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Show MOWELL AND JACOB JOHNSON WIN IN BATTLE FOR CONGRESSIONAL PLUMS I Slate Administration Called "a Platform on Which Party Is Glad to Go Before Voters." LEGISLATURE LAUDED AS CONSTRUCTIVE Maximum Freight and Passenger Passen-ger Rates Urged; Poolrooms-Denounced; Anti-Pass Anti-Pass Statute Asked. IN a convention filled with contests, the Republicans of Utah met yesterday at Ihc Sail. I,ako theater and named a complete state ticket, headed by Governor Spry, who was renominated by acclamation. Tho opposition to the governor, which has been threatening all summer, disappeared some days before tho convention and those who had been opposing him unfdvi with his supporters In making his nomination unanimous. Tho only other nominations by acclamation accla-mation were those of Judge J. -Fi. Frlck for the supreme bench and A. C. Nelson for superintendent of public instruction. In the contests for the other nominations predictions as to the result went awry and there Were a number of surprises. Congressman Joseph ITowcII narrowly escaped losing his renomlriaUon. Ue auc-oertded auc-oertded In' being -made the choice of thtf convention on tho first ballot by a majority ma-jority of only aeven votcn. Thcro was much opposition to him from all parts of the Btatc. but the strength of his personal organization, combined with the frantic efforts of the federal bunch, who took' tho stand that a failure to renominate Howell would bo a repudiation not only of Howell, but also of Senators Smoot and Sutherland, was sufficient to put him over. Joseph Rims Strong". On the first ballot Harry S. Joseph was in second place, Judgo John 1 Cliid-estcr Cliid-estcr third and Judge Jacob Johnson fourth, with four othor candidates also in tho race. On the succeeding ballots Johnson developed an increasing strength, which was sufficient to give him the nomination on the fourth ballot by a. narrow nar-row margin over Hurry Joseph. Judge Johnson had an advantage both in geography geog-raphy and religion over most of the other candidates. As Howell was a Mormon It was deemed advisable to name a non-Mormon non-Mormon for the other place on tho congressional con-gressional ticket. Furthermore, Johnson Is from the south and it was generally conceded that ono congressional nomination nomina-tion should go to the south. Mrs. Witcher Honored. The south not only secured a Congressional Congres-sional nomination at tho hands' of the state convention, but also secured tho candidates for stato treasurer, superintendent superin-tendent of public Instruction and ono presidential elector. Salt Lake -was rather left out of tho ticket. Tho only candidates candi-dates on the ticket credited to Salt Lake county are the candidates for Judgo of the supreme court, attorney general and one presidential elector. Mrs, Margaret Zano Witcher has tho distinction or being the only woman who has ever been on the ticket of a leading party for presidential elector. If elected she will be the only woman to hold membership mem-bership in an electoral college In the United States. Other nominees for presidential presi-dential electors said last nlgiit that in case Taft earried Utah Mrs. "Witcher would be delegated to take the vole of the state to Washington. Mrs. Wllohcr was a candidate for state treasurer -before the convention and was defeated for the nomination by a close margin. Immediately Imme-diately thereafter she was placed on tho ticket for presidential elector. Tingey Is Beaten. One of tho reversals of form In the' convention was the defeat of Charles S. Tingey for rcnonilnatlon as secretary of state and tho nomination for that office of Stato' Treasurer David Mattson of Weber county. Mr. Mattson occupied the unique position or having his own delegation dele-gation oppose him for this nomination, yet securing the nomination at tho hands of the convention, despite the opposition of his own county. Samuel G. Dyc of Weber county was a candidate for state treasurer and had defeated Mattson la tho effort to securo the Indorsement of the Weber county delegation. However, when Mr. Mattson secured tho nomination Mr. Dye was out of the running for tho placo ho sought on the ticket and he declined to he a candidate. Tho slate auditor's office was treated kindly by the convention, Jc33o D, Jewkcs, present state auditor, was made the candidate for slate treasurer, and Lincoln Lin-coln G. Kelly, deputy slate auditor, was promoted to the candidacy for state auditor. au-ditor. Deals and Trades Made. There wero many deals and trados between be-tween delegations and punishment was meted out to thoso who In making trades had Injured tho candidacies of others. Mr, Dye was mi3pectcd of dealing with Johnson John-son supporters to tho detriment of tho friends of Chldeoter and Joseph and the supporters of these two candidates united In giving Mr. Mattson the nomination for secretary of state to eliminate Dyo : from tho race. Frlonds of Mr. Dye suspected that ! frionds of Mrs. Witcher were largely re i sponsiblo for the nomination of Mattson i THE NOMINEES Co7igressmen: JOSEPH HOWELL, Cache. JUDGE JACOB JOHNSON, Sanpete, Governor: WILLIAM SPRY, Tooele. Supreme Court Justice: JOSEPH E. FRICK, Salt Lake. Secretary of State: DAVID MATTSON, -Weber. A ttomcy General: A. R. BARNES, Salt Lake. State Auditor: LINCOLN G. KELLY, 'Millard. 'Mill-ard. State treasurer: JESSE D. JEWKES, Emery. State Sufierint evident of Public Instruction: A. C. NELSON, Sanpete., Presidential Electors: J. N. DAVIS, Uintah. EPHRALM HOMER, Utah. E. D. WOOLLEY, Kane. MRS. MARGARET ZANE WITCHER, Salt Lake. and they retaliated by giving the solid Weber county vote to Jesse D. Jowkes to defeat Mrs. Witcher. There was a suspicion that C. K. Jones, candidate for stato auditor, bad taken too much Intorcst In seeing that Johnson and Howell How-ell wero tho nomlnooD of tho convention, and supporters of -other congressional aspirants cheerfully got behind Kelly and made him the nominee for state auditor. Though thcro were many contests and much confusion throughout the convention conven-tion there appeared to bo a general impression im-pression that thore were fow sore spots as a result of the balloting, and most of tho delegates expressed themselves well pleased with the ticket. Convention Is Opened. Noarly all of the delegates were in their seats for some time before H. L-Cummlngs, L-Cummlngs, secretary of the state com-mlttoe. com-mlttoe. called tho convention to order. C. E. "Loose, chairman of tho Republican Repub-lican stale committee, was not at the convention and his absence was a conspicuous con-spicuous feature. Mr. Cummlngs read tho call, announced the names of tho temporary officers of the convention as selected by the stato commlttoe, and then Introduced Senator George Sutherland Suther-land as temporary chairman. . Artor eulogizing Senator George Sutherland Suth-erland at somo length and urging upon tho convention the necessity for calm and deliberate action In the matter of selecting candidates, Senator Sutherland was Introduced as temporary chairman of the convention. Given an Ovation. Senator Sutherland was given a great ovaUon as he took the platform. Ha thanked Iho commllleo and the convention conven-tion for Iho honor and then Introduced the Rev. Francis Burgctto Short as chaplain chap-lain of the convention. Following tho prayer of tho chaplain, Senator Sutherland Suther-land delivered bis keynote speech, devoting de-voting almost tho enllre address to a denunciation of Roosevelt and the third party. Senator Sutherland said that he was glad that he had been selected to, preside pre-side as the temporary officer of tho convention con-vention becauso he knew that ho had the privilege of presiding over a real Republican convention. That "here In Utah there are no halfbreeds In the He-publican He-publican ranks." . "Wu will go into this campaign with no apologies to mako for the past, but, thrice armed, wo will win In this fight." Briefly the speaker rovlowod some of the history of the Republican, party and what It had done for the nation. "We deny tho justification or reason for the existen'co of any third party In tho United States," declared the speaker. Continuing, ho Bald: "For rlfty yearo |