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Show SPRINGVILLE MAN GAINS ENDORSEMENT Theron Hall Endorsed In Executive Meeting Of Committee Endorsement of Theron Hall, Springville Democratic chairman and deputy county assessor, for the appointment to the county commission to succeed Hilton A. Robertson of Springville, was voted by the Democratic county commission com-mission at a stormy executive session ses-sion Tuesday night. Charges of "railroading" and "dirty politics" were hurled after the meeting because no advance notice had been given to the members mem-bers of the committee that the"en-dorsement the"en-dorsement of a candidate would constitute the principal business at the meeting. Three of the five members of the committee from Provo refused to vote when the question on Mr. Hall's endorsement was put by Dr. H. M. Woodward, county chairman. chair-man. The Provo committee members mem-bers were opposed to hasty action and pleaded for more thorough consideration of the qualifications of the candidates for the appointment. appoint-ment. Evidence of a well-prepared plan to "railroad" the endorsement through the committee before -opposition could be organized, was seen in the fact that proxies were (Continued on Page Six) Springville Man Gains Backing (Continued from Page One) present fruii some of the outlying precincts who are rarely, if ever, represented at the committee meetings. Dr. Woodward's ruling to give every one present one vote, regardless regard-less of the number of voting districts dis-tricts represented, also met with protest from some of the committee commit-tee members. Democratic workers present at the meeting who were not members of the committee and held no proxies, were excluded from the meeting. Representative Representa-tive of the press met the same treatment. This is the first time anyone has been excluded from the committee's commit-tee's sessions. Dr. Woodward refused to give any information to the reporters after the meeting regarding the endorsement action. "The matter was discussed, but nothing will be given out," was his only comment. Two other recommendations were made at the meeting. These were Douglas L. Phillips of Lehi to succeed Wallace H. Jenkinson of Lehi as deputy county recorder, and Dean Terry of Provo as deputy depu-ty county attorney. Also officially confirmed was the appointment of a sifting committee com-mittee of six executive committee members to consider all patronage and pass on important positions, Woodward stated. John Evans, Lehi; Arnold Rich-Ins, Rich-Ins, Pleasant Grove; Robert McFadden, Mc-Fadden, Provo; Marcellus Nielsen, MaDleton; Frank Edmund, Salem; nnd David Powelson, Goshen, were the six named. Woodward explained they will meet December 23. All persons other than members of the executive committee, including includ-ing patronage seekers and party workers, were requested to withdraw with-draw immediately after the roll call by Chairman Woodward. Action of the Provo delegation in dissenting seemed not based on the qualifications of the Springville Spring-ville man, but upon what they appeared ap-peared to regard as a lack of notification noti-fication that the important county commission recommendation was to be considered conclusively at the meeting. It is believed chat their plea for more time to scan the field for candidates was unsupported. un-supported. Mr. Robertson is not expected to resign until some time in January. The meeting was well attended with delegates and proxies from Lehi to Dividend represented. Provo's delegation present consisted con-sisted of Mrs. Algie Ballif, Emil K. Nielsen, Mr. R. J. McFadden, Mrs. Sadie Madsen and Mrs. Frances G. Callahan in addition to the chairman, Mr. McFadden being the only one who voted. Publicly announced candidates for the -appointment besides Mr. Hall were Ernest M. Boyer, Springs ville; George A. Brown, Hyrum F. Thomas, Provo, and James T. Blake, Vineyard. 1 Mr. Robertson will resign to accept ac-cept a call from the L. D. S church to become president of the new Japanese mission, with headquarters head-quarters at Honolulu. |
