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Show REPUBLICANS I FAVOR HEN I us ujras I Legislative Convention Takes on Aspect of Ladies' Day When the H First Ballot on Candi- H dates for Lower House Is Counted After Hours H of Oratory, Intermin- H gled With Slight I Jangles. H ALLEGED SLATE ON SENATE IS BROKEN I Dr. Jane Skolfield, Mrs, H Edith E. Read, Mrs. H Anna H. King, Mrs. H Annie Wells Cannon, H All Receive Nomina-tions Nomina-tions for Lower House in Race With Many H Candidates. IT was ladies' day ycsterda3' in He-publican He-publican politics. Four women were tho proud recipients of nomi-nations nomi-nations for the state legislature at the hands of thc county Republican leg- IH islativo convention hi tho Garrick the- jH ator. Not only were tboy chosen as nominees, but also they hud tho pleas-urc pleas-urc of listouinj? to eloquont speakers as they extolled tho virtues of woman-kind woman-kind in goneral and tho imporior quali-ties quali-ties and qualifications of themselves in IH particular. jH A uotablo achievement on the part of tho women was tho nomination of Dr. Jano W. Skollicld for tho lower house after sho had failed to get a nomination for thc state senato. The women who wero choson, all by hand-some hand-some majorities, wore, in addition to Dr. Skolfield. Mrs. Editb Ellerbcck Read, wife of Charlos Read; Mrs. Anna II. King, wife of Howard A. King, and Mrs. Aunio Wells Cannon. Badger Loves Figlit From the standpoint of tho politician, perhaps tho feature of tho convention was thc failure of State Senator Carl A. Badger for rcnoroinntion. Senator Badgor was beaten on tho third ballot by ChtiTlcs Cottroll, Jr. There wa3 a well-founded report Thursday night that thc powers that bo in Republican nf fairs were behind Badger and .Karl D. Hardy for the senate, and P. E. Fran-Cisco Fran-Cisco for thc houso. In fact, it was rumored that "direct ordorn" had been issued by the state machinery for tho nomination of Badger and Hardy. It that report was the correct thing irr reports, it was extremely unfortunate for those who wero inado favorites by the slatc-mnkers, for all of them wont down to defeat. There were twenty-four cnndl- f dates for nomination for the houso. It took from 7:30 to 9;30 o'clock last' night to place tho names of theso candidates before the convention. "A man who" held tho floor for two solid. hours, broken only by au occasional switch to "a lady who." Nominations in Plenty. During those two hours there was tremendous excitement on thc part of thoso who wanted to place somobody iu nomination or who wanted to second H the nomination of somebody already be-fore be-fore the convention. The rule was thai IH nominating speeches bo limited to three minutes and seconding speeches to 'one H aud one-half minulus, but tho rule waa broken early and often. There is.no doubt that the delegates would- have boen making nominating speeches yet H (Oontlnued on Page Pour,) REPUBLICANS WANT WOMEN LAWMAKERS (Continued From Pago Ono.) i had not Harry S. .loseph, tho chairman, used vigorous moans to confine the j oratory within reasonable limits. Mr. .loseph announced early in the day tnat everybody was going to got a sfpinre deal, and no candidate wns going go-ing to bo counted out or muzzled. But oven the chairman's unciunnion firmness firm-ness and his earnest desire to let everybody every-body talk who wanted to got him into hot water half a d'rren tunes. Chairman Uses Club. While the nominations wero being made for the house last night there was never a tfmc when there wero not a dozen delegates clnmorinc for recognition. recog-nition. Mr. Joseph kept order as best he could with the aid of a big hammer and a huge pioco of two-by-tour scantling. scant-ling. Several times the convention brought reminders of the days when the Vonnc Men 's Republican club was in tho throes of one of its justly celebrated cele-brated meetings. That was cspeciallv the case when Fred W. Price, who is the president of tho Young Men s Republican Re-publican club, got the floor and refused to quit talking when tho chairman told him his time was up. "My time is not up, sir," protested Price." . . "Yes, it is," declared the chairman. " 'Taint." " 5Tis." ' And thus to tho confusing end. Jack F.kmau was sergeant-at-arms. Ekman is tho bosom friend of Price, so it was with a ginecrly caution and after manv commands by the chair-mau chair-mau that Ekman approached Prico with the idea of iuducing him to desist. No Real Discord. It was all good-natured, however indeed, there could be nothing clsothau good nature between the men who have made the. Young Men's Republican club famous- and Joseph and Prioo and Ekman Ek-man are throe of those men. In the midst of the uproar some of the delegates thought they were being "gagged." Joe Weiler ' was ono of them, and he said so. Moreover, ho said that if that was the way they were going to run things, it was the Bull Moosers for him. With which declaration dec-laration he snatched liis delegate's badge from his- lapel and heaved it from him. Weiler went outside to cool off and presently he came, back as earnest ear-nest an old liner as over. Among. Kkmau "s othor duties as sergeant ser-geant -at-arms was one which gave him no little trouble. Sonieono sneaked a dog into the theater and turned liim loos-c. Towscr was given a friendly boost on every side, and Ekman undertook un-dertook his pursuit. It. was a cliaao over the hurdles ami under the scats, and was won by tho dog. Prolonged Contest. It required tho elapsed time between 0:.'i0 - oVloek last' night and 12:07 o'clock this morning to call tho roll of districts and set down the voto for the various candidates for the lower house. Happily, ten of the twouty-four twouty-four received a majority of the votes cast and were declared ' the nominees. Failure of the first ballot to show ten successful candidates would havo involved in-volved another ballot and two moro hours of time. Indeed, there would have been no certainty that ono additional addi-tional ballot would have sufficed. So the delegates were glad when tho first ballot showed ten choices. The platform of the legislative convention con-vention is admittedly progressive, iu fact, it is Ho progressive that some of the delegates found fault with a few of the advanced ideas contained iu the plauks, one section, in particular, called for a long and somewhat heated discussion. That was the plank demanding de-manding that only jail sentences shall be imposed on automobile and motorcycle motor-cycle speeders who run dowu pedestrians pedes-trians and injure them. Fines dou't go if tho legislature passes a law in conformity with the platform declaration. declara-tion. Greenewald Unheeded. A substitute offered by O. W, Carlson, Carl-son, county commissioner, for the pluuk reported aud recommeuded for passage by tho resolutions committee provided for the enactment of a law creating a public service commission. The plank reported by tho committeo was deemod too weak a declaration on this point, and the substitute was adopted with onlv one dissenting voice, that of J. J. Greenewald. who expressed the fear that its adoption would mnko enemies of sonic who had hitherto becu stauneh friends of the pary, The womcu came in for more attention atten-tion in tho platform, for one of tho planks demands that women be appointed ap-pointed on all appropriate state boards, such as boards having to do with education edu-cation and reform. Another plank declares for laws providing pro-viding machinery for the recall of citv commissioners in first-class aud second-class second-class cities in the event that the people peo-ple want them ousted from oflicc. There is a demand for the establishment of a bureau of immigration, with tho view in mind of bringing desirablo colonists to Ihc farm lands of Utah. Also there is a pledge for the enactment of a. direct primary law. Not All for City. The county out.side the city, gets a good representation on the ticket. D 0 Hideout for the Senate is a resident of Draper. David J. fook. for tho house, is a resident of Bingham, and Daniel McRne also for the house is a resident of Granger. Mr. .McUae is a membor of tho present legislature and has been in I he hous a number of terms. "Noteworthy wa& the tribute paid W. Mont. Ferry, who wan nominated for j the senate on tho first ballot. Ir. Ferry has been one of the stnunchent member mem-ber the American party counted in its rank, and wn twice elected as that party' candidate as rounnluuin from th Fourth ward. lie wmh proni-! proni-! dent of the council for a luiig period if time. j Joseph Wins Applause. j Will H Foll.-i nd. halrmii of the coun-v coun-v Republican .ntmt roimnltt. caJt-tl 1 th -om-4ntlon to ardor at 11:30 o'clock. , Prnyiir was otter-rd by Bishop Danlfcl jMc. Re of Grang-r Harry S. Joseph war I Introduced at temporary chairman. Mr. I Jog-ph delivered an addrses filled with coM thin si In the way of oritcrtatuninl. j H was frequently Interrupted with ap- plans and much Inusht-r followinl his I I" --.. """-mar" reKardlns hla own soruewnnt km! expert rrice with recant 'onventlon u-ro rcoelvl with much amunrtnent. Altogether. air. Jooaph innde a hit with hip little talk. Mr. Joseph rpoko In aubslanre. fol- It become our dmv today to re-afrtrm re-afrtrm the tlnie-honorl principle of rtepuhltritnism nr. enunciated tn vour rut onal niu! state platforms and to Of-rU r f-.r . ertatn spectflV lrtnlatlon r. '.I'h wn: t rr-mete the public booi, and I trupt you will not Include In your platform surh elements up our opponentH did, which ar- designed by them to effect the moral, social mid political reformation of the people In a nlpliU And it becomes your .olemn duty to nominate m"n and women (nnd 1 say women ndvlsdly, for women conslltnte a majority of the elec-tornt' elec-tornt' of this state nnd arc entitled to recognition at our hands) who are capnhlo of understandlnn the neede and dcslros of the people, and who are competent to write Republican doctrlnos Into the laws of this stnte. Wants Loyal Workers. In making these selections vou should hear In mind that, while competency, honor, momlltv and Integrity In-tegrity are the first considerations, the matter of party loyalty and past services likewise dfinnnd vour careful care-ful attention. In mher words all othov ninllflcRtlons being equal, vou should nominate onlv those who havo labored the hardest nnd done the most for the party. Only by so do-Ins do-Ins will vou be able to promote parly discipline and make vour political po-litical organization enduring. Failure to recognise true party service, and to reward it. usually results In dissension dis-sension and sometimes even threatens threat-ens disorganization And just a word now to the candidate?- It Is honorable to aspire to office provided your record and private pri-vate character are clean and your claims are presentable- But no one may of right aspire to an ofTIce who cannot both accept defeat and submit sub-mit to party discipline. Ton will nil agree with me that the one great difficulty dif-ficulty which the candidate must face Is that there arc uot enough jobs to go around. From my own experiences, experi-ences, I feci fully competent to testify to the truth of the scriptural injunction as exemplified by the modern mod-ern political convention "Many are called but few are chosen." Should Not Falter. And so It becomes the plain duty of this convention to cast aside all personnl prejudices-, and to use It best Judgment in behalf of the public and the party. And It Is the duty of the candidates to abide by your decision, win or lose, and to courageously coura-geously accept the consequences, whatever they may be. And It becomes be-comes the solemn duty of you all this day to renew your allegiance to tho Republican principles, nnd to pledge your heart and your head nnd your hand to their perpetuation. The crisis at hand demands of every true Republican greater effort than before. Regardless of tho boastful and bombastic utterances of others, my faith In Republican success Is unshaken. un-shaken. The Republican parly Is tho logical agency to write advanced ideas Into the laws of the land. The Uinn Is 111 advised to trust the ship of state to an untrained crew, without chart and without compnsrt. T call upon you all to be true Republicans today, and tomorrow, and on the fifth of November, nnd so on: and to act with new spirit nnd united effort. ef-fort. Then will Republican success he assured and tho party of Lincoln. Grant, McKlnley and Taft go marching march-ing triumphantly on. Tho following committees were next appointed by the chairman; Credentials First ward, George A. Goff. Second ward, K. C. Davis; Third ward. R. G. Collett; Fourth ward, W. E. Mndsen, Fifth ward. J. C. Piatt; county, E. L. Burgan, Amos L. Gabbot. Permanent organization and order of business Howard A King. Frank Chris-tensen. Chris-tensen. Fred Miner. Mr?. Margaret Zane Witcher. Mrs. F. C Loofbourow, J. S. Barlow. W. IT. Halgh. Platform and resolutions IT. A. Smith, IT. F. Cutler. S. F. Kenton. John James, T. Jj. ITolman, Mrs- Anna W. Cannon, Jamrs Carlson. The convention then took a rest until 2 o'clock, when Mr. Joseph was made pcrmnnenl chairman and Dana T. Smith permanent secretary Four Districts Missing". The credentials committee reported a contest in tho One Hundred and First district and recommended the scaling- of the delegation certified by J. A, Rock-wood, Rock-wood, district chairman. There were no delegates from districts CI. 69, 70 and 74. Nominating speeches were limited to three minutes and seconding speeches to one and one-half minutes. .IT. A. Smith, chairman of tho committee commit-tee on platform, read the report of that committee. This, ns finally adopted, was as follows: The Republicans of Salt Lako county, In legislative convention assembled, as-sembled, hereby affirm their allegiance al-legiance to the time-honored principles princi-ples of Republicanism as enunciated In the national Republican platform nt Chicago In June. 1912. and in the stato Republican platform at Salt Lake City on September 5. Wo Indorse without qualification the splendid administration of public affairs af-fairs by Republican officials, county, state and national, and we pledge the nominees of thi.s convention to carry on the great work of writing practical, progressive legislation on our statute books. We are pleased to call the attention of all fair-minded citizens to the splendid record of sound, public-spirited and progressive lawmnklng niHclc by the last Republican Republi-can legislature. Praise for Juvenile Court. We commend tho effort and the great good accomplished by the juvenile juve-nile court of the state and pledge our legislature to further tho efflclencv of this hranch of the government by suitable legislation and appropriations. appropria-tions. To the end that the vast resources of the state may be developed bv resident resi-dent citizens, and believing t'hat a hotter class of Immigrants mav be secured se-cured through offlelnl solicitation rather than by private enterprise, wo recommend the enactment of legislation legisla-tion creating a state bureau of emigration emi-gration and the appropriation of sufficient suf-ficient funds to enable said bureau to effectively pursue Its duties. We reaffirm that particular clause In the Republican stato platform which declare? against the use of free transportation by stato leglsla- tors, nnd we pledge our candidates to the enactment of a sweeping antl-v antl-v raiss law. prohibiting tho use of fre transportation by all individuals, whether in public or prlvnte life Tn Favor of Recall. In order that there may be no abus or the powers which ar now delegated dele-gated to the public officials of cities of the first and second class under the present p!an of the commission form of government, wr recommend that the prustnt law be annnded eo as to guarantee to the people the right to recall these officials when occasion demands such action. W pledge our legislators to thr nH-tm)nt of legislation to thlp effect, ef-fect, viz.: That any person or per-on per-on .-onWctcd by any court In this stat- for exceeding the established spd limit while operating an automobile. auto-mobile. motorcycJe or other vehicle upon thf streets of any city or upon any public highway in this state, shall lie sentenced by the court to 3. prison sentence only. For Regulated .Service. Wo favor th enactment of a law wealing a public service commlcslon atiffielenUv empowered to rsulat J railroad, telephone and light companies com-panies and other public utilities, to the end that adequate service and factMties be given to all patrons alike. We favor 'he appointment of women on all appropriate state boards and particularly on nil boards of education educa-tion and reform. In orler fiat l? j.pop; rna" morv rffcctl' 1'- fxpr!' It'fi tIH md In tlucnc.e- in governmental affairs, wo j plcdgo our legislators to tho enactment enact-ment of a dlroct primary law. We call upon all true Republicans to stand firmly by tho party nnd wo respectfully petition all honest nnd fnir-mlnded citizens to unite with us I In our efforts to further the cauae of I safe and sound governmental poll-I poll-I dec ; W. it. Hutchinson moved to eliminate that Sfctlou of thn platform referring to Jjnll sentences for automobile speeders I who are convicted. Mr. Hutchinson said ! that such a plnnk would mnk tho party ridiculous. O. W. Carl "on said that If nny automobile auto-mobile driver broke the law ho should be punished. "What would be the good of having a speed limit If tho violator thereof there-of should always escape?" he asked. A. B. Irvine said he wns In favor nf striking out the plank because It took away from judges all discretionary power. He said the present law wns all right: nil that was needed was Its enforcement. H. A. Smith spoke for his platform. He declared that every man anil woman nnd child who walked the streets of this town wns In danger of being run down by "lh'So gentlenien who drive automobiles automo-biles and motorcycles, and who have no regard whatever for your life or mine, and you know It." Phillip Flnncgan was sure that the automobile au-tomobile as It Is driven on the county roads and city pnvemonts had nn express ex-press or fast mail train beaten many miles nn hour and he was for the plank'. On a vote the motion to exclude the plnnk wns lost by an overwhelming vote. The following plank had been reported by the committee in regard to publlo service corporations: Wc Insist that the next legislature shall take such action an will insure the public fair treatment In Its dealing deal-ing with public service companies. In other words, we demand adequate servlco at reasonable rates. Greenewald Fearful. O. W. Carlson moved as a substitute the plonk which was finally adopted. About the only opposition to Carlson's substitute was the protest made by J J. Greenewald. surveyor of the port of Salt Lake, who said that "the Republican Republi-can party has no walkover this year, and I am afraid there Is a darky In the woodpile. wood-pile. Tho party cannot afford to offend the friends that have stood by it nil these years. We have n bad fight as It Is, and wo can't afford to make enemies.' ene-mies.' Mr. Orecnewald's protest was of no avail, for the substitute wan adopted, with only Groenewald's voice rising In the negative. Before nominations began for three senatorial candidates, H. t. Nelson, who had been an active candidate for one of the nominations for several months, withdrew. Tho following namea wore then placed before the convention: Charles Cottfoll. Jr., by Fred W. Price; Karl D. Hardy, by Harold Fabian; W. J. Burton, by B. O. Lcatherwood; W. Mont Ferry, by Bonner X. Smith; Carl A. Badger, by Prof. R. R, Lyman: D. O. Rldeout of Draper, by II. A. Smith; Dr. Jane W. Skolfiold. by Russell Schulder. Ferry First Winner. Tho first ballot, which resulted In the nomination of Ferry, was as tollows; Cottrcll 1325 Hardv 1214 Burton 132a Ferrv 217 J Badger 153 Rldeout 139 Dr Skolfleld S5 Dr. Skolfleld withdrew, and tho next ballot resulted In the nomination of Rldeout Rlde-out on the following vote: Rldeout 1D2 Bndeer 120 Cottrell ....138 Burton 99 Hardy 86i Cottrell Is Victor. Hardy withdrew and the last ballot gave the nomination to Cottrell, as follows: fol-lows: dottrcll 1G3 Badger ....137 Burton 10 AH of the nominees made brief addresses ad-dresses after their nominations. The convention took a rocess until 7:30. Before he called for Inomina Hons for ten members of the legislature, Chairman Joseph called attention to two sentences iinhls forenoon address that there were not enough positions to go around and that nobody should get "sore" if he got defeated. He wanted every one to go Into the contest good naturedly and to come out of It good naturedly. The following names wero placed before be-fore tho convention: Dr. Jano W. Skolfleld, Skol-fleld, Mrs. Annie Wells Cannon, Mrs. Anna TJ. King, Mrs. dharles Read, W. M, Thompson, R. L. Judd, William P. Pratt, Daniel McRao of Granger, Frank J. Alexander, D. John Bloem of Mldvale, Clarence Bamberger, M. H. Krlcbel. D. B. Richards, Claude T- Barnes, Marsliall A. Breodcn, Jr., Lawrenco C. Marlger. William McMillan, F. E. Francisco. James W. Cahoon of Murray. David J. Cook of Bingham. William H. Tobias, Thomas Gerrard of Taylorsvllle, h. J. Wood and Royal B. Young; One Ballot Enough. Fortunately for the patience and endurance en-durance of tho delegates, ten of tho twenty-four "got by" on the first ballot. bal-lot. The calling of the districts began at 0:33 and the voto was announced at 12:07 this morning. Had the first ballot not shown ten to have received the necessary neces-sary majority, another ballot perhaps moro than one would have been necessary. neces-sary. Inasmuch as each ballot would have required a couple of hours at least, tho delegates ga.ve thanks that tho first ballot settled the matter. While the ballotlntr was in progress W. T5. Hutchinson moved that the rules he suspended and that the ten persons receiving the highest number of votes be declared tho nominees, regardless of whether or not they had received a majority ma-jority of the votes cast Chairman Joseph ruled the motion out of order. "Everybody Is going to get a squaro deal here." declared Mr. Joseph. "If we have to stay here until tho day beforo election " "Mr Chairman, what is your reason for ruling the motion out of order," demanded de-manded a delegate. "The chairman docs not have to give any reason to the convention for his ruling," replied Mr. Jofieph. "but for the Information of tho delegate. I will say that tho Ptale convention the other day did not declare the two receiving the highest votes nominated." It will be recalled that Mr. Joseph was one of "the two receiving the. highest number of votes" for the congressional nomination, but another fellow got the nomination. The count of the ballot showed the following to have boon successful: Dr. Jane W. Sltolfield. Mrs. Annie Wells Cannon, Can-non, Mrs. Anna H. King. Mrs. Charles Read. R. L. Judd. Daniel McRao. Clarence Clar-ence Bamberger. M. H. Krlebel, Claud 0 T. Barnes and D. J. Cook. Tabulated Ballot. The figures showed tho following: Total voto cast S2S Necessary to a choice : ... 165 Dr. Skollield 177 Mrs. Cannon ., IS6 Mrs. King 1 217 Mrs. Rnd 222 Thompson , 19 Judd 205 Pratt .y 92 McRae 20SJ Alexander , 121 Bloem 103 Bamberger ....22$ Krlebel 176 Richards 41 Earner. 216 Breeden :'t 1X3J Marlger .. 129 McMillan 123 Prancltfco t.... 32 Cuhoon iu5j Cook 219J Toblat J7 iGarraid 104 Wood 72 Young 7(j The convention adjourned at 12:10 o'clock this mornlnar. It Is a fact worthv of passing mention that the legislative convention waa the fifth political convention conven-tion of the season to adjourn preclsel-i preclsel-i tlii hour- th- sute Dmorrallr. the -'r RrputiMtar. 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