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Show KING AND BERN RENOMINATED r'-r - Scenes of Enthu.sia.sm Mark Unanimous Action on Candidates, Candi-dates, from Top to Bottom DEMOCRATIC TICKET United States Senator SENATOR WILLIAM H. KING Salt Lake Governor GEORGE II. DERN Salt Lake Supreme Court CHIEF JUSTICE S. R. THURMAN (Ten-year term) Salt Lake JUDGE VALENTINE GIDEON Ogden Secretary of State MILTON H. WELLING j Fielding Attorney General i OLIVER K. CLAY 1 Price State Treasurer 1 JOHN F. MENDENHALL ! Springville State Auditor W. HARRISON FARR i Logan State Superintendent of Public Instruction L. JOHN NUTTAL - . Spanish Fork Presidential Electors WILLARD SCOWCROFT Ogden MRS. J. J. GALLIGAN Salt Lake A. J. EVANS Lehi J. FRANK TOLTON Beaver i For Congress (First District) ' O. R. M2CHELSEN Richfield (Second District) DR. JOSHUA H. PAUL Salt Lake (Tribune) No opposers appeared at the Demo-eratic Demo-eratic state convention tM i Saturday to contest the renomination of Senator W. H. King, Governor George H. Dern and Chief Justice Samuel R. Thurman and Justice Valentine Gideon of the state supreme court. Accordingly, all four were renominated by acclamation amid scenes of rousing enthusiasm. Unanimity did not end here. Immediately Imme-diately afterward, Milton H. Welling ef Fielding was unanimously nominat-! ed for secretary of state and Oliver K. Clay was the united choice for attorney attor-ney general. The party platform adopted followed follow-ed closely the lines of the recommendations recom-mendations of the prominent Democrats Demo-crats who drafted it, with the exception excep-tion that changes were made in the plank dealing with the liquor problem. The discussion of the corrjnittee on platform and resolutions were so protected pro-tected that nearly all of the candidates candi-dates had been nominated when the platform was laid before the convention conven-tion late in the afternoon. The prohibition pro-hibition and enforcement plank, when read, was declared strengthened or weakened, according to the viewpoint of the wets and drys among the delegates. dele-gates. Ray Van Cott nominated Senator King. After reviewing the senator's eareer before and after he went to Washington, Mr. Van Cott declared: "There is not the slightest doubt that Senator King will be reelected." Groves Giles, the Democratic candidate candi-date for district judge in the Fifth judicial district, seconded the nomination, nomina-tion, saying that he and Senator King were born "in the same county, the same town and in the same house" in Fillmore, Millard county. Referring to Mr. King as "the next senator," Mr. Giles said that he had always been proud of the senator. Judge George Christensen of Price and John E. Griffiths of Logan also spoke in favor ef renominating Senator King. "I do not recall a more generally attended eonvention, said Judge Christensen. referring to the fact that the full delegations dele-gations from practically every county-were county-were present. "There are no proxies. No county is represented by Salt Lake attorneys, as was the custom in the ld days." It was on motion of Joseph Chez of Ogden that Senator King was nominated nomi-nated by acclamation. Harold M. Stephens of Salt Lake presented the name of Governor Dem in a speech in which he discussed the governor's services to the state during the past year and also lauded the Democratic presidential nominee. Gov-rnor Gov-rnor Alfred E. Smith of New York. Mention of Governor Dern by Mr. Stephens was the signal for a Dem procession down the aisle of the theater theat-er to the stage, where a banner with "Dem With Dem" marked in big letters let-ters was displayed. George Ballif of Provo and others seconded the nomination of Governor Dem. Again at the suggestion of Mr. Chez the selection was made by acclamation. accla-mation. Because of the number of speeches made in favor of Senator King and Governor Dem. Charles Bengsten oi Salt Lake called for the settling of a limit of five minutes on all nominating addresses. Enthusiasm was running too high among the other delegates for consent to any such limitation to the flow of oratory. Mr. Bengtsen's efforts failed. A committee had been sent to bring Senator King to the stage. As the senator could not be found in the theater, and it was negessary to go to his hotel, Governor Dem was called upon for an address. Declaring that he knew of no other higher compliment that could be paid to a man than to renominate him after he had served the people in public office, the governor gover-nor added that he hoped the voters of Utah would do more than elect him. He urged that the other state offices be filled with Democrats, reminding his hearers that he had been in a "lonely position" during the past four years. He asked also that Democrats be elected to the state legislature. "It is necessary to have a Democratic legislature," legis-lature," he said, "if we are to carry out Democratic plans." Wilson McCarthy of Salt Lake presented pre-sented the name of Chief Justice Thurman, telling of the long and useful use-ful career of the jurist. Enthusiasm swelled to a higher pitch when William R. Wallace appeared on the platform to second the nomination of Justice Thurman. Chairman Well ing referred to Mr. wauace as "noblest Roman f them all." Mr. Wallace has been expected to be a contender for nomination for United States senator against Mr. King, but had not permitted his name to be pre- At the conclusion of Mr. Wallace's warm commendation of the proposal to renominate Justice Thurman, Mr. Stephens asked Chairman Welling tp call upon the jurist for "a word of wisdom wis-dom and counsel." Recalling what Governor Dem had said about his lonely position. Justice Thurman informed in-formed the delegates that while a governor's gov-ernor's reto could ke overridden, there was no such thing as overruling the supreme court. Judge Wade Johnson of Ogden proposed pro-posed Justice Valentine Gideon, who was, like Chief Justice Thurman, nominated nom-inated by acclamation after a few approving ap-proving addresses had been heard. Chairman Welling then handed the gavel to Mrs. Weston Vernon of Logan, vice chairman. Immediately afterward, former Judge Joshua Greenwood nominated Mjr. Welling for secretary of state. The nomination was again by acclamation. State Senator Knox Patterson of Moab next presented the name of Oliver K. Clay of Price for nomination for attorney general. Like the others, Mr. Clay was placed on the ticket by acclamation. Senator King was escorted to the stage just as Mr. Clay was being nominated. nom-inated. He expressed belief that the next United States senate and house would be Democratic. A. B. Morgan proposed John F. Mendenhall of Springvile for state treasurer. The choice was made unanimous unani-mous on motion of Mr. Chez. Then came the selection of state auditor. au-ditor. As had been expected, Cache county produced the candidate, but not until after Lisle Smith had presented pre-sented the name of Wiliam M. Swan of Salt Lake. Mr. Swan withdrew when Dr. J. M. Bernhisel of Lewiston offered W. Harison Farr of Logan for nomination. nomi-nation. Following Mr. Swan's withdrawal, with-drawal, the selection of Mr. Farr was made by acclamation. But for the presentation of the two names when the candidate for state auditor was named, all of the candidates candi-dates placed on the Democratic ticket faced no opposition. Every candidate was chosen by acclamation. Throughout Through-out the convention, there was no balloting, bal-loting, as there were no contests. Mr. Farr is connected with the Thatcher Brothers Banking company, as auditor and in charge of the savings sav-ings department. L. John Nuttal of Spanish Fork was proposed for nomination for state superintendent su-perintendent of public instruction by W. E. Candie, supported by Dr. W. J. Snow of Utah county. The delegates decided to put Mr. Nuttal on the ticket by acclamation. Justice Gideon, Mr. Clay and Mr. Mendenhall and Mr. Nuttal made short addresses. The presidential electors were chosen chos-en without a contest, just as the other candidates were selected. Only four persons were proposed and these were selected by acclamation. They are Mrs. John J. Galligan of Salt Lake, John F. Toiton cf Beaver, Willard Scowcroft of Ogden and Abel John Evans of Lehi. Orman W. Ewing, who is in New York, where he attended the ceremony of notifying Governor Smith, sent a telegram which was read from the stage, wishing success to the Democratic Demo-cratic state ticket. |