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Show THE CITIZEN POLITICS THE PARTY OF GREAT HEN .1 - The Republican party has always been laughed at a good deal because it took so much pride in its past. Yet the old proverb says that the only way one can judge of the future is by the past. Somehow the Republican party has had the gift in past years attracting to its standard a won. derful group of great men, who have had a marvelous influence in shaping the progress of the country. Take Theodore Roosevelt, for instance. He was the greatest moral and political reformer the country has ever seen. His heart blazed with a passionate hatred of everything that was low, mean or crooked. He fought low standards in politics and business, and he had a tremendous influence in rooting out these abuses. His influ-- : ence inspired the country to demand of : the cessation of these wrongs. Elihu Root has been an even greater man, who should have been President. He has one of the keenest minds known in our politics. As Senator and Secretary of State, he did great work for international business, commer-- !, cial development and sound law-mak-J ing. We still benefit from his states-- I manlike service. Charles E. Hughes is one of the J same superb type. His service to the cause of international peace and stabilization of a war tom world have had most far reaching and beneficial effects. He, too, should have been President. Then we have a number of great men now holding high offices in the Republican party. It is not necessary to name them. The Republican party i ; was the natural vehicle through which j these great minds and patriotic states-jme- n found the way to extend their ideals. It carried out their high and have beneficient purposes, which brought the country to a new level of welfare. The party is still attractive to men of that type, who will continue j to use it as the instrument of pro gress and achievement. Salem News. justice of the supreme court and four presidential electors. Salt Lake City has 322 delegates out of the 881, Weber County second with 93 and Utah County third with 76. County Chairman Jesse B. Sharp will immediately set the date for the election of county delegates to the convention. Like all good Democrats, Senator William H. King is for Governor Al. E. Smith for president and he expects the Utah delegation to vote thusly at the Houston convention which convenes next Tuesday morning. Senator King is of the opinion that it will be a miracle if California goes for Hoover We are of the opinion that California will at least go three to one for Hoover, as California is a very strong Republican state and Democrats occupy little room there. The Democrats will have sixteen delegates and four alternates to the Houston Convention. Those who have been duly elected as delegates, are in addition to Chairman Hallcran and Senator King: William W. Ray, Mrs. James J. Galligan, Mrs. Fmest S. Holmes, Orman W. Ewing, Wilson McCarthy and Delbert M. Draper, of Salt Lake; Mrs. William Osborne of Cedar City, S. W. Golding cf Price, chairman of the Carbon County Democratic committee; Joseph Chez of Ogden, secretary of the Western States Association; 0. R. Mickelsen of Richfield, chairman of the Sevier county committee ; John F. Tolton of Beaver, J. William Robinson of Provo, Stuart P. Dobbs of Ogden and Frederick P. Champ of Logan. The four alternates are R. C. Clark of Moab, Ashby Snow of Salt Lake, J. T. McConnell of Uintah County and Mrs. Grover C. Rich of Salt Lake. 11 the position. Harvey H. Cluff, attorney general, is conversant with the state machinery and therefore could successfully fill the position. Malcolm A. Keyser, one of our most active business men in civic affairs, is looked upon as the best possible timber and he would be a splendid man for governor. If the choice was left to The Citizen to select the governor, we would be compelled to place the names in a hat and draw the candidate for office. Democrats are anxious to retain the present personnel of their state committee. There was some talk about electing a new man to take the place of Delbert M. Draper who wishes to retire, but confidence is voiced that this popular chairman can be induced to act through another election. Governor George H. Dem will have no opposition for the nomination of governor. They say he has been a good governor and why change? He no doubt will be nominated clamation. However, this, year the governor will find his former supporters in the Republican party gone and he will surely be defeated at the November election. This is the way the states, which will cast 531electorial votes, may be divided (more or less arbitrarily) geographically: (A vote of 266, or a majority of the whole number of 531, will be required for the election of the nominee who will assume the Presidency March 4, 1929.) New England (6 states, 44 votes) : Connecticut 7, Maine 6, Massachusetts 18, New Hampshire 4, Rhode Island 5, Vermont 4. Middle Atlantic Harold P. Fabian, Utahs new national Republican committeeman, re-- i turning from the Kansas City con- vention is highly elated with the course of events at Kansas City and he is of the opinion that Hoover and the Republican ticket this year will sweep the country like a tornado. Fabian highly commented upon the efficient work of Senator. Reed Smoot and the retiring national committee-- " man, Ernest Bamberger, who proved himself a real diplomat at the con-- 1 i i vention. Seeg-mill- er " j State Chairman Carl R. Marcusen of the Republican party has announced the date of the state convention to be held delegates will assemble to nom-- j inate candidates for the state Repub-- l lican ticket for this falls election. The offices to be filled are United States senator, governor, secretary of state, attorney general, treasurer, auditor, superintendent of public instruction, 881 I I at Ogden on August 16, where MHMHIHHHHWnMIMHMIHMIHHIHHIliiHIWIHIHWHHIlRIHHmmiMmiHElWHIIIHM CHOCOLATES Hy-ru- m Cp DISTINCTIVELY DIFFERENT cp SOLD BY ALL HIGH CLASS CANDY DEALERS cp MANUFACTURED IN SALT LAKE UNDER MODERN SANITARY METHODS IN A NEW, CLEAN FACTORY UP-TO-THE-MIN- cp I states, 108 . ? i (5 8, votes) : Delaware 3, Maryland Pennsylvania 38, New Jersey 14, New York 45. Solid South (10 states, 114 votes: Alabama 12, Arkansas 9, Florida 6, Georgia 14, Louisiana 10, Mis- - Smithf-for-Preside-nt The Republicans have so many good men out for office that it will be a rather difficult matter to make a choice at the coming convention. Never in the history of the party have so many candidates aspired for office, and if this can be taken as an indication of confidence, the state will remain in the Republican column, this time electing the entire ticket. There are eight men spoken of for governor, any one of whom would make a good governor. Carl R. Marcusen, the popular state chairman of the Republican party, has thrown his hat into the ring and will seek the nomination. E. W. Kelly is a late entrant and Mr. Kelly has very substantial support. William W. will go into the convention with the support of the southern part of the state and he is very popular among the boys. William H. Wattis and Samuel G. Dye of Ogden are among the leading business men of our state and either one of them would make an ideal governor. E. Crockett, our present secretary of state, who has most efficiently conducted his office, is a man of big ideals and well qualified for by ac. |