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Show I Progressives in Convention in Ogden name a Strong State Ticket on a Platform Demanding I Reforms in Utah's State Government OGDEN HUES FOR SUPREME JUDGE j Evening Session Necessary to Complete the Work of the Convention Much Enthusiasm Mani- f fested Nominating of County Tick ets Will Follow. . . - a PROGRESSIVE TICKET For Governor NEPHI L. MORRIS, Salt Lake county. f For Congressmen STEPHEN H. LOVE, Salt Lake county; LOUIS LARSON, Sanpete county. Tor Secretary of State FRANK JV HENDERSHOT, JR., f Weber county. U For Justice of the Supreme Court JUDGE OGDEN HILES, I Salt Lake county. ? For Attorney General GEORGE N. LAWRENCE, Salt Lake- t county. f For State Treasurer 0. W. ADAMS, Cache county. , For State Auditor WALTER ADAMS, Utah county. m For State Superintendent of Schools (Left blank with the un- m, derfltanding that Progressives support A. C. Nelson, present incum- K bent and Republican candidate for re-election.) W For Presidential Electors MRS. C. E. COULTER, Weber K county; MRS. W. H. DEWOLF, Beaver county; G. J. CARPENTER, m Utah county ; CAPT. HUGO DE PREZTN , Juah county. iff The Progressive slate convention. M which met in the Orpheum theater m yesterday, early in the afternoon ft named Nophi L. Morris for governor. W Stephen H Love and Louis Larson ft for congressmen and Judge Ogden m- li'les for supreme Judge. At; the eve-mt eve-mt x ning 3eEsion, which was .oalletl to or- JRT der at 7.30 the balance .of the ticket" H ', was selected. : ; r The convention was harmonious In j ; every reBpect and yet it was marked , ': J by sufficient rivalry In the nomina- i tions for offices to make It of great j ? interest and bring forth an enthusi- ' ' asm that preoages success at the i ': polls. ; t From the time the delegates en- i - l lered the city in the morning until i !" thev departed for their homes late at I night, there was no lock of determlu- " ation to place In the political field r ; ticket to which all the people of the state ,By look with pride and sup- , ' port The Bplrit of the convention f was "a square deal" and individual action. Nominee S. H. Love for congress con-gress expressed this thought when lie Btated that his vote in congress would be his own and that it would not be ? hampered by any form of dictation I h from any one. II The convention was conducted In a I business-like manner and entire snt-1 snt-1 isfaction "was expressed by those who i ' participated In It. The "lateness of a the hour In opening the convention. J discussion entered Into by the plat-li plat-li the delav in the arrival of Theodore I ( Roosevelt and the long-drawn out i . ' discussion entered into by the plat- I , form committee did not cause the delegates to complain and the entire , i i body of men and women took hold of i ; the problems in a way that indicated ml, he permanency of the movement. If Music furnished by a Salt Lake oris or-is r' chestra filled in the sparo moments IK of the convention, ft, It was a convention of acclamation w not of the dictated order, but that j afB which comes from the spontaneity of , 3 I' persons harmonious in their action 0 1 Tor the public good and thoroughly 9 Imbued with a single purpose. The II ; boss had no place there and the one II ; i who should attempt to dictnte would II ' i have been fjulckly suppressed. II ; There was a conteBt for congress- II ' man but it required only one ballot III , to settle the question and the de-llt de-llt featcd candidate. George X. Lawrence m , quickly arose to make the nomina-IH nomina-IH : tlon of Mr. Love and Mr. Larsen llll unanimous. It was only a few mo-l mo-l ments Vter, that Mr. Lawrence was nlli honored by the voice of the conven-II conven-II I tlon, acclaiming him the nominee for MJI The governor secretary of slate. ltll t treasurer, auditor, supreme Judge and J 4 attorney general were all nominated 91 by acclamation and the nominations will of the presidential electors were ifll'i practically by acclamation. All were ijli made jnanlmous and the convention lS5lf. as a great political body left the con- Sili vention hall at the clo'so of the de- j3P liberations Blnging songs of Joy and will hopeful victory. EjjrflK- he special train for the ilown- TBli slato sec,-lon ,fift Bhortl' after the hBI' close of the convention, but many of .Sllc the northern delegates remained in the city until this morning. 3II 1 The first order of business recom- "ell $ mended was the nomination of candl. 'Sill f dates for presidential electors, but J when Allen Sanford of Salt Lake 4 ? pointed out that It would be well to 'ij I defer this order until the end of the 'M & convention, jn order to sec what gco- M i graphical sections of the state were A i entitled to something that they hadn't i K got, tho order was switched, and il Rk presidential electors wont over. -r-l WL I There was a wrangle about proL -""laMf ceedlng with any business at all It J8BT had been variously reported that 'W Colonel Roosevelt would arrive at K 2:35 o'clock, 3:60, 4:00, 1.10, nnfi 0f- erybody, of course, wanted to be on hand when the big Bull .Moose himself him-self got on tho 'job. Therefore, there was objection to the nomination of a candidate for governor. Likewise there was objection to the nomination nomina-tion of candidates for congress. Parley, Par-ley, p. Chrjatensen, nntil recently a candidate for congress as a Republican, Repub-lican, opposed the nomination of candidates can-didates for congress until the platform plat-form should have been read and the candidates informed as to what ground thev were standing on. Mr, Chrlstensen said he didn't want to' see a repetition of the "recent so-called so-called convention In Salt Lake, compared com-pared with which Joe Dlnkensplel's bucket-shop on State Btreet is a religious re-ligious institution " He wanted the plntform read first HUes Tells of Democrato. Allen Sanford said it was all right to go ahead with the nominations, because he felt sure the committee on platform would not bring In such a collection of planks that the Progressive Pro-gressive candidates for congrer.8 would refuse to stand on them. At this point Judge Hllcs arrived and the dispute was forgotten In tho o ation that was tendered the permanent per-manent chairman. Judge Hiles thanked the convention for the honor conferred upon him and continued "Our great and resolute leader has I well said that standpat issues and standpat candidates are dead issues in America. The contest is between the Progrecshe partv of America and ' tho old partv of negation nnd tutllity. "Tho Democratic bouse has entered upon a program which meanB tho dis-bandment dis-bandment of our army and the sending send-ing of our nayy to the scrap heap. Such a policy cannot meet with the approval of the American people The Democratic party is democratic en-lough, en-lough, but it Is not national enough. I It Ib local and provincial in its attitude atti-tude of thought and' its policies. "In tho Progressive part we have a party of real progress, a party that will be permanent and enduring "Wo must now proceed to the nom- inatlon of a ticket, whicb, though it 1 mar be defeated " "It won't be; It'll be elected," shouted a delegate from Utah county coun-ty Morris by Acclamation. Judge Hiles closed his brief re- ' marks -with a few words of hope and ! encouragement, and called for the nomination of a candidate for governor. gover-nor. I Frank' Eians of Salt Lake. In a (speech In which he paid a glowing tribute to his candidate, placed in nomination Nephi L. Morris of Salt Lake. There was a great demonstration for Morris, and he was nominated by acclamation after a do&en or fifteen counties had seconded his nomination. nomina-tion. F. J. Hendorshot of Webor county took exception to the motion that "nominations for governor do now close." Mr Hondershot said that, as usual, Vber county was being gagged gag-ged by Salt Lake. However, he realized real-ized that, "though "eber loved Love very much," It was In the minority, and" therefore Weber, too, seconded the nomination of Morri6. Mr. Morris was escorted to tho platform, plat-form, a process which was accorn-nllshed accorn-nllshed with a scries of boosts and shovos over the footlights. Mr MorriB said he was Impressed with the quality of tho dologatos of the convention, which, he said, -was "composed of men who are politically political-ly clean, a condition rare in Utah politics." Denounces Republicans. The gubernatorial candidate said he "could no longer conscientiously affiliate with the local or national Republican party because of its sins of omission and commission." Mr. Morris said ho had asserted big political independence on several previous pre-vious occasions and he rejoiced to be with a convention of men and women who wore of the same spirit. He . promised, in the event of his election, to perform tho duties of governor to the best of his ability. Three candidates were placed In nomination for congress" George N Lawrence and Stephen H. Love of Salt Lake City and Louis "Larson of Sanpete county. Love and Larson were nominated by the following rote Total vote cast 459 1-2 Necessary to choice 230 Louis Larson 389 1-6 Stephen H. Love 356 5-6 George N Lawrence 175 Larson Is Cheered. The delegates began cheering for Larson as soon as tho ballot was announced an-nounced and in response to tbo demand de-mand Mr. Larson came forward to address them. He said: ".Little did I think yesterday when I kissed my "wife and babies good-bye that I was on the road to the White House. But now that vu. have named nam-ed me, I can picture myself already walking on the carpeted corridors of that sacred house I am proud to be on board that great ship of state manned bv your next president, Colonel Colo-nel Theodore Roosevelt." Cries for Mr. Love followed and he also took the stage. Ho 6aid. "You know that for a long time I have sought this nomination and now that I havo it I scarcely know what to do with it. I don't know all that I will do when I get back to "Washington, "Wash-ington, but this I do know, that when I- cast my vote It will be my own vote. "The other day when T was In that so-called Republican convention in Salt Lake and heard the distinguished senator refer to such fellows as I am as half-breeds I felt rather bad, but now that I am here and know that you are all thoroughbreds I don't feel so bad. Boost For Lawrence. "Had 1 been here when ray name was proposed for congress I would have asked that it be withdrawn in favor of my good friend, Senator George Lawrence. I know that he if? a thoroughbred and that he is no piker If there is any office for which this Progressive state convention conven-tion wishes to name him as a candi- rlntp I nm snrp ho will nin " "I don't know that I will bo able to participate in an active campaign, but my heart is with the progressive 1 movement and I have felt for some time that I could not keep out of the Progressive party." Abcrnathya Greeted. .-'" Some over-entbiisiastic gentleman from Weber county then moved that the two congressional candidates love each other. The chairman felt that the affection was ussured without the motion. "Eat-'em -alive" Jack Abemathy, Mrs. Abemathy and Temple and Louise Abemathy were then presented present-ed to the convention. There were cries for a speech from Jack Aber-nathy Aber-nathy and he responded, saying "I wish you would call on the boys. They are better able than 1 am to speak. 1 only want to say that 1 am a hunter and I am proud of the fact that I have hunted with Colonel Roosevelt. Roos-evelt. -I was in San Francisco, about to leave for my home iu Oklahoma City, when I received word from the colonel saying lie wns to be here, so I came here to meet hiin I was United Uni-ted States marshal In Oklahoma for sovon years and depnly marshal for four years before that, but I quit "Why''" inquired a delegate. "Now you hush," said Abemathy with his peculiar southern drawl, "Never mind why 1 quit, hut 1 quit "I only want to say that Colonel Roosevelt Is the squarent man I ever knew, and he ought to be our noxt 1 president" Named Hendershot. Judg John D. Murphy then proposed pro-posed Frank J. Henderahot, Jr., for secretary of state, and his nomination nomina-tion was quickly made by acclamation. acclama-tion. Mr Hendershot made a brief speech, thanking the convention for tho nomination When it was announced that the next order of business was tho nomination nom-ination of a candidate for associate justice of lhe supreme court, there were loud cries of "Hiles, Hiles!" Judge Hiles waved his hand in token of disinclination, but tho convention Insisted that he accept. He was nominated nom-inated by acclamation. In thanking the convention Judge Hiles said the nomination was an honor unsought, but an honor nevertheless. Attorney general having beeni reached, there wore crieB of "George lawrencc, Lawrence I" and George N. Lawreuce of Salt Lake was nominated nom-inated by acclamation. Ho. too thanked the convention. He snid tho progressive movement had been growing stronger and stronger for the last six or seven years, but it waB not until this year that it had been given concrete form. He predicted a sweeping victory in November. Acclamation Again, There promised to be a contest for the office of state treasurer, but in the end that office, too. went by acclamation accla-mation to O. W. Adams of Hyrum, Cache county. There were placed before be-fore the convention the names of Mr. Adams, N. G Hall of Salt Lake ajid Francis W Copo, also of Salt Iake. All of those who made nominating speeches dwelt at length upon the alleged al-leged shortcoming's of fne present and previous administrations, with especial espe-cial reference to tho state's loss In receiving re-ceiving no Interest on public money deposited in banks. After a good deal of talk and some charges that Salt Lake sought to "hog It all," the names of Hall and Copo were withdrawn and Adams was chosen cho-sen by acclamation Mr. Adams promised, when he should have beon elected, that tho state should receive Interest on its funds and promised also to administer the. affairs of the office economically "" (Continued on Pago Six.) NEPHI L MORRIS FOROVERNOR (Continued From Pago One.) and as ably as was within his power to do. Tho delegates by this time wero growing rcBtless. They feared that the colonel might slip in on the town and Its people without letting thorn know It, however contrary such a procedure pro-cedure might be to tho big Bull Moose so thoy made a bolt for the doors after af-ter the Adamd nomlnayon and hurried hur-ried down Twenty-fifth street to greet their Idol. Moved to Hilarity. After Roosevelt and a dinner, the delegates felt really Jolly. The first business of the night session was the nomination of a candidate fpr Btate auditor. Wralter Adams of Provo was named by acclamation. Adams thanked thank-ed the convention and promised to "do his do" if he were elected In No vember In the meantime he promised prom-ised to stand at Armageddon and to take part in the battle which is reported re-ported to be raging here In Favor of Nelson. The convention desired to nominato A. C. Nelson for superintendent of public Instruction, but It was pointed out that such nomination could not be- legally made by the new party It was therefore decided to leave tho office blank and that Progressives thus v,ould be given an opportunity to vote for "this hero of honest education," educa-tion," as Mr. Nelson was characterized amid loud and prolonged applause. Joseph Lewlnsohn of Salt Lake read the report of the committee on platform plat-form and resolutions. Every plank of the platform was received with loud applause and frequently with cheers. women for Electors. There was manifested a deep interest inter-est in the selection of four candidates for presidential electors The following follow-ing names wero placed bfor the convention- Captain Hugh JDeprczein, Juab county. Mrs. W. H. De Wolfe, Beaver county; Mrs. C E. Coultor, Weber county. G. J. Carpentor, Utah countv; James Ra3band, Summit county; C. W. Richards, Box Elder county. Mrs. De Wolfe and Mrs. Coulter were nominated by acclamation The ballot on the others resulted; Carpenter. Carpen-ter. 271, Deprezeln, 222; Richardson, 172; Richards, 139, Rasband, 47. Delegates Grow Weary. Carpenter was the only one receiving receiv-ing a majority of votes cast and was declared nominated. Rather than take another ballot, which was an extremely long and tedious te-dious task, the convention nominated Deprezin by acclamation. A motion was adopted declaring that ti t Bull Moosers should put a ticket in every county In the state. Inasmuch as the third party has to get on the ballot by petition, all the delegates "signed up" after the convention. con-vention. Five hundred names arc required to get a candidate on the ballot in XUah. The convention adjourned at 0 20 o'clock. |