| Show k PEOPLES COUNTY convention the original call for the peoples peopled county convention named the county court house as the place ot holding it but lat a late hour it became necessary to change this appointment to the social hall halh partly in consequence of this change dele delegate gatts s were late in arriving and it was about twenty minutes past two when the convention was called to order by hon HOD jolln john R winder chairman of the county central committee he stated that one of the duties of the convention would be the election of a county central committee he had been chairman of that committee for six sixteen teen years ever since its first organization in 1874 he expected that what he was about to do would be his last official act in that capacity he then named 8 A kenner as f temporary chairman that gentleman assumed the if chair amid applause briefly IT z thanked the convention and stated the work before it J D cummings was elected te tern mi horary secretary and J M barlow temporary sergeant at arnos arms J H moyle moved the appoint meat 0 of f a committee of five on ere cre denti ale als carried and the follow L ing were named by the chair J H moyle moye barlow ferguson 13 spencer pencer clawson W V C A smoot tr jr and J H hodges in open session the credentials s were collected by the above corni comi cittee the members of which re tired to examine and arrange the documents A member moved a speech by the chairman who mho responded in a char act vein he utterly scouted t theider the idea that the work to be done b by the convention conven tian was prearranged pre arranged he predicted that a good and a win ning jaing ticket would be framed the speaker closed by suggesting suggests sug gesti ng a speech from hon F 8 richards who ad dressed the convention on the duty f and responsibility resting upon the members member and the present political situation in the opinion of mr richards action rather than words was demanded by the exigencies of the hour A pause followed mr richards brief remarks when J a paul mo moved v ed for a speech from mr mev mckenzie who said he felt that the convention had bad met to work rather than talk we want to carry this election how can we do it we have it demonstrated that in a certain quarter it has been determined that the peoples peopled party should never win another election yet we ought to make every honorable effort to slaughter the enemy it we cant have a whole loaf let us have half of one can we hope to win by engaging in such a contest as the school election no we may go through the form of voting but it will be useless but if there is a way to aiu I 1 say let us adopt it J H paul responded to calls and addressed the convention saying in substance the formation of a ticket is a very important work I 1 have known instances in which I 1 did not like all the nominees ina in a ticket but in giving due weight to the binions Oin or inions ions of others I 1 have concluded what was done was for the best this convention ought to nominate men of whose election there Js is a probability it is our duty to name men who will draw the vote we are going in to win A call for a speech was responded to I 1 by y john N pike he was pleased to see a full attendance of delegates and believed that they would frame a ticket that would be triumphant the peopled people Is party have been in the habit of doing this until defeated by the wrongful tactics ot the opposition such as striking names from the registration lists ete etc politicians regard the peopled people Is party as an uncertain quantity they hold that it is uncertain where that party will be found doubtless there are many republicans and many democrats in that party but hitherto hil herto self preservation has compelled it to stand together the peoples peopled party stands upon principle and will always keep its pledges the labor convention july framed a ticket tup up on which they placed the names of men who are favorites with the peoples peopled party one of those men was on the municipal ticket of our party last february and ran ahead of it if the labor party had allowed us the first choice of our own material we might have placed that man on our ticket he is a good able and honest st man and for one ifould I 1 would like to see him elected W H stewart in responding to a call for a speech made some humorous remarks the chairman explained that the call for I 1 the he convention should have been read but a copy of it was not at hand it had however arrived and would be read the secretary read the call atter alter a wait the committee on credentials appeared and rendered i their report which after some dis cassion cus sion was received the roll was called there were delegates present cf provided for in the call barlow furguson moved to make the temporary organization permanent carried on a division J H paul moved to adopt the report on credential and that all corrections of it be first submitted to tb the committee carried J H paul moved that a committee of seven one from each city precinct and two from the country be appointed on resolutions carried and the chair named J 11 paul 1 mckelzie McKe ozie john N pi pike ke F V 8 richards T V williams F W russell and samuel bringhurst an unprofitable and unnecessary discussion occurred on the method of making additions to the roll it was at length leneth settled that corrections t ons should first be acted upon by the credentials committee and by y them recommended to the house bouse in accordance with a motion the chair appointed the following committee ou on order of business H G whitney fergus coalter J fewson smith jr R K thomas and alfred solomon john N pike moved a recess till 7 carried on a division and the delegates dispersed at 4 ol 01 iceloe k it was half balf phal ot seven pm when the peoples county convention was called to order after taking recess on saturday july I 1 on motion of mr smoot the name of lorenzo dark clark was added to the roll 1701 I 1 as an alternate from the sugar house precinct i to take the place of the delegate from mountain dell who was not present that place being in the precinct named the committee on order of business reported as follows SALT lm LAKE E CITY july 26 1890 mr chairman and gentlemen of the contention your committee on order of business beg leave to report the following and recommend that the same oe adopted as the ino order of business for this convention 1 prayer 2 report of the committee OR on resolutions 3 nominations of candidates 4 election of county central committee 5 adjournment 6 prayer H G WHITNEY F COALTER SMITH B R K THOMAS the report was adopted after so amending a as to have prayer precede adjournment A member nominated john chaplain thit that gentleman declined and H P richards was elected to that office and offered prayer the secretary then read the report of the committee commit teeL on resolutions as follows the peoples party of salt lake county in convention assembled july 26 1890 hereby adopts the following reso resolutions lations 1 we endorse and ratify the declaration of principles made iy ay y the pooles peoples r les 1 party in february last as follows 1 W s declaration OF principles the basis of free government is the slav t right ht 13 es of the people to govern themselves the object of the federal constitution is to secure a free government to the people of the united wherein all people shall be protected in life liberty and property and in the enjoyment of every right essential to their happiness and not inconsistent with the rights of others we regard the constitution as a sacred charter of human libarty we vo re vere its principles and dechiro our unwavering allegiance to the govera and laws made in pursuance ol 01 of its plo provisions visions the peoples party has always allays 11 upheld p these principles it li ins ts maintained the right of local self govern govera ment it has contended for t the lo 10 freedom and purity of elections it has opposed class legislation it h has as promoted honesty in all branches of the public service it las has maintained equality before the law it has been baen characterized by justice prudence and fidelity taxation has been uniform and lower in utah than in any other territory there have been no extravagant salaries no robberies jobb eries no schemes for great bonded debts life and property have been secure morality has been folL fostered ered and vice repressed it is of conservative progress commensurate with wilh public lic necessities and resources opposed to the peoples party parly is the self styled liberal party which professes to venerate the co constitution tit ution while violating its fundamental truths it arrogates to its members the honored name of americans americana while seeking to deprive a large class of ameri can citizens of the substantial rights of freemen through its persistent misrepresentation the right of trial by jury has been abridged and almost destroyed in this territory by procuring test oaths and other proscriptive prescriptive legislation it has franchised disfranchised dis many citizens because they would not support its men and measures for this cause only it has succeeded in robbing the he women of utah of the elective franchise after they had exercised it for fifteen years it has endeavored to supplant a legislature elected by the people with a commission appointed by y the federal government it has sought to erect an insuperable barrier of prejudice against the admission of utah as a state it seeks to extend to this territory the infamous moui enactments by which in idaho thousands of law abiding citizens are stripped of every political right solely because of their membership in arf unpopular religious organization it avows through its organs its to procure such congressional legislation as will debar all persons who belong to that religious body from acquiring title to any part of the public domain it is therefore there foi foie e destructive of popular liberty and unworthy of the support of any just liberal and patriotic citizen we believe that the supremacy of the liberal party means class chi excessive taxation official extravagance and laxity in public social regulations and that the supremacy of the peoples party means equality before the law aw reasonable taxes official honesty and prudence and the maintenance of the proud reputation pu tatton of the people for law and order J H PAUL chairman committee on resolutions afe A asafa ss Afa the platform was adopted without amendment or debate the chair then announced that nominations for candidates were in Order whereupon J H moyle stated that no doubt the members of this convention were familiar with what had bad been done the previous evening by the working mens convention and with the ticket it had flail framed with the understanding that the name of J L rawlins b ba on that ticket for that of J H hurd as candidate for county attorney lie lia moved the adoption adopt iou of the following rc solution resolved that we appreciate the efforts of the workingmen men ut ot salt lake county ti t lacure a arol proper er representation in the omee to be filled ae d at the approaching elec clee tion uni ant un i that we wilt will unite with them em in voting tor far the fol owing candidate county Ci bierk Cic erk rk bergui Fer nm gui ferguson recorder Ilc corder juhn john II fl rumel kumel assessor J 11 C ive sheriff A J hurt burt Se selectman leeman george it gushing cushing surveyor lafayette G attorney JL Rawlins treasurer J B toronto coroner lorenz ora remarks on the quention of adopting the resolution wert were called for but none were offered the question being put the resolution was agreed to by a large majority there being but a light negative vote at this juncture N A parks chairman of the working mens central committee asked permission to speak leave to do sa was rea readily dily accorded him when ho he said in sub stance mr chairman and gentlemen of the con convention bention As a re representative presen dative of the working mens party I 1 can assure you that in adopting the ticket of that party this convention has done a very sensible thing 11 barlow ferguson asked if it would not be well to give the ticket a name A member suggested that it be called the Working mens ticket another moved that it be called the independent Working mens ticket F S richards moved to call it the peopled ticket saying that this convention had no more right to use the name of the labor party than it had to use ours B R S wells urged that the ticket had been framed by the labor party and it should of right bear the name of that party tile the motion of F 8 richards being put was carried and the chair declared the name of tbt ticket to be the peoples peopled ticket 0 H hardy moved that the county central committee consist of seven members embers nt one from each city precinct and two from the country precincts H G whitney then said that this committee was a very important body and ought to t be kele selected eted with great care he moved that nomina eions be made from the body of the house that the names of the nominees be placed upon the blackboard by precincts and that the convention then proceed to ballot carried A large number of no nominate minati nominations ions were mide there being several from each city precinct and from the county A motion that the committee consist af n no members and for the election of two members at large was adopted on motion the chair appointed tellers J IS pike moved thal thai the five candidates from froin the city and the 1 two from the county who should receive the largest number of votes be declared elected carried while the tellers yere were counting the ballots some one presented the chair with a bright new abik ingmans dinner pail which on oil bing being shown to the convention elic elicited iced a round of applause tile the matter of precinct nomina I 1 eions for justices of the peace and 1 I constables was disca discussed sed and in au an informal manner delegates delegate from a number of precincts assembled in groups and pr prepared eared tickets as follows CITY PRECINCTS first furgus coalter justice of the peace J ri darke constable second B W ashton justice of the peace 11 8 condle condie constable third arthur parsons justice of the act J W burb burbage dge consta ble fourth geo E blair justice of the peace W H bywater By vater constable agn fifth H G park justice bilot he peace alex A lex mcmaster me master constable so isome in e of the country precincts did not make their tickets complete As given to the secretary of the con convention ven they are as follows east mill creek samuel oliver justice of the peace big cottonwood cotton wood H R steven san of the peace farmers john gabbot justice of of the peace oscar oacar van cott constable north jordan jolin john webster justice of the peace J B bring burst constable west jordan jesse argent justice of the peace james F turner constable north point B ha justice of the peace I 1 the tellers reported that the following non nominees for the central committee had received the highest number of votes J H paul first precinct david mckenzie second 0 H hardy and J W a tie third F 8 richards richardo fourth spencer clawson fifth J C mckay and heber bennkou Benn iou country precincts the forego foregoing ng except the tie were s declared elected C M nielsen and heber bf weil well were elected members meaders at large by acclamation after some delay and discussion the tie between S immer hays and hardy was determined by a rising vote which resulted in the elect election loya of the latter richards moved that the new central committee assume its duties after the campaign carried fergus coalter offered the follow Y ing j revolved solved that the delegates to this convention pledge themselves to work for the success of the ticket from now till sundown aug ath carried A member moved that the |
