| Show democratic convention county officers are nominated for november election the party enthusiasm PREVAILS Con convention venCon spends over two hours he oe one position on the ticket the democratic county convention was held last tuesday in the court house in the morning it was found that all the delegates were not prest present nt at and for that reason nothing of importance was done until in the afternoon T P F kelter reiter being ben the county chair man called tho the meeting to order and asked for nomination for temporary chairman frank olson was nominated and elected mr olsen then made a splendid talk on the prospects and possibilities of the democratic party in carbon county this fall he ile said the party never had better prospects ecta than now in this county he lie advocated clean capable and honest men for the ticket and suggested a hot campaign from the start next in order was the election of a temporary secretary robert howard was elected after committees en cn parr anent organization platform and resolutions and credentials v ere appoint rd ed the convention adjourned until two in the afternoon the conven colv enton convened the committees on permanent reported and were received the committee eon on resolutions and platform read the dounty platform rm and resolutions which were as follows resolved that we the thi democratic party of carbon county utah in convention ass assembled embed adopt the following platform continued en supplement democratic convention continued from first page first we affirm the principles principle of democracy as set out in the democratic national platform second we believe in fro free trade whenever possible laying a tariff on luxuries only and that for the su support of the government and not for trade protection third we believe in purity of the ballot box fourth we believe in an equal distribution trib ution of the county business and efficient economic service fifth we believe in demanding fair service for fair compensation sixth we insist that candidates shall possess at least three distin distinct t qualifications energy honesty and integrity seventh we recommend the nomination of a candidate for the united states sanate st nate at the state convention of the democratic party to be held at prove provo on bep september lath eighth we are unreservedly against p raft and declare in favor of a fair T distribution strib ution of the official positions a inong the several settlements of the county ninth we denounce the republican boli kolii IL y of federal control by a federal una bunch and declare without reserve or qualification that the people shall say who shall rule and that without restraint of whatever or whomsoever man or nation tenth we believe in the whole people electing the nominee nominees on the party tickets that an election should be held at which all voters mav ast a at ballot the person who taie ives the jar largest g number rumler of voter for a certain office should be the party nominee eleventh we believe in the rights of the individual as compared with the rights of combinations when J A crockett Crock etC ss as president of the credential committee reported the report was rejected and ordered to retire and present the names of the delegates that the whole delegation mi might ht know who were members and entitled to in the contest during this intermission L 0 11 hoffman offman was called u upon on to entertain ane delegation which he did most eloquently el bently in part air hoffman said the democratic ocra party patty is just lust what is recorded in the new testament le as set out by jesus christ the democratic party has always stood for these principles and always will so long as it continue a to be a true exponent of the ideals of its founders the address was highley appreciated rusti loudly applaud 1 ed next was an address by mr lir har liar mon on the democratic situation in carbon county which was well received the committee on credentials then reported and the delegates regularly seated after which the voting began the firt first thing in order WM was a perman ent county organization L 0 hodman was elected chairman 11 II C smith secretary the county officers were then presented wit lithe commissioner for the tor to or r year term the names of bryner B ner crosby randolph and tidwell 21 were dropped and the contest continued between bryner iud crosby the men were loyal to their candidates throughout the entire convention and more so in the contest between the la latter two than possibly any other at length someone switched and gave crosby a majority making him the nominee this contest for this one offices lasted anted between two and three hours after thie this the election waa was not as difficult the nominees are as follows commissioner four year term A randolph winter quarters commissioner two year term D J T thomas omas clerk and recorder II 11 C smith price sheriff thomas kelter scofield treasurer R W snyder wellington attorney L 0 hoffman price supt bupt of schools JV hill wellington assessor Aa sessor robt crosby sunnyside Sunny side county surveyor W A thayne wellington nell madain scofield |
