Show I REPUBLICANS PlACE TICKET IN INFIELD FIELD FOR ELECTION NOV 6 ONLY TWO VO CONTESTS STAGED AT COUNTY CONVENTION HELD FRIDAY F B HAMMOND NAMED FOR FORSTATE FORSTATE STATE REPRESENTATIVE REPUBLICAN TICKET Representative F B HAMMOND HAl CommIssioner 4 years L L TAYLOR Commissioner 2 years RALPH T J MILLER ULLER County Clerk H W BALSLEY SherIff LEN STOCKS Treasurer ANNA LEE NIELSEN I Assessor ALBERT MAXWELL 1 Attorney T J REED LANCE Republican County Platform We the members of the platform md and resolutions commIttee appointed by this convention reaffirm our belief in and allegiance to the princIples of the Grand Old Party We heartily endorse the platform of the Utah RepublIcan state convention We favor the setting up of a system of social insurance WhiCh will proVide economic security against old age un- un unemployment Unemployment employment and incapacity resulting from accidents occupational diseases ill health and for the dependents of such persons and we c urge our representatives in Congress to soil Ol conSIstently consistently for JOl the passage of such a law We be heartily artily commend the state Road COmmissIOn of Utah for the ver very lIberal reconstruction ana oiling pro pro- program program gram which it has instituted m in Grand county We Ve urge increased vIgilance and more effective administration of our laws intended to protect h human man life upon our hIghways We recognize the of the I livestock industry in Grand county and andI pledge to give It every consIstent sup sup- support support I port and guarantee for its preservatIon preservation tIon and continued development and andI ande I we e emphatically urge our state senator I and our om state representative to do everything m in their power to bring about such changes in the present state bounty law as will insure to Grand county a substantial return of the large amount of money paId into the state bounty fund each year for forthe the destruction of prEdatory animals in this county no part of whIch has hasI I been paid out for bountIes in Grand GrandI county for several years past I We urge our state senator and state representative to use their influence in inthe inthe the next legislature to bring about the adoption of direct primary laws for the state of Utah We strongly favor the just ana faIr treatment of the defenders of our ourI coun country In time of war warr warWe r I We stand as the Republican party I has always stood for the constItution of the United States ot of America and the system ot of government embodied in hr it WIth reverence and respect for the letter etter SPirit Intent and purpose of the provisions of that framework upon which aU all of our laws have b been n con con con- constructed we hereby declare the Re- Re Republican publican party to be the constitutional party of the nation The party of Grand coun- coun county county I IThe ty at its county convention held Fri Fri Fri- Friday day in the court house nominated a aI ticket to make the race at the general I election to be held on November 6 The convention was marked by two I contests involving the offices of asses asses- assessor assessor sor and county attorney All other I nominations for county officers were by acclamation I IThe The convention was composed of 33 delegates Soon after 10 o'clock Fri Fri- Friday Friday I day morning George J Burck chair chair- chairman chairman man called the meeting to order and the official call was read Mr Burck was chosen as chairman of the con con- convention convention and Mrs Ira Ila Corbin was elect elect- elected elected ed secretary The chairman appointed the following convention committees Platform and resolutions Mrs D E Baldwin J Reed Lance H H W Balsley Baisley Mons Peterson and George J Burck order of busIness L L Taylor Mrs I IMons h Da a Corbin F W Strong A A A Taylor and Ralph J MIller D credentials A A Johnson L N Meador J H Bank Bank- Bankhead Bankhead I head Taylor Darrow and Albert Beach BeachA A recess was taken until 7 30 pm p m I IA to give the committe committees s tune time to prepare their reports When the convened re-convened I for the evening sessIOn the reports of the committees v were ere adopted and the conventIon proceeded to name a ticket The first nomination made was as that for representative to the state legIsla- legIsla legIslature legislature ture Mrs D E Baldwin presented the name or of F B Hammond who was as chosen by acclamatIon FOl term long commissioner II H W V Balsley placed L L Taylor in nomination atlon He was chosen by acclamation t J Miller was placed in nomination for term short commissioner b bi biF F W strong Mr Miller was chosen IF unanimously For county clel clerk k H W Balsley Balsle was I played before the convention by L L Taylor and the nomination was made acclamatIon by I For sheriff the name of Len stocks I was presented by A A Taylor Jr and andI Mr stocks was vas nom nominated mated by acclamation I I mation mahon Mrs Maude Moore presented the name name- of Mrs Ulna Anna Lee Nielsen for forI county treasurer and the nomination I was made by acclamatIon FOl Fm county recorder J Reed Lance placed Mrs Margie Learning in nom nom- nominatIon nomination I Mrs Learning LeamIng m in a brief talk thanked the com convention for the honor I conferred on her but stated that she could not accept the nomination and andI I asked that her name be withdrawn I from consideratIon There was no fm further ther candidate for lor recorder and andI the chairman stated that the nomination I abon would be referred to the committee com com- committee on vacancies r For assessor J M Stocks presented the name of 0 H Newell incumbent I and Mrs C A Loveridge Albert ell Macwell The convention pro pro- proceeded proceeded I to ballot Mr Newell ell receiving I 16 votes and Mr Maxwell MaC 17 MI Maxwell Max was declared nominated I Three candidates were ere placed before I the convention for county attorney I Mr Mrs na Corbin nominated J Reed Lance incumbent The names o of I Taylor Darrow and Mons Peterson were I 1 placed before lefore the convention by Mrs J M and Joseph L Watts I respectively On the first ballot the result was as follows Lance 16 Darrow 12 Peterson 4 The second I ballot gave Lance 17 votes Darrow 13 and Peter on 2 Mr Lance was declared de- de deI nominated I There was no nomination for county surveyor and this place waS referred to the vacancy committee with Uh instructions I to name a candIdate It if possible The selection of a county central committee was Vias next in order George GeorgeJ J Burel Burck was nominated for county chairman by H W BaIsleY D A I Johnson presented th the name of D E I Baldwin and Joseph L Watts nominated Mrs D E Baldwin Both Mr and Mrs Baldwin withdrew and Mr Burch Burck was elected by acclamation For vice MrS D E Bald Bald- Baldwin win was elected by acclamation on onI motion by H W B Balsley r I Ila Corbin was the unanimous choice or of orthe I the convention for county secretary her name being offered by r 1 L Taylor The American eagle with ed wings perched on a beehive was wasI chosen as the official emblem or th party The charman by vote ot of the con con- convention convention was authorized to appoint a committee on vacancies After con oon- conferring ferring with delegates C Burck Bur has announced the following as mem- mem members members bers of the com George J Burck Mrs Ira Ila C elL G Green D E Baldwin and Evans The convention adjourned at about i 10 p m m The platform adopted by the party appears elsewhere in this edition I I I |