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Show I DEMOCRATS OPEN CONVENTION HERE AND APPOINT COMMITTEES; SELECT NOMINEES DURING THE AFTERNOON I Democrats from all part'- Of WebeT county gathered this morning at the county court house In convention to select their legislative and countv, ticket. The convention did not get under way until after 10:30 o'clock nrffl addresses by Martin P. Brown. ( halrman of the county committee and T. Samuel Browning wero not completed com-pleted until nearly noon Just before noon Mr Browning look the chair and announced that committed commit-ted would he selected. The session adjourned until thU afternoon when the nominees will he named. OPES SESSION Mr. Brown opened the session with a ringing address in which he praised the work of the Democratic party aur-Ing aur-Ing the past eight years and told of Its great Accomplishment:3. He 'No outlined out-lined the work don. by county officers. The speaker railed attention to the success of Democrat! in the state of passing the prohibition law ami outlined out-lined the good thai hail follcwed. He outlined in detail the accomplishments accomp-lishments of the county commissioners and quoted figures which gave evidence evi-dence of their efficiency. He declared the present county commission' is will leave office with Weher county completely com-pletely out of debt, This, he said, will he In contrast to the conditions When they took charge, when at the firs.-hoard firs.-hoard meeting they were compelled to I'orrow $10.0011 as th treasury was entirely depleted of funds ROAD WORK COMTLiETl n Mr. Brown told of the hud.- amount of road building accomplished during teh present administration, not only in the county, hut within the city as well, where tin- county had aided Og-deh Og-deh City In paving its important streets. Taxes, the speaker admitted, are higher at present, but he asked his hearer to investigate the reason before be-fore condemning the county officers. The Increase has been for school pur-pOStS, pur-pOStS, he explained, and J27I.OOO more than the amount spent last year is to l.i ii-' I tor schools this vcar. lie b -i tared the increase was necessary In order to maintain the efficiency of the school system and to retain experienced ex-perienced teachers who otherwise would have sought other positions Ho kiIiI the general tax fund levy was the 1 same as last year. OUT TO WIN In losing, Mr Brown declared. th Democrats of Weber county had nothing noth-ing in be ashamed of and that splendid efficiency had been forthcoming from all departments. If there Is any year the Democratic party is going to win. it is this year." the speaker stated. He urged the party members to get together In united effort and fight fo kctory; Mr Browning dwelt at length upon the league of nations and the record 'made by President Wilson. He vividly .described the terrible sacrifices of the War and in this manner impressed the need of a bond whieh would link the nations of the world together to prevent pre-vent future Mrunglcs. COMMITT1 I 6 CHOSEN At noon the following commuters were chosen and the convention adjourned ad-journed until 2 o'clock this afternoon. Credentials B. n Goddard. H. H. I&hurtlltf A V VVatklnS, John A. Junk. i tjeorge Brown, John W, Belnap Platform ami resolutions Prank Francis. M. I'ram. Ilvrum l'.ln.ip. ! K. S. Hincklev, Joseph Rirle, Thomas Fowles. M. K. Jacobs. organization and order of business Dan E. Bid 1 1 van, A C. Call. Walter N". Parr, H. H. tioddard, .C. S. Schade. J:seph I... Petei-son. Carl Olsen. |