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Show iREPUBLICANS OPEN SESSIONS Balloting on Nominees to Start' Early This Aft ernoon Republicans of Weber county opened ihrii county convention this morning :it 10:25 o'clock In the Or-pheum Or-pheum theatre for the purpose of naming nam-ing .1 legislative and county ticket, j Koisy demonstrations and heated de-. L.ites as regard to organization fen-tured fen-tured the first hour of the Opening session and at 1130 o'clock the con- nit ion adjourned for one-half hour following selections of committees It was indicated at the opening session ses-sion that balloting for nominees will hetrin at 1 o'clock this afternoon , Miinv of the delegates were not present pres-ent ai an early hour apparently 1 -lieving that actual balloting would net take, place until the afternoon, I session. OPENS ON VI , M . Arthur Woollcy, county chairman. I opened the convention with brief remarks. re-marks. He said that the keynote address ad-dress would be dispensed with In or der that time might be saved and the, convention could be adjourned at 5 o'clock this afternoon. W. H. Reeder, Jr was selected as chairman of the convention ami took the chair amid loud applause. Wll-iwim Wll-iwim T. Orcenwell was chosen :us sec-, I y With the commltups working, on or-Mnisation. or-Mnisation. credentials and platform at 11:30 o'clock, motion pictures were shown of national and county nominees nomi-nees and local. Thunderous applause ureeted the showing of the films. large numbei of women were in evidence In the theatre at the opening of the session and will i prominent part in the selections tor the ticket. It was said that a larger delegation of women was present todaj than at any other previous convention of the Republican party here sl.MTT COMMITTEES The committers selected this morning morn-ing are as follows Organization W. .1 Crltchlovv Prank Smyth. Sumner Nelson George Karkcr. J. Ray Ward, G. A. Goatcs. Joseph Folkman. H D Brown. A. IMngham. K C Charlton. Platform H A. Purdy, Georgians Marriott. 3 M. Forrlstal. Samuel C. Tow ell TO. T Hulanlskl. J. P Murphy. Myron Wade, Mrs J T Rltter, A. C. Chrlstensen. Credentials Scth Thomas, A. G Sneed. David Jenson. Ea Steers. J C Littlefleld. J H l owers, John Child, gfyrum Jensen and J H. Roylance. rr |