| Show FOR SCHOOLS ROADS BETTER the ticket representative to the legislature BYRON D vernal utah commissioner 2 year term THOMAS J CALDWELL maaser utah commissioner byear 4 year term GEORGE L GOODRICH naples utah county treasurer JAMES M SHAFFER naples utah count sheriff WILLIAM vernal utah count clerk LYNNE ASHTON vernal utah county recorder LEO F SMITH maeser kacsor utah county attorney HANSON vernal utah county surveyor NILE HUGHEL vernal utah count superintendent of schools MISS SARAH vernal utah convention sidelights the convention the county democratic convention at the court houst boust saturday oct 12 1912 named lion hon byron D of vernal utah tor for representative to the of the state of utah to succeed himself james oneil 0 neil jr opened the con bention by leahing reading the state demo cratic platform beffie a crowded as immediately the following committees were named committee on credentials leo smith A L gray arthur I 1 E bardl ner frank hatch mrs aire olive gleel committee on permanent Or gaill bation and order of business J A Mf illson ilson jos 11 gardiner robert deans hyrum murray W L fletcher committee on platform and rose reso lations W N preas leslie ash ton 11 II D calder A Q boan peter hanson in the opening of the afternoon session lion andrew B morgan candidate for district judge and lion hon J if mcdonald I 1 candidate for district attorney were introduced to the convention the candidates received a warm reception the delegates were nvere seated and after the report of the committee on organization and order of business the uintah county Demor catle platform was read and adol adopted ted the platform we the democrats of uintah county in convention contention assembled en dorse the utah state damoc democratic r abic platform adopted at salt lake city utah in its entirety except as to the suggested route of the denal high highway iNay and commend it to the voters of uintah county as a clear enunciation of those principles which stand for oqual quality ity mor morality allty and an honest application of clean business busine siy methods in the administration of the affairs of the state and nation the political history of the nation since it passed under republican control Is replete with examples of selfishness and avarice and the political awakening that is sweeping with irresistible force over the nation is an evidence of the distrust that has crept into the minds of the people and the determination shown to clean house and place the government again in the hands of the people and rid it of the sinister influences fluen ces which have so SD flagrantly used the powers conferred by the people tor for private ends and without consideration for the interests from which this power springs the common people we endore the stand taken by the utah state Conen convention tion in favor of state wide prohibition and call ati to the fact that despite the general feeling among the f fathers and mothers of the state in favor of protection for the young manhood of utah that the republican state conventi showed in the treatment of this question their willingness to trade the real vital interests of the people for political advantage by forming an alliance with ith the liquor interests of the state and we call upon the mothers of uintah county to register their protest against such action we pledge our candidate to the state legislature to use his best efforts for such legislation as will meet this issue in line with the state platform we pledge our candidate to the state legislature to use every effort toward the reimbursement of uintah county for the voted by the people to cover the additional I 1 amount mec necessary essary for a wagon bridge at jensen over and above the amount appropriated by the state we also favor an appropriation by the state to meet I 1 the cost of the construction of a I 1 good road between manila a am d other northern nor thein portions por tlona of the county and alid pledge our candidate candIda tc to use his u a best efforts to this end we believe in the theory of tho greatest good to the greatest number and in line with this sentiment we tavoi a modification or change in the rules and administration of clothe the forest department to tho the end that tho the small owners of flocks and horda may bane an aa equal opportunity on oil the public range with the I 1 large owners I 1 we are la in favor of a direct prini prim ary law und and u nd pledge our candidate for tho the state to use every effort to hat plated among the WAs laws of the state such a law by tills this means placing in the hands bands of the people di direct ret the political wel niel fhle faie of the state elate we commend and iloise the efficient services of the democratic county officers and pledge all of our candidates to administer the affairs of the county in tho the same business like macnei that has characterized theli theft in the past we favor uprightness and fair tims in the of the public offices and afratis of this county ve favor the administration of all the offices for the benefit and wel nel fare of all the people and the democratic party and the of this convention pledge themselves hereto As the use of public funds of this county comity are of value to any financial institution corporation or individual we recommend that the county boffl cora cers handling public finds ou endeavor deaNor to secure the higl icat rate of interest on same for the benefit of this county and that the same bp be secured by proper bond we pledge our candidates tor for county offices and particularly those mentioned tor for commissioners to use all tho the means at their command to ward securing better school facile ties and iloie convenient voting noting dla tricks in that section of the county formerly embraced in the indian reservation and the country adjacent to it we pledge cach ach and every ca candidate adl on the democratic ticket to work in harmony for a dean clean em eco no comical mical but safe administration of county affairs in line with the true theory of a government by and for the people generally without regard to political advantage we heartily approve of the pro posed cot ruction of an ocean to ocean highway and we pledge our candidate for representative to tho the state legislature to use his best efforts in support of this movement to the end that this continental highway may soon be an accomplished tact fact and that we use our best of et forts to have same constructed along the roost most feasible and direct route we endorse the proposed consal tut lonal ional amendments submitted to the people by the last etite legisla ture and will use our best efforts to hane hae the same ratified at the polls at the coming coining election we favor the creation of new counties where the best interests of the people and the conven lenco of the citizens can he be best ered thereby and ne se pledge our can to use UBO thorr best efforts to secure legislation in support of this MO movement move ve me mant L W te cl attention to the fact that much government business such as aa the dis disposal of public lands the management of the national forest Reserve and the distribution of the mail tor for a indge portion of county tY Is transacted in vernal city and that there should be erected suitable quartets teis foi the acom moda alon of the public and the federal officers charged with ith the manage ment of such business we therefore pledge ourselves and our candidates to urge upon the national government our is in con gross gress and the senate of the united states the necessity of erecting a suitable building for this purpose in county we heartily commend the efforts of the civic betterment league of uintah county in its efforts to im prove the moral sanitary and civic condit condition lon of the community and re pledge our candidates to an earnest and active operation cooperation co with the civic betterment league in furthering the interests of the people along aloag these lines we favor a grant by the nation al government to the state or to abo th county of the abandoned govern ment meat school buildings and in our boun boundary dar tor for the use of the citizens in establishing and main same as state agricultural experiment stati stations oms or for the use of school purposes we also call attention to the condition of the ute Ind indians laris within the borders of this state and we pledge ourselves es a citizens to lend our aid in ameliorating their condition and in and encouraging them along the lines of civic social and educational betterment we deplore the fact that while there ta is a valid and subsisting judgment in favor of the indians against the united states for millions of dollars the same remains uncollected and the indians are now reduced to penury and want mant because of the delay find aad red tape which prevents them from coming into possession of their own we reco recommend mend the appointment of an indian agent for the ute indians of the state said agent to be a utah man who will be empowered and d directed I 1 to collect the said judgment at the earliest possible date continued on page 3 FOR SCHOOLS ROADS BETTER BETTE R government continued from 1 and to disburse tile the fiame in a care ful and economical manner for tile tho support maintenance education and social uplift of the indians and we nye pledge our support of legislation along these lines we are heartily lit in favor of the good roads movement in this county and we pledge our candidates to uso use their best efforts toward the betterment and of tile the public lilg elgh hNas as roads and bridges in III this county we are in III faor fanor of the coil conserva erva tion of the waters vaters of thir pate and tile the application of tile the same for the promotion of the mining agrical euial and manufacturing industries of the state and we pledge ourselves and our candidates to uso use their best Cf efforts fort in procuring both state and national legislation having tor for its object the coner conservation Nation of our maters caters and their application in aid of the miner homebuilder home ho me builder and manufacturer the democratic convention was an indorsement endorsement indor of the present demo cianic in tile the turo and the democratic coi officers f cers 11 in tho the case of dt jaseph A mckee the naples delegation gave gano its strength to george L goodrich who secured the bomin alien aaion tor for long term conti commissioner faher blie riff lff richard pope was atta defeated for re by william pi bece it Is thought that mi ma popes nomination on oil tile the Progress progressive ii e party ticket last wednesday had anuth to do with his hig fal lilIc to be |
