| Show ZIONS ZION'S SAVINGS BANK AND TRUST COMPANY Snit Salt Lake Oily CUT L Joseph Joaeph F. F Smith President 0 O. C. C Beebe Cashier nl DEPOSITS ACCEPTED D liv 11 MAIL should vote lt its full Jull vote through Its Ils chairman with the provision that any proxies voted must be held by delegates residing In the district in which their proxies originated The rho credentials committee minority Immediately started the tho first fight of the afternoon b by submitting a minority I report In which It was demanded that the th entire Twenty-sixth Twenty delegation as I then constituted with W. W E E. as I chairman should be thrown out and another another an an- other delegation with Dr A A. Smith chairman seated in the convention con The Time contention raised b by the minority was that was not a resident of or the Twenty sixth district that he had regIstered reg rog at the Peery hotel tho the night be before before be be- fore Core the primaries and that it was b by the close majority of his vote vole that he and the other othel Bransford delegates for tor flim thA w wro r ft il T ThA r-lt r r further t set l forth that i t s pi ho-pi had d not t tonly only put his vote Into the contest In the tho district but bul had taken talen a man named into time the district with him the report stated lived at Sixth East street In tho the Twelfth dIstrict dis dIs- tnt Allen Alien T. T Sanford opened the tho debate for Cor tho the Insurgents and pleaded pleadell the I purity of oC the primaries and the evident e fraud which had been practiced In the I district lie He denounced and moved mo for Cor or the adoption of oC the minority report Frank frnnk Mathews s led lell the debate for the Bransford followers and scored the Insurgents Insurgents In Insurgents In- In for tor bringing up tho the question when Jes Jesse e I I. I Burnetto Burnette chairman n of oC the Twenty seventh an Insurgent delegation delegation tion did not live in tho the district he rep rep- resented At t times during the debate debute five Che speakers were on pa their feet at the tho same time clamoring for tor the floor noor A. A J J. Weber eber took charge of or th the Insurgent ent side of the question and succeeded In crying down the opposition to Burnette and securing a n roll call on the adoption of oC the minority report This roll call was the first test of or the revised re strength th of time the different tl factions fac rac lions In the afternoon When the time result re result ro- ro sult suit of oC the tho poll pon giving the Insurgents votes to the lime 65 cast for Cor the adoption of or the tho majority report tho the convention broke Into deafening clamor the Insurgent gent ent delegates leaping to their chairs and waving their arms In tho wildest enthusiasm Tho The result of or the votes was taken to mean that tho time insurgents had really recovered the strength that v Was as apparent tho the night before Tho committee on permanent organization organization and order of ot business then ro- ro ported the selection of W. W Mont font Ferry to be bo permanent chairman H. H HP W. W Donnett Den Don nett permanent secretary C C. S S. Burt Burl assistant permanent secretary and George Sheets and Matt Daugherty Daughert ser- ser at Geor George o F. F Goodwin then read the report re re re- port of tho the committee on platform reading tho the platform entire Mrs C C. E E. E Allen obtained the thc floor after Mr Goodwin and after arter mountIng mount- mount lag ins the tho stage proposed the following amendment nt to the platform Resolved That the American party part In convention assembled request the President of the United States and tho the secretary of or the na navy nato to accept for the battleship Utah silver service the tho silver tray showing a patriotic design and reject the tra tray showing Aho tho the de design design design de- de sign of ot Brigham ham Young and the Mormon Mor Mor- mon temple n t Speaking nf n f to I lio her l l amendment l j 1 Mrs u h ui ny 0 n a young woman whom she named a as Mrs frs H H. S. S Owen who isho started the a agi agi- l. l tation tallon a against the Brigham ham Young design de de- de 31 sign n being put on the service She said Mrs Owen had been given 10 b by the time American club to prosecute her agitation and that that amount was all an she had received C Ct G G. Gatrell supported sup sup- Up- Up ported Mrs frs Allen and the amendment was railroaded through h by the thc chairman chair chair- man b by acclamation without giving delegates dele del del- e time for tor consideration and without foreseeing the time effect it was later to have havo All the thc objection there was made to tIp the adoption of ot the time reso reso- lution hUlon came from the insurgent side of ot the tho house When hen this matter had been so hur hur- disposed of ot the chairman called for tor nominations limiting the time In lag ing speeches to five tive minutes upon the request of at a delegate Nominates Nominate Ur Mr Goodwin immediately put iut the name of or W W. J. J Barrette Barretto In nomination for Cor mayor laying especial stress upon his integrity Integ and ability as an attorney calling calling- attention to his platform as It was opposed to ono one allowing any uny violations vio rIo lations of at the tho laws of the city V. V W. W Mont font Ferr Ferry then stepped down from the stage stale and from tho the floor of or the tho I convention nominated Bransford He lie I described his candidate first as an honest hon hon- est man then as a clean man an able ablo man and a good man and one ono who hud had given th the city a good thoroughly vir especially admirable tion lion He failed tailed to offer any evidence In support of ot his appreciation of the mayor At the mention of Bransford's name there were rounds of at hearty hearly ap ap ap- ause Weber Names A A. A J J. J Weber Vebor followed Ferry b by nom nom- J J. J E. E Darmer At the tho first mention men men- tion thou of ot name the time convention went into a n frenzy of or applause The rhe nominations nomInation then were were- closed and the balloting was be begun un As the districts Were cre called there were wert some somo remarkable changes chanles from the voting of ot the morning session shown Bransford made gains in districts where Darmer had thought himself solid A number of ot complimentary votes were iere given him b by Bransford anti dele delegates who thought front from the indications of ot tho early morning votes on strict factional matters that the tho Insurgent lead would bo be so 80 great that the they could safely give their votes on the thc first ballot to tho the mayor At the call of the second Fifty district there was a contest of at the vote rote of ot one delegate D D. P P. Simmons who had been elected to the dele delegation atlon upon upon his pledge ledge that he would vote for tor Dar Dar- mers mer s nomination The Tho unit rul rule was wal adopted by the tho delegation and It Il had hail cast Its previous votes solid for Cor the In In- In In th the tall tally on the mayoralty hallot hal bal lot however Simmons Insisted upon showing t himself for tor the mayor maor and ob oh- oh to following the unit rule claiming claim claim- ing that he wa was not J P present at the i primaries when h hP he w waS wa-j elected The chair ruled ru with the back backsliding dele dole gate ate and the tho district was voted twenty for tor Darmer Darmel and one for tor Bransford the latter therefore gaining s on ono one more There Thera were other changes in ut tho time dis gave Save Bransford a vote of oC 99 2996 but one more than h he ho needed I Only Daly It It Out P P. J J. J Dal Daly challenged td time tile count be bo be I cause of ot In of the ballot marking In the reports of oC counters who announced their count tary had hod reached a the a adding machine machine- 1 The rhe chair r ruled lell a Mr Daly DalY VII with Dalys Daly's consent when the tho errors were explained When th the nomination of or Bransford ivas wn assured a motion to adjourn was waA carried smith and an un adjournment was wa taken until 7 During Durin the recess Mayor Maor Bransford rord Informed Ills hla floor managers ers that he had hall not been consulted about the Allen r resolution condemning the placing of or ortho tho the representation of or Young on ohm tho the battleship sliver silver service cr an and ordered his workers to see see- that the tho adoption of oC the time resolution was rescinded rescind rescind- ed cd The Bransford workers were busily bus bug fly ily engaged during the recess AS around the tho worm word that a fight must h be h. made a I. I agall against leec keeping the e resolutions IJu I lg in rn time tile J Tile 1 no itO gates oates were told that the mayor was afraid to stand on that section of ot tho platform as in Imi his mind tho the party part would lose loso thousands of votes because of oC Its Itt attempt to open a n question aready al already al- al real ready settled and one on which so o much feeling had existed The Tho mayor cautioned policy anti and politics and urr urged ed edn u n determined stand against tho the resolution tion tiomi- Word ord of ot this dilemma of or the mn mayors mayor's orA got ol to A A. J J. Weber eb r. r and he promptly set Mt about to line lino up tip the time Insurgents for fOl fora fOla a a. fight on rescinding tho the amendment to the platform There was much oratory oratory ora ora- tory ory when the question was brought UI up on a motion h by 13 C C. D D. to strike the amendment m nl out of the tile plat pint form Corm When hen the time Bransford delegates atc saw that thal their plan was ivas discovered ered they rallied around their leaders leaders- an and counseled caution anti poll polio policy admitting admitting admit admit- ting that the resolution would cost CORt the party man many votes otes Willard Snyder not a A. delegate ato nor even a n. resident lent of the city was allowed to address the tho convention In support of oC tile the motion to rescind and Mutt lt Dou Dougherty herl led the thc opposition to the tile new nei Bransford position posh posh- tion on the time matter I Much bitterness developed In the tIme ar arguments tr ar- efforts being mode made to shout hUt Dougherty down and kill the tho effect of at I Ian an any other speech ma made e In favor ra of ot the tho resolution Mrs C C. E. E Allen llen and Mrs Irs A A. A S. S Cowan were allowed to speak In favor of ot time the resolution and then th the roll roil rollas was as called The early morning vote ote was wal returned to the insurgent forces lining linin up as they did on the time questions of tho the day dar sult sull was SI 1 I votes in favor tn-or of or th tIme the rE re- re an and the tho American patty will ili i have to stand upon that plank In Its platform I T. T Tr Tn Vin lel I n flit tl-in it in motion Inn Mr Ir Mrs Co Cowan Coa a s said ti that at she sho ilO ui knew n and d I 1 the convention must admit that Bransford could not hope to got get any worden's votes at the coming election Rn and that the American party parl could coul not expect an any Mormon formon votes oles and that therefore they should not be 10 afraid to stand stanl by hy bythe bythe the resolution Mrs frs Allen AlIen declared that the American Amer mer merlean lean iran party had branded Itself as having hay hav haying In ing been and she h aslee 1 the thc party If IC It wl wished he to stand b by what It claimed to represent to allow the resolution resolution reso reso- lution to stand While hll the vat voto vote was being taken Jako nl lel Raleigh h Mayor supervisor of streets street ad admitted admitted nd- nd that he lie did not know hat I what affirmative an and ne negative atho means a ato as asto asto to the question of or whether the rc resolution resolution reso reso- o- o lution should be bt left In the platform or not and que questioned the time chairman until he lie thoroughly understood that affirmative meant yes and anil n negative nega Thega- a- a tire tive meant no How Oer O'er With the time row over o the silver s service emblem disposed of oC the time convention tied Itself Into a mild knot over th time the four fOUl year car Frank Chris Chrls- who had hind skirted around the thc Bransford Cord fringe e all dav day named George GeorgeA A A. A Whitaker former count county commissioner commissioner commis commis- doner of oC the tIme First precinct AI Allen Alien en T. T 1 Sanford named Charles Read fend ex executor of the Mackintosh estate from Crom the time Fourth while City CUy Recorder er B. B S. S Rives River suggested the name namo of oC Councilman Mark from the tho Fifth E E. C. C G. G ODonnell O'Donnell a councilman from Cram the Second Sec Sec- ond also was suggested ested The result of oC the first ballot hallot was as follows Head nead 35 ODonnell O'Donnell 2011 On This nom nom-i mated Heal Beau and Whitaker f Almost without spirit the convention convention convention conven conven- tion was WIS thinly populated the Insurgents i gents remaining anI only so long IonS as they could load tho the ticket with men who ilio are by no flO means considered strong candidates in their party part or out I For the thc short term commIssionership Dana T. T sprung the name nam of oC Sam S S. Porter formerly of or tho the Kenyon lenyon hotel who had been asked at the tho last minute to permit the thc use of or his hIM name Gideon Snyder the present city treasurer treas trea was suggested and W IV Mont Ferr Ferry again ns-aln took the floor to make a nomination this time naming Councilman Councilman Council Council- man C C. H. H Reed A ele Delegate atc whoso whose reckless manhandling of or the En English Inglish c brought him rounds of appie apple ap ap- ap pie ph sf se named L L. J J. J odd as a man who has ht ct us to conviction In fn time the past Mr Ir Wood having lri been elected a councilman on omi the American merican ticket Wood couldn't absorb the time nominating OI AA nh t VI i l lil ml t-A t ti th lb a II IlIn f n v u u an any complications In th j written re record l chief of police pollee also was nt named As the roll was called district after district refused e to make a choice be between lye lye- tween an any of ot these candidates aLes The TIme material didn't appeal The result of or this distasteful attitude was vas that thai the time two candidates receiving the time highest number of ot votes soter did n not nt t get g-d a majority of or the time convention qu quota ta and another r ballot was wal ordered after the time first was announced as follows Snyder Porter Reed need 9 McKenzie 22 Several other ballots ballota were taken each re resulting virtually the same samo aa J the first The rules then were suspended suspended sus stir and It Il was war agreed by Jy two thirds vote of at the time convention to give Ive the time nomInation nomination nom nom- on the next ballot banot to the he candidate can can- didato receiving the hh highest hegt number of or votes provided time the highest number cast |
