Show A S richardson FOR L legislature progressive TICKET representative to 10 ane legislature ARCHIE 8 richardson jensen altah county commissioner 4 term A A HATCH utah chanty commissioner 2 year berid 0 D ALLEN albeser utah county clerk WILLIAM 8 hendersons HENDER SONo vernal utah county recorder MRS MABLE HACKING maesar utah county treasurer LESTER BINGHAM maeser Al utah bounty surveyor JESSIE WINTER SMITH vernal utah county sheriff RICHARD POPE vernal utah county attorney WALLACE CALDER vernal utah county assessor JACOB W OLSEN naples utah the convention Convent lon the progressive party of uintah ull itah county at its first county conven tion at the court house yesterday put in nomination a full county ticket headed by archie S richard son of denisen Jeni Je nisen een utah tor for re presen bathe to the utah legislature in the keynote speech temporary chairman geo A said in part nationally we are not disgruntled but we are dissatisfied with the double politics prevailing in america today and the progressive party under the leadership of theodore rooseselt Roo Roos ewelt pledge themselves to change this and give the nation a clean and square deal a rational and progressive administration of governmental gover mental affairs in matters of local government we want nominees who are arc thoroughly qualified to fill the office to which they are named and last la st who are big and broad enough to be good loomers dig men aro never hurt by defeat the regular business of the con bention resulted in the appointment of these committees credentials committee mrs airs sarah mease alease S A Al murray urray J D massey geo S bingham R n C cooper john eaton W T ale Mee achara chani sarah ainge G dingham bingham platform and it 11 C horn geo A A N watkins NV atkins jos 8 S murray wm win isac A S 8 richardson r P G bingham permanent organization and order of business busi nebs geo R n smith B W johnon J C hacking lester dingham bingham anton peter ll 11 arrison jeremiah hatch warren ip billings hayden roster the afternoon scission attended to the seating of delegates then called for a report of the platform corn com progressive platform in keeping and in harmony with the spirit of the great progressive movement for the reformation of 0 our political life and for the restoration of the government to the people me e the citizen of county in con ventron assembled declare our faith and confidence in the great national progressive part and its courage ous leaders theodore roosevelt and hiram johnson we affirm our belief in its decla ration of principles as set forth la in i the national and state platforms we realize the impossibility of edcur ing desired re reforms fornis arid and progress in any of the old political parties and therefore have allied ourselves with a party pledged to political reform we express our faith in the ultimate accomplishment of the great pur pm P m for which the party was mas created in order that the government may be restored to the people we me favor the adoption of direct primaries the initiative Inita tive and referendum and the recall we heartily commend the declara tion of our national and state plat forms on the conservation of our national resources the forest to re erves emps of our country should not be of large flock owners the bona tide fide homesteaders should have hane equal rights to the use of the public range for his flocks and herds no matter how small they are we ve deplore the endless delay delas s of the state board of land commissioners in considering and granting applications 43 for farm and irrigation loans and pledge our candidates or representatives to work for legislation allowing the state to adopt a more liberal policy in loaning its funds fund on farm lands and meritorious irrigation projects we favor fanor state and county aid for the proposed national automo bile highway crossing the uintah basin we urge the adoption of the pro posed amendment to tho state con ution giving the legislature au thorit to create new nea ne A counties good roads roada are an essential in any civilized community uintah county should have better roads and we ve continued on page 4 i |