Show DEi CRATIC DAY alie silver element dominated everything A J weber chairman and david evans endorsed as delegate 10 chicago peytons thatcher resolution the democrats met in county convention yesterday and elected delegates to the state convention the convention seemed more like a silver gathering than etc dealt onla with silver if there were any goldburg gold bugg present they hid their light under a bushel about one third of the delegates were ladies but in the selection of committees and officers the fair sex was only slightly remembered at chairman gwilliam of the county committee called the assemblage to order and named A G horn temporary chairman and G W baker temporary secretary mrs orson riser was elected assistant secretary in a brief speech mr horn said that the silver question was the chief easue before the people and that the democratic party is the party of free silver he further said the republican party had always opposed legislation tavor able to balver after a hale dozen motions and counter motions the convention named one member from each preci as a committee on credentials the chair named as the committee on permanent organization and order of business H II 11 goddard W L P peyton C 0 stoddard R T davis J G tyler mrs F A king mrs grace mcfarland committee on resolutions john seaman john perkins N montgomery A peterson A J weber mrs A straiten fred tout A recess of 20 minutes was taken and at the convention was again in session chairman horn called for the committee reports and the committee on permanent organizations and order of business reported the permanent officers of the convention as follows chairman A J weber secretary W G cragun assistant secretary mrs W H west sergeant at arms G R belnap mr weber was escorted to the chair and thanked the convention for the honor conferred and made a brief speech upon the silver question and closed as follows 1 I am a democrat but above and beyond my democracy I 1 am a silver man and I 1 propose to vote as I 1 talk this sentiment was vociferously applauded plau ded the committee on resolutions reported the fol lowine resolved Ee solved by the democrats of weber county in convention assembled that we believe the money question to be the paramount issue of ano coming campaign and that we are in favor of the free and unlimited coinage of silver in the ratio of ag to 1 and that regardless of the wishes of any other country and that we are opposed to the selection of any man as delegate to chicago who is not known to be a staunch and uncompromising supporter and advocate of free silver resolved further that the delegates from weber county to the state convention be and are hereby instructed to use all honorable means to secure the election of hon david evans as a delegate to the national democratic convention at chicago resolved that we hail with delight the fact that the masses of the democratic party now as always heretofore are upholding and supporting rue bimetallism and am in favor of the money af the constitution being in striking contrast to the single standard gold policy of the republican party the resolutions were adopted by a unanimous aye after the resolutions were read sir evans was called for and he made a forceful and telling speech that the people had a hard fight in accomplishing shing the rehabilitation of silver the fight must be fought with precision with nerve with fearlessness the gold standard baa riveted upon tho country more misery than any other cause the crime 0 73 must be corrected and the action of de silver must be repudiated I 1 would say to that together we must stand and fight for silver and for the present let the tariff take a rest we have had high tariffs and low tariffs but the evils still exist we should be patriotic enough to make silver the paramount issue and we should conduct the campaign on these lines in closing mr evans congratulated the ladies on their privilege of franchise fran chige and predicted victory in local politics each point in the speech was loudly cheered the following resolution was offered by col peyton be it resolved by the democrats of weber county in convention assembled that we point with arido to the manly and cona stant course of hon moses thatcher in his every act since the division on national party lines in utah and especially to bis heroic and american attitude in bravely opposing any attempt to interfere with or in any manner abridge the political rights of any man or women of this state resolved further that his spotless manhood and eminent abilities have endeared him to every lover of religious and political freedom and that we hereby most warmly and enthusiastically indorse him as a delegate at large to the national democratic convention this appeared to touch a responsive cord for it received more applause than any other feature of the convention it was adopted with a howl on notion 0 elijah farr the convention took a recess for ten minutes for the purpose of allowing each delegation to select their delegates to the state convention and also the county committee when the chairman rapped his gavel for order a heavenly bush fell upon the convention and the committee on transportation por tation was named as follows chairman val gideon C A R L davis V L P peyton and moroni poulter delegates to the state convention were elected as follows from the country wm geddes jos reese soren peter eon charles dark aiex ririe F A miller jane woodfield nat montgomery F A king W H walton H B green J B alien C C stoddard win 0 parker john seamon preston blair W D wilson ogden first ward M F brown F M tout wealthy ensign W L maginnis Ma ginnie F B devoto second ward cash van horn W L P peyton G W baker 0 0 richards ales wilkinson third ward james harrop mrs taylor T D dee ray L davis fourth ward A G horn A J weber H H goddard mrs orson riser R J taylor val gideon fifth ward dave evans mrs W II 11 westa G tylor harriet nye J M langsdorf Lang F A shields adjourned |