Show democratic COUNTY convention this convention was called to order in electric ball at 1230 june by P L williams who stated that his authority to do so was merely ad interim and with the consent of the democrats he placed in nomination for temporary chairman colonel 8 A merritt who was unanimously elected the chairman made a few remarks and the next order of business being bein the election of a secretary the hon E A smith was chosen unanimously on motion of hon frank armstrong a committee of five on credentials was appointed he being chairman on motion of J B walden a committee of five on permanent organ organization I 1 z and order of business was appointed mr walden being chairman on motion of judge judd a committee theof of five on resolutions and platform was provided for on motion of W H casady the rules were suspended and the committee increased to nine judge judd be ing chairman ou motion of A L williams the convention conventi took a recess till 3 p m the brat business at the last named hour was the report of the committee on credentials which was handed banded in by chairman armstrong it was as follows we the undersigned undersigner under signed committee on credentials respectfully report the following named persons entitled to seats in this convention to wit first precinct salt lake city J B timmony sr 8 E allen alien W E D barnett george A alder george stringfellow P F coalter T J angell edwin frost gustave kroeger W R foster 8 W darke A M woolley granville gillett J H paul A T schroeder J B walden william fuller joseph booth total 18 second precinct S A merritt W H casady J H poulton J W williams williams W van cott W H waterman J R b C jwilcox T F howells T W green J M stout 1 I M wadden waddell thos run hull A J burt C A carl carlquist 1 caleb W west W H groves grove E S Kea kearsley raley J W judd J W fox jr B R C chambers J leiher letcher 0 R barratt G M freeman A beichert Bei chelt wm burke N V jones jonea J H moyle A G giauque total 30 third precinct 0 H hardy samuel brown J L J S grow P F S fernstrom E E rich W J newman B E A Pullan Follan dW A hodges john JohnK kell eUey H pembroke joseph sley T J everill F H hyde joseph bull ban jr john H Rumel Jr E A smith H J haywood hay wood S M katz eatz fourth precinct J L rawlins ns P F S richards P L williams J T caine R W young J B toronto S A kenner W H roy J G bywater T G webber G D byron groo C B R savage john burt C L hawley fifth precinct J C royle simon bamberger george R gushing cushing francis armstrong P W madsen jas lowe F H dyer thos marshall E G woolley T V williams D L levy M B A G norrell H C lett M E cummings wm win naylor M E mo me enamay sugar house J B R wilson david B R allen alien mountain mountain tain dell not represented east mill creek alva S keller alanson eldredge mill creek C carlisle geo L scott F E F carlisle R E miller big cottonwood cotton wood S A casto H B R stevenson wm bowthorpe south cottonwood D B jones C G I 1 johnston james jamer godfrey wm boyce union iso isaac F shaw jno W sharp butler william hadfield silver not represented granite not represented little cottonwood not represented sandy not represented draper D 0 Rideout Jr H asmith C B stewart J B jensen bluffdale Bluff dale louis peterson riverton jamos james blake south jordan john holt byron H beckstead Beok stead herriman not represented west jordan rupert brown james dennis robert walters neils lind bingham B B quinn T 0 devlin michael gibbons M F arnett north jordan heber bennion J B bringhurst granger wm A bricker Bri oker brighton not represented north point not represented hunter edward rushton pleasant green A G adamson Fi LANcis ARMSTRONG chairman Oh airman P L WILLIAMS J R LETCHER M GIBBONS 11 A SMITH secretary the report was adopted and the chair called for the REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE DUTTEE ON PERMANENT organization which was read as follows to the chairman and gentlemen of the convention your committee on permanent organization and order of business beg leave to report as follows PERMANENT organization chairman caleb W west first vice president hon F S richards second vice president hon F H D dyer er third vice president hon H C lett Secret arly hon elias A smith assistant secretary H G whitney sergeant at arms arma H A smith ORDER OF BUSINESS 1 reports of committees 2 election of county central committee 8 miscellaneous business 4 adjournment signed J B WALDEN chairman J H MOYLE J B TORONTO JOHN W SHARP H committee captain Middle misa moved to amend the report by substituting the name of frank H dyer for that of caleb W west but mr dyer firmly declined and the report was adopted the ex governor then took the chair being introduced trod by the retiring fing chairman A brief introductory speech was wag made and the convention listened to the reading of the platform by chairman judd as follows the democratic party of salt lake county in convention assembled make the following declaration of principles I 1 we believe that the government of the united states is a national sovereignty supreme within its sphere as delegated and defined in the constitution andio and to that government our first allegiance is due and we believe in a willing and loyal obedience to all its laws and a strict enforcement of the same 2 we believe that the several states of the union are sovereign within their s sphere N here and that upon the preservation aln 01 their autonomy depend the benefits of local self government the liberty of the citizens and the perpetuity of the union 8 we are opposed to the idea of a centralized or paternal government believing that the best government is the one that governs least and therefore we believe in the largest liberty to the individual citizen consistent with good government ern ment 4 we are opposed to any legislation by the federal government which looks to or T operates rates in levying taxes for the benefit of any one class at the expense of any other but we believe that the primal idea of all taxes should be revenue and that confined to the needs of the government economically administered 5 we are oppose to any legislation tending to build up monopoly as the result is to make rich the few to the hurt of the many and we believe that the rule of the government pov emment should be the greatest good to the greatest number special prix i I 1 leges to none equality to wa all 6 we are unalterably opposed to the disfranchisement of any citizen except for crime whereof he shall have been first duly convicted 7 we are unalterably opposed to force and fraud in the conduct of elections or to any interference with them by extraneous trane ous power or means the constitution of the united states should not be vitiated by makeshift legislation to facilitate party advantages we flavor favor the full restoration of silver to the position it occupied in our national currency before its by the re republican alican party we we invite all citi citizens of salt lake county who will subscribe to the foregoing declaration of principles to join with us in building up the democratic party whereby free government will be best secured J W JUDD chairman J L RAWLINS 3 H JR jn J H PAUL THOMAS MARSHALL M F ARNETT ABNETT D 0 RIDEOUT JR JB JOHN T CAINE F S RICHARDS the paragraphs were each anth enthusiastically eslas received but that relating to silver created a genuine furore an additional resolution endorsing the herald sis as a democratic organ was waa also adopted 8 S A kenner Is this the proper time to hand in resolutions or will there be another time the chair they may be read now and we can then determine what to do with them two resolutions one endora endorsing lug grover cleveland cleeland and the other upholding the cause of labor were then handed up to secretary smith mhd read them amid applause judge judd we adopted a rule declaring that all resolutions should go to the committee without debate there fare these are entirely out of order mr kenner has there been an opportunity to get them before the committee As soon as appointed it went out and has just returned I 1 claim that this is the first opportunity I 1 have had to present the resolutions and the republican plan of 91 shutting out should find no favor here mr dyer we want no gag law and will have none thisina this is a democratic convention and every delegate has u right to be heard finally the chair ruled that the resolutions might be taken up and disposed of when miscellaneous bustness business nen was and mr dyer then moved that the county central committee consist of two members from each city precinct and one from each county precinct a total of twenty four and that the committee be authorized to appoint from its number an executive or campaign committee of seven this was carried and a recess of five minutes was t taken a ken to allow each deje delegation gation to name its man up on reassembling the following names were announced by the chairmen of the respective delegations first precinct legrand young A T schroeder second precinct J H moyle W van cott third precinct john H rumel H pembroke fourth precinct P L williams F S Rie richards bards fifth precinct F H dyer F armstrong farmers 0 van cott sugarhouse john R wilson mm mill creek H C carlisle east mill creek J B fogg south cottonwood 0 G anson johnson a ble big cottonwood S A casto um union on jno W sharp draper D 0 rideout Bide out jr bluff lewis peterson riverton jas jae blake south jordan john holt west jordan rupert brown north jordan john B bringhurst bingham M F arnett I 1 granger william bricker I 1 hunter edward rushton pleasant green H 3 T spencer j on motion judge smith and gover I 1 nor west were added to the committee the chair then announced that rate mis J cel laneous business was in order and i recognized mr kenner as e entitled to the floor upon taking which he ani 1 that the cleveland resolution would be withdrawn by consent for the reason that several gentlemen during recess had insisted upon this thia being done not because they were opposed to it but because at present th they ey thought it seemed somewhat inconsistent with the silver plank in the plat form which the speaker did not con cede and it was premature after defending his position at some length the speaker speak r said rather than embar raft the convention in the matter the resolution might go which it did it was waa as aa follows resolved by the democrats of salt sait lake county that we realize and recognize in grover cleveland an able man an upright citizen a matchless states statesman and an honest politician a man whose administration of the presidency was abler purer and more patriotic than that of an any other man since the term of andrew johnson and therefore we would hail with delight his nomination for president in 1892 the other resolution precipitated a lengthy and quite animated debate which was participated in by dyer P 1 williams rawlins Baw lins cas caa sady kenner Barn bamberger berger and others the last named moved to refer it to the committee with power to revise but this was lost finally after one or two slight amendments a vote waa reached and the resolution was carried with a regular hurrah it was as aa follows resolved by the democrats of salt lake county that the democratic party being naturally the friend of labor we ask the working men of utah to carefully consider which of the two great national parties is best calculated to promote their welfare and pledge to them on our own part all legitimate and proper assistance 7 to further their well being we are op 1 posed to chinese or imported con contract tabor labor and opposed to the republican plan in vogue in pennsylvania of dimp chargin charging ging g workmen for striking pauper wages mr dyer presented the follow following lags which after some more discussion bordering at times on asperity was adopted resolved that we are in favor of the eight hour per day law on all public works and not less than the mi minimum rate of wages shall be paid to the various trades E 0 woolley Dresen presented ted the following which was al adopted opted resolved that it is the sense of this thia convention that the democratic territorial central committee should take immediate action in assisting in the organization of the democratic party in each county not in thorough working condition and also at an early day issue a call for nominating conventions to be held in the council and representative districts said call to state definitely the place in each district at which the convention will meet judge judd moved that tha each teach precinct appoint its committee for work carried major levy wis introduced he said odd the jefferson drum corps now had thirty hirty two democratic voters and all good drummers they would have a benefit at the exposition building july 24 to raise funds and he asked the support of the convention A vote of thanks was tendered the officers of the convention for their services and mr dyer for the use of the hall ball and the convention after three cheers for democracy led oy by hon john T caine adjourned after the close of the convention the central committee had a meeting when the executive committee was named as follows C W west chairman P F IEL dyer F S richards A T schroeder john JEI rumel jr P L williams and E A smith secretary |