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Show A TllllMitlll! FIGHT. I .J" A S'.ubborn Contest for the People's Coa f gressioaal Nomination ' FroW.e. j PRESENT WEARER OF THE T03A. To Hare an Active Rival in the Psran of Mr. Rkhards-The Convention GU Town to Business. The gavel wa half an hour behind schedule lime today w hen it fell with sharp effect on the table and the Peo !' pie's territorial convention was called ) to order by Mr. Winder. The gentleman gentle-man apologising for the delay stated i that some of the delegate had evidently evi-dently been side tracked, and It wa to enable them to reach their chairs thai , proceeding had been flagged. lie then presented the name of Hon. W. W. Cluff of Summit county, a patriarch patri-arch Iu the politic of I'tah, as ohalrj man. who, coming forward, acknowledged acknowl-edged the compliment In appropriate) words. William II. King of ITovo was thea called to the secretary's dek, anil tha conentlon proceeded with It prellni luarv lalr. On motion, a committee .f five, consisting con-sisting of Hlchanf W. Young. WUUaitt freer. Thonia !Ke, Ihtnlel McAllister and Samuel Fraud, waa appointed, m committee on credential. At the Jmotion of F. !. Richard tha i convention then tixik a roecM. the In termlsslon being divided I "'tween the shrine of F.pieurus and the diiuoivf congMMlnual randidaole In whlU the name of J. V. Caiue. F. 8 UiebaTd and Frank Cannon, the Utr of tha Ogdeo Standard were treinnll meutloned. ThW meant a triangular tri-angular light with width to begisj viltU and In all probability a tutWn one at thai, according to the iftora knowing nmw, t boll Itself down, to a heel and te belweea Ute pTMeat wearer of this tnaalle and Mr tlkcfe ard whom. It wa prognoiUeatrt, would divide Fruok Camion's adher. cut. Thl left the situation siitwbal problematical and lo the outsider ll be gan to grow Interesting, so that when the hour to reassemble arrived the lobbies lob-bies were well Mld with spectators. ArTr.n'x r.nx. The committee on credentials opens. the altornoon eloo with Its rrp. rl which was read and adopted. The convention theo proceeded Id the election of a permanent chairman. Mr; Seegmiller prrsented I he U me of Hon. F. b. Kiehards who was cLctetl without a dissenting voire. In assuming the olinir the gentleman stated that he regarded the convention as more than of ordinary tinportanwa and admonished the romeutloo. that due' deliberation should characterise every act, The e. mention should speak to Ibis nation In word that cannot can-not lie misunderstood or mninterpretwl a lo the attitude of this people with reference to the government and In re. buke the slanders of men even In blgb place. The gentleman' remarks were heartily heart-ily applauded, whereupon Hon. William Wil-liam II King made permanent secretary. The secretarv then proceeded Wild the llrst roll call that showed M dabs-gate dabs-gate prcseut. A motion wa offered that lo the officer offi-cer already elected be added a vio-chairman, vio-chairman, a ehrplaia, an aistanl sec retary slid a sergeant at arm The motion wa sustained whenjobn A Bovle of Welter county was niad vlca chairman Mr. Tingey ws made assistant secretary, lion Memuel t ravels rav-els was selected as chaplain, and W tie-lam tie-lam II. Clark was made sergeant at "Tlivlne blessing wa Invoked by Chaplain Chap-lain Frand, when the contention proceeded pro-ceeded with il regular labor The motion that a committea on resolutions res-olutions la appointed wa followed by some discussion when the number wa made discretionary with tb cbalr who designated the following getitlemeni ilesiKiiated the following getitlemeni Spencer Clawsnn. C C ll.chard, K W. Sloan. W. W. Cl'tff.Wm II King Win. Seennillb-r, Jiioen II Moyle, lUerartl W. Young and F A lUiutnond. It wa moved that Ihe conveullon ad-Journ ad-Journ until 7 o cloek tnl evenieg. whereupon Mr Crner, embelllbnif hi objection " t"rk "' theatrical ticket hoped Ihe motion would aoi prevad. , , . A motion to adjourn until two o clock tomorrow that the committee on resolution reso-lution might have ample time la wbith to draft It report pre ailed |