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Show t i HAMMOND 5SELKCTED. UTAH nnPUBLICANS NAME HIM FOR OONOHESb. "' Vj' 'j J v" I u..,ion r)rf iu ii. i i.j .ii i 1 v r"' ' ' Vlllllani Itlnaniann - ktintl ri.lf.rm tttoplcl lly n vote of Ml to VI, Secretary ot Stle James T. U"!nmond wl" no,n'-Bated no,n'-Bated fur congress bv the llepubllean ifite'conTtnllon o( 1 lab. at Salt t.ako , C- JJasl I'rlday, to fill tlm vacancy caused l)jr the refusal of e-ongresa to ailnilt II. II. Roberta tu the si at to which lie was elected, William (llaamanii of Ogden receiving vl votes. The convellon was the shortest atato convention ever held In Utah, ami In lew than four honra after assembling had adjourned with nil work finished. James Thaddeus llaiiiinond itai horn at 'Vnrmlngton, t'tsli, December 11. I 1M6$ lie waa but olgjil yeurs of age when his parent moved to Logan, aud i Caclio Valley was thin bill sparaoly settled. Ho graduated from the coin- 1 moil schools nm lilifli school of Cacha valley at an early age, and In 1887 he was made clor It of Cache county and erred two terms, later ha M'Med couuty nltorney for one term lie i was a mcmler1 of tha legislature lor , three sessions 1SS4, I6S0 and 1690, the 8 first tno terms being In the council and the latter one In the house Mr. Ham-' Ham-' mond was nmong the first to rcallre the rulvaulagca thai would accrne to . , - the slato (then territory) If It were to i take advantage of the governmental appropriation for an agricultural col lego and experimental station and ha 'assisted In '.tho organization of that ' r iow pppular. Institution, being mads one ulta first trustee, tit was elected "secretary Of atate when Utah was admitted ad-mitted Into tha uuloiir-whlcli-posltlou I . lm now holds. " , The platform la nn follows: i 'Jhe Itcpubllcan party ha-iever bean " it party of 'deeds and nut of promises. It. has met every emergency mid piloted the untlon safely through every crista, lor threo yearn In the nation anil four ymraln Utah, the Itcpuhllcan party p V has been In udmlnlstrnllTe power. Wo "' point to what It has accomplished In the past and Is now doing, ns an Index of what may be uxpeclcd from It In the future. lhe period of Ilepuhllcnn ascendency lu nation and state liaa been nmong the most noteworthy lu the history his-tory of our country Our nation has been successfully piloted through a (treat foreign war, adding glory to our llag and new territory to our posses sions In this war, forced upon us In the Interest of humanity, our own atate, through Its loyal volunteers, uchlcved brilliant and Imperishable renown. A llepubllcan atata administration adminis-tration lias successfully solred the many and Intricate local questions at-I' at-I' tendunt upon tho foundation of a new " commonwealth. Including the nct- M ment of l-gnetlclat laws against Irusta 1 In harmony with llepubllcan national I legislation; the funding- of the state 1 Indebtedness; the establishment ot Hull's credit upon a plana with the "J oldest states of the union; providing I for tlie codification of the laws, and j tho upbuilding of slate Institutions. 1 Under Democratic administration wa I had general depression; under Ilepub. I Ucan administration, hope, clirer and prosperity. With audi a proud record the Republican party appeala to tha voters ot Utah, We heartily Indorse the magnificent administration of , Vrcaldcnt McKlnley, anil tho equally successful administration of publlo nf-fairs nf-fairs by the llepubllcan state ofllcers in Utah : The present special election Is forced upon the atate of Utah bj the Incompetency Incom-petency and Insincerity of the Democratic Demo-cratic party, whose brolla and bickering bicker-ing hare deprlvod the atate of two of 1 the three representallros to which It Is entitled In the American congress, l'or this lack of representation the Interests In-terests of the atate are now aufferlng. Therefore, while deploring the need and expense ot the present special election, elec-tion, we welcome tho opportunity offered of-fered the peoplo of pulling thcmselTca ( out of the Democratic, ml re. Aa the I Krpubllean party has met and solved every groat question presented tha I country In the past, so will It success- fully aiirinouat cvory obstacle pro- aentcd against good government In the future. |