Salt Lake Telegram | 1916-02-27 | Page 2 | Democratic State Convention is Called

DEMOCRATIC STATE I CONVENTION IS lS CALLED CALLED Eig t Del Delegates ga es to National G Gathering at St. St Louis Will Be Named BA BANQUET IS ARRANGED Bourbon Bourbo Politicians Will Meet Here April 4 to Select Represent Representatives tives Official call for the Democratic state convent convention on to be held on on April 5 at which time four d delegates legates at large to o the national al convention will will will- willbe be named was Issued yesterday by by S. S R R. Thurman chairman of the state ex executive executive executive ex- ex committee On the same same date the delegates from the first congressional congressional congressional district and those from fro the second sec see ond congressional district will resolve themselves into separate conventions and each will elect two additional delegates delegates dele dele- gates to the national convention A total of f delegates are authorized authorized author author- to attend the state convention This apportionment was prepared on the basis of ot one delegate for each sixty votes or or major fraction thereof cast for tor Jesse Tesse Knight candidate for presIdential presidential elector in 1912 A meeting of the state Democratic committee will be held on the evening of April 4 at a place to be announced later The annual banquet will be held April 8 at th the Hotel Utah and elaborate elaborate ate plans ar are under way ay for this occa occa- sion Conference week will intervene between the convention and the banquet banquet ban ban- Special railroad rates have been promised those who wish to remain for tor forthe forthe the banquet Among the speakers at the banquet ba will be Simon Bamberger mentioned as a candidate for United States States' senator sen sea sen ator Joshua Greenwood of NephI VH W. W H H. King also mentioned ed as a senatorial possibility W. W v. v It R. R Wallace national committeeman R. R W. W Young merl- merl men men- as a gubernatorial candidate and former Senator J Joseph seph L. L Rawlins Speeches will be limited to periods of five and ten minutes each The number of delegates to which each county is entitled Is as follows Beaver 10 Boxelder 23 Cache 55 Carbon 9 Davis 19 Duch Duchesne Duchsne 6 Emery 12 Garfield 4 Grand 4 Iron 9 Juab 16 Kane 2 Millard 14 Morgan Morgan Morgan Mor Mor- gan 4 Piute Pluto 2 Rich 4 4 S Salt lt Lake San Juan 2 San Pete 33 Sevier I 15 IBS Summit 16 Tooele 11 Uintah 9 I Utah 77 11 Wasatch 10 10 Washington n 14 Wayne 3 Weber 50 The delegates elected to the state convention from the counties constituting constituting constituting ing the First congressional district ot of Utah shall constitute the convention I of ot the First c congressional district and I delegates l elected e to the state convention convention conven conven- fi fil gf i tion from the counties u constituting o the second congressional district of Utah shall constitute the convention of ot the Second congressional i nal district Each of the conventions is authorized to transact transact transact trans trans- act such other and further business as may properly como coma before it