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Show REPUBLICANS OF UTAH County Convention Enthusiastically Enthusi-astically Held at Lehi. STOUT PLATFORM ADOPTED Henry Gardner and C. E. Loose for the Sennte Stephen L. Chlpmnn, John Q. Stone, Charles A. Tlctjen, Oeorge Armstrong for tho House of Representatives A Strong County Ticket Put In Nomination It Wa a Orent jConvcntlon, ln Which tho Dest of reeling Was Manifested. Lehl, Sept. 20 The most enthuslistln county convention ever held In Utah county convened In Ichl today Ile-tuhllrin Ile-tuhllrin vlctnrv at Ihe coming election nils the all, an evident e of which wn Ihe manner In which nearly all Ihe offices of-fices to be filled were . untested for a grent contrast when lomparid wllh similar ((invention held heielofore The ticket nominated l the strongest ever pined before the p. t pie of this county, nnd with the harmony tint exists ex-ists after the fight are over the I)em-ociiti I)em-ociiti may well despair The feeling or all Is that the t'tnporurj victory gained last year must be made permanent perma-nent for nil time The delegates were In the best of humor The llepuhllcan or Lchl kept open house for their lsl-tort lsl-tort and received n un minimis vote of tlinnls for their enteiialnmenl Of Ihe 251 delegate entitle 1 to seat, nil were present erct pt eight Stephen L Chlpmin of American Pork was elected temporary chairman After the nppnlntm nt of the usual committees the conv.ntlon adjourned till 2 o clock Ihe permanent oftlrers chosen were Chalrmin James Clove of Provo first vke-ch ttrmnu, Mrs II L Cummlnps of Sprlngvllle, second vlce-thnlrman, Wllllnm Heddowa of sultin, third vice-chairman vice-chairman C P Yeslhal of Pleasant Orove tveretary, Oeorge P Shelley ot American Poik, flist assistant secretary secre-tary Pdwtird T Jon. h Spinlsh Fork, second assistant secr"tars Mrs Heher Austin of Lchl, chnpliln Joint Inn Page of Payi.nn, sergeant at arms I M Haiinon of Highland a'sininnt sei-geant-at arms Don Snong of Alpine The Ilinvvn sisters of Hpring-vllle ren-deted ren-deted a couple of nppretlited ballads and while the convention was waiting for the report of Hie committee on resolution the Pv ne nnd rtoshird llrolhers quifletle unrkd up hleh en-Ihuslnsm en-Ihuslnsm with some of their Inimitable songs Chalrmin I.ph Homer of the committee on resolutions read Ihe foi-towing foi-towing which were unanimously ndopled tlK'.OLin ION'S We, Ihe llepuhllcan paity of Utah counts In convention issembled, do herebs nlllrm out ulleglince to the piliulples of the national llepuhllcan platform of lioo, and also In. lot. -o the platform of prlnclfdes ulnpted nt the Suite convention at Ogden nn the 11th Instant YY'e also rullv indirsc the Administration Ad-ministration of Piesltlent Theodore Ilootevclt YYe Indorse the splendid administration administra-tion of the Stnte ot l tah s last Legls-lnture Legls-lnture and Its wise nnd business-like work We heartily commend the work of the llepubllcnn county otllclils nnd especlilly the payment of n debt of SI mo lequeathed to the present officials hj a recent Democratic ntlmlnlstrntlnn also llie payment of a Ju Igtntnt against Hie county, amounting lo ibotit two on ni count of the unlawful nppioprla-tlon nppioprla-tlon of the pioperty of n private citizen by Ihe last Democratic County Commissioners Com-missioners In the face of these additional addi-tional expenses the rate of taxation has not ben Incrensed Ye est lally commend the expenditure expendi-ture on the piiblb i oids of the counts coun-ts and the wise nnd economical ml ministration or tho general afTalrs of the county Resolved That In view nf the fnct that questions (tinoernlng Irrlgitlon and water rights nte hemming more nnd moio oomi Heated and legal de-i de-i Islons to n urn! extent unsntlsfic-tnrj unsntlsfic-tnrj we demand that the next Legislature Legis-lature take the subject under consideration consid-eration and enact such laws as will protect owners In their Individual ownership own-ership and also the source of supply of the wnter cntnses of the Mote Resolved That wo demand that the I.cgllatuie nf this Stnte enni t such tallroail laws ns may be necessary to proiett Ihe piople against excessive passenger rates and freight tariffs In provide n an I net unjust discrimination between dlnVrint olnts, lo compel Hie inllioads lo pay for all stock thev kill or Injure nnd t rops thej destroy by lire without th. entire burden of proof bilng placed upon llie farmer who has sustained the loss Resolved Tint we deman 1 that the I eglslnlure ena. I more Just and equitable equita-ble law fnr the assessment and valu i-tlon i-tlon ot taxable property TUP COP.NTY' TICKKT The convention took n teiesn nt 7 o clock nnd re. omened an hour latT and II was after 10 o'clock berore the ticket was completed A count committee com-mittee consisting of two fiom em h preclmt In the countv was elected and Mr Chailes DeMnlsy of Provo wns elected as county chairman The following Is the ticket inid It Is unquestionable a vvlnntr htnlo fenatois Henry Gardner, Spanish Poik c P Loose Provo Members or Lower House Stephen I Chlpman Ymerlenn Porle, John rj stone Salem (hailesA Tlctjen Sau-tnquln Sau-tnquln (lenrge Austin, J.chl County Commissioner John Dixen Piyson Jnmes Dunn, Provo Oeorge Webb Lehl Clerkl'ellx Ilachmnn Pinvo Treasurer C A niaier American Pork Recorder Herbert Piyne Provo Assessor Robert Thome Pleisant Grove Attorney-J P Pige P.iyaon Sherirf- tcssi M Harmon Highland burveyor Caleb Tanner, Provo. |