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Show COUNTY CdENTI NIMES DELEGATIONS Senator Joseph Chez Makes Address Pledging Democrats Demo-crats to Prohibition. WILSON IS INDORSED Meeting Is Spirited and Readily Adopts Some Strong Resolutions. Special to The Tribune. OGDEN, Aug. 5. The Democratic county convention held here this afternoon after-noon named delegates to serve at the state, congressional and judicial conventions conven-tions to be held on August 18. mittee had recommended that one set of fifty delegates represent Weber county at all three conventions. After the committee on permanent organization or-ganization and order of business had recommended otherwise, the convention selected fifty delegates to serve at both the state and congressional conventions and a separate set of fifty to represent Weber county in the convention of the Second judicial district. The time of the latter convention was also changed to 9:30 in the morning of August 18, instead of being called after the state and congressional conventions. Church Criticised. The convention this afternoon, which was held in Judge J. A. Howell's courtroom court-room at the county buildingj was marked by enthusiastic speeches indorsing indors-ing the national administration and by the adoption of spirited resolutions that may have import-ant bearing on the prohibition pro-hibition features of the present campaign. cam-paign. By their resolutionst the Democrats Demo-crats of the county criticise certain church interests for throwing open ward chapels to the prohibition faction of the E-epublican party when these places were closed to Democratic prohibition meetings six years ago. The convention was composed of 110 delegates and virtually every one of these was present this afternoon. After S. S. Smith, chairman of the county committee, had called the meeting to order, State Senator Joseph Chei, prospective pros-pective Democratic candidate for congress, con-gress, was elected temporary chairman. S. P. Dobbs was elected temporary secretary. sec-retary. While the several committees were in session, Senator Chez addressed the convention, con-vention, lie reviewed some of the accomplishments ac-complishments of the Democratic national na-tional administration and took up in considerable detail the history of the Wootton bill in the state legislature. Chez Makes Address-Senator Address-Senator Chez urged the election of Democratic legislators and a Democratic governor to the end that "Utah shall nave prohibition by next fall. He also spoke of the need of a department of agriculture for the state, a public utilities utili-ties law and corrupt practice act. The remarks of the state senator were enthusiastically en-thusiastically applauded by the delegates dele-gates present. The convention committees that reported re-ported imraedately after the senator's speech were made up of one delegate from each of the five municipal wards and three from the county at largo. The following were the committees: Credentials David W. Evans, Walter N. Farr, Ben J. Griffin, T. S. Browning, Brown-ing, J. S. Cantwell, J. L; Peterson, Joseph Jo-seph Homer and J. M. Bailey. Permanent organization and order of business Alfred Gladwell, R H. Argubright, Asael Farr. Valentine Gideon, W. D. Ellis, J. H. 'Widdison, Miss Lona Ipson and Joseph Bidwell. Resolutions George C. Ensign, Samuel Sam-uel P. Brooks, Thomas M. Irvine, (J. C. Richards, W. W. Browning, D. D. McKay, Mc-Kay, N. P. Brown, iW. H. Lowder. Wilson Indorsed. As chairman of the body, Mr. Richards Rich-ards reported for the resolutions com-, mittee. The declaration of principles adopted at the national convention in i St. Louis was indorsed and President Wilson approved for his action with i regard to the European war and the Mexican situation. . All of the delegates dele-gates to the state, congressional and judicial conventions were pledged to support nominees who will do their utmost ut-most to procure as quickly as possible nation-wide and state-wide prohibition. Continuing on the subject of prohibition, prohibi-tion, the resolutions, in part, are as follows: fol-lows: We denounce the perfidy of Republican Re-publican officeholders and leaders in Utah in jockeying with the prohibition pro-hibition Question. Thev have shown to impartial observers that, instead in-stead of treating the matter as a great moral question, as they have at times pretended to regard it. that they have been putting oft and dreading the day when they could no longer levy and collect their campaign funds and tribute money from the whisky and brewers' brew-ers' trust. Sntoot Is Quoted. The following declaration of , Reed Smoot. made at the Rennh- lican state convention, on September Septem-ber 26, 1910i "I am positive that prohibition would be a farce -as it has proven to be in most of the large cities of our country." "Prohobition is demoralizing to the community, both iu its direct , result of prevalent drunkenness and the inevitable general disregard disre-gard for law. The traffic traf-fic has passed into the hands of ' morally lower and coarser persons than would otherwise be the case, i and the back alleys, blind tigers, dives and speak-easies, vile beyond description, combine to outwit officers of-ficers of the law, mislead the un- "wary and debase the general moral tone of the public." And the false promise made by Governor Spry, to our legislative ! assembly, that if he should decide to veto their liquor bill that he would do so and return it to them before the assembly adjourned so that they would have an opportunity oppor-tunity to pass it over his veto if there were votes enough to do so. as fair samples of the standard or morality guiding the most prominent promi-nent and influential Republican of-. of-. ficeholders and leaders of the party. par-ty. With such infamous examples before them what may be expected expect-ed of the lesser lights? Some Denunciation. We denounce the unscrupulous and inconsistent conduct of. leading Republicans and church members in bringing about the closing of the chapels and meeting houses throughout the state to the advocates advo-cates of prohibition, six years ago, when tho Democratic party and betterment leagues had declared, and were energetically working for immediate statewide prohibition, and of so delaying, for six years, the accomplishment of that great work, for now opening the same clin pels and meeting hones to assist as-sist one wing of tho Republican party to repudiate the other wing, because, the rank and file of that party will no longer tolerate tho alliance with and protection which has been afforded the unpopular and disreputable associate. The matter of selecting a dato for tho county nomination convention was left to the county central committee, the same delegates selected for today's convention to servo at that time. State Delegates. The following delegates were named to the state and congressional conventions: conven-tions: Ogden City, First municipal ward, J. S. Campbell, George C. Ensign, B. H. Goddard, A. V. Huish, V. K. Belknap, Hagbart Anderson, Matilda Brown; Second ward, David W. Evans, Samuel P. Brooks, H. H. Shurtliff, It. H. Argubright; Argu-bright; Third ward, L. W. Sherner, F. S. Woodcock, Asael Farr, Walter N. Farr; Fourth ward, C. C. Richards, John Seaman, Hvnim Belknap, J. L. Parker, O. M. Sanderson, G. S. Burnham, II. W. Gwilliams. W. J. Parker, C. A. Bovd, B. J. Griffin; Fifth ward, T. S. Browning, Brown-ing, S. S. Smith, W. D. Ellis, George Lochhead, Jr., W. W. Browning, T. A. Shreeve, Carlisle Stevens, J. M. Barlow, Bar-low, G. E. Hunter; Weber county, outside out-side of .Ogden Citv, A. L. Peterson Jo-soph Jo-soph Homer, W. H. Lowder, J. S. Wid-dison, Wid-dison, D. D. McKay, Thomas Fowles, George E, Brown. 3. B. Carver, Orson Hiokenloooer. D. F. R.indalL M. K .To. cobs. f. P. Brown, John Wheeler, A. W. Marriott, E. A. Barnes and A. C. Call; total, fifty. Judicial Delegates. The following delegates were named to the judicial convention: Ogden City, First municipal ward, William Purdy, Henry Sain, Alfred Gladwell, Thomas Emmett, James Cant-well, Cant-well, John Durham, B. H. Goddard; Second ward, Mrs. Caroline A. Wiggins, Mrs. Annie Shurtliff. W. A. James and W. L. Underwood; Third ward, Thomas M. Irvine, Lawrence M. Malan, B. A. Xorris, Elibazeth Webb; Fourth ward. ('. C. Richards, Joseph Chez, S. P. Dobbs, O. M. Sanderson, C. E. Smith, Valentino Gideon, S. E. Hinckley, John Seaman, Sarah Eldredpe, S. T.' Corn; Fifth ward, C. L. Farr, W. M. Johnson, Arthur Halverson, Lorenzo Jackson, John G. Ellis, E. T. Benson, C. Edval-son, Edval-son, John McQuarrie, Oswald Jackson; Weber county, outside, of Ogden citv, A. L. Peterson, W. N. Mclntvre, L. J. Tavlor, J. H. Widdison, A. A."Allen, H. P. 'Green, J. M. Bailey, Henry T. Maw, Joseph Barnett, J. P.' Broadbank, F. L. Hammond, J. J. Hutchins, J. B. East, George N. Heslop, A. C. Call and Heber Randall; total, fifty. |