Ogden Daily Standard | 1916-04-08 | Page 7 | Ogden Selected as Place for Republican Convention

I OGDEN SELECTED AS PLACE i FOR REPUBLICAN CONVENTION I Governor and Other State Officers to be Named Here the First I Week in August Dates of Congressional Conventions I Not Yet Fixed Delegates to Chicago to be Selected I - at Meeting in Provo, the First Week in May. Republican committeemen of Utah, Including members of the 'state. First Congressional and Second Congressional Congres-sional committees, met on the roof garden of the Hotel Utah, in Salt Lake this morning, and the state committee commit-tee selected Ogden as the place where the k Republican state convention to name a governor and other state candidates can-didates shall be held the first week in August. Ogden's advantages and reasons why the convention should be held in thiB city were ably set forth by Chas. Hollingsworth, who made a most impressive im-pressive talk. There was a large attendance at the meeting, a big majority of each of the committees being present It was decided to hold the first convention con-vention of the campaign In Provo the first week in May, at whioh delegates to Chicago will be elected, eaoh congressional con-gressional district to name two and the state-at-large four. I The resignation of C. H. LooBe as state chairman was tendered, and accepted ac-cepted after Mr. Loose made it plain that he would insist on immediate action. ac-tion. At first there was a strong sentiment in (favor of refusing to allow al-low Mr. Loose to resign, but the chair man's manifest firmness caused the committeemen to regretfully accept the resignation. The two congressional committees deferred making a call until the meeting meet-ing in Provo, when the dates for the congressional nominations will be fixed.