OCR Text |
Show Samuel G. Dye Has I Weber's Support Action of Weber County Central Committee Endorses Ogden Banker for Governor-Samuel Governor-Samuel G. Dye, candidate for governor gov-ernor before the Republican' state convention, is a native of Weber county where he was born on a farm fifty-one years ago. In politics, Mr. Dye has always been a Republican, and for twenty years has been a Weber county delegate to state conventions. con-ventions. He has campaigned 'for the party in every election and ha3 without exception, given whole-hearted support to the party platform and candidates. Samuel G. Dye of Ogden. He is in full vigor of manhood, courteous, has a friendly eye and ready smile, a clear mind, is clean in habits, broad in principle, a ready public speaker, pleasing in approach, a strong campaigner, and well seasoned sea-soned in business and political affairs. af-fairs. Mr. Dye was thrice elected clerk of Weber county and resigned in 1914 to assume the position of bank cashier. He is now cashier of the Commercial Security bank of Ogden; is a former member of the Utah Water Storage commission; member of Weber club and the Ogden chamber cham-ber of commerce; former president of Gateway Council Boy Scouts; vice-president vice-president of Utah State Bankers' association, and director and officer in various industrial and financial corporations. He has also held various var-ious executive positions in the L. D. S. church organizations, and is now serving in the presidency of the Ogden Og-den -stake. He was educated in the public school of Ogden and Weber academy and has always exhibited a strong interest in the welfare of schools and education. He was married mar-ried to Miss Lydia Hobson in 1903 and" has four sons. On Saturday afternoon, June 16, at a meeting of the Weber County Republican Re-publican Central committee, called for the purpose of determining who Weber county Republicans would get behind for governor, a ballot result-T9 result-T9 etl.in the choice of Mr. Dye by a vote of 44 for Dye, 14 for W. H. 'Wattis, scattering 5, not voting 3, and absent 13M There were no nom- ' nations in the meeting and the bal lot taken was a secret one. Embraced Em-braced in the motion, providing that the ballot be secret, was the unanimous unani-mous declaration that members of the committee should solidly stand behind the choice made. This agreement agree-ment should mean an undivided delegation dele-gation from Weber county in the next Republican state convention. In Mr. Dye, Weber county offers a cand'date for the office of governor for whom no man will have need to apologize. He is straight and clean, morally and politically, and is a man delegates to the convention should know before casting their votes. |