Show STATE CONVENTION Democratic Executive Committee Change the Date ENCOURAGING REPORtS RON C S V Al URGE TO BECOIITE A CAThIDATE CAIAT The Social Labor PartyWhat Bon 1 B Roberts Bases H Claim For Recognition OnEon David Keith Returns Prom the Yellowstone Yellow-stone Where He Met Mak HAt H-At a well attended meeting at the exec utve committee or the state Democratic the afternoon committee held yesterday afernoon date ot the state convention was changed from the 1th or September to the 1th This acton was necessary because 1 was discovered that the theatre could not be had for the 15th AccordIngly railroad selling dates will be changed assoon as notice Is given their several sllr agents No inconvenience will result from the changing of the dates Encouraging reports were received from all portions ot the state and from Indl cntons the Democra f of Utah is on the alert for the campaign which is to follow fol-low 0 The indicatons are that a very slim turnout will be present at the primaries ot the Republicans which will be held this coming weelt The stralghtouts are not getting the accessions they expected but on the other hand the silver Republicans are uniting with the Democrats thus showing nn intention or fusin In the right way 0 0 According to the statements of Dr Hgsbrouck the chairan of the state r committee of the SociaLabor party that organization is going to make nn attempt at putting a ticket In the field this fall The only mate which is yrrying the chairman is the mater of securing enough signatures to a petition to get the names ot the candIdates on the balo under some emblem thus giving it an identity I Dr Hasbroucl says the part is rain ing ground in the state and that I a few year It expects to own the entire works because it is the party which Promises most for the people In this however waggish members of other parties par-ties declare that the Republican party Is not to be discounted In the mater of making promises I promised prosperity and several other thing and in the west promised silver all ot Which have faIled to materialize 0 0 I I County Recorder Jensen is a candidate I or r noasfg aL for renomination and election Stephen L IojIe and Gilbert McLean are rivals for j the place he holds and It looks like a threecornered fight between them o 0 Hon DavId Keith has returned from his visit to the Yellowstone park and during dur-ing his peregrinations met Mark Hanna who Is taking an outing up there Mr Hanna delivered Mr Keith a lecture on finance which Dave was compelled Utl eIr ten to and endeavored to convince the Utah mineowner that It wa bt 11 tne country that his silver mine be closed I while he engaged In something eisa for a I living 0 Hoc Charles S Vaia Is belnS urged to become a candidate for congress on the Democratic ticket and his friends are assiduously working in his behalf for the I place 11 Varian ha f very strong following fol-lowing in the state and the men who are backing him contend he would make an excellent candidate I 0 0 State Senator William G Nebeker Is gins to Ophlr this morning > f Since the announcement was made that Hon B H Roberts would be a candlnte for the nomination for congressman on the Democratic ticket there has been much discussion regarding his candidacy especially 2S rumors are aloat that he would withdraw etc Evidently Mr Roberts Rob-erts does not Intend to do anything of the kind for a very close frIend of his and one who is authorized to speak for that gentleman so all matters political said to a Herald representative yesterday It is amusing to note the Jai efforts of the Tribune to scare off Mr Roberts candidacy for conress Yesterday the pbltcal wrIEr for that paper manufactured manufac-tured the statement that tnere was ex citemnt abroad 1 because ret e opposition opposi-tion to Mr Roberts from his coreligionists coreligion-ists and that he had decIded to withdraw from the race To those who know the I Tribunes free coinage of falsehood methods meth-ods this wi not need denyIng Lest there should bo anyone else simple enough to be influenced by such stuff It me say that Mr Roberts is in the fight to stay till the finish and that his assurances of support from all Darts of the state were nevermore never-more numerous nor enthusiastic I will add said the samE gentleman that Mr Roberts did not think of becoming be-coming a candidate till his friends from all over the state and In this city particularly par-ticularly assured him that the sentiment In his favor justified him In entering the lists and staying there 11 Roberts name will lend strength to the Democratic ticket as no other In the community could do and If elected as he will be if nominated nomi-nated he would be n credit to the state Furthermore he is entitled to the honor I of the nomination from the Democracy of Utah there has been no citizen of Utah who took n warmer interest in the organization organ-ization of the party during the crucial formative period of both partIes here and who worked harder for its success than he In th < campaigns of 92 and 04 he went Into every hamlet in the state preaching I the truths of Democracy in the J ei ut last named year bearing Senator Rawlins company In his reat campaign In 1595 when everything lreat sol1 epublcan wards he made the uphill fight against Allen and even in that Republican year gave that gentleman the rae of his life and ran way ahead of his ticket His speeches in behalf of free silver in that campaign and against the trusts and mo nopoles were made standard Democratic doctrine in the great silver campaign that followed in 186 This may be taken as the official declaration I nton of l1r Roberts position and his claims for the nom aton I |