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Show DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION. The lfe'inocrallc county convention waa held at th acbool houan at Fillmore Fill-more on Saturday evening, 70 dele-gatea dele-gatea being present, the apportionment being aomewhat larger than that of the Republican convention. After the ii s ii u I routino bualneaa and coiniulltee reporta, It. W. King was elected cjian man und'Hert Trimble aecteiary. The folio lug la a aynopala of the Democratic platform: It reaffirm Ita allegiance lo Democratic Demo-cratic principle aa promulgited In the atate platform, congratulate the party on Pa splendid ticket, especially the nomination of John Tolton for governor aa a candidate who knows the need a of the southern count le. It recommends the nomination of candidate candi-date on merit and not on political pull. It pledges Ita candidate to the legislature to work for the Initiative and referendum, o provided by the atate constitution, and other leglala-mi leglala-mi to place government In tlio bands of the ieople; alao more juat laws for the benefit of working men ami for more juat taxation. The platform favors fa-vors aa large appropriations aa poaal-ble poaal-ble for good roads, taking the Judiciary and acbool official out of politic, the enactment of laws to encourage the extermination of farm peal, and prohibiting pro-hibiting the use of passes by randl-j datea and official. Nominations for candidates were begun by the selection of A. A. Kimball for representatives by acclamation. For county commissioner K. W. Jeffrey Jef-frey waa the choice of the convention. For the two-year term C. A. Mem-luott Mem-luott and I.. A. Hobblns were named, Mid tf, . Nteuinott ynj .'lie n'niin tlon. J. Albert Robinson waa nominated for county clerk by acclamation. For county treasurer Jesse (lilea and poter I Jlriinson, Jr., were put in nomination, and Mr. Giles received the nomination by a large majority. There was ipiite a contest over the office of sheriff, and several ballots bad to be cist before D. 8. Ixirlty wa selected over Kidney Teeples, Warren Moody and Caaa Iels. R. W. King, the Democratic war-horse war-horse of the county, was nominated for county attorney. The satisfactory services of Mrs. Atdiby, the present Incumbent of the recorder's office, and the Republican nominee for re-election, were recog-ni,' recog-ni,' i, and she was endorsed by the Democratic convention. A. J. Ashman v.iis the only candid ite for superintendent superin-tendent of schools, and I.. J, Rawlin-boii Rawlin-boii for assessor. For surveyor the convention nominate nomi-nate Ffed (Vtrell, engineer for the u Ita company. The delegate to the sen it orl.il convention con-vention were Instructed to work for the nomination of Milton Moody as senator for thla district. For chairman of the central committee commit-tee H. W. King was re-elected, and Pert Trimble a secretary. |