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Show ROBERTS CARRIES DAY FOR PEER? 1 Joe Monson of Logan. JUDGE POWERS H Democratic Convention H Ends in How. II ; Fight for National Commit-teeman Commit-teeman Was Full of Spirit and III Feeling. Iil Selection of Delegates to St. Z.ouls lll Aroused but Little Interest, the ll Slate Going- Through. fll . !- ;HH 4- WORK OF CONVENTION. 4- 4i Member National Committee. 4- flil 4- David Henry Pcery, Salt Lako. 4 4- National Delegates. 4 oll 4- Frank J. Cannon, Weber. 4- fll 4; Joseph Monson, Cache. 4 'lll 4- Joseph L. Rawlins, Sijt Lake. 4- 'Bl 4-. Simon Bamberger, Salt Lake. 4 4 Sam A. King, Utah. fll 4- George C. Whittemore, Juab, -f 4 Alternate Delegates. 4 iWI 4! A. L. Love', Salt Lake. 4- Ijl 4J A. R. Weeter, Summitt. 4 iflH 4; Elizabeth J. D. Roundy, Salt 4 jll 4 Lake. 91 4- Mrs. J. Fewson Smith, Salt" 4 nHI 4 Lake. 4- IImI 4- John R. Barnes, Davis, 4 nl E. R. Davis, Utah. 'Hl 44-4-4-4. 4 4-4-4-444 4' 4444 ;JH UTAH Democracy kept its promises il to the newspapers, and Incident- 9 ally to the people Thursday, by jH providing for those who attend- Bl cd the State convention at the Salt Lake fll Theatre a first-class entertainment. Il Primarily the convention Avas called to elect six delegates to the National Iffll convention. This concluded the con- flUI .vention unbottled an accumulation of 'jfll 'ikVI State Chairman Cannon. yM ill-feeling and personal animosities of years' husbanding. I Early work of the convention was tamest of the tame. A band was there jH and so wns the bunting and a few flags. There wore delegates wearing; big Avhlte I jM badges of a favorite candidate and oth- jH ers with pockets bulgingAvlth tickets containing lists of comDmatlon entries Into the race for representatives in thf jH St. Louis convention. And there av.is t jH great quantities of bad blood to be seen , jH though nono of it wns let until most persons thought the expected would not i happen and had left the theater. jH The State committee named a ver' good speaker for temporary chairman, 1 jH but a presiding officer whose bungling ) IH destroyed much of the good Impression . jH his speech had made. Tho permanent 1 H chairman did not electrify, but he AA'as jH more at home with the gavel. It required more than six hours to jH nominate six delegates and elect a iSHI member of the National committee. In JBjB all forty-seA'en speeches Avere made. Kl "Only forty-seven." as one A'Isitor put ' ll it. There Avere others threatened, but ' IH the convention could not listen. 1 fl:HI Only Ono Break in Slate. Ijl With one exception the National dele- j tfl gate slate forecasted Thursday by The IiWI Tribune Avas put through, the name of -Wl Joseph Monson of Logan being substl- i luted for Frank Ncbeker. There were HH candidates galore, and nearly cAery one fiH had friends working earnestly for him. 'fll All of the winners are representative iljll Utahnn. Indeed, it is claimed a flH stronger delegation could not. have been i'BI I; I ' f j.. eiected. and Democrats expressed gen- j ( - J. iij ,' ' ' oral satisfaction. I f i N ') Alternate delegates were selected by l I' Jl n i pi ' acclamation, the moat dramatic feature , rj 'i , 'i In this connection being when Chalr- J I fi jj ' man Frank Cannon walked to the front f 1i U i I oC the theater and nominated Lovey, IE ,t If la Tin i the Herald's cartoonlsL Promptly the i' ,' convention endorsed the chairman's ! I' ,i i candidate and the other alternate delc- , J ' sates were quickly selected. i t !' ,J V Then came the tup of war. It was at ! " W . . the close or the afternoon. The delc- I 1 V jj l I gate3 were nervous with the strain of i j i raj a long- day's uninteresting proceedings. I I ,fi;( J Scarce an incident had served to sllmu- 1 '' i J fjii late them. The talkod-of contest be- , iff 1 1 i i tween the Mormon leaders and the Gon- Tj j'.H ' tiles had not materialized. No effort 1 f' j jfj was made to Instruct the delegates. The 1 a tw i bottom fell out of all plans for a fight. ' j ,1.W 'I Over In one corner of the convention ; i. 1 sat n baC dozen Republican leaders, ! i , attracted by the promise of a struggle. ,1 yl 1 On the other side were others. Through- j 41 oul 11,2 building Republicans hovered. J i' !rttt hoping- the long talked of row would ll i develop. They were discouraged until Ti t ;h''; Fisher Harris, speaking In favor of ;i ' !',' Judge O. W Powers, whose name with 1 5 that of D. 11. Peery was before the , "j 'J 'It convention for National Commltteo-j Commltteo-j j. !i A man, tread on thu toes of Brlgham H. j I !j ) Roberts. .j j It was then word was whispered that j i( the fight was on. Roberts would not jf ' '1 1 j y remain silent longer. He was within j .j I 'I'll! reach of the City Treasurer's hand as j (' i'Jr Harris spoke. He sat cool and un- 2 , ; moved and listened not only to eulogy S ii v of his political enemy, but to half-I half-I -( -W, veiled nsuerslons at his own conduct, 3 l' and when Harris concluded the former I i i" Congressman attempted to reach his ? feet. J -t ',", The-convention seemed stampeded for t i ' ij Powers. It was cheering his rfome and j !' 1 ,Pocry stock went way down, r , (i . C. M. Jackson was recognized by the ,! ( ' . chair and he declared that Judge I , i Powers was not only asking for the I, t commltlecmanshlp, but was to be a , ' ,! eondldate for Congress.- "Those offl- i ; ,( ccs should be passed around," declared 1 ' 1 ' Jackson. I Sharp Dialogue. ' ' j At this moment Mr. Harris, who had j chanced his position for the dress clr-I clr-I j I clc on the east side of the theater after 1 " ' nominating Judge Powers, rushed down f iri the center aisle and pointing at Jackie Jack-ie I , j son declared. ' " i' i ' "This man speaks without authority ' . ' j of Judge Powers when he announces ' L t :l, nmi as a candldato for Congress. I I ' I ijj Powers Declares Himself. I, ' 1 i" wish to say he Is rot a candidate for 1 " i a Congress, but a candidate for National i ' Committeeman. By honest means he -i , I i will be elected and by no other." 4' i;IJ Jackson declared that Judge Powers f.J bad told him "that If named for Con- , Bress he would not decline that noml- !l j; ,.'! , notion." ft I, 1 ' Everybody was yelling, it seemed, and j , ', -i dozen men attempted to secure recog- Hl ; nltion. Then Powers appeared In the fi center of the theater. He was bristling Jf j i i ' with flghL His large eyes shot dellant , 1 H glances at Jackson und a long linger . j'J v i( pointed contemptuously at the man jui " ', 'J who had assumed to speak for him. V , jl .Jl Powers Makes Answer. k '! "By wlat right docs that man bandy ft V lw niv name? I am not a candidate $ I ' !,," for Congress. I want that understood." , W 1 t' Jackson settled into his chair. The ' fierceness of the double denunciation of "!. i' l, bis dishonest method rendered him n ' helpless and Powers already had the w ' 7 convention with him. i . I Then Brlgham H. Roberts was rec- t 1 'I .' ognlzed. He spoke briefly and with 1 . but one outburst of feallng. It was vt , i; ben he declared that contrary to the If 'J.i expression of Mr. Harris that honest U ) ' i1; support was given him while he was 'is i . candidate he said: "Somehow I never f V thought it was given to me! I thought H it was given to the party!" t j, . ' His support of Peery turned the tide. 1 . i.' Judge King and a dozen others at- fl, , , ,'; tempted, to stem it. There was a half X j j dozen burning speeches, but the young ' ; mining broker, aided by the powerful f ', Roberts, swept the independents- off I- tt " t tbeir feet nnd the balloting disclosed I I j that lher old war horse had been tricked U 11 ' ,' bV the cunning of some artful foeman h l' , ; Peery had won won by the teeth. |