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Show SENATOR FUNK MAKES STIRRING ADDRESS FOR CACHE CO. DEMOCRATS i 'Apologizes for Bamberger Selling Liquor Liq-uor at Lagoon when Bourbon Candidate Candi-date was in Control of that Resort Hold Convention in the Stake Tabernacle. BM I 4 DEMOCRATIC COUNTY .J. TICKET 4 . 4 4 Year Term Commissioner 1 4" EPHRAIM BERGESON I 4 H 2 Year Term Commissioner 4 I 4 J J- FACER 4 I 4- 4 1 4 Clerk 4 I 4 A. M. MATHEWS JR. 4 4 H 4. Recorder 4 1 Jf LOUISE BARBER 4 I 4 4 H 4 Trcasuror 4 I 4. LESLIE W. HOVEY H 4 IB .j. Assessor H 4. P. E. VAN ORDEN 4 I 4 4 H 4 Sheriff 4 H .$. J. H. BARKER 4 I 4 4 M .j. Attorney 4 H 4. J. W. GARDNER 4 , 4 VSp 4 Surveyor 4 "TV'SP T- -H- HUMPHhBYS f t II 4. Legislature 4 1 .J. W. W. JONES 4. JOSEPH E. CAROON I .J. OEORGE Y. SMITH 1 4 n v 1- f v v v i Senator J. W. Funk of Richmond I wub the chairman nt the Democratic I County Convention held last Saturday I at the Cache Stako Tnbemnclo whero I tho Democrats hold their convention I as tho court house would not hold all I present, such a largo delegation hav- I Ing been apportioned. to tho various I precincts. I Tho convenlion was mado up ot I 221 delegates. Tho meeting was first I called to order at the court houso I whore tho chairman occupied Judgo I Call's bench whllo ho delivered his I keynote nddrcsa. Senator Funic con- I fined hlmselt largQly to the discussion I of what tho Wilson administration I had accomplished by way ot leglsla' I tion, refraining front touching upon I tho Mexican situation on tho Europ- I can policies Tho vast amount of log- I lalatlon which tho Domocratlc con- I "gross has placed upon tho stntuto I books was referred to by the speaker I ns progressive, constructive leglsla- I tion. Tho occasion nffordod an oppor- I tunlty to tako a rap at Utah's senior I Senator nnd it tickled tho ears of tho I delegates to havo tho chairman say I Senator Smoot had voted against ov- cry pleco of progressive, constructive I legislation which tho Democrats had onacted Into law slnco they took over I tho reins of government. "It was on-H on-H ly when Senator Smoot lifted the cm-B cm-B bargo, that Utah Ib to got prohlbl-H prohlbl-H tion," was tho declaration of Senator H Funk. H Tho Democratic candidate for Kov- jM urnor was referred to as tho prosl- Wk dent of tho Hobrow atako ot Zlon 3H and referring to Mr. Bamborgor, ho fflK said sorao woro criticising Mr. Bam- w J-V.& oorgor for permitting liquor to bo sold ''CsjjR at tho Lagoon but after It was do- I!! tormlncd Jhnt tho pooplo ot Davis B county did not want liquor sold nt H tho rosort, this practlco was dlscon- H tlnucd, said tho speaker. H Tho comralttcos woro appointed at H 12 o'clock nnd adjournment was tak- K en till 2 p. m. Upon roassembllng, H A. B Crnnnoy Informed tho convon- H tion that ho had been In consultation H during thb noon hour with President H Sorgo V. Balllf and had boon ofTerod H tho Tnbornnclo for tho afternoon sob- H tdon nt tho convention, but It was to H ho understood that tho doors of tho HH Tnbornaclo would bo barred to any other political gathering. Tho con-cntion con-cntion accepted tho Invitation nnd went to the Tabernacle. At the Tabernacle tho committees reported, tho platform was read. It was eulogistic of tho Wilson administration, adminis-tration, tho county administration and pledged Its nominees to tho stato legislature leg-islature to work for stato wldo prohibition. prohi-bition. Tho first nomination was for four year term commissioner, a. A. Hog-an Hog-an named Ephraim Borgoson, tho present Incumbent; George Y. Smith ot Smlthflold did not permit bis nnmo to go before tho convention and tho nomination was by acclamation. Samuel Oldham placed tho name ot J. J. Facer beforo the convention for 2 year term commissioner. Tho Wellsvllle delegation reported that It wanted to get a commissioner from that town, but all joined In voting for the slato, and tho nomination was made by acclamation. Postmaster S. W. Hendricks of Richmond named A. M. Mathews Jr. for county clerk and tho vote was by acclamation. There was n slip In tho matter of naming recorder. Tho county commissioners com-missioners had agrcod that a man should hnve this nlllcc and had raised the salary to $100 per month to induce in-duce a man to accept tho nomlnntlon James II. Stewart of Wcllsvlllo en tered tho race, but Editor Joseph E. Cardan placed tho name of Miss Loulso Barber, deputy recorder. In nomination, Leon Fonnesbock named nam-ed James H. Stewart. Thoro wns considerable discussion In tho delegation dele-gation over women's rights and when tho voting camo, tho vote for Mr. Stewart was so small that It was not counted. Tho commissioners, and In fact all who had premised Mr. Stewart, Stew-art, deserted him and before tlu totals to-tals were announced, n motion was mado to mako tho nomination unanimous unani-mous for Miss Barber. Losllo W. Hovey, formerly deputy assessor, was nominated for treasurer treasur-er by acclamation, P. E. Van Orden, formerly county treasurer, was named for nssessor by acclamation. In nominating Mr. van Orden, M. C. Kent said two years ago, "Wo got off our base," and took (jio second term nwny from Mr. Van Orden and gavo it to a Republican. Tho ono real fight wns mi sheriff. William Kdwnrds named Louis Bod-rcro; Bod-rcro; Leon Fonncsbcok named L. S. Wlnchellj Roy D. Thatcher named John H. Barker; Samuel Hendricks named W. H. Lewis of Richmond. Mr. Barker was fought on tho grounds of third term. Richmond camo down united on a cnndldato and felt recognition recog-nition should bo given. Mr. Barker was given tho nomination on tho second se-cond ballot and Richmond went homo without representation on tho ticket. Naturally the delegates did not llko tho result. From this point on, no ono dared go against tho steam roller. It was clear tlmt tho slato had been mado tho day provlous and tho convention was Blmply n ratification meeting. Louis E. Cardon nominated J. W. Oardner for attorney and although Attornoy E. S. Charabors and Attorney Attor-ney Leon Fonnesbeck would liked to havo had tho nomination, they did not venture their nnraos beforo tho convention ns tho word had gone out that Prof. Gardner would be tho nom-Inco, nom-Inco, T. H. Humphreys was named county coun-ty surveyor by acclamntlon. For tho legislature, Gcorgo Rom-noy Rom-noy Jr., named Georgo Y. Smith from the Bonson stnko; his nomination was liy acclumatlon, Joseph E. Cardon was nnmod as tho candidate from tho Cacho stako I -jMni'il I Kl- Bt -HiMgglLJ! by Weston Vernon. Ho top wont thru by ncclamntlon, W. W. Jones of Wcllsvlllo nnd Samuel Oldham ot Paradise, were inch named from tho Hyrum stake, but Mr. Jones wob tho man slated for tho position and ho dotoated Mr Oldham by n voto of 110 to 76. Simon Bamberger, was then calico upon to talk. He said the prohlbl lion question was tho foremost in tills campaign nnd ho was suro that ho could sign anything tho legislature legisla-ture would glvo him In tho way ot a prohibition measure. Ho told of his connection with tho Lagoon during the raco horso gambling days as a dispenser of liquor, but said that ho finally mnnlpulnted tho itanngement at tho Lagoon so tho traffic In liquor was abandoned. |