Show PARTY lEADERSGON Democratic Chieftains Assemble Assem-ble and Talk THEY DID BUT LITTLE ELSE Che Principal Business Transacted Comprised the Appointment of a Committee on Platform and Resolutions Reso-lutions and a Decision to Select National Delegates at tho Ensuing State ConventionDiscussion of Platform Dodged to Prevent a Row Roberts Strangely Silent Members of the Democratic party to he number of about seventylive met Chairman James I at the omce of State H Moyle last evening to consider matters pertaining to the welfare oC the party There was an nbundancc of talk but the actual business transacted t trans-acted was FirstAn Instruction to the chairman chair-man of the meeting C S Varian to V appoint a committee of fifteen with i himself as chairman on resolutions and platform Second A recommendation to the State committee that It announce In the call for the State convention that delegates to the national convention I will be selected at this convention The mooting was called to order at S oclock and C S Varlan and Joseph I M Cohen were selected as chairman and secretary respectively by a unanimous I unan-imous vote In accepting the chair Mr Varian made a brief address In which he jrgcd the importance of securing harmony har-mony In the party I was the duty of Democrats he sid to harmonize their arty with the State and the Nation n order that their efforts might meet vlth success Mr Varlans address In ih Interest of harmony is believed to io ave been presented for the purpose V preventing a ruction between the oberts and antiRoberts factors and C so it had the desired effect ROBERTS WAS DOCILE Roberts was present at the meeting but for once he gave evidence of rIsdom and did not chirp during the sntlre proceedings V V The first number on the programme vas the consideration of the date and place of holding the State convention together with the apportionment of delegates Chairman Moyle suggested that the convention should have at least 500 delegates but without further discussion discus-sion the matter of arranging the date place and apportionment was generously gener-ously loft to the State committee Next In order was the mater of finances with which to conduct the campaign MUCH MONEY WANTED Chairman Moyle of the State com nlttee opened the discussion by sug stlng that considerable money would je needed He also said as an Illustration tration that tne Elkuben the Scandinavian Scandi-navian paper of this city should be assisted The manager and editor hf explained were rank Republicans and the Republican party usually stepped in n few days before election and sC cured the papers asslstance but this could be avoided If Democratstook The proper steps The last campaign Mr Moyle then stated started in with GOO and came out with 300 J 1 Hamilton promptly moved that n committee on finance bo appointed Moses Thatcher suggested that at least 7500 would be needed and offered of-fered to start the fund with 100 ALMOST BROKE UP MEETING John Seaman was struck with an unhappy thought at this juncture and moved that a committee of three be appointed to canvass for funds among those present at the meeting This proposition was knocked out as too closely akin to the hot touch and the original motion shared a similar fate by an overwhelming vote Then came the matter of appointing n committee on resolutions and platform plat-form J It Letcher moved that a committee of thirteen of which Mr Varlan should be chairman be chairmal appointed ap-pointed by the chair Varlanto draft a platform to be presented to the State convention AN ADJUSTIBLE PLATFORM In UUPIort of his motion Mr Letcher I sid that the party wanted a good plntfoTm one that could be quickly read and easily understood He also desired It drawn In such 0 way that it could be readily changed if need be to harmonize with the national platform plat-form to bo announced in June Sorcn X Christensen of Sanpcte wan I afraid oC the number 13 and moved that the committee consist of fifteen members The amendment was accepted ac-cepted and as amended the motion moton prevailed Mr Varian will anndunce his selections today The question of what should bo Incorporated In the platform wus not V discussed Under the head of miscellaneous John Seaman of Ogden moved that it be the sense of the meeting that delegates to tho national convention he selected at V thc coming State convention and that this provision be Incorporated in the call A POINTED REFERENCE Somebody asked at this jucture how many delegates the State was entitled to Twice the number of the representation repre-sentation In Congress was the reply Well that would only give us two said Bob Sloan and then there was a general laugh V Mr Seamans motlqn prevailed but as soon a the gentlemen present began to fully realize what had happened they reopened the discussion and It I raged for some timer time-r L Maglnnis of Ogden wanted a separate convention for the purpose V named and AIfalus Young and his cane V worjjjof similar mind Mr Young was afroWjof a change In national policy thawifmlght affect the derogates and he desired to delay tho selection r long as possible posslblc V W H Dale W M Roylance Joel 1 V Grover and Dr Mattie Hughes Cannon favored the selection of the delegates at the ensuing convention for the purpose V pur-pose of saving unnecessary expense V Joseph Laplsh feared if the delegates were selected at the ensuing convention V conven-tion they might be thrown out as Ineligible Inel-igible I Tho motion finally carried a second time and this action effectually disposed r dis-posed of the mater r THE MATTRR OF CASH Then Just as somebody was getting ready to make a motion to adjourn the question of raising funds again bobbed up upI Grand Young wanted n committee V commit-tee of three to solicit subscriptions from V l V V V thoso present and many wistful glances were directed at the door VV John W Burton objected upon the ground that the meeting was not V called for that purpose t Moylo wanted a finance committee named nrifi said that the State committee V V com-mittee would Indorse the action Chairman Vnrlan demurred upon the V ground that the finance committee L nhotild be appointed by the State committee rVV com-mittee and that the amount desired k V from each co nty should be decided I upon V Moylo sLatart at this time Hint Tocron I Ocrden Provo and Salt Lake had usually usual-ly I been compelled to put up all tho money needed and Joe Cohen added Yes and we have also had to send funds to outside counties to help them out outDiscussion Discussion was finally shut off by laying the question upon the table THOSE WHO WERE THERE TEEIlE AronE those present at the meeting meet-ing including thirteen members of the I State committee were L W Shurt liff Olden A J Evans Lehlj J W Clyde Hebcr W M Roylance Provo Joseph Laplsh American Fork Sven X Christensen llt Pleasant David Stoker eentervUle J D Call Brig ham City I C Thoreson Richmond V Mayor T N Taylor Provo J W N WhHccotton Provo J B Mllncr Provo Pro-vo William Howard Huntington A C Call Woodruff W L Maylnnls L W Shurtliff John Seaman Dan Hamcr Ogden M F Murray Ephralm William Wil-liam Buys lleber 1 C McFarland St George Charles F Spilman Eureka Joe F GOo Ncphl I George Ryan Eureka M A Williams Murray John Paradlco Park City Hcbor Bennion Taylorsvllle D O Hideout Draper George A Whltaker George H Dern I P L Williams B I Roberts Arthur Ar-thur F Barnes 1 W Wilson C S I Varian Joseph M Cohen Noblo War rum George II Wood Eugene Lewis C A Carlquhit G 1 Blakeley E I Weller Gianvi lie Gillette Barney Quinn C E Strict Oacur W Moylo Dr 1 L Loda B S Young Lo Grand Young L C Johnson W H Dale J M Hamilton David Evans Charles Baldwin Judge Ogden Riles Judge A N Cherry R W Sloan J G IJywater E A McDanIel John W Burton 1X D Hoe George Strlngfcllow Elms A II Smith and P J Nelson |