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Show COMMOTIO! CAUSED BT SPECIIDI SPJTCU Denial Is Sent, and Another Adds That He Was Misunderstood. Mis-understood. There was something of a commotion In tho city yesterday, when The Tribune's Washington specinV regarding the alleged result of the Democratic state convention In this city Tuesday was road. The special spe-cial was as follows. "Washington. .May 13. That Coventor Woodrow Wilson will receive the eight votes of Utah in lb- Democratic Demo-cratic national convention Is tho claim contained in a telegram to Wilson headquarters head-quarters today from W. L. Murtincau, the Democratic state chairman in Utah. "Mr. Martlncau repot Is that all tho L'tah delegates will vote for Wilson." Thomas H. Fitzgerald, member of tho Democratic state committee, was one oC the Jlrsl to see the dispatch, and he forthwith forth-with forwarded the following to both the Wilson and Clark huadiiuarlers: "Dispatch published here today says Martlncau announced Utah delegation to Baltimore- convention is Wll.on, Delegates Dele-gates from Utah to Baltimore not Instructed. In-structed. No expression of choice at convention. con-vention. Hon. S. R. Thurman Is chairman chair-man of state committee." L. H. Martlncau. who sent the dispatch dis-patch to Washington, said yesterday that the special did not do him justice. Hero Is a copy of the dispatch which Mr. Martlncau Mar-tlncau says he sent: "State convention today elected sixteen six-teen delegates to Baltimore with half a vote each. From poll of delegates I estimate es-timate "5 per cent are for Wilson. Will wire you exactly tomorrow Convention composed of SO per cent Wilson men refused re-fused to instruct or apply upit rule- But delegates may do this and then Wilson absolutely sure of Utah's entire vote." |