Show STRONG TICKET IS NOMINATED Tooele County Democrats Name Candidate and Start a Winning Fight REPUBLICANS DENOUNCED DECLARE FOR OVERTHROW OF BOSSISM BY PRIMARY LAW Special to The Herald M Utah Oct 3 Tho Democratic county convention or of Tooele county count was held at Mercur today and notwithstanding ing fn the stormy storm weather was well weIl attend attended ed by b delegates dele ates from all parts of ot the county The convention was called to or order der at Rt 11 by the county chairman Judge Jud e A H Dunlavy who aroused amused the of ot the delegates by b a brier brief speech He then announced the appoint appointment appoIntment appointment ment of oC George H II Dern as temporary and R it D Halladay as tempo temporary temporary secretary Mr lr Dern Dem spoke briefly ind amI when he hc announced that the state committee had nominated Je Jesse Jcsse e eill William ill mm Knight for governor to fill the vacancy caused b by the declination of oC Jesse Knight the convention manifested Its It delight by b prolonged cheer cheering cheering cheering ing The rise usual committees were appoint appointed i ed pd ant an the convention adjourned until 2 21 0 o clock recess the various committees re reported reported ported The report of the committee on credentials showed that all except three small outlying precincts were represent represented ed d The committee on permanent organ organization organIzation and order of ot business recommend recommended ed d that the temporary organization be made permanent pe which was done The report of the committee on platform and 1 resolutions evolutions was rend read by Chairman George H IL Dem Dern of the committee was cheered at each paragraph pt and was Vas adopted with shouts of oC approval The platform Is 15 as follows We Ye the th Democrats of Tooele county in hi convention assembled d heartily endorse the th national Democratic platform as adopted at the thu Denver Dener convention and Ii dare that the paramount issue in the j resent campaign is the people hall rule or whether the government sall Mil be owned own cd and controlled by b trusts and corrupt predatory interests We f rejoice in the growth of the poll poli c ics irs for which the Democratic party has stood and particularly those which It ft has advocated during the last turco tiree national campaigns campal s and we pledge pledger r ur enthusiastic support for Cor the most dis distinguished distinguished living liing private citizen in the world William Jennings Bryan Bran and his hia hl able abl running mate John W V Kern Wo Ve Yf endorse the state platform adopted at Logan and pledge our support to the nominees s of oC the state convention We e ap approve approve prove the action of oC the state central com corn committee c in nominating Jesse William Knight KnI ht for governor of oC our state In place of oC his honored father Uncle Jesse and we pledge our cordial support to the new nominee We Vp deplore the existence of religious strife and contention among the tile people of our state and lInd we represent that the theon only on way to end It is to elect the Demo Democratic Democratic Democratic cratic party to power For Direct Primary We Yc are unalterably opposed to boss rule In any an form and in order that this evil may be he eliminated we favor the i enactment of an effective direct primary law We e favor a system that shall have for forts ts object the betterment of oC our roads and we pledge our candidates for county commissioners when elected to the imme immediate immediate diate prosecution of oC this work and we condemn the gross Inefficiency of oC the present Republican administration of this county count In the construction and care of or our public highways We Ve are arc opposed to the proposed con constitutional constitutional constitutional amendment which seeks to have hae mines and mining property assessed bj by b a state board instead of ot o by b the county count authorities AVe Ye claim the assessment of mining companies operating within a county countr is a local affair and that it is against public policy to transfer the as assessment assessment of such corporations to a central tate authority We Ye denounce the efforts of oC the so called court house gang an to perpetuate Its control of oC the government of our coun county county county ty by a system of oC rotation In office whereby a man serves the limit in one office ortice and then seeks to be elected to another We Ve e believe that the principle enunciated enunciated enunciated by bJ Washington the father of oC his and again by bv Jefferson the father of oC Democracy that In a free re republic republic republic public one term te rm In office Is enough for any nn man applies to small offices as well us liS great and we denounce the Republican Republican lican practice pra tlc in this county count of electing men for three terms ie We e pledge our can candidates candidates if IC elected not to aspire for more than two terms We Ye condemn the Republican party of this state and anti county count for building up and sustaining a political machine which se selects sele leets le all candidates for office so that con conventions instead of being deliberative bodies degenerate into ratification meet meetIngs meetIngs Ings Knowing this to be lp the prevailing practice in this state we declare that the thief Chief Issue In Utah as well vell as in the na nation nation tion Is Shall ShaU the people rule Personnel of Ticket The following county count ticket was waa then nominated or representative Seventh district John A Bevan Benm of or T oele For commissioner term John G Shields of oC Lake View For commissioner term George Hammond of oC Grantsville For county count assessor Robert R Judd of oC Grantsville For county count clerk Alfred Green of oC Ophic Ophie For county count recorder Mrs Irs Barbara Bowen of oC Tooele For county count treasurer William Elking Elkington ton Jr je of Tooele For sheriff William Brough of oC Mercur For county count attorney A H lL Dunlavy DunlaY of Mercur For county or John D Brown of Mercur For county superintendent of oC schools Robert D Halladay of oC Stockton Judge Dunlavy Dunlay declined the nomination as attorney but was drafted The county committee was empowered to fill any vacancies that might occur on the ticket The present county chairman A H Dunlavy of oC Mercur was reelected with authority to choose his own secretary secreta and treasurer A new county committee consisting of oC the chairmen of oC the various precincts was then named as follows Tooele James Gowans Grantsville 0 O OH H Barrus Lake Point Brigham Davis Erda Will vm Smith Ibapah S A Hudson Clover R I N Bush Vernon Israel Ben Bennion Bennion nion Ophir William Kelly Kell Lincoln John JohnG G Shields Stockton Fred Frell Hodges ller Mer Mercur cur R B W V Camp St John Henry Charles Sunshine Ed Ell R Atkins Joseph JosephE E v vAt At the suggestion of Thomas De La LaMare LaMare LaMare Mare of Tooele campaign contributions were then asked for and the sum of S SO O was raised in a few minutes County Chairman Dunlavy announced that a vigorous campaign would be made and that he fully expected county count to go for Bryan Brin Knight and the whole Democratic ticket |