended the first round 9 ill tins, ohurch Republican convention of fbnlt Lake county in tho year 1010. Afternoon Session. It vtrh '2'AO o'elork when tho gavel of Chairman Jjoofhourow fell and the convention was in order. During the nooli recess it. dnwned upon the fed oral bunch that the county committee had overlooked tho fact, or rnthcr forgotten for-gotten that in all G. O. P. conventions there was always a minister present who would offer an invocation and ask for blessing upon tho delegations ol tho convention. In his hasto and hurry and the fact. thnt. an executive order barred him from taking part, in tm officiating in political conventions, hldredgc overlooked (his fact, and the morning session was not opened with prayer. During .tho -noon recess Pccweo Thomas discovered the omission and ho got hnay. Had u0t William Thurston Brown, who presided over tho church to which President Taft belongs when the chief magistrate waH hero, abandoned aban-doned tlm Unity church to deliver Socialistic So-cialistic lectures, he would have been called upon. However, tho Jack Mormon Mor-mon end of Mm federal bunch, knowing know-ing that it would not do to havo tho prophet, seer and revelator- prosunt, called upon "Rev. Dr. Short and this minister offered an invocation. Tt waa a fooling prayr-r to the Most High to watch over and guide the persons present pres-ent as delegates and as spectators and tllO n.'istnr risked din Vilncjcinrr nf 41in Supreme Ruler upon all. JapB and.Hawaiiaus Prosont. Part of tho non-union band, the whito portion failed to show up, but tho llawaian and Japanese part was present:. The latter had tho temerity to break out in song-while tho chairman chair-man was in the act; of annduncing a vote and tho result was that the brown-skinncd brown-skinncd niusicans wcro shown the way out from the theater nnd there was no more music during the afternoon by musicians. There was oratorical pyrotechnics, pyro-technics, however, galore. ttarrv S, Joseph, Fred Price, Jake Grecuewald and Joe Movers furnishing tho most, of the fire, although Parley Ohristcnsen and A. R Irvine, both insurgents, took a hand as did Elder George M. Cannan and Elder Steve lovc; nnd thoy did talk. Cart Goes Before Horse. When tho chair asked for tho reports re-ports of the several committee; no chairman was present to report. Thero was a lull in tho proceedings and the committee on credentials not being present, the committee upon order of business and permanent orgauization. through Fred Price, its secretary, submitted sub-mitted a report. It was putting tho cart before t he horse, but what did tho church G. O. P. care? The machine i.-.t i .. i . i. . ; ii. iu ueeii giciihea, mo cogs were an working and things wcro going along just as the bunch had arranged. But the organization committee was thero with both feet and Mr. Price read the report. This report recommended that tho temporary organization bo made the permanent organization and that fho following order of business bo carried out: First Report of commitlco on credentials. creden-tials. Second Nomination of two county commissioners, tho person receiving the highest vote, providing it was a majority of the convention, to be the nominee for the long term and the second highest to be i.ho nominee for the short term. Third Nomination of county cleric. Fourth Nomination of eounty sheriff. Fifth Nomination of county recorder. Sixth Nomination of county assessor. Seventh Nomination of eounty auditor. Eighth Nomination of county treasurer. treas-urer. Ninth Nomination of county attorney. Tenth Nomination of county surveyor. sur-veyor. Eleventh Nomination of senators. Twelfth Nomination or ten representatives. represen-tatives. I Thirteenth Selecting county commtt-' commtt-' teomen. , , ., ,, , Fourteenth That speeches be limited lo three minutes each. Fifteenth That all resolutions bo referred re-ferred to the committee on resolutions without reading. This read. Joe Meyers, who had been cspcciallv set apart to make motions, moved the adoption of the report. Then thero was war. Parley Christensen Enters. Pending the "motion lo adopt the report, re-port, Parley Christensen, insurgent leader of the progressives, late candidate candi-date for cougress. made his appearance. His handsome face was flushed and ho was angrv. real angry, and with a big A. flc was chairman of the committee com-mittee on credentials and when tho chair recognized him he declared that: tho convention was doing an unheard- j of thing; that was the permanent or-1 Timization of a convention beforo the! bodv knew who were entitled to vole. ! ITo "likewise declared that the commit-1 too on permanent organization audi order of business had swiped a part of j the report, of his committee. He Uicii , moved an amendment lo the report be-. be-. .!. .,,..,.,. il inn .n: follows: lore i ne v " That iu voting the number of aeh district be called and that every delegate shall, when the district .is called, deposit Ibis ballot In the convention ballot box. nnd that these ballots be canvassed and counted by three idlers to be appointed by the convention. Liko a Red Flag. This was like shaking a red flag in the face of a mail bull. Mr. Christensen Christen-sen declared that: he believed tho ma-joritv ma-joritv of the delegates desired to represent rep-resent their constituents, that all should have the same right in the convention conven-tion that no vote should be announced until the ballot? had all been counted: and thai tho convention should follow ( the plan adopted by the New York G ; O P. convention recently held in Sara-! toea,' as in that convention there was! iuilivdual representation; it was a modern mod-ern system, an ideal plan of representative represen-tative government. This amendment, was opposed by Kred Price, who declared that Mr. Christensen coum inn.i,v. uu "vi.u uv; . on to present an innovation in Utah politics. Ho was bitter in his protest. When he concluded Mr. Christenson made tho point of order that there could be nothing done by tho convention conven-tion until the credentials committee had reported. His point was overruled iry tho chair, who said thut ihe Ogdeu convention had established a precedent in permitting per-mitting Ihe committee on permanent organization to report before the credentials cre-dentials committee. . From this decision Mr. ( hristeilsen appealed. .declu.ring thai, it was gag rule and not representation. Lf forts wen; made to crv him down, but without with-out avail, and finally his appeal was not sustained by the convention, his ainondment being defeated by a big majority, and the report of the coin-mil coin-mil too on organization was adopted. Credentials Committee Roport. The credentials committee, through its chairman. Parlev Christensen, then submitted their report, showing that ":M dclegnles were entitled to seals iu Hie convention: thai I horn wero no contests; that tin list of delegates, as printed in the Herald liopublican. be. adopted; thai proxies bo admitted when huld b' Republicans residing in tho district only from which delegate had been selected". Ho moved tho adoption adop-tion of the report. Before tho chair could put. tho motion mo-tion the -Hawaiian-Japanese troubadours burst forth in a song, and while efforts were made to suppress them, thoy persisted in singing their song to the end. This concluded, they wero shown the way out from the orchestra circle, and music for the aftcrngon was at Tin end 1)3- the troubadours. Whr-n the chair pnt; tho motion on the adoption of tho credentials committee report County Assessor Gabbolt. moved nn amendment that proxies bo admitted when held by Republicans in a precinct, even if they wero not from the district in the precinct, provided they lived in the precinct. The motion started an oratorical tire, led by Parley Christensen, who declared de-clared that tho people had selected delegates dele-gates 13' districts, and not b3' precincts, pre-cincts, and that tho convention should abide b3' their act that is, stick to the unit of tho convention. Tho report was opposed by Fred Price, who said thai Mr. Christensen could always bo depended upon to do tho wrong thing at the wrong tinio. Finnlhy a vote was had upon tho .amendment, and it was lost b3' a .big ma-jorify,"nnd ma-jorify,"nnd then the original roport was adopted. Platform Is Presented. Harry S. Joseph, chairmau or tho commitlco com-mitlco on resolutions, was then recognized, recog-nized, and he reported tho plutform ti3 follows: Mr. Chairman and delegates to the Republican Re-publican county convention Wo. . your committee on platform and resolutions, beg leave to report, to you a recommendation recom-mendation for tho adoption of the following: fol-lowing: I. We, tho Republicans of Salt Lako county, in convontion assembled, hereby affirm our allegiance to the time-honored principles of Republicanism as enunciated enun-ciated In the national Republican platform plat-form at Chicago Iu 1U0S, and i. "Wo Indorse In its entirety, and affirm af-firm our allegiance to each and every part of the platform adopted by the Republican Re-publican state convention held at Ogden. September 20, P.HO, and we pledge our candidates to tho fulfillment of all tho pledges and promises made therein. .'!. Wo indorso the economical yet progressive pro-gressive administration of affairs conducted con-ducted by our .present Republican state and county officials. J. Wo are in favor of a still further extension and Improvement of the splendid splen-did public road system of this county, which was In augiirated and brought to lis present state pf efficiency under successive suc-cessive Republican administrations, and we pledge that our nominees for county commissioners will construct and maintain main-tain first-class highways through the rich farming communities and to the mining nnd smelting localities and other commercial com-mercial centers In Salt Lake county. fi. We declaro that active party workers work-ers possessing proper qualifications and illness shall not he icnoi-ed In the dis tribution of parly patronage. 6. We commend the juvenile court of Salt Lake county, which, in spite of the indifference of tho American party police po-lice department, has accomplished so much for the welfare and best interests of our children. 7. The Republican party stands, as it has nlways stood, in favor of progression progres-sion and public Improvements, and we pledge our candidates to continuous and consistent advancement alon those-lilies; those-lilies; but we demand that, public funds be expended honestly and economically. We direct attention to the extensive and permanent Improvements made under un-der the wise administration of the Republican Re-publican county officials, with no added burden of taxation, and with a large decrease de-crease In county indebtedness; we call attention to the fact that all county Improvements Im-provements have boon made and paid for out of the general funds, and not at the expense of the abutting property owners, who, in Salt Lake City, under the administration or the American party, have stood the expense of municipal munici-pal improvements nnd at the same llmo have seen Ihe cllv lax levy raised to the very maximum of the law. and the city's Indebtedness ropentedly increased. We denounce the deceptive methods used bv the American narty In arrogating arrogat-ing to 'itself the credit for municipal Improvements Im-provements and In lendinsr the public to believe that thev are paid for out or the general tax fund, whereas the abutting abut-ting property owners have stood the expense, ex-pense, while the general taxes, to which the people also contribute, have been estravncantlv and walefullv evnended. S Flnallv." we cordially Invite every citizen who believes in honest, capable. iTorrecdvc and economical administration' administra-tion' of public affairs lo unite with us for a greater and beller Salt Lake county. Want Direct Primary. Mr. Joseph moved the adoption of the report when Parley Christensen offered an amendmont as follows: Wc approve the policies of Hon. Theodore Theo-dore Roosevelt and particularly his foremost fore-most Issue, that of a direct nominating prima rv law. and we pledge our members In the "legislature to enact the same Into law. Jn advocating this amendment Mr. Christensen said that he did not mind bein" in the minority for the G. O. P. was "hi" onou:h and strong enough to do things. The parly, he said, was hobbled and rchobblcd, tied down by custom while the demand of the county was for a popular government. Tho i 1.,. ..r.:,1 .loclvorl In rir-fr foi- litem. lieu ie, in- a-" - selves. They wanted a direct primary and not the caucus system. He would willingly and gladly welcome any Democrat Dem-ocrat who desired lo come into the Republican Re-publican camp and .this he could do under a diroct primary luw. Nearly all tlie slates had such a law and ho was desirous that the Utah G, O. P. got upon the band wagon. Hero time was called on him. but several delegates dele-gates Yielded io him, and proceeding, hu said: "while wo are leaders in many things, New York was led by that grand old patriarch'' (here he was in-lerruplcd in-lerruplcd bv laughter) and, correcting himself, said, "no, patriot. Teddy P. Let uk forget traditions and adopt lh'i3 pla n k. ' Opposition to Amendment. Assistant Knitcd States Attorney Will McCrae for the commit) eo on ivo-llutions ivo-llutions opposed tho amendment:, io-(Oaring io-(Oaring that the miestiou was a stale and nofc a count' one. He said the same plank was "offered in the si aro convention at Ogden and win liniicd down, Mr. Christensen offering it fhorc. It. was a matter, he declared, thai did not belong to this convention and the legislalure could not. be bound bv it. Mr. McCrae declared that Utah Republican?! were not bound I carrv mil. flie Ronneviilt policies in Xcw York Iin this section. Harry S. Joseph and Jake Grecuewald Grecue-wald opposed I lie amendment. A. Ii. Irvine favored the amendment, makiiiir an impassioned address as did Q. P.. Kelly. On a call of Ihe riN the amendment was lost b.v a vote of .'51 ' nnys against 201 ayes. Tor Railroad Investigation. Then (he fellows who want the church lo run the railroads of X'tah had an inning, George Jtf, Cannon wna put forward as tho spokesman, lie is interested in an investment company and does not ship a pound of freight in or out of tho slalo in a yewr. But he might, fill tho job of railroad commissioner com-missioner along with Steve Love and Fuss Jimmy Anderson. Hence Mr. Cannon offered this amendment lo the platform. It was Ihe same one that was offered at the G. O. 1. state con vention at Ogden and turned down. It follows: Section 16, article 12. of the constitution constitu-tion of the state of Utah provides as follows: . wn.e. lcs'3lature shall pass laws establishing es-tablishing reasonable maximum rates of charges for the transportation of passengers pas-sengers and freight, for correcting any abuse and preventing discrimination and extortion In rates of freight, and passenger passen-ger -tariffs by the different railroads and other common carriers in the state, and shall enforce such laws by adequate penalties." pen-alties." Wo pledge the Republican members of Salt Lake county In the legislature if elected to a fulfillment, of this mandatory manda-tory provision of ihe constitution, either by creation of a public utilities commission commis-sion or by direct legislation. I Mr. Cannon made a lengthy address in urging tho adoption of his amendment, amend-ment, as did A. IT. Woodruff, Willard Hanson nnd S. IT, Love. Speeches in opposition wore made by D. -O. Ridcont, H. S. Joseph. Jako Grecuewald, II. B. Colo and Mr. Walter. On a call of the roll the amendment was adopted by a vote of 2(50 a3rcs to 11(51 nays, with -1 votes absent. Then the platform, as amended, was adopted. Selecting a Ticket. Tho selection of a ticket being the next thing in order, the following candidates candi-dates wcro presented for commissioner, viz.: A. IT. Carlson, Walter if. Burton, J. 13. Swcnson, James McAllister and J. D. Murdock. A call of the roll resulted as follows: Carlson, long term -106 J3urton. :-hort term .151 McAllister ICS Swenson 1 Murdock S2 Tho nominations of Messrs. Carlson and Burton wcro then made unanimous. I The candidate for clerk, Mrs. Margaret Mar-garet Zano Witehcr; for sheriff, Joseph 0. Sharp; for recorder, Pred Jaqucs. and for assessor, AmoB J. Gnbbott. all present incumbents, were nominated by acclamation. Then at 6 o'clock a recess re-cess was taken until 7:30 o'clock. Evening Session. The evening session convened at 7:30 nnd the convention early set down on aspirants for third term nominations. Frank ileglnbolbam. who aspired to tho nomination for county auditor for tho third term, was snowed under by C. Ros-coc Ros-coc Vigus by a big majority. The vole-was vole-was r Vlgus ....an- Ilcglnbotham 130 Then came the closest fight of the convention, con-vention, the contest for treasurer. Jack Groesbeck's friends were well organized, but the sentiment was against naming him for a third term. Fred C. Bnssctt exhibited unlooked-for strength in all quarters. IL C. Kd wards, in seconding Bassctt's nomination, touched off some fireworks by accusing Groesbeck's friends of underhand methods In advancing his candidacy. When the vote was taken the result of the ballot was: Basset t 2G6i Groesbeck 202i Some of the delegates were absent nnd neither candidate received the 2C.fi votes necessary to a choice. The chair declared de-clared that there had been no nomination nomina-tion made. The friends of Bassett appealed ap-pealed from the decision of the chair and the convention, by a vote of 17 to 177, overruled the chair's decision,-whereupon decision,-whereupon Bassett was announced as the candidate for county treasurer. Lyon GetB Hi3. Another decidedly close fight was that for tho nomination of county attorney. Mose C. Davis, one of the principal candidates, can-didates, withdrew In favor of I. B. Wil-ley, Wil-ley, leaving Willcy nnd Job P. Lyon as the principal candidates. C. S. Kinney Kin-ney and R. 13. Porter wcro also named, but. they only received five votes each. Willcy won by a few votes. The vote was. Willcy 2BG Lyon -"t Kinney u rorter C For county surveyor. It was the county against the city. The county named 7L. Allan Gardner, and the city. Charles A. Pect. The county was a unit for Gardner, Gard-ner, while the city was divided between tho two. The vote was. Gardner "07 Pcet Harry Josoph nominated James Dcvlne as a candidate for state senator, but lie was not given serious consideration by the convention. The delegates were bent on returning Uenncr X. Smith and W. X. Williams to the state senate, and Jhoy did so bv a big vote. The result of the ballot: Smith if 3 Williams -MS Dovlnc I" For Lower House. Candidates for the legislature came thick and fast. Those voted on by the convention were Urlgham IT. Clcgg, W. II. Tobias. T. L. Holman, J. A. IOkman. C. C. Crapo. Frank L. HIncs. John M. Hansen, F. A. Kills. L. Dahiquisl. K. D. Hardv. David Cook, Harry Cole. Joel Niblo'y. Daniel McRae. J. N. llaslam. William McMillan. Raymond Sermon. Claude Barnes, Thomas r. Page. L. J. Eardley. II. L. Nelson. Claude i-.l'ua-sell. Hugh A. McMillln. E. M. Sheets. Frank Rudy. J. W. McIIenry and J. W. The county outside of the city announced an-nounced that the county delegates had arrived solid for T. L. IJolman. C. C. Crapo. Daniel McRae and 1 homas G-Page. G-Page. Iiolmuu. Crapo and Mclvite were close to ihe top of the ticket through tlie city districts and with tbo solln vote ..... .,,.f,. .w.ii.miteK thev wero nomi nated easilv. leading the ticket by a bit: ote The city delegates were opposed to giving the county delegates more than hree representatives, and Pago was the man cut. The result of tho ballot was: Xante City vote. County. Total. Daniel "MoRae .".00 171 -171 r c Cranu -Hi L- uj.i t DahlcuVst i 280 111 3UI T. L. Ilotinan 2N ly Claude V. Itusscll ' Harry B. Cole 'Jul ; ; V. H. Tobias .O F. L. 'Mines- 223 9, ..-JJ .1. A. Kkimm 2.. o -J; K. J. Kardley '-!! r,'4 K. D. Hardy H 2.;; Thomas G Pago ... - Urlgham II. Clegg... J- . Jj 11. L. Hanson !! ;- j-'j F. A. Kills 102 2; 20 Joseph N. llaslam... 01 ..! 1-u William McMillan.. . 71 1 .1. W. Currlu ? l'j gf Joel Nlbley r- n ?.. II. A. McMillin Claude Barnes 0 E. At. Sheets 22 J'-1 ; Unvld Cook Ifi " Ravmond Sermon . - '-!' 'i' Frank Rudy J I !l ;3 J. W. McIIenry .... I lu First Ten Chosen. There were fiOfJ persons voting, according accord-ing to the chairman's announcement, making 205 necessary to a choice. The first ten named in the preceding list were consequently chosen as nominees for the house of representatives. While the vote was belli? cast up. Hnriv Joseph moved that the county commit tee be empowered to fill all va- cancles on the ticket, whether caused by resignation or, otherwise.. Harry Joseph also moved, and the motion mo-tion was carried, that Ihe- emblem of the hfve Un tas'e Perched upon a bce- Bclng in the moving mood. Air. Joseph Jo-seph also moved that the convention proceed with the selection or the countv committee. This was agreed to and the following were chosen: First precinct II. Steele, G. C. Buckle. Second precinct J. E. Burbidge. William Wil-liam Lcatham. Third precinct -George A. Davis, William Wil-liam T. Edward. ,.Fo,y.r.th Precinct V. S. Hlgham. Frank M. Lldredge. Fifth precinct John Ah Haves, Y. 11. Folland. Bingham A. V. Anderson. Riverton Seth Plxlon. Murray Warren II, Lyne. Big Cottonwood E. C. Baglev. Forest Dale N. L S. C. Jenaon. Ihe convention adjourned jit 3:07, o clock this (Tuesday) morning. |
