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Show DEMOCATS' BIG POWPOW The Unwashed Capture Cap-ture Salt Lake But won't Get a Smell this Fall. The Democrats of the State met at Salt Lake Thursday and went through the formalities necessary to select delegates to the big funeral at St. Louis on July (ith. The enthusiasm jg ;md harmony that unqucstlohably pre-!!r pre-!!r vailoct Is another striking proof of the softening Inlluence of adcrsity. It's awfully hard for dead people to kick up a row and the Dems have been so dead during the past two ycais that in their resurrection they fall to ie-imemberold ie-imemberold erlevances.l The big pow-wow selected Tillman T). Johnson, of Ogdcn, as temporary chairman, this gentleman being nom- iuatcd by Mr. Frank Nebcker, of Logan, Lo-gan, who it seems was slated for the place and Informed of his selection by Secictary Daly. But Frank overlooked over-looked the little hitch, listened to the "get-together" men and took his medicine. Mr. Johnson's talk upon taking the cliatr was such as one usually expects to hear at Democratic conventions, t filled with promises and great predictions. pre-dictions. He found particular pleasure pleas-ure and great hope In the statement of one New York Republican that the " state would go Democratic. On motion of Frank Nebekci, of Logan, the chairman of the county delegations then named their respective respec-tive committeemen. The Cache County people so honored arc as follows: fol-lows: Committee on Cicdentials, Geo. AV. Skldmoie; Permanent Oigan-b Oigan-b Js-ation, J. B. Allen. V According to the Deserct News, the only paper w hlch can be depended upon to give a dlslnteicsted account of the proceedings sajs of the selection for pcimancnt chaiiman: "The committee commit-tee on pcimanent oiganlatlon and older of business met in the olllce of 1). OvWillej, Jr. A pietty light developed de-veloped for the ollleo of permanent chaiim.in and Wm. M. Rojlance, of Utah count, won. The tlist name presented was that of Moses Thatchci. but the committee agieed that on .account of his health It would not be light to place the mantle upon his shouldeis. Then Fiank J. Cannon was suggested and Cache County nominated V. K. Nebcker, who, It was undetstood. was a sure winner. Royiance was named by Utah county .and lie received a laigc majoiity." Chairman Itoylanco took Ills position posi-tion and the leal business of the meet- gates to the National coin cut Ion at lug begun, the selection of six dele-St. dele-St. Louis. The following gentlemen were named: Frank Cannon, Joseph L. Rawlins, Geo. C. Whitmore, S. A. King, Joseph Monson, Simon Bamberger. Bam-berger. In the naming of a National Commltceman there was considerable wind work, a tight dev eloping between the friends of Judge O. W. Powets and D. II. Peeiy. Some wonderful speeches were made, an'd In the end Mr. Peery received the honor by a plurality of ItX Cache, county's vote was divided, 1'2 for Peery and IS for Powers. Salt Lake defeated Poweis, giving to Peeiy ni of hci 120 votes. |