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Show Sidelights on I Conventions I Platform Meaning- less Document ll - . i SBBBBBH The twenty-minuto ovation for Un- il cle Jesso Knight on the Moor of the democratic convention hall Tuesday was unnecessary and those delegates M who did that parading simply made M monkeys of themselves. To a by- stander the scene was ridiculous. H Every delegate In that hall knew that , H Mr. Knight did not want the nomlna- H tton and that he would not accept It If his word Is worth anything. Then " ''H why assume such a childish attitude. H Today the democracy of Utah Is out '""'H after gubernatorial material. M H One of the most Insincere speeches H made In Tuesday's convention was H that of James II. Moyle of Salt Lake H City who.ln his enthusiasm and excite- H ment, began to point with shame to ;H tho record of the republican party. H The greatest crime he contended that H has been committed by the G. O. P. Is that of picking up a man in private ,. H life and placing him In executive re- 1 H sponslblllty, This he thought was the greatest of evils. In less than two H hours after this denunciation ot the republican party Mr. Moyle was among H the foremost with his shouts for Jesse 'H Knight, of P.royo for governor. Mr. '; Knight Is a man with no public record H whatever. Thus that which Mr.Moyle 'M advances as a grave and unpardonable ' crime within the republican ranks he . M would extol as a virtue with the dem- oorats. iH According to the old legend the j mountain after much rumbling and rH tumult produced a mouse out of one 'H of Its cracks. The story has become 'jH proverbial of all useless splurge which results In nothing. Never was It bet- alH ter exemplified than last Tuesday in . ' the production of the democratic M platform. The makers discussed, de- .M liberated, got hot and angry, and. jfl finally produced nothing. The plat- .B form aroused the disgust of even loyal V ia democrats, one of whom remarked jH that never had so much time been f''j spent In producing so little. Tho i'l platform has been variously charac- ' terlzed. It has been called namby- H pamby and emasculated, and either . jfl appellation Is fitting, for never has , jH the democratic party manufactured a ! more meaningless document and never ?j did tho party have greater need of ' ifH showing Its colors and Haunting forth Its principles. Are wo to Infer that 1 i!H it has none to Haunt? j 1jH m A house divided against Itself shall jfl fall and In the case of the Call brothers !fl of Brlgham it is easy to predict which ,Efl side will tako the tumble. B.C. Call fjfl Is the republican candidate for dis- ,jfl trict attorney and is a man with H every chance to win aud has every B quality to lit him for the position. Al Ho is a keen, active, Intelligent young w lawyer who has alroady served as vi'B county attorney wit!) marked success .. rl and Is now ready for a wider Held of , ; usefulness. Ills opponent Is Frank . Nebeker, who lias already tasted of tfl this juicy plum and knows that It is M good. A man who has made $1,800 a "ilH year by serving his district, besides flnl attending to his regular business, na- 111 turally would like to rcsumo such a H profitable mannerof life. The falling . ''frffl side of tho Call house Is J, D. Call, H'SB the democratic candidate for Judgo ot this district. His chances ot election 19 arc hopeless, tor ho has against him r'sfl Continued on Pago 8 rHI 1 Sidilifjits on Conventions Continued from Pago 1 the popularity, tho experience, and well-known high ability of Judge Maughan. Anyone who has listened to Judge Maughan's decisions, noting their clearness, their fitness, their kindly humanity and Arm justice, is strongly convinced that such a man is In the right place, that he Is doing his work better than any other lawyer In the county could do It and that the respect for the bar and the safety of Justice in our district demand that he be retained. |