Show 1 republican program carried out aird precinct to be admitted jihn henry smith the cominar t president of the constitutional convention STANDARD BUREAU E ad Salt Lake city f immediately after the adjournment alie convention yesterday afternoon 10 committee on credentials consisting and esaue of weber county of grand stover of thoele tooele vine of washington roberts of davia md squires oi salt lake county held and decided to report to alie convention alio list of delegates shown y the liel furnis bea by secretary arde to have been elected A II 11 raleigh and andrew kimball notices to tho convention that bev claimed scata in tho convention as relegates from ano third precinct the notices were accompanied by affidavits letting forth the facca relative to their and by oaths of office notices nd affidavit a were also delivered to chairman strevell in the cases of john henry smith and georgo K emery w U alio flath delegate elect alie famed precinct was pre tented to the convention this morning tie following ia the notice and affidavit resented by john aenry amith tho thera are practically identical THE to the constitutional convention of utah and to the temporary of clial convention and to the on credential thereof take notice that on the attached affidavit and on ottber affidavit evidence and offered and to be submitted your petitioner john henry smith claims the right to represent as one the delegato dle gato to abia convention ven tion the third precinct of salt lake city in salt lake county utah territory an J contests the any other applicant or claimant for encil position and de rind tant lie be seated in the convention is such delegate submitted jon SMITH claimant and petitioner AFFIDAVIT cited states of america territory of istah bait lake county ss 1 john henry smith belne first duly sworn on bis osta says that on the election bad on november bolh for delegates to the constitutional convention be was candidate for election as delegate for and the third precinct ot salt lake city in salt lake luah territory that be had all the necessary to bold said office and he iras to holl jame abbt he iva voted for at soch deleat in I 1 at aid election that said lecolon lec flOn was duly held in cald precinct and affiant received a plurality of all the votes cast for such office and was duly elected as anch delegate from said precinct that the returns of said election were duly prepared and certified and returned to the so called utah commission that said haa and still refuses to canvass aid returns that said returns are regular on their and show that was duly elected to said office that said commission refuses to issue a certificate to adiana browing his richt to aid office though demand lias avea duly made and alo refuse s to issue to any person of election to that office that affiant Is entitled to said office and to a cat in abo constitutional convention of utah jona SMITH the committee deciding that they had no power to upon these five cases adjourned to present them before the convention this at the caucus of the republican members held yesterday afternoon it was decided to handle the third precinct cases immediately upon convening this morning when lie convention gete down to work after the settlement of the third precinct cases it is eato to predict from alie general ferlini now prevailing that john henry smith will bo made permanent president of tho convention abo convention was called to order at blosso a m and prayer was offered by eer iliff the minutes of the day pre were read by temporary beare lary haber M wells four additional lej mate eielt were in arnost spirited up on uie report of the committee on cre which recites that certain members lieving received certificates ot election are entitled to beate in abo convention and under the schedule presented delegates are admitted to membership alio report aleo recites that the third precinct of salt lake ie still in the convention being alius five members deficient in the aggregate number of delegates that should make up abo convention A motion was made by borno and duly that the matter of the exclusion of delegates from the third precinct bo recommit cited to alie committee on instructions to make investigation sandye port their on ulio bhole matter on its merits immediately varian took alic in opposition to the motion lie extensively from books but failed to chow eliat tho preliminary organization did not have the power the bamo as a permanent organization to of the on pase members mr varian occupied quarters of an hour three to the motion followed by in opposition van ellorne in a brief nd pointed speech of the motion in detente david evans in opposition to following these came the motion eichnor of salt lake chidester of P garfield Ivi neut washington W of B II 11 roberts james of salt lake davis and then judge C C goodwin boade a short and meet happy in favor of the motion M cannon also made a bric annable an lable finally carried by a vote of waa abo effect beina absent 37 tour cato the beat tho delegates from will be to third precinct and it will likely inoko john enry binish chairman t till 3 p m of tho committee on credentials port the re four members denti als va adopted in smith including john aenry preston ie absent coiled caucus has been tor 4 smith is likely to iw president |