Show holbrook receives the nomination AFTER A BITTER FIGHT triumph of silver republicans public ans the talk was for harmony but the convention could not find any resolutions the names and hobart voted down and thu platform laid upon the table A day of wrangling and heated debate booth of brovo by holbrook in a close contest holbrooks pitiful effort at speech making where Is harmony for ten hours yesterday the hai convention of the republican party composed 0 mckinley republic ne bryan republicans ane independent republicans gold abug republicans harmony or mid die of the road republicans and all other factions ot the badly rent GOP wrestled and wrought parleyed and fought argued debated stampeded bared and finally succeeded in naming 1 a candidate for congress it waa a convention in which ah the dissection dis sention and strife of the republican party reached the culminating point the intense feeling which pe Tades all the factions was placed upon exhibition and tor once in the history ot conventions every man who bad an ambition to perpetrate bis oratory upon an unheeding crowd biad that ambition gratified it was convention compared with which all other conventions pale into insignificance fi cance the delegates rioted and quarreled and and in two or three instances almost came to blows all the bosses were on band and the way the air was rent with ot patriotic and harmony henchmen would have ri pandemonium the old time bitterness bitter nesi between leading republicans was forgotten in the mad tight for factional supremacy it was a go as a plener free for all handicap and the silver crowd toniy a neck the republican lafayette holbrook Hol brool the republican harmony candidate for alt candidate mayor lafayette Ly fayette colbrook of provo waa nominated for congressman the resolutions were laid upon tha table the convention was for harmony but when the unreasoning unreason ine crowd adjourned there was less harmony in the hearts of the delegates than when tho convention opened in the morning although the convention was called to meet at 10 at the grand opera house it was nearly noon before thu delegates got and john E dooly chairman of the elate central committee summoned them to order the salt lake delegation waa early on hand caucusing on the street codnere cor nere L R rogers and arthur brown were in evidence on all hands welcoming the delegations and collecting their forces for the tray george M and angus M cannon were working hard in the interest ot peace and harmony and allow lt no opportunity to escape them to put in a feord word for the endorsement indorsement Indor of the candidacy of mayor holbrook the principal cadee of the delay in opening the proceedings was the late geee of the arrival of the bouthern Bon thern delegations gat ions they not reaching rea chine the city until 11 there wae a et ruggle on the salt lake delegation for the chairmanship 0 the but W G van horn captured it L R rogers was quietly and unanimously made chairman of the weber delegation the stage was elaborately decorated for the occasion it was exactly 1145 when chairman dooly rapped for order in the course of his address be made a barong pica for harmony urging that they lay aside all differences and nominate the man who will poll the largest number of votes next november the secretary then read the call chairman dooly then announced anno the temporary tem organization as follows chairman J T II ammond cache secretary B A bowman weber first assistant secretary mrs rachel miller salt lake second assistant mrs william anderson weber arms goodsell salt lake chairman hammond upon control of the convention briefly addressed the delegates lie referred to the crises in the republican party and appealed to them in terms to exercise wisdom in their deliberations A bait lake delegate to adjourn until 2 LR rogers moved as substitute that a committee on credentials bo appointed to consist of one from each county charles crane asked that mr rogers withdraw bis motion mr rogers replied that the gentlemen get lemen from salt lake were the gueste of weber county today and it was only courteaay cour teay that they accede to any reasonable request consequently the motion wae withdrawn another delegate moved that the convention take for thirty minutes this was opposed by several members of the salt lake dele calion letting it be understood thai the differences existing in their delegation could not be smoothed over in thirty minutes the motion to adjourn until 2 was carried by an majority the salt lake delegation immediately retired to a room in the city ball where they had a heated session choosing hon crane the man who nominated booth members of the various committees it was before the convention re assembled E II 11 whipple moved that committees be appointed on credentials permanent organization and order of business to consist ot one from each county A delegate suggested resolutions but replied that he did not name a committee on resolutions ae be did not think that convention should pass resolutions the declaration was received with n general acclaim of dissent and whipple then added the committee on resolutions the following are the committee credentials beaver GPO A smith box elder heber boyd cache Tb oreen carbon davie lizzie cocknell emery A D dixon grand I 1 john eon juab avazier kane J II 11 john eon mallard mrs 0 Pet erBon morgan Wadsworth TS diute piute DS hendrick eon rich J 8 gurdon san juan sevier J M bolitno Bolit bo san pete L A lowder salt W moyer summit thoele tooele WS M snell uintah weber W L stewart washington wayne H permanent organization ion and order of business beaver W H hay box elder H page cache II 11 bebin carbon davig anfus adame emery grand Garfi eliJ george SI cannon iron E E barton juab H H P crane millard P Pe tereon morgan 0 toone diute piute J brown rich W Waden San juan J M Pe tereon ban pete salt lake W G van horn summit thoele tooele R mcbride utah J clove uintah weber FJ hendershot washington wayne hatch resolutions deaver J 0 macleay Mac feay box elder cache robert murdock carbon dalieh W haight emery grand J F brown iron PA kleoni juab andreae An drewe kanea F brown millard 0 L thorn morgan L W diute piute W F paterson rich J W dykus san juan permanent senator brown R christeneen sevier J meeter salt lake charles crane summit thoele tooele W H lyon utah moiety uintah 0 E loose weber john E barley washington counties that have not named are not represented rep i took a receda for one hour to allow committees to report at chairman hammond acain rapped the convention to order but none of the committees bad returned and the sergeant at anns was dispatched in of committee the on credentials ed tout obliging the delegates with one condoned Con dond campaign bongs in the int erum and was loudly encored sergeant at arma goodcell Goo deell announced tatt the committee would be ready to report in ten minutes thure were alls tor dr A St Condon but he announced that be did not wish to interrupt the deliberation 0 o the convention and the ogden band obliged with a ee lection the band played on have you aver seen my angeline until the committee arrived on the acene georee W moyer chairman a the committee then submitted the report the report stated that there were not represented in salt lake county one of the delegates two proxies and the baios unable t report which wae entitled to a beat they reported that both bo thrown out and the delegation permitted to cast the entire vote of aha delegation C E loose was lel elated to cast the entire vote of but the commute reported that he be permitted to casto aly one vote A delegate from wayne moved he adoption of the repart there no minority report on the uintah cabe obe report presented a a majority one motion adapted the committee on permanent organization reported follene fol lewe clairmae Cha irmae hon arthur brown secretary john meteer 1 R H mckaie salt lake and eulth gamble cathe chaplain J P thorne utah at arme goodcell Goo deell and H E asleele weber order ot business reports of committees on credentials and permanent niza tion and installation of officers prayer by chaplain report of committee on nomination of representative senta tive in congress miscellaneous business adjournment the name of arthur brown was received with vociferous applause the following committee was appointed to conduct the senator to the chair dr condon mr le brohen salt lako and mr graham utah senator brown upon taking up the gavce briefly addressed the convention they were met there he said to nominate a representative to congress and to nominate a re publican tho would win after arraigning rai gning the democratic party for issuing bonds be said there was only one grea issue and that is eliat of krotec tion to american labor that will be the question the congressman will be called to vote upon when mckinley is elected president they need pay no attention to democratic fallacies they wanted ft man wb would see that protection on lead an wool was restored a man who was in favor of protection reciprocity and bimetallism the tree coinage fil silver at 16 to 1 they were all agreed on that proposition they differed somewhat to abo metho debut not on principles why cant wa unit on this matter of congressman be cried let us nominate a man febo is large enough whole enough to bring us all tope thir let a typical republican and a man typical of the west let him bo a man alio will leave all meaner things to lo 10 ambitions and pride of kings I 1 will for united we stand and divided we fall A brief prayer was then offered by the chaplain crane then submitted the following resolutions adopted by the majority of the committee the representatives of the republican party of utah in state convention assembled hereby renew their fealty to the principles upon which the republican party was first launched and through which all its honors and have been won afie candidacy af william for president and garrett ai hobart for vice president oi the united state nd we indorse the platform of the republican convention held at st louis and make it a part ot this platform with th exception of the financial question second we renew the promises which havo been mado in forcier platforms of republican the utah third we believe in bimetallism trad thereby we mean the use of both cold and silver ae standard money and the free and unlimited coinage of both metals at the ratio of 16 to 1 fourth we also believe in the re publican doctrine doc trino of protection e necea eary to the return of bimetallism and as an essential assent ial pert of it fifth e believe by ai protective tariff and other diee legislation that the united states alone without the aid of other nations will be this is how brown appeared when he told the at put the policemen emun out ot the convention ball abbed to return to the ne coinage of silver at the old ratio and we denounce as impossible the present claim of democrats trade and free silver can I 1 exist bw free trade and free eil 1 ver are to u other and will not andin not restore prosperity to thia country and protection must be accepted ae constituting one vital principle that not 1 only the progress but the safety of the industries ot country and the toilers who carry on those make the acceptance of akie principle imperative protection by a ariff to equa lila the wages of our country and paid abroad and bimetallism to take from cold its present appreciation and enhance the value 0 ane products ot this country sixth we demand that our depre in both houses of cone favor a return to bimetallism by voting in favor ot measures tending to the free coinage of silver and tending to favor the increase of protective bariffe ta riffe and that any measure leading to either of be favored by our depre ff Sw afe whether united in one measure or presented separately mr lyon of thoele tooele county then boob the and submitted the following minority report we recommend the of the following words they appear in the majority platform we indorse the candidacy of william mckinley for president and garrett A II obart for vice president we do so because we consider this a harmony convention and in as much as the mckinley and hobart platform have already been iono reed by th mt P aas ant convention we deem it unnecessary at this convention Si sued W II 11 LOOSE R J HATCH tle report was received with tremendous applause in the midst of the tornado john booth of provo obtained the floor and eaid if it was a harmony convention the name of bryan should be substituted for that of mckinley tremendous cheering and the name 0 sewall renewed cheering be substituted for that of hobart loud cheering and the name of vatson be put on loud and prolonged cheering if this la a harmony convention we should go over bodily to the democrats great cheering A M cannon then secured the floor and made a tearful plea for harmony george W moyer of salt lake was next recognized and moved as an amendment to the majority report that wo favor the free and unlimited coin ace of silver at the present ratio of 16 to 1 without waiting for the consent or cooperation of any other nation george M cannon then moved that all the reports and amendment be laid on the table until after the nomination of the congressman several points of order were raised but the motion went to a vote and overwhelmingly defeated the entire elate being against salt lake the result being received with derisive laughter moyer then got the floor and was speaking strongly in favor of free silver when a utah delegate raised the point of order that the platform reported already contained the amendment the chair ruled that tile point was not well taken mr of wayne wanted to know why mckinleyl McKin leye or any one elsee name was put in the platform they were there to nominate a candidate for congress and do it J II ammond supported eup ported the minority report they represented all the republicans of utah aud tor that reason they should not put anything in the platform that would prevent all the republicans from getting together and supporting the nominee if they agreed to disagree on the ticket from top to bottom they would turn over all the offices except the executive to abo democrats L Jake Greenwald was out for honesty like major mckiniry we mckinley men he eald had our day at mt we con allow this to go in this platform it wont or hobart be elected greet cheers I 1 have to say they will be let every who ie going to voe for mckinley vote for the minority report of utah and smith ol 01 lake urged harmony and action on tha motica the latter saying it must funny for the to watch harmony convention bacley moved that the moyer be laid oa the table mover wanted to but was called down on point oc order the motion was lost L R bogers moved that the majority minority and amendment be becom bitted to the committee with lions to another report the motion was carried A motion 10 take a recess for thirty minutes was lost as was a motion limiting nominating epe echea to abreo geow M cannon moved for a of fifteen minutes which was carried when the delegates acain assembled the committee on resolutions had not made an appearance A motion tu take a recess for an hour lost by an over gotlie lie delegates had to be entertained so john P was prevailed upon tu recite the dandy filth the crowd liked it and cheered harry josephs bad been appointed to wait upon the committee be reported that the committee would be in abu ball in five minutes after a wait of a few minutes chairman braae i the committee on resolutions present id two reports one by a majority of he committee striking out the plank in dorsing mckinley and colart and an other by a minority of the committee which was identical with the platform nally presented judge baclay of weber and dallin of utah championed the minority report both made spread eagle of the sublime order on the greatness of the G balun j yelled as though be |