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Show Smoot Machine Turns Them - Down in flic County Convention. xone but saints find 1 place on. the. ticket Howell is Present, "Delivers Address and Denounces His Enemies. B Special to Tho Tribune. LOGAN, Utah, Sept. 29. The Ife- R publican County convcutiou lias been HB in session here all day. One hundred and ninety-seven delegates assembled at the county court houso and wcro BBBj called to order by Chairman William BBH H. Thane, who named as temporary BBB chairman Horace If. G.- Ncbckor, who BBM made a. rattling speech in behalf of BBBj the success of the machine narly in BBBj this county. Mr. Ncbcker praised in lullsomo fashion the leaders of tho BBBjj church "Republican party, saying the BBBJ party has the most able' and desirable BBB leaders it could hope- t'or. men who are BBBj the peers of any on earth, inspired, BBB fearless, and successful - IIo urged BBBj that every member of tho party be- BBBj come charged with a smrit that should BBBj make of him a living battery, so that BBS whenever he meets a Democrat he may BBBJ feel the hypnotic spell and bo fused BBB with the grand old party. Howell Appears. Bf Whilo committees ' were being sc- Inctcd the convention called for au ad- BBB dress by Congressman Howell. Mr. BBB Howell came to the front, taking his BBS place on the rostrum, his faco white BBB and voice vibrant with emotion. He BBB opened his address .with the state- BBB raent. "I see before me the Bepublican BBB machine. This machine represents men BBB who do things while Democrats do the BBB people." Mr. Howoll said the conven- BBB tion present was a fair representation BBB of rhe Republican machine. He said BBBJ the machine stands as one man for the BBfl party success. In strong words ho flH denounced the Democrats as enemies BBflJ and the members of the American par- Bflfl ty as renegades who had grown weak BBfl at the knees. He exhausted his vocab- BBfl uJary of epithets vehemently expressing BBfl his contempt for both tho Democratic ; flflflj and American parties, while prophesy- ' BBfl ing that his own, the church Repubfi- Bflfl can party, will go to success this fall. Passing Through Trials, fl In mournful voice he stated that tho BBfl machine in recent months has been BBfl passing through great trials and tribu- BBfl lations, suffering particularly from the BBfl attacks of tho opposition of the press flflflj which he seemed to feel hastreon inak- ; HH ing tilings red hot for the party of HH his love. He stated) nevertheless, that flH the worst was over, victory now smil- HH ing athwart the -path of the State ma- j flH chine- PH Tn hot anger Mr. Howell, denounced HH nil who in' Logan -and Cache have ernes- I HH tioncd his loyalty, to the Agricultural- flH college. He said' he has endured mis- HBb representation, and abuse from such HH sources long enough, and now, i once for HH nil, would answer his detractors. In HH elevated vorcc and apparent excitement HH he announced his unalterable loyalty HB to Cache and her institution denouue- flB ing all statements to the contrary as Bflj unjust and false. He said that while BBfl ;n a certain sense he represented the Bflj whole State of Utah, yet his paramount BBJ loyalty and interest is for this county, Bflj which has so conspicuously honored and BBfl so dutifully stood by him. BBfl Two things during .the convention BBS became conspicuously prominent; .the ono of theso wun that no Gentile need appl', All whoso names were mentioned were ignominiously sent to defeat, among these being .Tames C. Walters and Prof. W. W. McLaughlin. The other point was the frequent mentioning mention-ing of the sous and daughters of apostles, apos-tles, slako presidents and bishops as peculiarly lilted to it 1 1 olitical offices. Indeed, tho ticket as finally nominated represents throe slake presidents, two from Ilyriim and one from Bennon slake. whiic stake presidonls and bishops were frequently on their feet giving vbioc to their preference of candidates. This Anally became bo conspicuous con-spicuous that one gentleman, in making mak-ing his nomination, said: ''Wo havo no son nor daughter of apostle, president presi-dent of stake or bishop to otTov for the position of Treasurer, but wo havo a good, squavo, honest man." Hero Is tho Ticket. For Stato Senator Hcrschcl Bullcr, Jr. Members of the Legislature V. H. Mnughn. vice-president llyrum ilaue; M. A. Cuderson nnd Brigham Hendricks, Hend-ricks, vice-presidents Benson stake. For County Commissioners Four-year Four-year term, A.M. Israolson, vice-president llyrum slako; two-year term, George Godfrey. For ShcriffT. II. Smith of Logan, who succeeds himself. County Clerk Joseph S. Larson. Recorder Miss Sarah Merrill, granddaughter grand-daughter of the npostlo aud daughter of Bishop M. W. Merrill. Count v Attorney A. A." Law, whose nomination mado it clear that no Gentile Gen-tile need apply. Assessor Marl in Olein. Treasurer J. P. Toolsou. Surveyor Eugcno Schaub. Superintendent, of Public Schools J. L. McCarroy. Tho American eagle was adopted as tho party emblem. IDvery person on the ticko't is a loyal subservient Mormon, Mor-mon, and obedient to the behests of tho Sinoot machine. |