Show OGDEN occurrences FEBRUARY 7 1887 for about two weeks past the liberal party finding themselves la in strait places and their number of 0 legal loters much smaller than they at birst boasted the they y were haye have been whistling long antl ana louato loud to keep their own spirits up and trying to keep other peoples spirits down doft dreading their defeat on ST VALENTINE DAY they have been hebding notices broadcast to members of the peoples party arty to appear and band show allow cause why their names should not oe stricken from the registration list the gaun gauntlet let being thus thrown down the challenged oties took it up and lit in most baies cases have shown good cause way alry they should help to elect the peoples ticket on liae day clay of the present month A few have been stricken off but only afew a few the managers however of the peoples party here have issued several hundred invitations to liberals to come and establish their right to east their votes at the ensuing elec election ilOn for alt city officers some ot of these will certainly taly be unable to respond in time tor for they are scattered av dovec A vast area of country east w west arth north and south prom Nenver ogden den to idaho OP 0 montana north to denver and leadville aas baal nevada av aoa west salt lake cit city y etc la UZ and bomb soleat st dl distances StAnCeS far more remote but they arja all good men and true to tee loyal league and doubtless will endeavor to be on hand on election day the hungry office hunters now find and themselves ik checkmated CHECK MATED in their highhanded high handed banded gaides and are much chagrined in consequence still their inventive genius is at work to devise more means to overthrow the peoples party arty if possible they ha have it is dec declared ared captured every livery lively stable team job wagon kadother and other vehicle ae they ean can up to date to be used at the eleNion election but the peoples artys conveyances will far outnumber outnumber all that those chaps can raise and will not cost them anything the contest will be fierce ad tod the liberals are determined ter mined minea to die hard bard as die they will it if the people only do their duty THE convention at two V pm in today to day the peoples party began to ae assemble at the tabernacle soon the house was pretty well ivell filled and in due course the assembly was called to order by the chairman hon L W shurtliff after the opening exercises he stated that the object ot of the meeting wig was to nominate officers to be elected for or the city government on the attl instant it was decided thab the vote should be by show ot of hands there chiare was as qu quite ite a number of ladies in the he co congregation and it was stated t that hat they as aa well as all h had agthe the right to nominate any person lor or office they felt disposed to the work ork was then begun an fn in earnest many candidates were proposed their writs merits qualifications and claims were eloquently dea deti canted on by their friends but of course they could not all be elected the deliberations of the convention resulted as f follows THE TICKET for hayer davill davia eccles aldermen h A T wright joe JOB A west john reeve thomas D dee bee councilmen chas chaa 0 brown joseph jackson joseph clark claris george sindin and john A boyle at large city recorder Be corder thomas J stevens Trea treasurer hyrum 8 young assessor and collector Z ballantyne Marshi il thos H L ballantyne the votes for these gentlemen were all made unanimous and the people resolved to go solid to the polls and vot lor for them there durings during the convention a telegram tele giam wal was r re calved and read announcing the decision of the supreme court in the snow case reversing hg the ruling of the court below thip announcement was received with manifest appreciation and gratitude by all appropriate remarks were made by several speakers and at 45 the assembly was dismissed with benediction benedec tion by the chairman THE DECISION 0 in the snow case has had caused comment ament disappio disappointment an and some a alarm rm among the league but to a all fair minded men in this community it is the cause for congratulation I 1 tb the liberals hold held their nominating convention in the opera house by 7 SO 80 the hall boll was crowded and quite sprinkling of the fair sex was waa present the meeting was called to arder order by the temporary ch chairman col co john E hudson and after the preliminaries judge 13 P H emerson was elected permanent chairman and W B Helfrich secretary the chair anan an said that this was the most important convention ever held in ogden if not in the territory he reminded the audience that this was not I 1 A priesthood M i but it 16 was a convention of the I 1 i loyal citizens citizen oll of osden ogden who had bad met to nominate officers who would be elected at the coming election to nil fill the positions io in the taie city government never before the speaker said had bad so large a number of loyal citizens assembled for such a purpose in this hall ball the roll was then called the delegates fifty in number responded and after other preliminaries the nominations were proceeded with with the following result for mayor FJ F L keisel aldermen chas blackwell Bl ackell W oshil N shilling john keek A J atone councilmen E T Hu Hula laniski H IL garlt hn ad kuhn P T Thors tedo W H turner at luree large recorder JW W mcnutt assessor and collector wm win farr farrell Tro treasurer 0 0 E hill marshal wm win H dark clark there were ware many nominees tor for each office but for the marshal thre there were seven the contest was close and it was biot not until the sixth ballot that a majority of all the votes 26 was reached with thi the above result at half past ten t the e convention broke up up w with ith a loud hip hip hip hurrah I 1 I 1 it for or the e faint hope th they had d for the tae success ot their venture on sunday night there came near being A PANIC in the second ward meeting house hous the alarm of afire was sounded soon after 8 and on hearing bearing it quite a of the people r arose from their meats and made for the doors in affright affrie ot by the efforts of the bishop bisho and others they became assured reassured re aas aad resumed their places again the fire was on OB the bench beach it consumed the barn and aad a quantity of bay belon belonging ging to A J kershaw he told me to cay aay the banut damage would amount to from BM to so the origin of the blaze he did not know the chief business of the spurt to day was issuing an dreer for three dozen grand jurors juror sand and two dozen petit brors corthe lor the court at provo february alst and A civil case or two was heard but they are of no special interest to the general rea reader ar |