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Show r - -t, B I , . I B I ii... i.H. i.i "ii ' ' . L' " " ' I Political I . peparfcjiei)i I I , v . This department is designed to B v "" f $H contain such political new as B " tffc may be of interest to nil our B ," l render ami is not a record of B 'ti the Editor's personal opinion. B 'i B l&rhc Kcpubliuan County Convention B Jfi be held at Provo next Satuulay, B -Sept. 21. B ,r Reed Smoot of Provo will bo a B " eandidate for tlio ofTicu of State Senator B on the Republican ticket. B ', Jos. E. 1'age of Payao.i, A. L. Booth B , Wfe'.oM'rovo, and S. K. King of I'rovo, nre B VM' ' candidates for tbe .nomination to tho B ,"iohlec of Count v Attorney on the B ltepuhlicau ticket. B , . , S. L. Cbiptnan of American Fork is B t one of the I inlativu poaibilltieH on the B " ' Republican ticket. .Aineri:an Fork ha B f two other prospective candidates, W. B )K" D KoWiiHOti for Commissioner, ami B Win. Poole for Aweudor. B .. Williuu M. Koy'ance of Sprlugville, B - T. ' candidate on the Democratic tjeket for B tho logislatuie, is a man who stands B high in the esteem of his party and his B joval nature and sociable ways maka B ','. friends for him every wheie. B '' "' It is piobable that an attempt will be B made by the Republican Convention at B I'rovo to side track Pleasant Grove with B ' a county ollicc, much as assessor, but B ' ' there is a feeling among the lank and B die of the Republican that Jas. Thome B -. be .given a place on the legislative B ticket having succeeded once where B 'others failed. B The People party met in state con- B vcution at the G. A. R. hall, Halt' Luke B City, Thursday, and named Warren B Foster a candidate for congress nnd B Judge J. M. Bowman for supreme jude. B T'he attendance way not latere and the B convention was without any features of B special interest. The platform adopted B is short and to tbe point, declaring -for B the usual Populist doctrines. An nd- B dress to this voters of the atata was also I ndo)ted. B The Democratic State Convention met Wednesday at the Salt Lake Theater B The assembly .van called to order by B State Charimau Sloan who announced B C. S. Varian as temj)orary chairman. B The forenoon was occupied in appoint-B appoint-B hie committees and hearing their B reports and it was .1 p. in. before Sen-B Sen-B "tor Rawlins, the permanent chairman, B picked up the avel and the important B business of the convention began The B principal light of the day was on the B nomination for congress. Hitherto the B conventions oi this state have always B contented themselves with exploiting B all the good qualities of the candidate?, B Nj ,.' but'this oiie wo-it further, and the op-B op-B - position to Roberta manifested itselfin B' direct speeches Hgahtst hiui. The follow B inggentleraeu were named as randi-B randi-B 40 dates :,B. II. Roberts, DO. Rideont, B JrTfcWilliam'GrNeheker, 0. S, Varian and B Fteher llarris. An attempt was made to B force Wni. II. King as a candidate but B it was without that guntlemari's consent H and his name was emphatically with-B with-B drawn. RobertH received the nomination B and at the ben'inning of the evenging B . aession he made a folicitoiio speech B of acceptance. Amoni; other things he B aaid; "Eelatiye to questions that have B 1 J arisen boforo tlio conventtbn I wish to fltato that it is a part of my principles to H acknowledge accomplished facta ami to B acquiesce in the declarations of tho B majority, and nhen disturbing local B questions are once settled it is bad poll-B poll-B tics and undemocratic to drag tlio.se B questions at our heeU. We are facing B the rising and not the setting ami. It B is my purpose to go into the campaign B nud aeok to again win victory for B Democracy. I am happy in the rellec-B rellec-B tion thnt Utah is Democratic. It ought B not to bo egotistical in me to say that I B liave litul a share in making it Democratic, Demo-cratic, and I give my pledge that I will strive to keep this statu Democratic." , Only two candidates were named for Supremo Judge, Rolapp of Ogdon, and It. K. Baskin of Salt Lake City. The first ballot resulted in the nomination-of nomination-of Raskin. The convention then adjourned after passing a vole of thanks for services faithfully rendered by ita temporary and permanent oflicors. |