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Salt Lake Telegram | 1933-09-01 | Page 13 | Delegates for Convention on Repeal Needed

Type issue
Date 1933-09-01
Paper Salt Lake Telegram
Language eng
City Salt Lake City
County Salt Lake
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Article Title Delegates for Convention on Repeal Needed
Type article
Date 1933-09-01
Paper Salt Lake Telegram
Language eng
City Salt Lake City
County Salt Lake
Page 13
OCR Text I DELEGATES FOR CONVENTION ON REPEAL NEEDED Secretary Welling Points Out Failure of Candidates s sto to Qu Qualify The special session n of the legislature legislature legisla legisla- ture authorized the p people o oC Utah to vote vole on the national and state pr hl Q questions at a 3 special election Nove November 7 but unless somebody takes kes enough interest in the question to nominate delegates to a n ratification convention there will i l be no mi vote Muton Milton Milton Mil Mu- ton H H. Welling Secretary of st state te warned warned Friday This list of c candidates n. n must be nominated nominated nominated nom nom- and certified to the secretary of 01 state within the next 2 20 d days ys If their names arc are to appear on the ballot bal ballot lot at the November 7 election Mr Welling Wellin said There was an awful howl from allover all aU allover ov over over r the the state on the resubmission question while the legislature was in session session Mr Welling said but now that machinery for an election has been set setup up by the legislature nobody seems to take enough interest in the qu question tion to file nominations for candidates candi candidates dates to the special state convention that will vote on whether or not the eighteenth nth amendment should be re re- re tamed S SONE ONE CANDIDATE KNOWN So far lr only one person has indicated to Mr Welling a desire to be a candidate candidate can can- at nt the state convention He is W. W J. J lI Henderson of Panguitch state representative from rom Garfield county tn In a a letter received Frida Friday by Mr Welling Mr Henderson said he desired desired desired de de- de- de sired to be a candidate against repeal at the the state convention and asked what procedure should be followed to have lave his name placed placid on on th the ballot The machinery set up by the special cial dat session of the legislature provides pro vides that 42 delegates shall shan be voted on at the special election 21 election 21 pledged to o vote for tor repeal of the eighteenth amendment and 21 pledged to vote against repeal S ANYONE ELIGIBLE An Any person regardless of party affiliation af af- may may bec become me a candidate ifa if ifa ifa a nomina nominating ling petition bearing the signatures signatures sig sig- natures of at nt least qualified voters is filed with the secretary 0 of state at least east 40 days prior to the special dec clec- tion ion Petitions may bear the names names of one candidate or all an 21 candidates The names of candidates candidate bearing the largest argest number of names on their pc petitions pe pc tit ons will be placed on the ballot Mr Welling said It seems seems' to me it is about time orno loL of these wet and rind dry dryl lions ions started circulating their p peti- peti tI ti- I ions and get their candidates nomi nominated Mr Welling said It would be c a fine mess r if the state p passed ed up the he opportunity to vote on this Qu question ques- ques s. s tion ion simply because no candidates were verc nominated
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