Show DEMOCRATS NOMINATE I Continued from Page One M. Duchesne-M. M. M M. M Smith John Tabiona-John John Jones Fruitland G. Fruitland-G. G. G N N. Brooks Sr Utahn Utahn-N. Utahn N. N M M. M Keel Hanna Hanna Heber Moon Talmage Austin Talmage-Austin Austin G G. Burton loka Ioka Win Win Gentry Monarch C. Monarch C. C A. A Brown Drown Strawberry Strawberry Strawberry-Robt Robt A A. Dean Harper Harper Bessie Bessie Sands Platform We the Democratic party of Duchesne Duchesne Du Du- chesne county Utah in convention n I asse assembled bled at Duchesne Utah thi this s I day of September 1916 renew our allegiance to the fundamental principles of the Jeffersonian Democracy Democracy Democracy racy as promulgated in the national 1 and state platforms of the Democratic Democrats c party and heartily endorse the progressive pro pro- pros legislation of the Democratic Democrat s c congress during the administration n of President Wilson We point with delight to the fact that the pledges of the Democratic Democratic Democratic Dem Dem- party of four years ago have been redeemed and that the administration administration admin admin- has kept this nation out o of f war in the greatest war catastrophe i of history and has maintained th the 3 dignity of or the country and the respert respect respect res res- pert of the several warring nations and has held in check the petty warring warring warring war war- ring factions in Mexico with urbanity t ty good judgment and to the credit credi t of the solid good sense of the whole e country I Ve e denounce the Re Republican state stab e I administration for Its unwarranted d I extravagance and for Its Us pandering g to the liquor interests in spite o of t I and against the overwhelming senti senti- ment of the people of or this great state and pledge our representatives to the legislature to Immediately pass a prohibition prohibition prohibition pro pro- law in accord accordance with the declaration of the Democratic state state- platform and pled pledge e our officers If if elected to a strict enforcement of the prohibition laws i We Ve declare in favor of a readjustment readjustment readjustment read read- of ot our state legislative representation rep rep- r and shall ask for tor fora tora a state Slate senator for each county that I we may have a proper representation ta tion in the state stale senate Wo We denounce the re recent ent attempt of ot the Republican county convention to make a political question concern concern- concerning ing fug the waters of Uintah basin streams and declare that that is riot not nofa riota a political question but is s a question involving the rl rights of persons to acquire property in water appropriations appropriations appropriations for tor irrigation and is governed I b by the law lav of or necessity and as os developed developed de de- by actual experience through a course of years and as construed by the courts of all of the states and by the Federal government and that no man can be deprived cd of his rights in in the courts in the said case caso an any anymore more than he can be deprived of hi his rights in any other case Had the Republican Republican Republican Re Re- publican state engineer appointed awater a awater water commissioner promptly most of or the thc water shortage would have been averted We pledge our county ticket to a careful business administration of county affairs and for economy econom al and d for Cor public roads and for school schoolhouses schoolhouses houses and other buildings that will help the public service of the count county at the most reasonable cost remembering remembering bering the great burden of taxes already al already al- al ready borne by our citizens We Ve pledge our nominee to the legislature if elected to use hip hI- best efforts to obtain any change change- necessary In fn the law that will enable en en- en able counties such as ours to sustain sustain sus sus- tain lain a full fall nine months of grad grade school and a full four years rears of hl high h school We pledge ourselves in favoro favor favor- o 01 0 securing necessary legislation by congress congress con con- gress and by our state legislature to provide for operative co-operative action between between be be- c- c tween the Federal and ami state governments gas gov in fu building ue res 1081 er and irrigation wor works a to toon on eon serve the tho head waters o of al nil of the rivers and streams within the suite state and now permitted to run io to v waste waste- in the winter and spring sprin masons I and to make such waters water available av for or the irrigation of the vast ast tra tracts of farming arming lands now above canal levels and which cannot be 10 settled upon or be brought under until provision is made for wat water r tc to irrigate ate them |