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Show oo DEMOCRATS WILL NOT TAKE OVER TELEGRAM OPTION Salt Lake. Oct. 14 With the failure fail-ure of the Democratic committee In charge of the negotiations for the darting or the acquiring of a newspaper, news-paper, to take action last night it became ussured that toe Democrats would not become interested In the option secured by George K. Hale on I ' he Kvening Telegram When the Democratic state committee com-mittee met a week aso It appointed a special committee to devise ways and means of establishing a part organ In Salt Lake. Mr. Hale was Invited to present his proposition and a subcommittee was appointed to consider the offer among other things. It Is said that the offer of Mr Hale required the ruislnc of $40.-ni $40.-ni ip by yesterday. Inasmuch as this wai not in sight at the expiration of the offer last night, the Democrats ;re sad to have definitely lost Iden Miy with the Telegram deal. While reports were current yesterday yes-terday that Mr Hale had closed ins option on tho Telegram, the report w.i. denied by Mr. Halo la-st night. Mr Hale denied that ho had bad any idea that the Democrats would ccme through with anv monev for the Telegram by la6t night. "Thej may have understood among themaelvee," ho saJii, that the negotiations ne-gotiations did not definitely expire until last night, but 1 had ionc ago given up any idea that, they would cccpi the terms of the proposition I had made to them Fames II. Moyle, chairman of the rub-committee which has the matter Of establishing a party organ in charge, said last night that nothing f.iriher was under consideration with reference to tho Telegram deal at this Mme, and denied that tho sub-commlttee sub-commlttee was to moot last night to discuss the proposition for the last time, and to decide definitely to accent ac-cent or to reject it. oo |