Show CHEERING GREETS ROUSING SPEECH Chairman Fred C Loofbourow Points With Pride Ride to Achieve Achievements Achievements Achievements ments of Republicanism ECONOMIC PROGRESSIVE Administration of County Affairs Mf irs Is Shown to Be Above Reproach Improvements ImproveD Made Tit TILe morning session ot of the conven convention convent tion t I un was wu brUA consisting only on 1 ot of the at Qt of r g temporary officers the Ke speech h delivered by Fred C Cl l oft end and the naming of ot con cont v t committee I aunty Chairman J U L dredge Eldredge Jr i led tho the convention to order shortly fur 11 ii and announced that MI lr Ir Loofbourow and J P White hau haube b be selected sole t d by the county coun committee to tu act as an s temporary chairman and tem tern nry ry secretary respectively re with i lan an LotUs Lottie aa aM s sergeant at arms arma Each Bach TI me was greeted with a round of ot ap which showed the general ap approval rovaL of ot the th selection The Tie call all for the convention was wall read rood b Lv Burl Armstrong secretary tary of ot the county committee Following the radin of ot tho the call airman Loofbourow addressed the theu thed u It legates stopped topped many times in n the theof lOrlE of ot Ills hIi remarks by thunderous I applause Mr speech fol follows follows follows lows Mr r Chairman Ladles Ladies and Gentle GenUe Gentlemen Gentlemen men of ot tho the Convention I appreciate very highly the honor that has lias boon been conferred upon me by selecting me to act as temporary chair chairman chairman man of ot this convention We Wo have hao met here hero to select 8 lect Republican lican lIean candidates to fill till the tho offices in Salt Lake county count men whose character standing qualifications are such su that they are aro worthy to be put In the position of ot spokesmen for tor the greatest political party Varty our Dur country has ever known During the past fifty years the pros progress rose reM and development of the United States has bas been unparalleled in the history of the world Our country has haa gone forward by b leaps and bounds un until until til Ui today tod commercially industrially occupies an and as an 8 a world power it t enviable position among the great nations na nations nations of ot the world And throughout these fifty years of advancement the Republican party has controlled and led In every overy forward movement moyemont has throughout with the exception of ot two terms of ot Cleveland ism tern held the reins of ot government and I guided the ship of state through the tho rapids of ot internal discord and partisan partisanship partisanship partisanship ship into the broad realm of ot industrial success and permanence The TIie civil war was fought to a suc sue successful and righteous conclusion under undera a Republican publican R president and a Republican lican ilean Congress the reconstruction of ot the South was worked out and the ne no negroes groes groos put In a position to take advant advantage advantage advantage age of ot educational and industrial op opportunities opportunities opportunities unsurpassed elsewhere Alaska the Hawaiian islands and an the Philippine islands three of the grand grandest est acquisitions a principality ever boasted became a part of the United States as ae a result of Republican states statesmanship statesmanship statesmanship manship and added their wonderful resources and industrial possibilities to swell the Ute grand total of ot American com corn commerce commerce merce Utah on Mau MauThe The Pacific railroads that connected the Pacific coast coa t with the Atlantic and find put Utah upon a transcontinental line of railroad were made possible by a subsidy granted by a Republican Congress The war with Spain was quickly and decisively fought and ended by a Republican president and a Republican can Congress Con r backed by b the bone bon e and d sinew of American manhood and ana afterward aft un afterward erward arward in spite of the many obstacles obstacles cles des constantly placed In the way ivay by Democracy Cuba was given a free tree gov government government and guided on her way to In Independence Independence dependence These Th Se and many man other achieve achievements ments monte that are milestones in the for forward forward forward ward march of ot the nation ha marked the progress of our country undo under Re Republican publican rule and I 1 mention them and nd this period of ot groat grat progress because It Is well for us In Utah to remember that the party we support is not local and Is not temporary The greatest men who have lived ana and worked in inthis Inthis Inthis this the most progressive period of our life lite have honored the Republican party part with their support and have devoted their Intelligence and energy to determining its policies and fighting its battles And the greatest things that have he been accomplished toward bringing the nation Into its present strength and power J ower were brought about by the Republican party part It lives throughout the tho length and breadth of ot this broad land a living energetic power fighting for every just causo cause and opposing every falso false principle and the Republican party In Utah is but a small part of ot one great being We must honor that party and the great men who have given It life lite and permanence by ever eer keeping In mind the noble purposes that have inspired the souls of ot its great leaders Let us forget torget the local petty quarrels role rals and the selfish personal jealous jealousies len ies that inevitably leaa lena to 10 party de defeat defeat defeat feat The loss of ot one county in Utah is a blow to the party in the nation It lessens the strength of that great party part and makes It less able to put Into operation the great principles that have given us freedom and preeminence once ence as a nation We are proud of ot the part Utah Is la taking in the halls of ot Congress Our senators and congressman are men mon whose marked ability and loyalty to party part principles is such that they have enjoyed the full confidence e of ot President President President dent Taft and his counselors couns They nave have taken a leading part in forming the Important laws that mean so much to the nation at large and especially to the West |