Show UT H COUNty flKt Evans and Smoot Ienomiuated For the Senate CANDIDkrS FOR HOUSE ROTNOE LAIH ETS A LARSON NAILED S A King Defeated By Jacb Evans For Cut Attorney Waat county Democrats Nominate n King Mn For Legislature and Send a Robes Delegatioxi I Prove Sept 7Te Utah county Democratic convention convened this morning In the opera house and was called to order at 1030 by T E Tur man Hon D D Houtz was named as temporary chairman and Grant C Bagley as temporary secretary The following letter from the absent chairman of Utah cuntys committee HOI A D Gash was read To the Democratic convention of Utah county Ladles and Gentlemen I regret that circumstances make it impossible for me to meet with he Democratic convention con-vention of Utah county at this time and it is highly probable that I shall never be able to meet with you again for I go to Chicago to make my permanent perma-nent home there but I shall be In the grand cause of Democracy there as i I were tth you or at any other place in this broad land I hope that my voice will ever be raised for that which I cohcelve to be right and just to amen a-men A9 I lay down the honor you gave me two years ago when y Ou elected me as your chairman permit me to say that it has ever been my high aim to do on all occasions that which I thought to be for the best interests of the p1rt of Utah countyand the state How weU 1 i have succeeded I leave to the jUdgment of other You gave me a ticket to elect whIch was nominated at what I would term a reasonably turbulent convention which had some opposition in our own rank even after it was nominated Many treat were made that it would not elect some of them but I am pleased pleas-ed to say that they all pulled through by majorities ranging rom 2 to 2000 May I never grow smaller Here followed a statement of the financial condition of the party of this county and the letter ended with I thank you very much for the hn os conferred upon meI the past and will ever remember you kindly PROCEEDED TO BUSINESS This letter from 1Ir Gash w received re-ceived with applause andthen the con venton settled down to business The usual committee iere appointed appoint-ed and the committee on credentials were instructed to reporon the delegates dele-gates to the state Demo Jtic convention conven-tion for ratification and he convention took an adjournment At the afternoon session the report of the committee on order of buslneas and permanent organization was read and adopted The temporary organization organiza-tion was made permanent < With the following fol-lowing additional ofc ert FIrst vice chairman Miss P E Brown of Pleasant Pleas-ant Grove second vice chairman Mrs H S Lapisl American Fork third vIce chairman Miss Ida Combs Pay son assistant seretr Miss Lizzie Chisholm Spanish Fork chaplain James A Loveless Prtb Bench ser geantatarms Aaron rRhnson of Ma R pleton After prayer by the chaplain the report re-port of the committee on credentials wn read and adopted There was no w representation to the convention from Goshen Fairfield Ceal Fort Alpine Vineyard Thistle or TciOicer A warm discussion took place a to whether the convention should elec delegates to the state convention to fill the places of those not present Seen delegates were finally elected as follows Luis Garf Albert Harman Har-man S A King Ines Hutchinson J S Peery Hyrum Clyd 1 l Kellogg Kel-logg Alternates Mrs Zina Smoot R D James and Niels Frederckson PLATFORM ADOPTED The report of the committee on platform plat-form and resolutions was next a3 and adopted The platform endorses the platform adopted by the national Dam ocrtc convention of Chicago with es peclaI ference to that section which pecIa tat secton declares in favor of the free and unlimited un-limited coinage of silver equal with gold at the ratio of 16 to 1 I makes especial reference to the fact that the Democratic party Is the friend of silver ver and the Republican party is the frIend of gold and the enemy of silver sil-ver Second section reads as follows The Democratic party of Utah county coun-ty is proud of the result of the war with Span and is none the tess proud of the fact that Democratic s nator and representatives in the congress of the United States by unceasing agitation in spite of a formidable opposition by Republican lea rs created a public sentiment in the country which forced and compelled a reluctant Republican administration to declare war a dec Iarton by which hot only the detrc ton ot the Maine was avenged but lbertyad the opporu l of enlght ehed free g verment sex endedto an oppressed and downtr6ddn people peo-ple Adhrance to equal suffrage wasre affirmed and the county officers thanked thank-ed for theIr efficient work LEGISLATE CANDIDATES The convention proceeded to nominate nomi-nate candidates for the state senate Abel J Evans was named by Professor Profes-sor Chids A O Smoot by Judge Mil ner William 11 Roylance by Lo Bird The ballot resulted Evans 162 Smoot 12 Roylance 85 ThIs vote gavtuia elctl n to Evans and Smoot gv tle The cOn enton next voted on the owing names for state representa tlves Joseph Laplsh of American Fork j W N Whiecoton of Provo James 0 Bullock of Pleasant GJove 1land twoqd of Pleasant Grove John Bets of Payson 1I inus Larson Lar-son of Spanish Fork 1 1 Kellogg of Provo Mrs Haymon and lam of Springvllle Roylance Sprngle Lpish Bets and Larsen vre elected elect-ed by the flrsbballot and Rorlance on the secong COUNTY CANDIDATES CADIATS A 1 D8is of Lehi J T MEwan of Provo and W B Hughes of Snanlsh Fork were elected as candidates for commissioners county mmlssloner George A Stores of SprIniN1Ue was elected candidate for sheri 3ly acclamation ac-clamation i When te lectQn of treasurer was announcea tne proceecungs began to get vaim edhpt speeohes w re Wa speehes v xe niaae for Mts Jakeman and Mr Ott lalmberg of S nta1in In just to minutes every delegate was as excited a hough he were ta horse rtce Womans suffrage was the question on tap Flpwer talks and thunaerng appeals ap-peals were made The v te showed 13 for Malmberg and 65 for Nr Je man giving the election to the former The neJI it order was the choice of an assessor Those named were 1 J TIerc0r of Americauork B b Jn of Povo John Co Nelson ofete asnt Groyd 4arcie E HpJl oJ Sprgille Groy aJf jfl ad Roy EIulshofPayso After muh r nglng nand several 1alot muih IThih OfTa3onwas n jnin tOd h 9r j nlt F9IJountytorney S < Kingv thithed by D i Williams and JaQP EcnS t W p d by D D HoutzJA > Isharp contest was expected but utlde of the speeches no demonstration was made Evans was nominated Y 106 to 74 E J Jones and George Havercamp were named for clek Havercamp got there by a vote of 14 to 66 Mrs May B Spencer of Provo D H RobIson of Pleasant GrOve and Miss Nellie Sums Ion of Springie were named for recorder Mrs Spencer was nominated receiving 98 Robison 44 Miss Sumslon 38 Andrew Adamson of American Fork was nominated for surveyor by aca mation maton A Smoot v is elected chairman of the county committee and Grant C Bagley secretary The conventon then adjourned |