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Show DEMOCRATS TO PUT ON WAR PAINT Th Trilume says. Democratic leaders from all parts of I'tah, members of the Democratic Efatc committee from every count v ami Democratic members ol the Islaturo hav doc(ri on a pollcv of militant progress during the ensuing two years. A meeting was held yesterday yes-terday of Democrats from all sections, sec-tions, at which the future policy of the party was decided upon and many questions of Importance to the party discussed .Much time was devoted to a discussion dis-cussion of how best to gel rid of the present federal office holders in I'tah. It was decided to memorialize President -elert Wilson with r,.rr.,n to the more Important federal officers offi-cers The activity of the federal office of-fice holders In politics and the potency po-tency of the federal machine will he t Bl forth in the memorial The president-elect will be asked to remove all of the most important federal office of-fice holders In Utah immediately upon up-on assuming the presidency A committee com-mittee lo fr.me this memorial will Im? named by Slate Chairman S. R. Thurman Selecting Men for Office. There was considerable discussion as to the manner of selecting the successors to the present federal office of-fice holders. Some favored a plebiscite, under which the Democrats Demo-crats of the state might select the various officers Considerable opposition oppo-sition fo this plan developed, since there appeared to be no legal manner of holding such an election. No definite def-inite plan was agreed upon, but it is likely that the state committee will meet again before Man h 4 to go over the list of candidates for the various vari-ous federal offices and make recommendations recom-mendations concerning them. The Democrats are resolved to have an organ. Resolutions were adopted at yesterday's meeting empowering em-powering a committee to be named by Judge Thurman to establish a Democratic newspaper in Salt I a e to become the official Democratic orzan of tho parL In Utah. Those at the meeting pledged themselves to raise between Sln.iHin -hi. S.'fi .infi for that purpose Several hundred dollars dol-lars to be used hv the committee in accurate!; determining the cost oi establlahng a newspaper in this ntv and in investigating r-ondi'ions that would jnstlfv the establishment of a Democratic newspaper were contributed contrib-uted In cash hv (hose at the meeting. The policy to be pursued by the Democratic members .1 the s'.ne leq. Is'aturp with reference to proposed legislation was also discussed. Rills covering every platform pledge of the Democrats have been prepared and will be Introduce. I hv the Democratic Demo-cratic members. The Democratic members will caucus later to determine deter-mine on fhe Introduction of various other measures Among the acts slroncL- Favored hv the Democratic members Ib one to be introduced hv Representative Samuel L Page of Pint" conntv dnmg awar with voting vot-ing by party emblem and making II necessary to vote for the Individual candidate The Democratic party organization throughout the state will be maintained main-tained during the next two years In order that It may he Intacl for carrv -Ing on tho campaign of 19H nn |