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Show if The Regular Republican Executive Committee Last Night Adopts the Recommendations of the Progressive Republicans and Calls a Pri-) Pri-) mary at Which the People Will Vote Direct ! for Their Choice No Convention of Delegates Dele-gates Now the People Shall Rule Abraham Lincoln Republicanism Brought to Life Again. , The regular Republican organization organiza-tion has adopted the recommendation of the Progressive Republicans, as requested re-quested by the lattor at tho court house meeting last Thursday evening. even-ing. The convention with its delegates dele-gates is a. thing of the past. 'From now on the grand old Republican parly par-ly of'Ogdon will he ruled by the rank and file by the people themselves. This; Is such a great 6tep In favor of the popular government movement that the Progressive Republican of Ogden will gasp 'for bt-oath when he leads the resolutions adopted last evening hy the executive committee of tho Republicans of Ogden. The offlco of tho chairman, Geo. J. Kelly, wns filled to tho doors, and there was rojolclng and applause as one alter the other of the old war horses arrived. Captain Hulnniski was the last to arrive and It was necessary to move the chairs closer to make room for him, and then the business began. Talk about Progressive ideaB. If ScnatoLa Follette could have heard the Ogden Republicans last night ho would have been at home. When all had expressed themselves tho following fol-lowing resolutions were unanimously adopted: First, that a Republican primary conventjon be held on Tuesday, October Oc-tober 10, 1911, between the hours of I and 9 p. m., and that tho said primaries pri-maries he held at one place in each ward and that the chairman shall appoint three Republicans to act as judges and one to act as clerk for each of said wards, under rules and regulations to bo prepared by the chairman of the city central committee. commit-tee. Second, that any Republican desiring desir-ing to become a candidate for the offlco of-flco of mayor, commissioner, auditor or municipal judge before said Republican Re-publican primary may file a written application to have his name placed on the ticket, and others to the number num-ber of 25 may petition in writing that the name of any Republican, with bis acceptance, shall be placed on the Republican primary ticket any time before 5 p. 111. September 30, 1011, same to bo filed cither with W. D. Van Dyko, Jr., secretary, city hall, or Geo. J. Kelly, chairman, olflco undor State bank. All names proposed for any of tno offices to ho voted for this fall will bo published October 1 to October 10, when tho primary election will take place at 4 o'clbck. In tho afternoon, after-noon, and all Republicans wlli bo permitted per-mitted to cast their ballots for their choice for ench of the following 01-flces- Mayor. Commissioner for two years. Commissioner for four years. Auditor Municipal judge. It has been a good many years since tho people havo been permitted to go to a primary and' select their own candidates. Now then, good people, peo-ple, If you know a good Republican who would mako a good mayor or commissionoi, auditor or Judge, got busy and got 25 names to Indorse h!m. Now is the tlmo to think over the available material for office. There will be no delegates an't no nolltlclans to bother you. Each Republican will have his chance and right to voto tho person he prefers for office. All people who believe In popular gov- ernment, no matter what lias been the political beliefs of tne past, aro Invited Invit-ed to Join the causo. The Progressive Republicans win first blood in having one of their cardinal car-dinal principles adopted by the whole party In Ogden. The primaries which permit the people to votf for the candidates direct Instead of for delegates dele-gates to a convention Is one of tho four great doctrines of the Progressive Progres-sive Republicans, led by ex-Presldont RooscvelL If- the Progressives expected tholr recommendations to bo turned down they surely were undeceived At anv rato, the Progressives have got all they nsked for and will havo to be satisfied for the present at least. |