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Show DEMOCRATS SET NEW ' Conflict With Governor's Reception at State Capitol Capi-tol Avoided. Owing to a conflict In dates tho Democratic Demo-cratic ratification matting and bannuet originally (scheduled for January 5 at the Auditorium has been postponed until January 8, according to an announcement made yesterday by Chairman T. F. Tho i lias of the banquet committer. After the date had been fixed fur the celebration celebra-tion it wiL-i learned that Governor-elect Simon Bamberger had arranged fur his I'ecepi ion January u at the stale capltol. I'pon k-arning of the date of the reception re-ception Mr. Thomas -took tho matter of "hanging the duty up with the Democratic: Demo-cratic: Kate committee and waa au-t au-t horltted by State Cnairrna.ii Mathoniliali Thomas lu arrange fur the ratification atid banquet on January 8, the day the logUlatlvu session will open. With the exception of the change in the date, there will be no change in the plans for the big meeting. James H. Wolfe of Salt Uike la slated for assistant attorney general under the new administration, according to rumors iitluHt slorday. No formal announcement announce-ment of the appointment probably will he iiui'lfi until Governor-elect Simon Bamberger Bam-berger returns from the east and makes known his selections for all the major appointive positions. Mr, Wolfe has been pi act icing law in Salt Lake for about siv vMm fimi I'm- tiiroe vou'S has been editor of the Utah survey. The Manufacturers' Association of Utah plans to register a vigorous protest with, the governor-elect against the appointment appoint-ment of a labor candidate to the post of commissioner of Immigration, labor and statistics. The manufacturers declare they have no applicant for the position, but insist that the appointee be a broad-minded broad-minded man and in no way prejudiced against either the manufacturers or labor. la-bor. The manufacturers are opposed to the appointment of a labor man to the position posi-tion on the ground that he might be inclined in-clined to wage a campaign against the manufacturers on technicalities in connection con-nection with the present labor laws of the state. The factory owners and operators op-erators declare they are observing the law, but during holiday rushes they Borne-times Borne-times permit a few employees to work a few hours overtime In case the employees em-ployees are willing. The manufacturers also will work for the appointment of a practical and liberal lib-eral man as state dairy and food commissioner com-missioner and secretary of the state board of health. The public utilities subcommittee of the Democratic legislative committeee Is devoting Its attention largely to the examination ex-amination of the public utilities laws of various states In the union. It is expected ex-pected that a draft of the proposed bill may be made toward the latter part of the week. The draft, however, probably will see many changes of a minor nature before It goes before the legislature. j |