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Show Democratic Convention Held; Strong Ticket Nominated COUNTY DEMOCRATIC TICKET For Representative NEPI1I L. WILLIAMS, Castledale For 4-Year Commissioner ISAAC ALLRED, Emery For 2-Year Commissioner D. MERER LEONARD, HuiitinR ton For Clerk W. G. PEACOCK JR., Orangeville For Treasurer LOUIS W. GUYMON, Castledale For Recorder PETER TOLBOE. Castledale For Sheriff -O. W. SITTERUD, Oran;evMe For Attorney LOUIS P. OVESON, Cleveland For Assessor JOS. If ANSON, Ferron For Surveyor E. O. ANDERSON, Emery Adeipting a county platform that comments most favorably on the record rec-ord made by Sheriff O. W. Sitterud during the past two years of office, and, at the same time giving a scathing scath-ing arraignment of the doings and misdoings of the state road commission, commis-sion, the Democrats of the county met in conventitin last Weelnesday in the e'ourthouse and named a good strong ticket a ticket that was given added strength by some ninth-inning changes chang-es in the lineup. The one unfortunate unfortun-ate feature would seem to be the little representation on the ticket see:ured by Huntington the largest Democratic precinct in the county whie-h secured but the one office. The Huntington delegates went through thr-ough it all like good sports, however, and vowed they would be found voting vot-ing and working for the more fortunate fortun-ate candidates notwithstanding their disappointment. The convention was a little late in getting down to business, due to the late arrival of some of the delegations, it being after eleven o'clock when Ira R. Browning, county chairman, called the meeting to order. Nominations being open for temp orary chairman. Mart Jensen of Huntington Hunt-ington made the motion that Mr. Browning act as such. The motion carried, following which Louis W. Guymon was elected temporary secretary, sec-retary, W. G. Peacock jr., the county secretary, who was first placed in nomination, having declined on account ac-count of having some land matters underway that demanded his attention. atten-tion. It was next moved that the chair appoint the committee on credentials, which was done, following which representatives rep-resentatives to the committees on permanent per-manent organization and order of business bus-iness and platform and resolutions were named by the different delegations. delega-tions. They follow: Crententials J. W. Nixon, O. R. Gillispie, Carl Berg, E. W. Fox, T. J. Clark, Jos. Hansen, Leo Kenney, Louis P. Oveson, Jos. Caldwell. Permanent Organization and Order of Business Carl Wilberg, A. M. Truman, Tru-man, Victor Mortensen, Gomer Llewellyn, Llew-ellyn, Nephi Williams, Andrew Anderson. Ander-son. Platform and Resolutions Ira R. Browning, M. E. Johnson, M. L. Snow, N. J. Christensen, Rasmus Johnson, George Fox, Leo Kenney. Following the naming of the committeemen, com-mitteemen, adjournment was taken until 1.30 o'clock. There was little time lost before the real business of the afternoon was underway un-derway after re-convening, the acceptance accept-ance of reports from the committees being rushed through with little loss of time after which nominations for representative were called for. Hector Hec-tor T. Evans immediately" arose and, in a nice little speech placed the name of Nephi L. Williams of Castledale before the convention. The rules were voted suspended and the nomination nomi-nation was made by acclamation. For 4-year commissioner, the name of Isaac Allred of Emery was presented present-ed by Nephi Williams of Emery and this nomination was caried by acclamation. accla-mation. J. W. Nixon of Huntington placed in nomination the name of D. Heber Leonard of Huntington and the nomination nomi-nation was made by acclamation. The nomination for clerk was also made by acclamation the name of W. G. Peacock jr., incumbent, being presented pre-sented by George Fox of Orangeville, and the nomination carrying with all kinds of zip. The first contest of the convention developed on the treasurership, the name of Louis W. Guymon of Castle- I dale being presented by Carl Berg, while Huntington came forth with the name of Erin A. Howard, the latter being placed in nomination by J. W. Nixon. The balloting resulted 32 to 14 In Guymon's favor. Nomination for recorder being in order, Chairman Browning tendered the chair to Mart Jensen and presented present-ed the name of Peter Tolboe of Castledale Cas-tledale and the nomination carried by acclamation. Another and the last fight of the convention developed when nominations nomina-tions for sheriff were called for. E. W. Fox presented the name of O. Wr. Sitterud, Incumbent, of Orangeville, and M. E. Johnson presented the name of Lee Howard. The balloting again resulted unfavorably for the Huntington candidate, Sitterud winning win-ning by a vote of 34 to 12. Jos. Hansen of Ferron was placed before the convention for the office of assessor by N. J. Christensen and the nomination was made by acclamation, as were the nominations of Louis P. Oveson, incumbent, for the office of attorney, and that of E. O. Anderson of Emery for the office of surveyor. M. L. Snow presented the name of Mr. Oveson while T. J. Clark presented present-ed the name of Mr. Anderson. Hector T. Evans, present county recorder, had made the remark in the first part of the session that he would rather sing than make a speech and he was now compelled to "deliver the goods" which he did in his own inimitable in-imitable style, giving a verse of "Oh, My America" in which the convention joined when it came to the chorus. This was followd by a comic song by M. E. Johnson of Huntington and the convention was adjourned sine die. The platform adopted by the convention con-vention is given herewith in full: "We, the Democrats of Emery' county, in convention assembled, reaffirm re-affirm our allegiance to the principles princi-ples of Democracy as annunciated in the platforms adopted at St. Louis and later at Ogden. "We pledge our loyal support te Woodrow Wilson for President of the United States and to the splendid citizens citi-zens nominated upon our state ticket. "We point with pardonable pride to the redeemed pledges made in our county platform of 1914; to the economical eco-nomical administration of county af- (Continued on Page 8) DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION (Continued from Page 1) pledge our candidates to a cntinua-tion cntinua-tion of the same policies; inviting a comparison of the expenditures made during the years 1915 and 1916 with those of the precceding administration administra-tion of the several county offices, of which the sheriff's oilice is typical. "For the years 1913-14 the sheriff's sher-iff's expenses amounted to $1755.06 an average of $73.12 per month and during this period the sheriff turned in to the county treasury in fees the sum of $194.98. For the past twenty twen-ty months the expenses of the present sheriff total $04 7.54, an average of $22.87 per month, and for the same period he has turned in to the county treasurer fees aggregating $994.96. "We condemn the Utah state road commission as inefficient and wantonly wanton-ly wasteful of the taxpayers' money in the construction of roads and bridges; bridg-es; we call the attention of the voters of this county to the expenditure of $29,332.67 for state road work in Emery Em-ery county during the past two years, under the direction of the local repre-senative repre-senative of the state road commission, and ask you what there is to show for this enormous expenditure. We pledge our representative in the state legislature to work unceasingly for the necessary revision of the existing ex-isting laws relative to the administration adminis-tration of the state road work and the expenditure of the state road fund to the end that the same may be handled in a more competent and efficient manner and a greater portion of the moneys paid in taxes be spent in the actual improvement of the roads of the state ni tiler than in the payment of unnecessary salaries and expenses of superfluous officials. "We most heartily endorse the prohibition pro-hibition plank adopted by the Democratic Dem-ocratic state convention, and we pledge pled-ge our candidate for election to the stat..- legislature to work in harmony with the party for the enactment of a statewide prohibition law to become effective August 1st, 1917, or as much sooner as possible. "We further pledge all of the candidates can-didates of the Democratic party in Emery county to enforce all of the existing laws fairly and impartially, and to give to the people an honest, efficient, and economical administration administra-tion of their affairs." |