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Show i & S Politics and Things & THE spirit of independence pervaded pervad-ed the Progressive convention at Ogdtn. The platform and the ticket chow the sentiment of the dele- ! r gates. Neither Nephl L. Morris nor Stephen H. Love made a campaign j for the governorship, leaving tho matter entirely to the convention. It was said that both would he r rned i and that the delegates would ha 3 tho opportunity of saying which should be the candidate. When the delegates H began to gather In the morning they H discussed among themselves the ques- H tion of relative strength. "Who does H the bunch want ?" was a matter farthest K$ from their thoughts. It Was a refresh- HI ins change to see the delegates dis- H cuss 'merit, individual following, char- H acter, strength, rather than geography, H probable support from the "Interests" fl and some other features that usually m enter into the discussion of a candi- m date whero the people have little if m any voice in the matter. K Prior to the nomination of a candi- m date for governor a straw vote 'was H taken to determine whether Love or H Morris had the largest following in B the convention. Morris was the favor- H ite. Tho answer is easy. Morris has H a record for independence in politics B that is held by no other big man. in H the state. He has not tied hlmsolt H to any faction of any party; his hands B have Ven kept clean; he has spoken H his mind for and against the organlza- H tion in the past and he is not be- H smirohed with compromise. On tho H other hand Mir. Love has been at a B dlsadyantage, so far as a new party is H concerned. He announced his candi- H dacy Tfor governor on the straight Re- H publican ticket when he should have H taken to tho brush. He never made H an open fight for this nomination, al- H though he was actually in the race. K Ho had been an insurgent for years H and he was out of place, particularly H in 1912. At Ogden some of his friends Hj met with this argument and it was H well takgn. H The ticket named at Ogden Is com- Hi posed of new blood. Mr Love Is Hi easily the best congressional timber K in the state. Lewis Larson of Sanpete fl Is a young man of great force of char- Hj actor and of winning personality. The H others on the ticket are young, ambl- fl tious and have the highest recoromen- H, dations in their own communities. Hj Contrast any man on this ticket H! with the standard of .excellence set Hj by the Republican convention in the fl naming of Jacob Johnson! Hi Colonel Roosevelt "was to have H spoken to tho convention. From re- Hj mote parts of the' state three 'and four flj and five times the number of allotted Hj delegates were sent to the convention. H Along about the time for the colonel's Ef appearance the hall was packed. But Hi the delegates didn't know what was Hj going on up the line toward Idaho. H The day before the convention the HB state committee was informed by Glas- Hfl mann that everything was in good B shape for the convention and that the Hfl local committee would co-operate with BWl state managers. Then Glasmann pre- pared for a dash up the lino to meet the colonel. That night Moroni Hel-ner, Hel-ner, national committeeman, and Nick Robertson of the executive committee, went to Pocatello, meeting the Roosevelt Roose-velt train next morning. They accompanied accom-panied the colonel to Blackfoot and had quite a session with him. They informed him that he was to talk for five minutes at the open-air stand before be-fore entering the convention. This program was agreed upon. On the return re-turn Glasmann boarded the train at Downey, Idaho. He told tho colonel that arrangements had been made for holding only one meeting, and tnat in the open air. This upset the original orig-inal program. Glasmann sent a message mes-sage to tho convention from Cache Junction, notifying the delegates that there would be only one address and that would be in the open air. 01 course, all of the delegates ruBhed to tho open-air stand. The colonel was told of Glasmann's action and he advised ad-vised Mr. Robertson and Mr. Helner to wire the convention that he would speak there. He wanted to talk inside. in-side. This Wire was sent from Brig-ham Brig-ham City, but it was too late. Tho convention had adjourned to give the delegates an opportunity of hearing the colonel. Of course, the convention was marred by Glasmann's desire to avenge the Imaginary -wrong of the state coma tee when Governor Johnson John-son was not sent to Ogden. As a matter mat-ter of fact, Johnson refused to go to Ogden because ho was not well enough to make two speeches on the day he was here. The facts of the matter were kept from the delegates and Glasmann "made himself conspicuous conspic-uous by his absence during the rest of the convention so that it Was a very pleasant affair, after all. Colonel Roosevelt was given a tremendous tre-mendous ovation when ho appeared at the stand. The audience spread far beyond the range of his voice. He was not in good voice, owing to the long strain of the campaign, nor did ho speak long, but his speech should be preserved for future generations, as it states plainly the position of the Progressives of today. Jack Daveler, in the old days, was nominating Billy McQueen for sheriff. After recounting all of the qualifications qualifica-tions of Wb candidate, how he worked In the mines and how the callouses on his hands were caused by honest tqll, Jack said: "Ladies and gentlemen, under Mr. McQueen's overalls there beats a heart as true " But he never finished it. Tho Republican state committee Is going through the motions of getting Jake Johnson off the ticket. Whether this can be accomplished or not depends de-pends upon the force of the argument to bo used upon Jake. Tho American party, or what is left of it, isn't quite sure whether it wants to come baok to life. Several meet- ings have been held by the old county committee, which has undergone a number of changes, but no definite action ac-tion has been takon. It isn't likely that the party will put a ticket in the field this fall, for It is figured that the party organization can be held together to-gether better for the city campaign next year by remaining out of the fracas this fall and thereby escaping annihilation. Will H. Folland is the new Republi-can Republi-can county chairman, and he has appointed ap-pointed Dana T. Smith secretary. Mr. Folland has always been regular and is one of the coming young men in Utah's political life. Owen Wister, now at his Wyoming ranch, has been asked to run for Con gress on the Roosevelt ticket in Pennsylvania. Penn-sylvania. T. F. Thomas has been named Democratic Dem-ocratic county chairman to succeed Joseph A. Young. Mr. Thomas 1b one of the live wires of Utah Democracy. He is also a Spry appointee on the fair board, which reminds us of the activity of Spry appointees In the anti-Spry parties. Mr. Thomas on the fair board running the Democratic county campaign; another Mr. Thomas, given name Mathonihah, on the Agricultural college board, running run-ning for congress on the Democratic ticket; O. H. Hewlett, another fair board member, an ardent Bull Moose. And so it goes. The Progressive county convention will be held September 28 at the Gar-rick Gar-rick theatre, when candidates for all county offices and the legislature will be named. Primaries for the election of delegates to this convention will be held Sept. 25. The Progressive Third judicial district dis-trict convention will be held today in Judge T. D. Lewis' court room in the city and county building. The delegates to the state convention from Salt Lake, Summit and Tooele counties coun-ties will act as delegates to the judicial ju-dicial convention. Allen T. Sanford will bo chairman of the convention. The placing of Simon Bamberger and John S. Bransford on the Democratic Demo-cratic ticket isn't a bad political move, by any means, as those familiar with the situation here know Julian Bamberger Bam-berger had been nominated for the senate but it was discovered that he was too young to serve. In the records of the Republican national committee for 1908, on file with the senate campaign expenditures committee, several contributions to the Taft 1908 fund by American foreign for-eign ministers and ambassadors are disclosed. Larz Anderson, minister to Belgium gave $25,000; Whitelaw Reld, ambassador to Great Britain, $10,000; Robert Bacon, ambassador to Prance, $5,000; Richard O. KerenB, ambassador 16 Austria-Hungary, $10,- 000. Myron T. Horrick, now ambassador ambassa-dor to France, was then chairmunfof the Ohio state committee and turned over to the national committee a toal of $50,000 for the c npaign. j Horace H. Smith has at last been appointed secretaiy to Senator George Sutherland, and will become clerk, of the senate committee on buildings and grounds. He has earned the promotion. He succeeds George M. Hanson, who goes as consul to Hobart, Tasmania. Mr. Smith has done most of the senator's work for a number of years. He will now have as assistant Jean L. May, a son of John L. May, treasurer of the assay office hero. The Democrats were sincere in their intention of putting their best stock into the county fight; sincere In'ade-sire In'ade-sire to get quality on the ticket, as' Is evidenced all along the line from tho selection of the able head of the house of Bamberger for the state senato to the choosing of the ambitious Jack Tobin for city judge. The ticket Is as follows: For County Commissioner (Four-Year (Four-Year Term): JOHN H. COOK. For County Commissioner (Two-Year, (Two-Year, Term): JOSEPH LINDSAY. For County Clerk: BEN S. RIVES. For Sheriff: JOHN B. BURBIDGE. For Treasurer: JOHN E. CLARK. For Attorney: HENRY C. LUND. For Recorder: STEPHEN L. MOYLE. For Auditor: M. C. IVERSON. ; For Assessor: JOHN HALVER-SON. HALVER-SON. For Surveyor: R. E. L. COLLIER. Democratic Legislative Ticket For Senators: 'SIMON BAMBERGER, CULBBRT L. OLSON, JOSEPH F. MERRILL. For Representatives: C. L. MILLER, MIL-LER, C. H. OARLQUIST, ALICE MERRILL HORNE, JOHN W. BURTON, BUR-TON, W. B. ENNIS, DAN , BJ. SHIELDS, ISABELLA KENNER, A. ROBERT LARSON, JOHN S. BRANS-FORD, BRANS-FORD, ROBERT H. SIDDOWAY. Democratic City Ticket For City Judges: JOHN F. TOBIN, J. M. HAMILTON. HAM-ILTON. For City Justice of the Peace: JOS-EPH JOS-EPH A. YOUNG. For City Constable: JOHN SHEA. At first It was Bull Moose. Now It is Bull Con. We like both of them. If the second attempt to make the Progressives appear ridiculous Is no more successful than the first all of us will be eminently well satisfied. Election is still a long ways off and tho standpatters will have an opportunity oppor-tunity of giving some good reasons for voting for Taft, which they have not attempted to do up to date. The only people who seem to Ho Intel ested In the placing of an American Ameri-can party ticket In the field this fall are those commonly known as tho federal fed-eral bunch. What an awful slump their stock took when the Ahierlcan party was d jated last fall! |