Show FINISH NOMINATIONS AFTER MIDNIGHT Upon the reassembling of the convention for tor the night session Vice Chairman James Devine assumed the tile gavel savel The convention Immediately resumed the order of ot business with nominations for tor county recorder In his speech nominating Joseph J r Meyers for recorder Fred C row stated that his candidate had never before asked for tor an office of ot the party although he had been an earnest can worker for years ears He also alluded to Mr Meyers Meers record with the Utah bat tery tory during the war Colonel George B Squires then nominated Fred J A Jaques who was seconded by the solid vote of 01 the Fourth precinct Dan Harrington who was less In evidence than usual placed the name of C R B VIgus before the convention After Atter a number of ot seconding speeches the convention pro proceeded proceeded to tu ballot the final vote standing Jaques Meyers Meers 84 8 and VIgus Jaques was the machine candidate and neither of ot the other candidates was strong enough to secure the necessary support The next nominations were put through with a rush as there was practically no opposition John M 1 Hayes placed the name of ot Frank Heginbotham In nomination for tor county auditor and as there were ere no other nominations the convention sus suspended suspended suspended the rules and nominated botham by acclamation Amos S Gabbott was also named as the choice of the convention for tor assessor by b acclamation as there was no opposition Colonel Squires nominated John A Groesbeck for tor county treasurer He paid a glowing tribute to record for tor the past two years when he has been county treasurer and urged that the convention make him their candidate without further nominations Mr Groes beck was also nominated by b tion Struggle for Surveyor The struggle for county surveyor was hotly contested although Swenson won by a big margin John D H McAllister was placed in nomination by b George Bowles while J D Swenson was named by W R Hutchinson Swenson showed that his work In the county had been heartily appreciated as he secured the entire vote of the county count dele dole delegations delegations The final ballot stood Swen Swenson Swenson son sOll McAllister Before the convention could proceed with the nomination of ot the state sena tors tore Parley P Christensen secured rec from the chair and moved that the vote ote adopting the platform as pre seated to the convention by the tho commit tee on platform and resolutions be recon Mr Christensen stated that the platform as presented was simply a mass of ot glittering generalities and that it did not announce on what principles the county ticket was presented to the tho voters of ot the county Fred Loofbourow Instantly jumped to his feet and protested against a recon He stated that the time for tor action on the platform had passed that the committee had presented pres a n platform endorsed by b the majority of ot the commit tee and that the majority of ot the candi dates had been elected on that platform He stated that It was unfair to bind the candidates to any an further planks and In that the tho committee was much better bettar fitted to decide on what should be In the platform than the convention as asa a whole Platform Is Reconsidered I I At the request t of or a number of dele gates ates Mr Christensen stated the planks which he h desired to submit to the Judg ment meat of ot tho th convention They Involved the enlargement of ot the powers of the Ju venue venile court the agitation for tor legislation for the protection of miners and smelter men the endorsement of ot a direct maries marina law Jaw and ana a fire and police pollee com corn mission for Salt Lake City James DevIne Lon Haddock and Lon Lop Irvine and Hyrum Nelson all bitterly de dP flounced the cowardice of It asking the suf mit BU frages trages of the people of ot the county with i out announcing plainly plain where tho party part I stood on these thee momentous questions and after atter further protests Crom f corn om the members of ot tho the committee the vote to r the platform pIa was passed unanimously the four tour planks outlined ou lIned by Mr Christensen adopted together with the remainder of or the platform The convention then adopt pt ed oct the same emblem as an the state conven tion an eagle on a bee beehive hive Stonewall Carl Badger Sam Park Stephen H It Love C CE E Marks Harks aM aR l W H were placed In nomina tion for state senator and the final vote voteS e r C J S stood Marks arks Badger Woodring 61 Love and Park This gives the nominations to Marks Badger and No N nominating speeches were allowed candidates for thc tho lower house and after balloting on twentythree twenty three names the fol following following lowing ten received the highest number of ot votes and became the nominees of ot the convention Hugh McMillin Joseph J Cannon Brigham Clegg Daniel McRae William McMillan Joseph M 1 Holt Roll E J 3 Eardley Eardle Claude Y Russell E Holman E C Ashton It was 11 a 9 m in when the convention adjourned |