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Show He Slightly Changed in Naming of Mrs. K Margaret Zane Witcher and B Job P. Lyon; Convention H Es Cold. charges of jugglery made h on the floor and not denied florm Is Meaningless and the Attending Del-fl Del-fl egates Appear to Realize That the S Battle Is Lost. I3AN COUNTY TICKET. - j ommissiouers v" J IN C. MACKAY. '. J. BURTON. v kahgarkt ZAXE -i- WITCHER. f EPHIccflsiiAnr. j Attomcv OB P. LYON. -f Recorder v j D J A. JAQUES. Auditor v IIEGINBOTHAM. Assessor :03 S. G ABBOT. Treasurer 7 A. GROESBECIv. -r Surveyor P1I B- SWENSON.- - - f tato Senators -r ;UIL BADGER, v j ;. E. MARKS. J. STOOKEY. v jprcsentatives r GTT McMTILLTN. ;pn J. CANNON. LGIIAC CLEGG. v NIEL MiiRAE. v JAr McMILIjAX- : 5EPJT r. HOLT. v J. EARDLEY. v IDE Y. .RUSSELL. - ED IIOkMAN. v . C. ASHTON. v jI'mTrfll be many sore spots in the iBl4ftf lie churcl1 Republicans to- ft result of the ticket nominated Wcoun'ty convention at the Salt jfjjeiiter Tuesday. Charges of jd' of jucrlinr of votes, were &(v5fco on the floor of the conven-Parley conven-Parley ?. Christcn.scn, and no :tiMlcd them. Criminations and .fffejii'ytions woro frequent, and Par-itc Par-itc fctensen truthfully described Btftfonn ns meaningless and a lilft '"nK generalities, 7fta arrau"ct by the Federal ( Ulfl!J'l the conuly ring, an adjunct jtfj 1 "m. bunch and the church, -Mhtly changed. Ou a wave jCBMiBm and in an effort to ay 15.! to tho -ladies of tlic party, iron the riffBPI ior 6ounl3'.flerk. Prcd Bas- &Sft' H Far,,sworth thG lriUcr vpVK' Cantl"'ltc, 'thdrawing in 'f ifrtyjfc'010 n ballot was taken. alajHfflMt severe blow -was the S ijJljK?ltoruey and the utter yJWmtifi.- ,)f- tli0 V'rescnt comity lit jT11 11 ty- r'ftco in the houso of Lik'i riou1s' Tt was :i bit' i&yWl tolT''cen iho contending 1'au-JW 1'au-JW tvili he difficult to bn;ae!j. jOSfj.Kcnt Not Questioned. K"l,lance oC thu anlagonisin iifmS' !t JS saffil,icnt t(' nunc M)(fvMt:! r,'h" in fcconding the 'arJ5K' Uf Lvo" &ai1 !!lt 'vhile ''JMlf- Ktrornoy, -'he was lhj ftSKS claracr of tho ofiice." iisfeB i?u'tc arrament of tho fm'rf1 IIri!,S0"- "US- ?,ri6:en3'-D nve ample iWffiJlRi y 11,0 Fc,lor;i1 win .SlSKf t'Va f,C ''o-charged tho SiWKod ics, and his $ W&Wpoi ""fiallenged. And the JttlJ f buHinow in ff-r.-T fr,v"tJeandidalca 0C ,I!''1".cvideUtb: for tho time having lost some of its cunning. Toward the end of tho nominations of county officers the favorites wero given the various places by acclamation, acclama-tion, they were rewarded for unswerving unswerv-ing fidelity to the bunch in all its machinations. And, after all, it was a convention in which Harry Joseph, Jalto Grceno-wald, Grceno-wald, IT. L. Nelson, Col. George B. Squires, Professor Lyman, Jody Eld-redgo Eld-redgo and a few other obscauious agents of tho ecclesiasts and Federal bunch, who really control, did all the talking and all the skullduggery. Crisis Is Reached. Tt was not until .0 o'clock that n crisis was reached, and men who have attended Iieppublican conventions since the days of Lincoln novcr before witnessed wit-nessed such a, spectacle' in a Republican Republi-can assembly. Realizing the utter worthlessueas and absolute lack of auy j declaration of anything of any value I in the platform, some of the delegates ! desired to try to remedy the hopeless document and save an impossiblo situation. situa-tion. "With this end in view, Parley P. Christeusen was recognized, and moved to reconsider tho voto adopting the platform. At the afternoon session the platform was first laid on the table, then resurrected- and finally adopted, and the attempt to .bring tho skeleton before the convention again was opposed op-posed by TV- P. Hutchinson, Fred Loof-bourow Loof-bourow and several others. Dcvlnc Is Emphatic. Then it was that James Bovine came forward and in a speech denounced the platform in languago that is seldom heard in any convention. He said the Republican party was showing a rcac-tiouaiy rcac-tiouaiy spirit unworth' of that party. He held that tho platform was a paltry pal-try misrepresentation of Republican doctrine; that it was a misnomer to call it a platform, and that it was only cowardice that prevented them from speaking their minds" on the amendments that were to be proposed. The platform meant nothing, he snid; it contained nothing, and they would be cowards to refuse to reconsider it. Motion Prevails. After much discussion the motion to reconsider prevailed, and planks for the extension of the ,ive"ilc court law; for the safety of miners and smcltermon and the proper sanitation of mines; the adoption of a direct primary law, and a fire and police commission, wero incorporated in-corporated in the platform. But, with all its patching, tinkering and repairing, the platform stands as the most ghastly document ever formulated formu-lated by any political convention. 1 MORNING SESSION Thirty minutes after the advertised timo Joe U. Eldridge, .in, chairman of the county committee, summoned the convention to order and began the work of the day. He called up Julian Riley, secretary, to read the call. 1 ni.: f. i ji i. :r.nn 171. i. LUIS 11 III Lllir l Ui IIIIJU, 1 . 1IIL1 1 tllt.ll JJIU- rc.tge announced the temporary officers i as follows: II. A. Smith, chairman: J William D. O. Eichnor. secretary; Axel Sti.'cie, Horgeant-at-arnis. . . ' Chairman Eldredgo. introduced Mr. Smith, the temporary chairman, who spoho at, some length. Mr. Smith's address will bo found elsewhere in this issue. At the close of tho address, which was of a most perfunctory character, E. J. Hardier moved that the usual three committees be named. Harry Joseph .iuniped in ns usual with an amendment that the new county committee bo named at tho same time j . . Continued on Page Two. WEAK TICKET NOMINATED BY CHURCH REPUBLICANS Continued from Page Ono. as tho convention committees were elected and this was anrccd to. On the roll call the following woro named as cominil.tec.incn: Credentials. First Ward W. J. Moore. Second Ward Brighum Clcgg. Third Ward A. Cnllistcr. Fourth Ward A. L. Thomas, Jr. Fifth Ward Aaron Myors. Count; at Large T. F. Greenwood and Daniel Harrington. Organization, Order of Business. First Ward L. ,T. Haddock. Second Ward Alex. Buchanan. Third Ward W. R. Jones. Fourth Ward W. S. ITinos. Fifth Ward Parley .Jensen. County at Large Anton Luudberg and F. R. Morgan Eosolutiona. First Ward P. P. f.'hristcnsoii. Second Ward Harry J. Robinson. . Third Ward CJus Dackman, Fourth Ward W. R. Hutchison. Fifth Ward F. C. Loofbourow. County at Large F. C. Bagloy and T. C. Wood ring. To give the committees timo to prepare pre-pare their reports a recess was taken at It o'clock until 1 p. m. AFTERNOON SESSION At 1:30 o'clock Chairman Smith brought tho delegates to order, and business busi-ness began. The report of tho committee on credentials cre-dentials was called for, and Daniel Harrington, Har-rington, chairman, read tho report. There were no contests, and the list of delegates, as published, wero entitled to seats in the convention. The committee on permanent organization organi-zation and order of business was not prepared to report, and A. L. Hoppaugh wanted the committee on platform to report, but the chair declared the motion mo-tion out of order. After some delay W. R. Hutchinson, chairman of tho platform committee, appeared on tho stago and submitted tho report of tho committee, as follows: ,'viI" w v w '! vl"!"i' v. !"!","". vl". . PLATFORM ORIGINALLY - ADOPTED. . r We indorse tho administration 5 r of President Theodore Roosevelt r 5 and tho candidac3r of William H. 4 4- Taft and tho principles enun- 4 5- ciated by those sterling leaders ! of Republicanism, and wo pledgo ? r the united support of tho Repub- -J- 4 licans of Salt Lakr count3r. 4 4 We indorse tho platform of I the National Republican party 4 4 and tho platform adopted by tho 4 4 recent Republican Stato conven- 4 4 tion, and we renew our al- 4 4 leglnuce to tho principles of tho 4 4 party in Stato and Nation. 4 4 . Wo commend tho administra- 4 4 tion of the Republican part in 4 4 the Stato of Utah and in the 4 4 county of Salt Lake and tho 4 4 vigorous and impartial enforce- 4 4 ment of tho laws by its public 4 4 officers and tho economic ad- 4 4 ministration of county affairs. 4 4 Wo favor the establishment of 4 4 good roads, and we pledgo tho 4 4 nominees of this convention for 4 4 count' commissioners to. con- 4 4 struct and maintain a system of 4 4 good higlnvaj-s throughout the 4 4- county. 4 4 4 4 4 ? PLANKS ADDED AFTER 4- 4- . "COUNSEL." 4; 4 4 4 Realizing the value of moan- 4 4 ures looking to the prevention 4 4 of crime we commend tho work 4 4 of tho juvenile court aystom as 4 4 established and maintained 4 4- throughout tho state by the Re- 4 4 publican administration, the de- 4 4 tention school of Salt Lake 4 4 county, also established by tho 4 4 Republican administration, as 4 4 an approved and valuable ad- 4 4 juuet to the court, and an aid 4- 4 in its wok. We heartily indorse 4- 4 tho work of tho city iuvenilo 4 4 court, commission and tho offi- 4 4 cers in charge of the local deten- 4 4 tion school, and pledge our- 4 4 6elvos to tho suport of those 4 4 institutions, and to the increase 4 4- of facilities for industrial train- 4 4 ing aud for the- establishment of 4 4 schools for the girls. 4- 4 Wo pledgo our legislative 4 4- nominees to the support of such 4 4 remedial legislation as may be 4 4 proper toward the greater safety 4 4 and protection of tlic metal nnd 4 4 coal minors and smelter cm- 4 4 ployecs of this state. 4 4 wo favor a primary election 4 4 law, and we pledgo our lcgisla- 4 4 tivo nominees to work for tho 4 4 enactment of tho samo. 4 4 "Vo favor tho enactment of a 4 4 fire and police commission law 4 4 for cities of tho first clasB, and 4 4 vc pledge the nomiueos of this 4 4 convention to tho legislature to 4 4 work to that end. 4 'Tt-l"!"?"t-!"I"I"I"!-I"I"!"I-II-I"I,4"I,4l,4,4,I Immediately after Mr. Hutchinson had concluded, tho trouble bogan. A. S. Reiser secured the floor and moved that the report be amended and a plank, providing pro-viding for tho establishment of n railroad rail-road commission in Utah bo inserted, and that the candidates to tho logisln-turo logisln-turo be pledged to legislation to achiovo this purpose. Tho proposed amendment was seconded. sec-onded. Harry Joseph moved tho adoption of the report of the committeo. Mr. Reiser spoko briefly on his proposed pro-posed amendment and Harry Joseph again cot .tho chairman -'b cyo and moved that the amendment bo laid on the table. The motion found a hundred seconds and the amendment was overwhelmingly over-whelmingly voted down. Parley P. Butts In. nero Parley P. Christensen strode to the front of tho stago and said, "By this action you have laid tho whole platform on tho table.' Harr' Joseph persistently moved that tho platform be adopted. Parley Chriatenson was .-ju6t as iusistont in stating tho fact that, tho platform had boon laid on tho table, and moved that it bo taken from tho table. Christensen '.s motion was adopLcd. Then Joseph renewed his motion to adopt the platform, and at laBt it succeeded. suc-ceeded. They Juggled tho Ticket. The committeo on permanent organization organ-ization ami order of business "was now read3". and L. J. Haddock, tho chairman, chair-man, .submitted the document. Tt provided pro-vided flint tho temporary organization bo mado permanent, with the following additional ofiiccrs: Vice-Chairmen, James Devino and John H. Walker; chaplain, Bishop Daniel McRae: assistant assist-ant secretaries, Mrs. J. B. Swcnson, M. S. Stimson. L. J. Unddoek, Carl O. Pearson, W H. Follaud; assistant ser-gennts-al-arms, C. B. Anderson and P. S. Condi p. Order of business: Sheriff, attorney, recorder, clerk, auditor, assessor, treasurer, treas-urer, surveyor, count- commissioners, representatives to the lower house, threo State senators. This order of business let loose the dogs of war, nnd it was evidont that tho delegates did not. propose to stand for it. J. E. Lindberg moved to amend -the roport b.y making nominations for commissioners first. James E. Clinton nsked why the commissioners com-missioners were placed at the' end when fhe3' controlled all the other officers. Ho charged that there had been somo manipulation in tho committee, and ho wanted the commissioners nominated according to law. L. J. Haddock denied that there had been an3" manipulation. Ilo said that tho mover of the ininorit3r report endorsed en-dorsed the original report 'at the mooting moot-ing held in the morning, and the majority ma-jority had agreed to it. t A. S. Reiser held that the convention conven-tion was greater than tho committeo. Ho moved to amend the amendment by placing the county clerk after the commissioners. com-missioners. Parley P. Again. Pnrle.v P. Christensen got the stago and said: "Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen: I not onb' support the amendment to tho amendment, but T am in favor of the minority report. If there, was no .-juggling in this committee, commit-tee, if there was no ."juggling in tho manipulations by which this committeo was appointed, then why have thev changed the natural order? Why, I ask 'ou, gentlemen and ladies, representing repre-senting as wo do the people of this county, wh.y should wo nugglo or manipulate, manip-ulate, or arrange the order of business so as to favor ap3r particular offices? Arcn:t wo hero big enough and strong enough to express our wishes? Whoever Who-ever has the majority of this convention conven-tion behind him or her of the offices will he not get it? Why, in order to save any promises that havo be"en made, why, in order to 6avo an,3T embarrassment, em-barrassment, that might come, should wo arrango the order of business in an3r such a manner? Lot us follow tho statute; lot us follow tho natural order in which these officers should be nominated nom-inated and give all of tho men and women of this convention a square deal; that is all wo want." Tho amendment to the amendment was then adopted. A motion b.y Colonel George B. Squires that tho nomination of souators precede tho nomination of representatives and this was carried. Then the original amendment to tho report was put and prevailed. The order or-der of business as variously amended was as follows: Commissioners, clerk, sheriff, attorney, recorder, auditor, assessor, treasurer, surve3'or, threo senators, sen-ators, ten representatives. 9 Nominations for Commissiouor. Colonel Squires in a brief address nominated John C. Mnckay, nnd 6aid that tho county commissioners had put $60,000 in tho bond redemption, fund. Ho forgot, however, to stato that a tax was ordored for tho purpose. John W. Smith presented tho name of W. W. Wilson. An effort was made to limit nominating nomi-nating speeches to fivo minutes. This was voted down and the limit was fixed at two minutes. Then Stephen L. Love nominated Walter J. Burton of tho eighty-ninth district. C. H. Edwards presented the samo of Edward D. Miller. State Senator D. O. Rideout presented the namo of Seth Pixton. Former Chief of tho Firo Department Devino presented the name of A. L. Hamlin. H. C. lyerson presentod the namo of Hiram Nielsen. Later Mr. Nielsen stated that no one was authorized to namo him. Mr. Iverson slopped to the front and said that tho Nielsen who declined the nomination was not the party he nominated. nomi-nated. Thon, on tho. motion of Harry S. Joseph, it was decided that the person per-son receiving the highest number of votes, providing it was a majorit-, should be the nominee for commissioner for tho long term, and tho next highest, providing it is a majority, for tho short term. Tho result, of tho ballot follows: Tota3 vote cast, 487; necessary to choice, 244. John C. Mack-ay 328 1-3 W. W. Wilson 170 1-3 Seth Pixton 139 A. Li. Hamlin , 51 Hiram Nlolson 61 Burton "2D . Miller 165 Mr. Mackay wna declared nominee lor long term. "Delogato objected, as on tho next vote somo ono might got a higher vote than Mr. Macka3'. Mr. Riser then moved effectively that Mr. Macka3' bo declared the nominco for long term. After tho announcement of the ballot Seth Pixton withdrew in favor fa-vor of Mv. Burton, and Mr. Nielsen withdrew in favor o Mr. Wilson. Motions by Joseph. Whilo tho vote was being counted the irrepressible Harry Joseph moved that the voting bo dono by wards in tho city and precincts in tho count3. This was to savo timo, ho said. Jako Grcenewnld, Joseph's indomitable indomita-ble foo, opposed tho motion, and Harry resumoa his seat as P. P. Ohristonson appeared on tho stage. Mr. Christon-sen Christon-sen said: "I don't care if wo stay hero for a week. Thcro isn't a dologatc sitting in this convention this afternoon that haBn't seen tho most humiliating spectacles spec-tacles of jobbing votes when wo had tho ward systems. (Cries of "that's right"). Many of 3ou havo heard tho chairman sa3' rwhat do you sa.y if wo vote for so and so' and the secrotary f o out6ido with tho tickets boforo totaling total-ing them up. I want to nay to 3-011, ladies and gontlomon, that this convention conven-tion is not in a disposition for that. This convention is in a disposition now that they want to havo a squaro doul." Mr. Nelson Woll, I don't want to be insulted by 3'ou or any other man. Mr. Christensen Woll, if that is an insult to you, Mr, Nelson, I apologize. I didn't mean it for you. You aro not tho man that I saw do it, but I havo seen it dono, Mr. Nelson. Iu fact, sir, the schooling that you have had trained you differently. 1 wish thoy all had had tho Bamo schooling that you had down at tho old University of Utah, whero we used to fight our own battles. Now, ladies and gentlemen, I wish to say to you this, if tho count3" committee commit-tee ana thoir officers .have not provided pro-vided for this convention a sufficient length of timo. thoy might well havo dono it instead of going around hero and trying to make candidates. I want to sav to you, lot's havo a square deal. Let 's" go through thia convention right if it takes all summer." Tho chairman then put Mr, Joseph's motion nnd it was overwhelmingly defeated. de-feated. The second ballot for commissioner resulted as follows: Burton 370i Miller T5 Wilson l7l Hamlin Nominations for Clovk. For county clerk J. M. Slull presented pre-sented the namo of Fred C. Bassett. W. H. Farnsworth was nominated by W. R. Hutchinson. As a tribute to tho ladies, IT. C. Rdwards named Mrs. Mar-garet Mar-garet Zano Witcher, saj-ing that it would add strength to tho ticket. Mrs, W. IT. Jones nnd Mrs. D. C. Fichnor spoke strongl3' for tho nomination of i Mrs. Witcher. I A. B. Irvine, Major M. A. Brceden, James Devine, Professor Lyman and others seconded tho nomination of Mrs. Witcher. Karlv in tho nominations it becamo evident that Mrs, Witcher, had considerable consider-able strength in tho convention, nnd as balloting was dcl.vycd the lady was continually developing strength. It was soon apparent that the slate man, W. H. Farnsworth, was in danger, and tho convention was on tho edgo of a stampede stam-pede to Mrs. Witcher when a motion to proceed to ballot prevailed. But it could not bo checked. Mrs. Witcher was on the floor of the convention, shaking hands with manj friends, her name was being shouted on the floor of the convention con-vention hall, in tho galleries and on the stage, and, realizing tho hopelessness of tho contest, Count.y Chairman Eldredgo withdrew tho name of W. H. Farnsworth, Farns-worth, and immediately afterward Par-lev- P. Christensen withdrew Fred C. Bassett, and Mrs. Witcher was nominated nomi-nated by acclamation. Mrs. Witcher thanked the convention for tho nomination, and said sho hoped to honor the Republican party as it had honored her. Aud tho slalo was changed. Sliarp Wins Nomination. Nominations for Sheriff being in order, John R. Hoppaugh presented the namo of Joseph C. Sharp. W. S. Nn3-lor Nn3-lor was placed in nomination by Carl Badger. There were some seconding speeches, and when James E. Clinton began to eulogize Sharp's work during the labor troubles at Murray, hisses came from several parts of tho hall. When tho ballot reached the cit3T the first announcement from a combination of preciucts giving Sharp S3 votes evidently evi-dently decided Naylor that the contest was over, and ho withdrew and Sharp was nominated by acclamation. Fight for Attorney. The fight for this office was fiercely waged. Col. Squires nominated O. W. Carlson, present assistant county attor-ne3', attor-ne3', and Parle3 Jenson presented the namo of Job P." Lyon. Carlson was the slalo man, but the mention of Lyon's name brought forth a tremendous burst of enthusiasm. Tho county attorney's offico has been ono ot the manv sore spots of tho county administration, and the quarrel between Willard Hansen and Lyon accentuated ac-centuated the situation and brought much-aid to the latter. Thero wero many seconding speeches, and some of them displa3'ed much bitterness. bit-terness. J. M. Bowman, on seconding tho nomination of Lyon, said that while ho was in tho offico of the count3' at-tornoy at-tornoy as assistant, "he was the brains and tho charactor of the offico." When J. O. Carter, in seconding Carl-sou, Carl-sou, said that for fifteen 3'oars Lyon had been tr3'ing to accomplish something, some-thing, and now knew nothing, he was hissod and told to "sit down." Tho ballot resulted as folfows: Lyon 353 Carlson 233 Ljon was declared the nominee, and a recoss was taken until 7:30 o'clock. j EVENING SESSION Tho convention resumed its deliberations delibera-tions at 7:45. Chairman Smith introduced intro-duced Vico-Chairmah James Devino. stating that ho would tako charge or tho convention in its further work. "Nominations for county recorder aro in order," announced Mr. Devine, as ho assumed tho chair. Fred Loofbourow placed Joseph J. Mo3'ers in nomination. Col. Goorgo B. Squires named Fred J. A. Jnques, and Daniel Harrington presented C. R. Vigns. Each candidate received a number of seconds, but Jaques, tho slate candidate, candi-date, was plainly in the load. Jaques is at present a deputy in the recorder's office. The result of tho ballot follows: .Taqucs ....391 Meyers SI Vlgus 126 Tho chairman declared Jaquos ' the nominee. Nominations for auditor being in order, or-der, tho namo of Frank Hecrinbotham was presented b3 Delegate Hayes and he was nominated b3 acclamation. Tho next in order was tho presentation presenta-tion of candidates for assessor. A dolc- ate named Amos S. Gnbbot. Thero eing no other nominations, tho rnles werq suspended and Mr. Gabbot was nominated by acclamation. Tho ohair then announced tho order of business as tho presentation of candidates can-didates for tronsuror. Col, Squires was recognized and ho named a man whom ho deolarod was exhibit A. Ho then presented tho namo of John A. Groos-beck. Groos-beck. Thcro being no exhibit B, according ac-cording to Daniel Harrington, ho moved a suspension of tho rules, and Mr. Groesbeck was chosen by acclamation. For survo.yor, Mr. Bowles presonted tho name of John D. II. McAllister and asked tho convention to sustain him. W. R. Hutchinson presented the namo of J. B. Swenson, who has held the offico for throe terms. During the seconding" soches tho confusion among the delegates becamo so great thut tho chair was compelled to ask Col. Kaighn and Harry Joneph, who wero flitting among the delegations, delega-tions, to tako thoir seats. Thoro wero a number of seconding speeches. Finally Final-ly a ballot was had, with tho result that SwonBon was nominated. Tho vote was: McAUIetor 193 Swenson 408 Row Over Platform, After the nomination for surveyor had been made, Parley P. ChristouBen Btopped to tho platform and moved a reconsideration of tho vote by which tho platform was adopted, in order to mnko somo necessary amendments. On an aye and nay voto tho motion was declared lost. A division was demanded demand-ed and Mr. Christensen again came to tho front and tho question was again put, tho chair holding that the matter was open to debate, W. It. Hutchi nson, who was a member mem-ber of the committeo on resolutions, opposed tho motion to reconsider, maintaining main-taining that Mr. Christensen had had opportunity to present a minoritj' report, re-port, but that ho had not dono so. He also declared that tho committeo, when tho platform waa considered, had threshed the matter out, honco it was inopportune now to bring tho matter up as a number d candidates had been named. Daniel. Harrington also opposed a reconsideration re-consideration of the niatter, for if tho convention undertook to incorporate all the good things in the world in a platform thoy would have a platform that would incorporate the constitution of the United States, tho declaration of independence and the decalogue. There was no necessity of adding anything to tho platform. Fred Loofbourow also opposed reopening re-opening the mattor of the platform, ilo said: Mr. Loofbourow's Talk. Mr. Chairman Two of theso matters now presented by Mr. Christensen were presonted before the committee on platform plat-form and resolutions nnd Mr. Christensen presented one and was voted down, and that, matter was fully considered, whether we should have a plank pledging our candidates can-didates to support and pass a primary law. We considered and turned that down, having In view this fact, that the men wo nominate hero should do tlielr duty us they see fit, and they should not be hampered ham-pered by any direction given them by this convention. The other matters aro matters mat-ters which should have been presented there, and part of them were nor. That Is the place to present those matters, and if that committee had had them they would have considered them. As they wero not presented there, we should not consider them at all. Irvine 13 Heard. Mr. Irvino then secured the floor and said: If tho proposition of the pentleman on my left and the next preceding gentleman, gentle-man, Mr. Riser, Is to prevail, 1 ask you why should we have platforms? What Is the purpose of a party platform If we are not lo state tho principles for which our legislators are to stand? Ky do we make a platform at all? Why don't we trust to the judgment of these men whom wo nominate and do awa3 with wrltlncr platforms at all? The gentleman tells us about issues which we have not considered. Is thcro a man In this convention con-vention who has not considered the propriety pro-priety of strengthening the Juvcnllo court law? Is there a man In this convention who does not and has not considered the propriety of protecting the lives and health of the men who are digging the underground wealth in our county? Gentlemen Gen-tlemen of this convention, Is thcro a man here who has not considered the pro'-priety pro'-priety of having a primary election law? William Taft has. (Applause.) The Republican party of tho nation has, and, gentlemen and ladles, shouldn t the- Republican Re-publican party of Salt Lake City and i Suit Lake county consider these vital questions? 1 am in favor or tho reconsideration recon-sideration of the motion. I am in favoi of committing the Republican nart of Sail. Lake county to a constructive platform, plat-form, and leave it to tho Democrats and the Americans to take a negative Position. Let us follow in tho footsteps of Lincoln, Garlleld, Roosevelt, and Taft. and make tho Republican party a party of constructive construc-tive legislation, and let the passive supinc-KcsVnnd supinc-KcsVnnd those generalities drift Into the other parties which do not dare to race livo Issues. Devino ExcoriateB Committee. .Tames Devino, in his address iu advocacv of tho motiou, said: Mr. Chairman I believe In the wisdom of this convention. When nominations wero begun thoy practically determined that this convention was greater than the party or persons who had forecast the nominations, that certain ones should bo nominated. I bellevo by their votes they bo decreed. I believe the nominees that have now been accepted as the will of this convention havo demonstrated the wisdom of that choice. I care nothing, Mr. Chairman, particularly particu-larly about any of tho proposed Issues here wero It not for tho fact that the Republican party In convention assembled assem-bled today Ib showing a reactionary, a cowardly spirit, unworthy of tho namo of the Republican party of tho county of Salt Lake, by refraining from speaking on matters that aro pertinent to tho people peo-ple at this time. Why should this committeo on resolutions resolu-tions refuso to Indorse lssuc3 that aro partlcularlv pertinent to tho Interests of tho families of this county and of this cltv, In the juvonilo court matters, for ins'tance? Is this convention afraid to speak on the other matters that have been euggstod hero? What I denounce, and what should bo denounced hero Is cowardice. The Republican Re-publican party. If it has had tho reputation reputa-tion for anything, has been for fearlessly presenting to the peoplo what they bo-llovo bo-llovo is right, and announcing in thefr platform what they propoeo to do when they go before tho peoplo for their suffrages. suf-frages. Must wo here assembled stand upon something that ie composod of slats, and those of a very precarious character, doubtful as to -whether we conld cross tho brldgo or not? Aro wo afraid to proclaim in favor of measures that aro strictly In the nurvlew of this convention to spoak " HEft upon, and strictly In the Interest! citizens of this coinnionwcoiu?J nouneo it, Mr. Chairman. J I denounce this paltry doeitmnnTA' a platform,. on which wo proptVJ with the magnificent mirubV-r ftfStfS dates that have been presented hT day. and 1 say ow, before it ,s Sfc? let us not leave this as it Is. and3t' tho People, wo ask your votes butlK$ afraid t0 stato what ve behove fftj: side of tnc national and state nlay6?: MPak iOUl' sontlemen. you wliofe? this misnomer: glvo your reason, to the delegates of this convntiot"; don t try to suppress it by prevent being discussed on tho onen ftoor.Jf Hutchinson Again Heafditf . W. T. Hutchinson was againS. mzed, and said: jjj My friend. Parley Christensen vc when the platform was adopted. fCk iriend Devine, too, and it may & that interests some people more th!ic-crs. th!ic-crs. I tako It, from thr- eloquence lmpasslonca remnrks of one o" theT.r' crs. that they must have some. p"i interest, or some superior UnowIa! that point. 1 refer especially loll vine. We all know that Mr. Devlnf,,, terc-stcd In that thins-. Mr. Hutchinson, continuing-Sh: 1 don't wish to see the leglslato? hand and foot. Lot him go freel', Is not Republicanism. We don'tSKt platform to make up every IssueSrf. to say that that platform as prr. contains the principles that we asfrT stand upon. The nominees upflp tlmo were nominated on that plf Are we going back and ask thoswlll to subscribe to the amendments! They were I ho nominees of thlsfaffll tion, and (hey were nominatedE1" platform as adopted. I tay Uteris Uter-is out of order. Afa Edwardn Goes for Conimits1,-' Then H. C. Edwards was rcK He advocatod tho motion, sayiqfr It appears to me that the loglclflS been presented here bv sonif f W spockers Is faulty. It appears toiK5 the members of this committeo arifc scnsltive. It appears to mr thcr members of this committee mlsof the duties which were Imposed upotV It appears to me that the moml-this moml-this committee misconceived tlio" of society. There have been a great-arguments great-arguments advanced here which wcsi dlcate that the members of thut cUS tee assumed to themselves tho rl'i dictate what the people or this canity ca-nity should receivp. .It appears that at any time before this conwt adjourns It is the duty nnd lu? J:i3 tho delegates here to express theirV Ion. J It appears to me that tho people we are nominating here tonight and? that we havo nominated heretofor! nothing more than the servants -raE agents of the people thai arc 110111 them. It appears to me that It St business policy for a man to say.? point an agent and turn him loos!' out Instructing him upon those-Sl' that I desire him to act upon Infill hulf. i5g It appears to mo that wo ouzhiS here with that fearlessness, wIlLi power, with that desire thai dlctaff:1 we shall express ourselves honest! fearlessly, and If we cannot do thlfci the Republican party is notlli thought it was. 1 thought the Republican partyS1 party that undertook to app"iQ ngents to carry out and admlnh ,,-laws. ,,-laws. I thought the RcpubllcaiifT and believed that the very essoniiT6 party Is that wo shall lav down agents .those things upon which wti legislation. To me it seems absurd, Mr. Cw for us to sit Idly by here andi,''25 don t daro to discuss the ciuestlor'Q tho welfare of our loved ones i3.i?$i6 (Applauso.) It is our duty, an'd5df care what the legislature wnntfNJi, I say we are entitled to know wir'-. Intend to do. when the welfare3 people is at stake. (Applauso slt of "right.") This is not a flshfiffcfa' tho committee. 'a'tni Tho committee, as I say, haveiijkj 5 celved their duty. Thoy have und&? 1 to fulfill the duties of their offlf5 now it rests upon this conventioneer; is thero any other thing upon v now desire to Instruct our agentL of hear." "hear." and "cood.'VirV' being true, I trust, gentlemen, t will not so far forget tho duty-i owo to your children as to sltTMf?r and say we will appoint somo ajft!irP send them to the legislature trO; scintilla of demand that they aj"" slder any specific legislation, "t I would not be heard here thlJ . upon this subject If I did not!pli it a serious one. I would noti)Ul voice If I did not feel a mlsconc ! been Indulged here and ono been dangorous to tho InterestallT welfare or tho people of this coj III I and I eay It Is your duty to rafjl I tion. and do your duty aa citiz " Harry S. Joseph, L. J. Haft A. Biser, Joseph J. Cannon, H wards and several others BpoM vor of reconsideration and .Th i Continued on PagoThj! 1 I. WORDS, BRYAN SWERS THE PRESIDENT uinucd From Page One. rorc U10 election aud tbc a'd-hich a'd-hich j'ou make will embarrass ty associates. Your position ie publication before elections atributions made to .your camel cam-el would furniali j'our political i opportunity 'to sive a false i' as io the fitness of the enn-iTou enn-iTou cite as illustrations the 011s made to Governor campaign fund, the contribu-fr. contribu-fr. Harriman and the coutribu-:h coutribu-:h are now beint: collected for 3 campaign fund. You charge people are so lacking in in-that in-that they might condemn as contributions which yov dc-e dc-e proper. If the voters differ 3ii the- question arc they ncces-oraut ncces-oraut and wrong? Must tho : the partv organization act pointed guardians of the pco-anceal pco-anceal from them what is go-csfc go-csfc the people be misled as rposc and effect of largo con-i con-i Is this your explanation ion of the Republican leaders itionnl convention in voting mbheity plank? If you will eaShc suggestion. 1 believe a bets' bet-s' anation can bo found in holy 'do we not read of men 'loving Ti i; rather thnn light, becauso eds are evil?' ' rSs ot a Personal Question. jattciupfc to make a personal ft)f it, and ask whether an3' g 1 accuse such men as vou, l nehes and Mr. Taft of being i& !a by contributions. This ib question. Jf it is found a party '1r t-has given a sum of money io yj the jurors, the court does not ".inquire whether or not the JpH San incorruptible man or not, nw or not, in accepting the Ii 3? uxplicitlv stated it was ac-rit'1 ac-rit'1 the understanding that ho f stated it was accopted with tretanding tliat he was under u ation to consider it in making -M grdnit. The court would hold T- that the giving of the money and the receiving of the money was a contempt of court and an interference with the administration of .-justice. Public officials offi-cials occupy much the same position as .jurors. .They are constantly called upon to decide questions between the favor-seeking corporations on the one hand and tho people on the other, and there is a very general impression that officials of theso favor-seeking corporations corpora-tions do not put up largo sums of money from purely patriotic motives. Mr. Havemeycr testified before the Senate Sen-ate committee some years ago that the sugar trust made it a business to contribute con-tribute to campaign funds, and that it was its custom to givo to the party in power in the Slate. People Entitled to Enow. "T do not mean to say that Mr. Hughes was influenced by the contributions contri-butions made to him by the trust magnates mag-nates whoso names wcro given in tho after-election report. I do not mean to say that 3rou were influenced bv tho contributions collection by Mr. Karri-man; Karri-man; neither do I mean to say that Mr. Taft will be influenced by tlie contributions con-tributions that arc being made to I113 fund by tho trust magnates; but I do mean to say that the American people have a right to know what contributions contribu-tions are being made, that they may judge for themselves the motive 01 the givers and tho obligation imposed upon those who receive. The reflection upon the people involved in your charge that they would misuse the knowledge, which publicity would give is unworthy of one who has been elevated ele-vated to so high an offico by the votes of the people, and I venture the assertion asser-tion that you cannot procuro from Mr. Taft an indorsement of your defense. He is now before tho people; ho is offering himself as a candidate for tho Presidency; he dare not tell the party to whom he appears that they Jiave not senso enough to form a just and correct opinion as to the purpose which leads parties interested in special legislation legis-lation to making contributions. You fear that we would misrepresent the motives of those who are contributing to tho Republican campaign fund,- and cast an unjust suspicion upon Republican Republi-can candidates if the names and amounts were made known before the election. Your argument, if sound, would prevent publication after tho election, for why should an unjust suspicion bo cast upon officials a'iter the election any more than before? Does not tho secrecy before the election increase this suspicion? We are going to give 3-011 one opportunit3' to misrepresent mis-represent the motives of those who give to our campaign fund and to arouse nil the suspicion 3ou can; wo are going to provo to the poople that wo are making mak-ing a fight for the whole people, and not for those who have been enjoying privileges and favors at tho hand's of the Government, and wo expect that tire honest sentiment of tho counts-will counts-will rcbuko the part3' whoso convention conven-tion refused to indorse any kind of publicity, and whose candidates are not willing that the people should know until after the polls are closed what predatory interests have becu active in support of tho Republican party. ''With great respect, vours trulv. "WILLIAM J. BRYAiS." |
