Show BOURBONS STATE TICKET while the delegat eCo nvere contending among themselves over a proposed amendment to the platform an old war horse of the party standing in the flies of the stage of the alhambra theatre last friday afternoon looked upon tile the scrimmage in ali the auditorium and gleefully remarked its a regular democratic convention so far as we were concer concerned it was of a truth a real democratic democrat convention for it was the first democratic convention we had ever attended and judging from the spirit of the occasion the democrats have a good time whenever they get together in state convention in sharp contrast to the big shonia show which their republican friends staged at the same place only ten days ago the democrats were a peaceful bunch that is to say they came together in peace and their deliberations were not characterized by that tension and bitterness which was so clearly manifest in the other big political gathering the democrats are tor for peace theres no doubt of that and while their enthusiasm spilled over numer busly they saw no occasion to get all liet het up arid and the scrapping that went on for place on tile the ticket was all done according to the latest rules of 0 political etiquette and tho defeated the candidates accepted the verdict of the convention with smiling grace and let it be known that first of all they were democrats with what will farrel characterized with a small d which he went on to explain meant that they could be depended upon in the humblest as well as the highest positions the convention was not lacking in a what chairman webber was pleased please 1 to call music and which the boys around the press table promptly corrected to read chin music there were volleys of oratory fired at that packed auditorium of delegates that simply racked tle iltis I 1 respect the democrats rather outdid their republican brethren for chev had an all enforced wait of something like an all hour after reassembling la in the afternoon tor for the committee on platform and during the interim many of tile the crack speakers of the party were called upon for speeches and the chairman promptly introduced them to the convention of course the trend of remarks were eulogistic of tile the record of the democratic administration arid and you can bet lie delegates were in the proper mood to listen to it and proceeded to show their exuberance by cheering every para pa groh and sometimes the middle of 01 th thi par the speakers aPers even went so tar far as to ask their republican friends to step up and knock the chip off their shoulder and declare their policy the one predominating feature ot of the convention was the unbounded faith exhibited that this is a democratic year it could not even be su sug without eliciting cheers and so filled did the delegates become with the idea that at one point in the proceedings ce a man leaped upon his chair and called upon upon the convention to stand and give three cheers tor for woodrow Ny illson ilson the firing of a salvo from a battery of 75 millimeter guns was as nothing compared with the noise that bunch could make the platform was a lengthy document altogether too lengthy to print in a small country semiweekly semi weekly it touched upon every point of activity which the administration has made EL a record on giving it hearty endorsement and pledging allegiance to the policies of the national organization it was expected that tile the convention would put the final touches to the interment of the liquor industry and and it fully lived up to the expectations the democrats went after statewide prohibition strong and promised not only to make utah dry by august next year but also promised to refer the matter of a constitutional amendment forever prohibiting the mauu manufacture fac and sale of liquor in fit utah up to the electorate of the state to pass upon tile the suggestion of the state slate committee that tile the convention yield to the two places on en the ticket those the of treasurer and auditor met somo little opposition but the motion to grant the concession in return for an all endorsement of the rest of the ticket by the progressives Progress ives carried with a roar while tho the liveliest scrimmage occurred over the nomination of a gov arnor the best ot of feelings cliar character acter continued on pe two BOURBONS NAME STATE TICKET continued from first page laed the fight the nominees were placed before the taft convention in masterful orations and the convention was held spellbound by the magic of the argument which each speaker employed the plum undoubtedly went to lion B H roberts who stood for almo bomberger bamberger in liis his defense of the nationality 9 of his candidate mr roberts thrilled tile tho convention li by the ali e magnificent testimony he bore and the manner in which he rebuked hose I 1 who brought up these arguments against the candidacy of mr bamberger attorney frank K all but equaled equaled the effort or of mr ro no s in ili naming stephen L richards and ald will farrell in ili his inimitable illimitable style followed right in line in nten tin A W mccune prof i P v merrih was presented by hugo huge A anderson ri derson a young man mail but a capable er and some of the candidates received seconding speeches unel uncle e jesse knight received an ova ov odaion aion f on as aa he mounted the platform and in his straightforward simple way seconded tile the nomination of stephen L richards uncle jesse went so far as to declare that if clr richards was liomin aull and lid did not win will the election lie he uncle jesse would donate one 0 thousand dollars to any charitable institution in the state the convention plainly demonstrated if the ie fact that the demo democrats brats are united this year there is no internal no strife and the determination to get out and work lias has taken hold or of the he party such as it has never manifested itself before friday was a great day for the democrats and the results of tile the conclave were as follows democratic STATE FUSION TICKET UNITED STATES SENATE W II 11 king dern dem GOVERNOR simon bomberger bamberger dem harden dennion dem ATTORNEY GENERAL dan B sheilds dem TREASURER D 0 larson pro AUDITOR joseph ririe pro SUPREME COURT JUSTICE EE E E corfman dem allen alien T i sanford pro SUPT OF PUBLIC instruction dr E G gowans nonpartisan congressional TICKET FIRST DISTRICT M 11 II welling dem box bon elder SECOND DISTRICT J 11 II mays dem salt lake presidential ELECTORS john seaman weber jesse knight utah A anderson cache R N baskin salt lake JUDICIAL TICKET DISTRICT JUDGE J D call DISTRICT ATTORNEY roy D thatcher note thru a misunderstanding the progressives Progress ives nominated allen alien T sanford for supreme court justice whereas under the fusion agreement they were io to have but two nominees it was reported at the democratic convention that mr sanford would probably withdraw |