Show independent CITIZENS convention the independent citizens convention oi ened its ito adjourned and flaw final session in the federal hall at 7 september 26 the first business was waa the announcement by hoyt sherman jr that the committee of twenty five had biad waited on toe the committee of bilty and that abat the latter would support the following ticket mayor R N baskin recorder J C countin Con Couk kiin tin treasurer Trea kurer hurer charles burton marshal arthur pratt prate justice of the peace grant H balth councilmen first precinct prec L 0 hardy lo lie grande young E P newell second precinct gei ge rge D dear deao A 0 Glau giauque que boyd park precinct JOB matood W 8 R P morris fourth precinct john J daly L M W ear bar J P bache filth precinct elijah selle sell george A luwe charice aj L rood sam gilson vigorously protested against the ticket and methods and said that be would rather bedraggled be dragged to death than vote for a liberal he accordingly tendered his hie resignation as am a delegate from the first precinct and withdrew A great deal of discussion ensued after which nominations for mayor bo gan gain ellas elias A smith nominated judge baskin joe ace cohen seconded the nomination and E W took the floor and suggested the name ot 0 wendell benson judge mcnally gave a hearty second anti and nominations closed following la is the result of the vote baskin benson first precinct a 3 19 second precinct 1010 19 9 99 9 19 third precinct 14 6 fourth precinct 16 15 6 5 fifth precinct 17 3 60 T 1019 10 19 ig 89 9 19 fifty one votes were necessary necee aary to a choice and as judge baskin received considerably more than that number he be was declared the regular nominee and his bis nomination was made unanimous after which a committee consisting of C li hawley E W Tat loch E A smith A 0 anti and H 0 mcmillan llau laii were sent out to inform his bl honor that he was the conventions s choice and to bring hini him before the meeting nominations for recorder were then declared in order J E hansan announced wit that the had by rr quest waited upon mr J C conklin and asked that gentleman it if he would accept the nomination tendered gendered by the conference committee and that he had positively declined saying his bib bus nass was such that he be could not consent to allow his came to go on any ticket george alder nominated fred J bassett mr lynch suggested the name ot of george E blair W B dougall nominated dominated D C dunbar who politely and emphatically declined J C mcnally the name dagne ot of james devine rhomas hull t offered the idame ot of W J bateman and T D lewis dominated gustave backman the result of the first ballot was wae blair 28 bassett Base ett 8 devine 4 11 bachman bachanan ra 12 pembroke 26 bateman 16 neither of the candidates received a requisite majority and vote vole was being taken when mayor baskin was brought in by the committee hh H I 1 honor was warmly applauded as s ht h walked up the aisle and took a seat on the elevated platform from which he be spoke as an follows being introduced by chairman sherman as salt lakee lake 98 present nd next chief magh magistrate fellow citizens have just beebi In formesi by a committee that this convention has bra selected eted me to be a stana ard bearer cf the people in the chinin coming 9 campaign I 1 will say to yo you U it 1 tin bm lu in full sympathy with the peopled mu movement on account of my experience peri ence as mayor ur this city curing the I 1 ast two years I 1 recognize reco guize the necessity of in our muni municipal elal government A municipal govern govera ment should be run in the interests of the people its business should be hot hoc estly and economically administered I 1 lam am not here to advance my own cause but I 1 will say that hat since the beginning of my administration as ag mayor I 1 nave have aimed to do right and todeal to deal correctly with every question that has been presented tome to me I 1 saw a great deal of things when I 1 assumed office which needed correction I 1 started in with the enthusiasm of a boy but I 1 soon found myself handicapped by those who should have given me aid and assistance I 1 have not been formally notified fied of the fact but your committee has informed me that the other branch of the Citi citizens zOns movement has named we me as its standard bearer i believe it should bring edl all together I 1 understand that all are shooting at the he same game mark and how foolish it is to scatter your shoil hoi I 1 believe these nominations are an endorsement of my administration as mayor they either made a great mistake in electing me mayor or in fleeting electing the city they lid did our methods were as antagonistic as an anything could possibly be if I 1 waa right I 1 think I 1 am entitled to the appreciation of the people if I 1 was ag wrong I 1 will expect the verdict at the ballot box and will round up my shoulders to receive it I 1 will allow my public record to speak for me in th the campaign and will not appear on the stand in advocacy ot of my own cause I 1 appreciate the honors conferred upon me because I 1 esteem the good will of the people among whom I 1 live and if 11 ever forfeit that good opinion I 1 will at lit once remove my residence I 1 hope to meet with the approval of the people at the allot box and it will be my endeavor in the future as I 1 the past to do right while I 1 do not claim to b be infallible I 1 believe I 1 am possessed of a reasonable amount of common throughout my life I 1 have endeavored to take a common sense view of everything and acted as my judgment dic tateo I 1 believe you will preuit me with having backbone enough to do da what I 1 consider right I 1 thank the convention for the honor and hops hone that nothing I 1 may do in the future will cause me to forfeit the esteem battem in which I 1 believe you hold bold me mayor major baskin was frequently interrupted by rounds of applause and ab a he be finished speaking he wag enthuse ent husi asti cally cheered three more ballots for recorder were taken before a choice was made they were as follows blair bassett 41 a 3 devane a backman Back ba c maa i 1 pembroke bateman 29 2 15 the rhe third ballot resulted As an follows blaar pembroke 43 26 ay backman 21 bateman 5 devine Ue vine 1 elb fourth resulted as aa follow fol lowe blair 29 pembroke 19 backman 61 51 bateman IL 1 the nomination of backman bachman was made unanimous on motion of mr blair for city treasurer hoyt vacated the be chair in favor of grant H smith and nominated P W madsen madeen john E hansen haneen nominated 0 ai 8 burton the vote by precincts resulted as follo follows wt madsen burton piret first precinct is 13 7 second precinct 4 10 16 third precinct 3 17 11 fourth precinct 4 16 nith fifth precinct 10 9 Y total X 65 the nomination was made audau colim after which on motion of george W snow arthur pratt was waa nominated for marshal by acclamation the vote for police justice resulted in ID favor of grant H smith as follows H st Q G H laney smith omit first precinct M 17 3 second precinct 1 19 third precinct 2 is 18 fourth four ih precinct 6 14 fifth precinct am 13 total 32 dam ea E W ane following tollo winn which was waa adopted resolved that the officers of this convention be directed to communicate toi the committee of fifty to morrow morrow the action taken by this convention oon and add invite such euch committee to units unite with us in acuri ei curing Dg the election ejection of the ticket placed in nomination i tonight A campaign committee was an bounced AS aa fOll follows first precinct hamiton Spi tors 0 A alder 1 second precinct J B R letcher T IX lewis third A 8 geddes E L sloan fourth precinct arthur pratt 0 M X fifth precinct A L williams williamg C M neilson Nel laon andy campbell georgo W snow G U A alder thomas thoman hull J M cohen and H pembroke were appointed by the chair to ao wait ou on the committee and inform alow officially of the result of the con Tent loo IOD an adjournment was waa then taken |