Show mm mm party cam they are refused minority representation presentation Ee lively fight the minutes of the peoples convention held at paydon this week which we have culled from the enterprise thos it was a stormy one throughout after the meeting was called to order by chairman sam L page and the call for the meeting read nominations were anile for chairman of the meeting and received votes as follows sam L page 78 J J mcclellan 69 F A huish was elected secretary and hanm el depry at arms the question of the limit of debate was next taken up and chas brewerton moved that it be limited to ten minutes J J belts amended this to fifteen minutes the fifteen minute amendment carried J D irvine moved that a ticket be prepared in the same manner as was done two yeara ago only that the minority liberal parta be riven a re presentation in the council of two J P tilson moved that the motion be tabled J finlayson asked it the liberals wanted this representation irvine answered they had not asked it minority representation is fair honorable and just and in accordance with our republican government abos H wilson want taxation without re ion if we did we would ba termed johnnie bulls he had been there once but was out of it now and was an american Amp rican citizen by choice not accident those present in the caucus were mostly christians gelins for their rights let ug show the same consideration to others he had been in the council 16 yeara and could say that mr dark the liberal representative the last term was one of the most proficient bembera he had yet seen and the city was no worse off for having him in B H crook moved that one depre be granted the minority mr mcglellan and mr irvine wanted them to hayo representation in proportion to their taxable property mr wanted whole justice or none tae peoples party had been in power here tor 30 years and surely it was not so weak and tottering that it dare not let two men of another party sit in their legislative bodies if BO let the party eo down james beece had got a kink and wanted the minority to get what they deserved deper ved if it was only a half a one wm keep his seat any longer cries of take the pin from his chair for twenty minute the peoples party have been splitting themselves in two chairman papa had worked for minority representation two years ago but had changed his course now just as boon as a parta allows another to enter its rightful domain just so sure aul wul that narty lose its power and tear itself to pieces minority representation is un american and unwise were lie a member of any minority party he would ba ashamed to eo to a majority and ask for representation he called upon the party to stand true to their colors and carry peopled Peo plea party candidates at the polls or fall in the attempt favor smoothing the way for a minority representative senta tive to enter the council their bartys men had to get there by their popularity and let the others get there the bame way if they could an overwhelming vote against giving the liberals the peoples larty offices showed plainly that the latter was present at the caucus and would neither allow any one to fill their offices or as mr beets said go down either an adjournment journ ment was taken for one hour to allow the mental organs a rest and the vital organs a little dinner exercise after the caucus was again called to order mr john done presented the following resolution which was carried bi itie solved a the sense of thia convention ven tion that to increase our water supply we pledge our support by every honorable acom mr A S bigham moved that nobody but registered voters and members 0 the peoples party be allowed to vote in tho convention considerable discussion followed mr 0 simon stated that he was one to whom the question referred and had d me much as any other one man and paid as many taxes as anyone and therefore if he was deprived of his right to vote at the polls he wished a voice in the convention J D irvine thos H wilson J E betta and others supported motion claiming that a had been refused tho minority liberal morning and new the were allowing illegal voters to have a voice in the caucus J P tilson moved to lay highams motion on the tabla carried by a vote of 77 to 61 J E belts now got on his ear because the probably half dozen edmunda men in the house were allowed to vote when the other little request ol 01 giving the liberals two Council aien had been denied and after something about unions any gas bas publicly withdrew from the convention chairman jaee stated that th speech was out of order and asked alie conven tion to pardon him for allowing it higham an adjournment which was sit down on so heavy thai the house shook on motion nominations for cita officers were proceeded with and J a page J D irvine and hyrkin lemon nominated for the office of mayor A A higham wished to know if liberals could vote grant simons as chairman of the liberal parta arose and baid he there to anta anaf think any of his party were after it waa decided to cast the vote for mayor by ballott discussion arose as to the merits of the several tor the position and som awfully awful hard things efm said about the first named candidate to the effect that h thought hs owned alie water which somebody else thought helon ped to the cita that he had squandered the city money had fenced public land against the laws of the U S government etc etc tins arraignment was taken part in bv J J mcclellan john done wm J douglas J E irvina and others and was resented b aghas brewerton Bra werton arnold abegg T 1 daniels F D hrisi and others the discussion lasted all the afternoon and the taken at about 6 resulting aa follows page 58 irvine 33 lemon 78 the nomination of lemon was then made unanimous and the caucus adjourns until tuesday at 10 a m on tuesday mornia the convention reconvened and the ticket was completed it is as follows for mayor hyrum lemon tor coun cifors tease S taylor J J mcclellan heliy fairbanks abram done J D irvine samuel perry and john H dison for justices of the peace james gri thomas ET wilson jr for recorder F A aniah for assessor As Bessor and collector B H crook for treasurer G W brewerton for marshal david E sargent |