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Show ROOSEVELT IS CHOICE OF lmUMS Democrats A clvoca ic Resubmits i o u of Dry Amendment. SALT LAKE CITY, May 28 (U.R) Amid wild acclaim, enthusiastic delegates to the Democratic state convention ; pledged its eight votes for the presidential nominee to Governor Gov-ernor Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York, here Saturday. In an unexpected upset, Orman VV. Kwing of Salt L.ake way named as the state national rnmmitteeman to succeed James H. Movie, defeating defeat-ing VV. J. Halloian uf Salt Lake, the favorite. The vote was: Ewing, 402; Hal-loran, Hal-loran, 378. . The convention also passed a resolution advocating resubmission of the eighteenth amendment to the voters and instructed the voters to support Governor George H. Dern for vice president. Morgan Keynoter The prohibition resolution aroused arous-ed a tremendous uproar of approval. Other planks in the platform favored favor-ed liberalization of money and credit svstem. rehabilitation of sil- ver, placing agriculture on the same plane as other American industries in-dustries and more even distribution distribu-tion of wealth. SALT LAKE CITY, May ! n.r.Hi Governor George 11. Bern's Democratic Demo-cratic vice-presidential candidacy gained momentum here today when Judge A. B. Morgan. Provo. keynoter key-noter at the state Democratic convention con-vention hailed Utah's governor as eminently qualified for the post he seeks. "I know George H. Dern. and every Democrat of the state of Utah can be proud to present his name to the Chicago convention," Morgan declared. "He is eminently eminent-ly qualified and fitted to be vice-president vice-president of our great nation, and if he is nominated no man or woman wo-man in this country need have any misgivings lo vote for him. rrohibition A Failurc-r- "I commend the state administration adminis-tration of Governor George H. Dern during the past eight years. He has given to the state of Utah, during al lof that time, a splendid state administration." First admitting that he was an earnest advocate of prohibition, at the outset. Morgan publicly ad--. mitted his conviction that the 18th amendment was a failure. "The (liquor) traffic has riot been abolished," he declared. "We j have driven the traffic into the hands of the worst elements of so- ; ciety. The misuse of alcohol has always had a demoralizing effect on society since Noah got drunk and the liquor traffic has always been a corupting influence in politics, poli-tics, largely because of the money made in the traffic. Criminal Element "American drinkers who formerly former-ly paid a bit a drunk to the saloonkeeper saloon-keeper are now paying two bits a drink to the bootlegger, and the bootlegger, with that money, has been able to organize the criminal elements in this country until they are now a menace to the er-iistence of law and order . . . "We cannot dodge the problem. We must face the facts, if a majority ma-jority of the American people demand de-mand a resubmission of the 18th amendment. their demand should not be denied ..." Morgan then launched into an impassioned plea for state and na- tional governmental economy. He detailed unnecessary extravagances , in Utah and urged that some of the "frills" on the public buildings be dispensed with to the end that greater economy and efficient could be achieved. The Itey-noter ended up with f. bitter criticism of the Hoover administration. ad-ministration. He started back a, far as the Harding regime, worked up through the C'ollidge rule and ended in a loud burst of condemnation condemna-tion against President Hoover. |