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Show under the vri'-.o priuclule -.if the H-:jut:icau ! party, ami lias gro-.Ya to such an extent that j t'uU year the product will re-.i-.-h n.---ii.v i.;m',-KW. i.;m',-KW. j We rtenii'lrt that ei'-.--:ive t:icers of j state, bolh local and c"tirL-s-::or.jt. shall he J selected with .ut dictation froui obroad. VYc denounce Denioerutlo Uilsi-ule in Utah, 1 both in the lee'.slaturo :'n-l in th. county yov ernments, vhere'-r un;-.it ciass U-s'islatiou has I been forinu'ii'.cd and v';;oreby. in nearl all i D.-uiocratie C'-'Unties, county ciriccs hr've b?en ! Oiled with lnornpi tent orcorrupt oniciiils. ! We denounce that act that ihe Democruic ! legislature pa--ed over the veto of the gover- nor. abolishins: the oluce --'f tiLe district mining recoi'Uer, and imposinit additional burdens upon locators and upon miners doiay as.vss-mcnt as.vss-mcnt work, as uni-.isl. Ilelievin' tl-. - t the rcp.al of that part of the state laws of is-, in regard to the thiever? of slieep, cattle and horses boinr rand laivoay-as laivoay-as repealed by the last Democratic I-j.-islat'.ire, to be an act of :rrcat injustice t-o the iieoplo of the state, ico pledge the efforts of the Republican Republi-can party of this state to a re-enactment of the law. making such crimes a felony in place of a misdemeanor. We demand integrity, honesty, sobriety and capacity in thoso who saall occupy judicial positions. .Tames Deviue of Salt LiiUe wss recognized rec-ognized and said: ' In order to tnuhe more clear the position of the party on the silver question, I -would like to submit sub-mit tiie following amendment to be added to the silver planlt, to-wit: 'Independent 'In-dependent of the action of any other nation we favor the free and unlimited coinage of silver at the ratio of 10 to 1."' Mr. Devine's amendment was adopted by a vote of 1!H to 138, after which the platform was adopted unanimously. As soon as nominations for chief justice were declared in order, I). N. Straup was recognized by the chair and nominated Chief Justice Zahe. The nomination was seconded by representatives repre-sentatives of Weber, Box Elder, Sanpete, San-pete, Utah and Tooele counties, after which a motion to malte the nomination nomina-tion unanimous was offered and carried. car-ried. In the contest for Congressman Alma Eldredge of Summit, John E. Booth of Utah, and O. J. Salisbury of Salt Lake county, were placed in nomination. The first ballot resulted: Eldredge, 140; Booth, 123; Salisbury, ISO. On the second ballot Eldredge was elected, the vote resulting- as follows: Eldredge, 238)4; Booth, 57; Salisbury, 157J4. The nomination of Mr. Eldredge was then made unanimous. REPUBLICANS II CONVENTIDHT i Dockre for Free Coinage, Protection ; and Reciprocity. Almt D. Kl.lredg of Coalville Nominated for ConfrreftM, Whll Judge C'fittrle S. Zmo of Suit Lake In Renominate.! for the Supreme liench. Salt Lake City, Utah, Sept. 10. The P.epublicnn state convention met in this city yesterday and nominated Alma Eldredge of Summit county for Representative in Congress, and renominated renom-inated Chief Justice Zaue for the Supreme court. The convention was called to order by Chairman Walton, who announced the selection of the following temporary tempo-rary oflicers: Chairman, Judge J. E. Bagley of Ogdeti: secretary, A. E. ' Buckler of Provo; assistant secretary, Annie M. rtradley of Salt Lake; ser-p-eant-at-arms, Jake (ireenewald of Salt Lake. After a short speech by Chairman Bagley. committees were selected on credentials, permanent organization and order of business and resolutions and platforms, each county being represented by one member upon each of the committees. The convention then adjourned until 2 p. m. The report of the committee on credentials cre-dentials was presented by Miss Lizzie Austin of Summit at the opening of the afternoon session. It showed that delegates were present from all counties coun-ties save Iron, Kane and Washington. Kane was represented by proxies. The committee on permanent organization organ-ization reported the following as permanent per-manent officers of the convention: Arthur Brown, chairman; Miss Robinson Robin-son of Millard, Mrs. Lucy Clark of llavis, Robert Murdoch of Cache, James Ivors of Summit and Mrs. Grace L. Chcever of Utah, vice chairmen; F. J. Heudershot of Weber, secretary; Mrs. Friscilla Jen6en of Box Elder and Miss Bell Lawson of Salt Lake, assistant secretaries; Rev. E. M. Knox of Summit, Sum-mit, chaplain; J. J. Clreenewald of Salt Lake, sergeant-at-arms; Orange Seely of Emery, James MeGeery and Frank McDonald, assistant sergeants-at-arms. William Glnsmanu of Weber, on behalf be-half of the committee on resolutions, presented and read to the convention the following resolution: We, the Republicans ot Utah, in convention assembled, do hereby renow our fealty to tho Republican party and to the principles upon which its honors and achievements have been won. Wo congratulate the country upon the glorious results accomplished In the war with Spain, the magnificent bravery of our soldiers, the grand and able management of the war by the administiatlon. and the successful and honorable peace. V.'o ludorse and applaud the administration of President McKinley and the policies ably proposed and accomplished by him. We approve of the Cuban policy of tho president, whereby the island shall be held and governod by the United States until someother stablbnnd safe government founded on the principles of freedom can be established. We especially honor the bravo admiral, and the gallant fleet, and the army, who havo won for us the capital of the Philippines, and we believe be-lieve iu extending our commerce into that part of the world. Whil? we insist on maintaining tho Monroe doctrine in all its integrity, we believe be-lieve it consistent with it, and safe for us, to bold and maintain possession, for commercial purposes, of other lands in any part of the world, and wo believe in protecting our flag wherover it has been successfully raised. The Kepublican party of Utah demands, as it has always demanded, protection, bimetallism and reciprocity. We congratulate theeountry, and .especially Utah, upon the great financial succoss of the Republican doctrine of protection, protec-tion, as expressed and fulfilled in the Dlngley bill, and remind voters of this state of the many millioas of dollars by which the wealth of Utah has been enhanced by reason of it; that lead mining has been sustained and could exist only vrith such protection: that agricultural production produc-tion has been made profitable through its agency; that the exports of tho whole nation has been vastly Increased since the Dlngley bill was passed; that reviving prosperity follows this Republican policy, as it always has, and we pledge the party to support for office, and particularly par-ticularly for tho ofllco of senator aud representative represen-tative in congress, only those who do and will support the principles of the Dlngley bill. Protection has been and shall be the oorner-stone oorner-stone of Republicanism. We reaffirm our allegiance to the oause of the independent free coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1, as fully set out in our first Utah state convention platform, upon which we elected tho present governor and other state officers. Tho Republican party, in convention assembled, assem-bled, recognizes the moral support, the uplifting up-lifting tendency and prestige women are giving to tho commonwealth through the enlarged opportunities of political equality, and affirms the belief that woman's public service in industrial in-dustrial independence and educational measures meas-ures will be as helpful in the state as it has been beneficial in the home. Resolved, That we express our appreciation of the efforts made by the women of the state, j in a primitive way, to establish silk culture in the interest of labor, and that we urgo upon the Republican parly to foster and encourage j this useful home industry, by declaring a i bounty on this native product, or by appropriation appropri-ation aiding the establishment of a silk enterprise. enter-prise. j Resolved. That we commend aud congratulate congratu-late the women of the state upon the patriotic I loyalty they havo shown in cheerfully giving their sons, husbands and brothers to fight -he battles of our country In the causo of humanity. hu-manity. j We call attention to the fact that the sugar j industry has been established in this state |