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Show DEMOCRATS HOLD CONVENTION AND NAME COUNTY TICKET Nominee For Governor Delivers Address. Many Attrac- HBBH tions Draw Large Crowd. Logan Charged With Sharp BflBH Practice Against Smithfteld. Smithficld's Mud Slingcr Goes H up The Hill And Down Again And in Penitent Mood H Bites The Dust. Ticket named in Same Old Way by Same H Old Crowd. H The Cacho County Democrats had their usual bl-ennlal Jublllatlou jesterday. They met, nominated, elected their ticket as usual, and adjourned ad-journed to nwalt tho announcement of a sweeping Republican victory In No ember. Tho convention was fairly fair-ly well attended, a number of red Wilson badges being In evidence Chlitruinu Edwards called tho convent. con-vent. on to order mid named John E. Gritllu, as temporary chairman, and T. J. Marshall as secretary. Tho chairman was modest and accepted the honor without protest, eulogy or comment. A motion wns made that the regulation regu-lation committees bo appointed and while the chairman was Btudying tho state submitted by the bosses Mr. E. It. Owen sauntered along Main Btreet to P'ck up the stragglers, and Chairman Chair-man Edwards, Hon. Jos. E. Cardon, nnd wheelhorso J. M. Blair gunrded tho front entrance of the court house apparently to see that none of the faithful escaped. The chairman at 10:40 announced the committees and a motion to adjourn ad-journ for thirty minutes was made. Chairman Edwards seconded tho mo-.tlon, mo-.tlon, nnd an amendment making It an hour was mado which seemed to meet popular approval, but Chairman Edwards said thirty minutes wns the r.ght thing nnd tho rule of tho manipulators mani-pulators prevailed. . Upon reassembling tho credentials committee recommended that "If there aro vacancies In any delegation that the mombers of that delegation present be permitted to fill such vacancies va-cancies but that no votes Bhnll bo cast for absent dclcg'utes In any district." dis-trict." As tho roll wns called many delegates dele-gates wore found to be absent, and the drafting began, Benson was called. Charles Reese said they were not full and submitted substitutes. Stephen Hailstone tried to evado (he HjBlB lack of Interest In Logan by plead- lug that the delegates did not know- BbBBJ when tho convention would meet. HHBH Lowlston wns the flrst delegation to announce that they were "full." Some HjBlB one asked whero they got it and tho HjBlB crowd I'ateucd for tho tip. Bishop BBTBl Johnson announced his delegation flflflfl would be "full this afternoon," and flHHfl. Senator Funk said ho thought the HHHl Richmond delegation would be full. HHHJ Olof Nelson in a moment of frustra- HHHJ tlon lost his district and Just blushed H when ho found it again. Delegation HH after delegation was cared for and HH then there wcro vacancies to spare. HH Tho temporary chairman was raado HH permanent, with S. W. Hendricks H secretary and tho convention adjourn- HH ed H At the afternoon session Guberna- HH torlnl Candldnto Jhn F. Tolton was H present, and Immediately beforo tho HH convention was called to drdor somo HH Kiummotb pictures of candidates WU- BpHj bon and Marshall were carried In. Tho HH delegates gazed on tho pictures and HB then some one started to applaud, HB Tho applause then becamo general HH The pictures, Candidate Tolton, tho H brass band, the Bryan rally, and tho convention Itself then succeeded HHj In filling the court room. BBB Chaplain Pnul Cardon offered pray- BBB BBB Tho chairman then said; "wo aro HBB favorod this afternoon by the pres- HH unco of the next Governor of Utah, H Hon, John F. Tolton." There was HHBj some npplauso. H Candidate Tolton then addressed H the convention. He said ho felt that HHBJ the Cache delegation was responsible H for his nomination. Ho then tickled H the delegates by saying If all Dem- HH ocrats wero llko those bofore him, HjHB. tho Democracy was sure to win. All HH then applauded. He said tho Demo- H crntK were going to win, that tho BHj "Issues aro on our side" and that tho Bl wanderers are returning." He then HH said thero was a disheartening spirit HH among tho Democratic ranks, but urg- HH ed all to cheer up and predicted that HH ho would bo elected, HH Mr. Tolton very carefully evaded HH any reference to his own record, on HH tho Agricultural College. He was a HH member of tho legislature which tried HH to kill the College. Tolton was pair- HHl ed on tho speech making with Hon. HH 'Ylllnrd Hansen of Box Elder but BB when It came to roll call ho voted HB to Kill tho College. Ho reserved his Hfl hllenco but when the opportune tlmo Hfl c.ime used the nxo for all he was HjB Continued on Page 4. Hl Democrats Hold Convention And Name County Ticket; Continued from rage 1. I j woith. An expression from the gen- tlcninn on his attitude wns expected ' , but not forthcoming. I i Mr. Roy D. Thatcher, candidate for I District Attorney rend the platform. I It re-atllrmcd allegiance to fundamental fundamen-tal principles of Democracy, and I throw a boquet nt W. J. Drynn. U 1 condemned tho liquor lnw in the state i but was mum on state wide prohlbl-j prohlbl-j tion. It favored Juvenile courts and , n rigid enforcement of laws relative to publlo health. Candidates Call nnd Thatcher were endorsed. A bunch of flowers were thrown nt the Bull Moose nnd an urgent appeal to inlty nnd party loyalty was ured A running debate, Just like n play was then engaged In by George Rom-nej Rom-nej of Smlthfleld, E. R. Owen of Wellsvllle, and C. F. Olsen of Hy-rum. Hy-rum. It was over the matter of interest in-terest on bnlanceB in tho hnnds of the County Treasurer Romney wnn-ted wnn-ted n clnuso covering it while Owen vt.3 ngnlnst It. C. F. Olsen a ono time treasurer of Cnche County ro-ealed ro-ealed some secrets of past political manipulations nnd went on record opposed op-posed to Mr. Romney. Senator Funk then enmo on tho lino vlth an amend ment that tho controversy bo covered cover-ed by endorsing tho state platform over again. Owen was mum, Olsen was whipped Into line, Roy D. Thatch er tried to square himself and-the first big fuss was over. Candidate for Secretary of State, England was escorted to Hie platform. Senator Funk then tried to run a special order wherein Richmond nnd Smlthfleld Bhould Do privileged to voto their full strength Irrespective ot nbsentiea. Fred Mnrsball called attention to the rules nnd Funk snld whllo It wub not regulnr Richmond nnd Smlthfleld had been granted tho privilege. Marshall said, "not so, jou promised to fill your delegation Mr. Funk." Funk was humbled nnd got out of It by making n motion that wus nover put to tho house. Mr. A. J. Merrill then said, "We aro getting all balled up." Ho wanted Smlthllcld nnd Richmond to uuv? tbolr full voto nnd would trust Richmond Rich-mond If thoy had no one hero but Senator Funk. I'uter M. Maugbnn ( then talked a while. Ho thought I Smlthfleld nnd Richmond honest, but did not llko tho Idea of ono man vot-iug vot-iug for a community. Mr. A. J. Merrill then announced that Snj'tli-field Snj'tli-field a delegation was full. Chairman Kd'irdu moved lor a reconsiderat on J of tho i ctlon of tho committeo on cc dentlalB. It can led. Senator Punn .'ipu i ado a mo', on which C. i " ton did not grasp, In this respttL wo wue caught In the samo boat with Mr. Olson. Chairman Edwards Uiovtd to tako tho moton provoiiMy milled from the table. F. J. Mar M.all called him to order. Hoy '1 hatcher mado a motion. Mr. Romney Rom-ney said tho convention ought int to be led Into temptatlou. A j Mcmli wanted Smlthfleld nnd Ric.i-niond Ric.i-niond to pet together nnd moved 'oi a I t-e minute recess nnd soaiy -int. miod for roguinr order of biu'itosu "lid io. nil -tot nil tho confusirn the nc'ows wero opened, nnd quiet once ' noro mlgned. ' W. KIniDnll nominated Joseph i E. Cordon for tho leglslnture. A. J. I Morrill seconded the nomlnntlon nnd qulckl moved to squelch all further nominations and nominated Mr, Car-don Car-don by acclamation, and it was so : Josoph was railroaded through and no ono clso was given a lool: in. B. R. Owen nominated B. Y, Bon-son Bon-son of Trenton and not trusting to t a second to move a suspension of the rules, ho did It himself and the Btoam roller landed Mr. Benson. The ballot gave Facer 83 and Perkins Per-kins 42. While tho ballot was being be-ing taken A. J. Merrill of Smlthfleld announced the Tolton-Johnson meeting meet-ing nt Smlthfleld and Incidentally vented his spleen on tho Smlthfleld Sentinel nnd Logan Republican. Llko tho boy when tho donkey kicked him tho source wns considered and the incident closed, For tho two year commlssidncr Olof Cronqulst, present incumbent wns nominated by a'cclamation. There were many no's when the vote was called, but Mr. Cronqulst received tho majority. For Sheriff fl. O. Thatcher nominated nomin-ated N. W. Crookston, "a man who onco arrested some outlaws in a box car with a gun that had not gone off for forty years." He wanted " tho sheriff elected for life it ho Is a good man. Chairman Griffin nominated Deputy Sheriff J. H . Barker ot Cncho Junction. Junc-tion. Mr. Crngtin of Smlthfleld nominated Cadmus Wallace of Smlthfleld. Peter S. Barson said, "I stand hero for tho last time" and seconded tho nomlnntlon of John Baker. Mr. Jed M Blair said, "wo did , not want a man who would arrest a , man In n box car with an old gun. ' He seconded tho nomination of tho .Smlthfleld man. The ballot gave Barker 79; Crook-slon Crook-slon 30, Wallaco 24. For County Clerk, A. B. Chambers of Smlthfleld was rnllronded through ngnlnst his own consent nnd against tho desires of tho Smlthfleld delega-t'on. delega-t'on. Mr. A. J. Merrill called the Loganltes n bunch of schemers. He tnlkcd horse sense for onco nnd snld "if you wnnt to do this thing go rhend nnd see where you will' land." Chairman Willlnm Edwards tried to Kt Chambers side tracked because Smlthfleld wnB not for him nnd then E. R Owen wnntco to know who was, nnmlng the candidates, Cacho county, or Smlthfleld? Arcnt Johnson John-son threw somo hot shot at A. J. Merrill, Mer-rill, George nomney claimed the force bill wns not Democrncy. Chambers w-as pushed over. For Recorder, Mrs. Kate Preston was nominated over Mrs. Hannah Ja-cobsen, Ja-cobsen, by a vote of 71H to 59. For Assessor Senator Funk said a deliberate man should bo nominated He named Andrew Morrison of Richmond, Rich-mond, C. F. Olsen, thinking Hyrum should havo the hog end of tho ticket tick-et named C. O. Thomson of Hyrum, and John S. Leatham nnmed John B. Wcodwnrd ot WellsvIIle. Tho voto stood, Woodwnrd 74, Thomson 12, Andrew Morrison 47. For Treasurer, P. E. Van Orden wnn over Joseph Campbell, tho vote being 74 1-2 to 59 1-2. For Attorney a hot scrap developed A. B. Chambers nominated E. R. Miles, Jr., C. F. Olson nominated Leon FonnesbeEk. During a seconding second-ing speech Mr. A. J. Merrill of Smith field apologized for his short comings and tried to square himself with the Logan crowd. Having gono up tho hill ho camo down ngaln nnd wns mndo to bite tho dust. Ills mouth wns full of filth, howover. nnd ho emptied It on tho Republicans who had apparently stepped on his toes In Smlthfleld. Ho seconded tho nomination nomi-nation of Miles. Tho voto resulted, Miles 52, Fonnesbeck 77. For Surveyor T. H. Humphreys was named by acclamation. At the cIobo of tho convention a prominent Democrat remarked that ,tho ticket was named by tho samo old crowd, in tho same old way. First William Edwards, then Nowell Kimball Kim-ball followed by Jed M. Blair and James Funk. Then E. R. Owen and C. F. Olson tho witty duet from the south, with the man of few words A ' J. Morrill of Smlthfleld, and an oc- ' casional outbreak from Dell Cranney Tho only prominent member of tho boss brlgado who remained silent was A. G. Bnrber who sat speechless twisting his mouBtacho during tho proceedings ovldcutly In deep thought porhnps figuring out how long It would tako a post olilco commission to travel from Washington to I.ogan. |