Salt Lake Tribune | 1900-09-13 | Page 8 | Seeking Combination

SEEKING COMBINATION Conferences of Outside Delegates on Commissionerships There was considerable skirmishing yesterday among the Republican delegates dele-gates from districts outside the city to todays convention In the Interest of their candidates The delegations from Farmers ward districts were looking after tho candidacy of James Metcalf for the County Commlsslonershlp They expressed a strong desire to meet tho Bingham delegates and to be friendly with them and with II N StandIsh of Bingham who also wants to be County Commissioner The delegation dele-gation from Sugar ward also has a candidate for County Comnjlsslonert John R Smith The Sugar delegates stole a march on the delegates from Farmers and met with H A KeeC H Roberts Candidate II N Blandish and others from Bingham behind closed doors at the White house last night and held an extended conference They refused to make known what was done at the session but a Sugar delegate dele-gate expressed satisfaction over the Iesult of the meeting