Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-05-25 | Page 6 | Warm at Ogden

Warm at af Ogden I ECOROUS Democrats and Robust D' D DECOROUS DECOROUS partaking of alliterations alliteration's artful aid would seem eem to be pat word couples couples but but there there just isn't any sense in writing them that w way y Ogden has pr proved ved that in two wo separate week Orderly harmonious and reeking with the es essence es- es fence sence of brotherly love the Republicans foregathered foregathered fore fore- foregathered gathered there there t three ree weeks ago Though a good time was was had by all only the keyno keynoter er and the orator of df the day beat their breasts and hurled flaming naming words words' into the auditorium But Bu when the Robust Democrats staged their show there Saturday Saturday well well that was something else again g in Both the viewing with alarm and the pointing with pride were vociferous an and e explosive and nd at one time it appeared that a diverting physical encounter on the stage was about to take place ce But nothing happened the boys just wanted to speed things up He wasn't mad at anybody last anybody last Saturday Perhaps the he most newsworthy event during the convention was mention of a r name all but forgotten and with rousing indorsement and explicit instructions that Utah's delegation to the Philadelphia meet meet to to rat ratify y the administration tion put tion-put put him in line to hold his job as presiding presiding ing lag officer of the greatest deliberative b body dy Inthe inthe in inthe the world The name was John N. N Garner of Texas Washington's most successful poker player with or without cards First last and andall andall andall all the time the states state's envoys were told to stand rockbound for Roosevelt Utah's Democracy will stand for no compromises compromises compromises compro compro- with conservatism To make the point emphatic a chorus of amens went up p as the cry rose from the floor Ve uVe dont don't wan want any anti anti- new dealers on our delegation None dissented in a voice loud enough to hear War Var to the hilt hilton hilton hilton on the old order will be the battle cry raised inthe in inthe inthe the Quaker City by the contingent wearing corsages and of sagebrush from out where the west begins Setting no precedent in any kind of history women were at the bottom m of th the only serious trouble of the day Confirming the prediction that the hairpin derby would be a stubbornly contested race two heats were run If one of the starters in the national committeewoman handicap handicap handicap handi handi- cap had not failed to go to post for the second no one can say whether a winner would have r romped down the stretch before sundown Otherwise Otherwise Otherwise Other Other- wise in the rowdy and traditional manner of Democracy the meeting broke up in an e eruption up- up tion bon of harmony Though no one mentioned it if if a platform had been adopted by the convention convention conven conven- tion it would have been written about like this this' Democrats must go JOO per cent on the new deai deal from now on Those Thos who dont don't will wiIl get a knock on the head Well that's that that but but dont don't get the idea that the state nominating convention will be a concord concord con con- cor cord of sweet sounds The three gubernatorial aspirants pitched their field headquarters close to the front line trenches trench Saturday Pamphlets butt buttons ns and greetings were passed ou out out but but nothing stronger At each headquarters rs th there there re w was wa r a c. c certain grimness perm permeating ting the air a sort of wait walt u until you see the whites of their eyes eyes attitude It is a portent of sound and fury to come of the sort that the customers expect in a Democratic gathering At Ogden Saturday outside out- out side fade th the tea theater er there was a sign reading Its cooler coole inside e. e Everybody will laugh out loud if anything like that greets the delegates at the entrance of the party's next state session