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Show WATERS NAMED CONGRESSMAN 2ND DISTRICT , State Chairman of Democrat Nominated Second District Congi-essman I ' 'c,TmSraft CoiTlOmlent) j LAKE, Aug., 2U. James H. i Waters, Democratic state chairman and miiuager ol the Xewhouse hotel se uommated by his party to succeed suc-ceed Congressman E. O. Leathei-wood Leathei-wood by the second district congressional congres-sional convention meeting here this morning. This district includes Ltah county. Mr. Waters' nomination came by acclamation after the balloting had begun and when Salt Lake county was halt through its count. At the moment the vote stood 173 for "aters and G3 for B. W. Musser Mr. Musser moved that Mr Waters be declared the nominee by acclamation accla-mation and this motion went across enthusiastically. George II. Dern, himself a candidate candi-date for the Democratic gubernatorial gubernator-ial nomination, was chairman of the Convention T-l w ,,. .UUNH uas tc. retnry. John- Halvorsen. of Salt Lake City, placed Mr. Waters' name before be-fore the convention. B. W. Mussel's name was presented bv John Henry Evans, of Salt Lake. No other names were presented and the delegates dele-gates proceeded to balloting; but not before both candidates' were called up on for speeches. Evidently the delegates liked Mr. Waters' speech the better for he was getting the lion's share of the votes" when Mr. Musser withdrew his name. Mr. Waters introduced n resolution reso-lution praising labor unions, "a necessity to labor and community." and condemning the Ku Klux Klan. The resolution was adopted l-v unanimous vote. In the First district congressional congression-al convention, held this afternoon. Frank Francis, of Ogden, was nominated, nom-inated, to succeed Congressman Don B. Coltou, of Vernal. Robert M. Hinckley, of Mt. Pleasant, Pleas-ant, presided as chairman, with T. J. McGinnis, of Ogden, secretary. |