Show REGULARS BEAT PROBATIONERS Booth and Cluff Nominated by b Y Republicans of Fourth Judicial District LOSE OUT T 1 D D HOUTZ AND W E THE DEFEATED Special to The Herald Provo Sept 14 The Republican Fourth judicial district convention met today In the court room to nominate candidates for tor district Judge and district attorney There has hail probably been more Interest In this thon In any ony former forme judicial convention nUon In this thin district oc account of ot the close con test which has been waged between the rival candidates for Judge jud eJ J E Booth and D D Houtz and William E Ry I dalch and Harvey Cluff for tor attorney Be Before Before fore tore the convention each cach candidate and his supporters was confident of ot success but In spite of ot this confidence there was a great deal of ot canvassing going on and the action of ot the convention In the appointment of ot members of ot committees showed that no advantage would be lost by either side If It possible The Wasatch delegation came Instructed for tOr Booth for Judge The convention was as called to order at 1130 by b Chairman Homer who In Introduced Introduced Introduced Charles Do Motay of ot Vernal as chairman George M 1 Jorgensen Jor of ot Heber as secretary and Miss Mina lIna Houston of ot American Fork Jork as assistant secretary The hr usual I I committees were appointed but not without w tho t considerable opposition as to the number of ot members of ot the com on credentials Some of ot the Utah county delegates wanted three members for Utah tah county COUnt and one each from Wa Va Wasatch Wasatch satch sateh and counties and this was I Ide cUne de ne after considerable talk tall The fol tol folI lowin members were appointed Charted Charles J ahlquist of ot Wasatch J N Davis Dals of I H II C Hicks S W ROSS and amI Da David DavId vid Robertson of or Utah count county A motion to have the committee on permanent per permanent permanent manent organization and order of ot busi business business business ness consist of ot five the members failed to td t carry and the following committee was appointed A C Hatch Wasatch Enos Bennion Uintah and J 1 J 1 Jackson Utah UtahAn UtahAn UtahAn An adjournment was taken till 12 J There was a great reat scrap In the committee jn In n credentials over ov r the admission admission sion of ot Jacob Evans of Provo as a dele delegate delegate gate ate from Fairfield and Cedar Fort He held a proxy from the re delegate D I L Thomas and two ho reports were submitted The majority report favored fa ta favored seating Mr Evans The minority was signed by II U C Hicks and barred Mr lIr Evans The majority report was wa adopted The committee on permanent organization tion recommended the temporary temporal organ organization organIzation be made permanent the nomina nomination nomination nomination tion of at a district attorney and the nom nomi nomination nation of ot a Judge This report was adopted Professor George e H Ir It Brimhall nominated ed cd William E for tor attorney attorneyS S W Y Ross nominated Harvey duff Clue for tor attorney The vote ote was as follows Cluff 53 I Ry R dalch 30 Judge J E Booth was wall placed in nomi nomination nomInation nomination nation for judge by S P Eggertsen Taylor Thurber of or Spanish Fork nom nominated nomInated nominated D D Houtz The vote stood 52 for Booth B oth to 36 G for Houtz Judge J E Booth who was nominated today for Judge of the Fourth judicial district Is about 61 years of ot age a e and a native of ot England He came to Utah at atan atan an early earl age and was educated In the University of ot Utah He has been prominent prominent prominent nent In politics and has been judge of ot the Fourth judicial for ten tn years He Ile Heas was as first appointed for tor the term of ot Judge Dusenberry in an and I elected twice thereafter I I Harvey Cluff nominated as district at attorney attorney attorney torney for the Fourth Judicial district was born In this city years ago ao He lie was educated In the Brigham Young loung university and studied stud red law in the Highland Park college Des Moines Ia la He Ile Is a practicing attorney member r i f the firm of oC Booth Cluff Clu and has haq been chairman of ot the Republican party part In this county count for four vears years |