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Show Republicans Name.' Matley- Gardner Commissioners : : i Republicans of Utah County Meet in Con- ! vention at Spanish Fork to Name Ticket ! for Coming Campaign. 1 SPANISH FORK, Sept. 17. James T. Gardner, of , American Fork, and Fred Matley of Spanish Fork, were re- ' ' nominated to succeed themselves on the board of county commissioners this afternoon at the county Republican convention, con-vention, held in the city pavilion. Mr. Gardner, present chairman of the county commis- i sion, was chosen for the two-year term. Mr. Matley was , named for the four-year term. 1 Neither of the two men had any serious opposition ' throughout the pre-convention campaign, and none developed in the convention. ! I. E. Brockbank, of Provo, was nominated county attorney. attor-ney. v The following were named for the legislature: 1 Mrs. Achsa Paxman, of Provo; James H. Gardner, of Lehi; J. 0. Stone, of Vineyard ; N. C. Christensen, of Salem. ' CITY PAVILION", SPANISH FOKK, Sept., 17. While the Spanish Span-ish Fork high school band rendered several lively selections in the baud stand in the city park, the delegates to the Utah county Republican convention con-vention slowly gathered outside the convention hall. As is usual in such gatherings the delegates crowded together in small groups, discussing the present political politi-cal situation or seeking support for this or that candidate whose name may be presented to the convention. To coax the delegates into the city pavilion where the convention was to be held, Prof. F. J. Faux removed re-moved his band into the pavilion long after the time set for the beginning be-ginning of the affair. The hall was gorgeously decorated in the national colors and the Stars and Stripes were present in abundance. abun-dance. A home-made picture of Governor Charles R. Mabey draped with flags decorated the wall back of the speakers platform with portraits of Coolidge and Roosevelt, Harding and Lincoln on each side. After the high school band had played half a dozen melodies In the pavilion, the delegates slowly wended wend-ed their way into the hall and took their assigned places acordiug to the precincts represented. It was 10:45 oclock, 45 minutes late, when County Chairman I. E. Brockbank, of Provo, officially called the convention to order. On the stand with Chairman Brockbank were Charles H. White of Payson, temporary ichairmau; Mrs. Mary J. Finley of Springville, temporary vice chnirmnn; Mark E. Kartchner of Grand View, temporary tempor-ary secretary; Mrs. Pearl Potter, temporary assistant chairman ; Senator Sen-ator Wilford W. Warnick of Pleas-1 Pleas-1 ant Grove, state committeeman; Henry A. Gardner of Spanish Fork, chaplain; J. H. Snell precinct chairman chair-man of Spanish Fork, who had had charge of the convention arrangements; arrange-ments; Mayor Nathaniel Ludlow of Spanish Fork. After the band had played another selection and Henry A. Gardner of Spanish Fork had offered the invocation, in-vocation, the Jameson sisters of Spanish Fork sang, "The Flag Without With-out a Stain," accompanied by Miss Mary Williams. W. O. Creer and George P. Parker were invited to take places on the speakers platform. Mark E. Kartchner, Jr.. read (he call of the convention, aflcr which Chairman Brockbank introduced those with him on the stand. Mr. Brockbank wolcnmpd the dolomites. dolo-mites. Hp declared that never before be-fore Tins such a large turnout at a I judicial convention as thnt hold recently re-cently in Provo. lie said the Republicans Repub-licans would wnge an educative pro-1 pro-1 gressive campaign nnd would not indulge in-dulge in anv nmdslinging of , any kind. Charles H. White was introduced as the tempornry chairmnn of the convention. It wns 11:55 o'clock when he bcnan his keynote address. He unrnd the campaign should be ' i one of education. past four years, the majority are be- ; hind the administration. I grant that mistakes may have been made, , if you allow the individual to be the , judge, but most of the disgruntled , ones are those who have been unable un-able to get the plum which they , sought. "Charles R. Mabey, our illustrous governor, has given the state a splendid administration and de- : serves to be re-elected. j "Although the third party has in- '. dorsed the Democratic gubernatorial .' candidate, I believe that Utah, as al- jj ways, will stand up for Republican d principles. We can do no better h than to stay with the men who have 3: been trusted. "Coming down to our own county, ,H we should be careful and judicious in selecting men to stand at the head of the county affairs. "In the past we have had at the head of that county government, , men who have shamefully wasted the funds of the county while the - . people have groaned under the heavy tax burdens. "During the past two years we have been well represented and I believe it is the sentiment of this convention to return the two county commissioners. : "When they attained to the com- i missionership of the county they found the financial affairs in a bad condition, a large debt having been incurred. During their term of office, of-fice, under the judicious guidance of these two men, that indebtedness has almost been wiped out, notwithstanding notwith-standing that they have listened to j the cries of the people and have considerably con-siderably lowered the county taxes. "In the past we have been unwise 1 in that we have continuously been asking and petitioning the commissioners commis-sioners for this or thnt appropriation. appropria-tion. This cannot continue without increasing the taxes." ! He predicted that the Republican ticket in its entirety would be elected elect-ed at the coming election. ; Congressman E. O. Leatherwood, ' j who hnd entered the hall after the ! beginning of the convention, was In- '. I troduced as a friend of Utah county, ; which he had shown, it wns said, in j his untiring efforts for the reclamation reclama-tion projects of this section. He began bis address by question- . ing if in Jhe UnUed States there is ' n county which can present such a physical splendor and beauty as Utah count . "Do we believe in the sanctify of the constitution of America? That j is the question of which we are go-jing go-jing to decide at the coming election,'' said Congressman Lenlhorwnod. ' He declared that the LaFollette followers' main aim in this eam- paign is to submerge the l'undnmen- tal principles of this country. lie flayed the efforts of the third parly to minimize the power of the Supreme Su-preme Court. He said that the , court had always been t ho bulwnrk , of the country and that if they were 1 i struck down it would impair the freedom of the common people. He urged the people of Utnh to re- buke the men who teach such false doctrines by going to the polls o November 4 and register their vote for the safeguarding of the nation. ' Congressman Leatherwood took a fling at the Democratic principles and the organization of the LaFol-lctte-lndependent group. Considerable Consider-able time wns given by him to Geortro II. Dorn, the IVmocn: ile candidate for governor and ins endorsement en-dorsement by the third party. Ho declared thnt the economic . life of Utnh is wrapicd up in the . , principles of the Republican party : ; and that to maintain that life the people of Utah must support the Re- , publican candidates at the election ' this fall. "We are truly proud as Republicans Republi-cans of Utah county for the splendid record mnde by the party," said Mr. White. "We have no apologies to offer. of-fer. We are proud of the splendid helmsman who stands nt the head of this government placed there by the ! Republicans of the nalinn. I "We are willing to forget the little waste of the world war. It is a thing of the pnst and we should speak of it no longer. "If ever we needed a Theodore Roosevelt it is at this time. We often of-ten refer to him as the man using the big stick and bringing people together. to-gether. "It is not necessary to make a keynote address in Utah county. That wns done when the Republicans Republi-cans of the nation met and nominated nominat-ed the greatest present-day American, Ameri-can, Calvin Coolidge. When I say we need n Theodore Roosevelt. I be-- be-- lieve the Republican party found I that man in Calvin Coolidge. "As far as our state is concerned the keynote speo'-b wns given nt ' fce Ftnte convention. While we j -r pom" rema-i:s e-iinst the ad- ministration of the state (luring the |