Show DEMOCRATS DEMOCRAT SIN IN convention put up good ticket for county officers P F peterson heads the list as nominee for the legislature H N hayes is chairman THE TICKET FOR representative P F peterson Pet erBon of salina FOR I 1 YEAR commissioner J E heppler richfield FOR 2 YEAR commissioner joseph A loe loae monroe FOR CLERK ed ross joseph FOR TREASURER C W powell jr glenwood Gln wood FOR SHERIFF andrew lawson richfield FOR RECORDER may biker richfield tor FOR ASSESSOR J W fairbanks Fairba annazella Anna Ann hella FOR FOP ATTORNEY H N haes habes richfield FOR SUPT SOFT OF SCHOOLS E M Green greenwood nood central FOR SURVEYOR J B morrison richfield the democratic county convention was wab held in i the courtroom lait saturday and it WL was surprising to find nearly althe accredited delegates dele eates from the precincts of the county presteen preteen present t and a real live convention was pro promised the convention nas called to order by chairman oluf who named H N hayes as temporary chairman mr hayes male a stirring st irrine soeki h in which he be called attention to the democratic gains throughout the r rat a ii r im as v toy to y ii if annc unc and announced that the times were propitious for a victory throughout the country and the election of a democratic congress con eress speaking locally he declared that the alleged ring of machine politicians in tin thi county counts was in disrepute with the people and Vand that the people of sevier county were tired of being dictated to in matters political at the cioce of the speech of the chairman E E hoffkin nominated allred for secretary C which was carried rite die following loI fol loBing loning committees committe ls mere then appointed platform J N ross E W crane J T A lowe lon c toh jos A S ilan gawle Pre manent Orgin izat on ind oner of business E E hoffman A kotter E ross martin larsen carl hansen P F peterson fet cron 11 W J H payne C M heppler albert Robn sion the convention eon con venton then took a recess until 2 AFTERNOON SESSION at the afternoon session no time nas mas lot lost in preliminaries reports nere ivere called for and the report on credentials was reid ten showing browine 53 59 fide ecle gates present and entitle to vote and that each precinct be permitted to east the full vote of its ita delegation the report was haq adap adolte t e I 1 the committee on Dermi nent or vaniza tion reported that the t nitrify aerl org be made perin arent arid and providing for the nominations of for the vinous county offices the report was adopted the committee on platform reported ih following we the democrats demo crits of sevier counts count in convention ag asri bled at rich fald fi arl this 1st ast day clay of or tobar 1010 1910 hereby rein arni irni our to the ahe demo democratic critic principles i of 0 Jef femon chih hae hac stood from the foundation of our government and chich the republicans year by bv scar car are gradually absorbing ind and issuing Mg as their principles under firt fir tir t one guise ant ind then another we heartily endorse and adopt the state platform of th tha rutih democracy is 99 enunciated al ai the state convention in provo among whose tenets are arc the following fol lovine state wide of the liquor traffic initiative Intia tive referendum and recall direct primary tor for all nominations laws to stamp out political carup tion election of s by popular vote right relations between bencen religion and politics tarifa iw for revenue and riot not for the stamping out of chimna I 1 trusts regulation li bi law of rail road rateb strict economy in all bustness business legal recognition of the rights of labor we point with pride to the re apon i pone e of the utah democracy to the demands of the people of utah as contained in the above platform the democh ey believes in the appeal of the citizens of utah who ho petitioned titio ned the last lamented and lament 1 ihle ible state republican legislature and who were ignored by that body of machine ridden politicians cans who obeyed the behests behesta of the tha political Doli machine litber than the die will of their constituents the sovereign people of utah an believing in the cry of the people mhd democracy lemoc ricy lias has pledged itself to atalee wide prohibition as the proper re medy for the evils of the houter traffic the democrats of sevier county not only believe in this reform but we demand that this state cast off the fetters of the bauor dealers ae e point to the humiliating scene in the lite life republican state convention at ogden when the will of the people for i i chance to nominate candidates bj the direct primary method was defeated after an able exposition of the direct primary by a member of the convention because forsooth I 1 the junior senator george sutherland told the convention that democrats would take advantage of the di reet primary law and vote for republicans of ns which means practically that machine politics 3 would be wiped out by the direct primary law which the democrats would enact into liw lawand and ve w would ask the lunior senator since when did the saintly republicans of utah refuse to accent democratic votes for anything anywhere any here we endorse the compliment paid by the sevier county republicans in the salina convention to the democrate county commissioners wherein herein they pledged their candidates for commissioners to continue the good work of improving our public highways willlia gad anak arh waa w dui 0 i j by th ih democratic county commissioners during the past two years we point with pride to the efficient and commendable improvement of the public highways which the democratic commissioners have accomplished in the past two lears said improvement bung beng greiter more extensive and hav ino ine been done with less proportionate expense than any other county counts administration has accomplished in the past twelve dears we endorse endore the work of the demo critic road commissioner and pledge the nominees rif of this convention to a continuation ot of the work of highan improvement ind to a wise ind economical administration of all the loun coun ty affairs we dalore the tendency of the financial institutions of this county to enter the pali political field and dominate the bele selection tion of I 1 county treasurer be cau baue c af pe pecuniary Lumary id vantage to the bank whose candidate succeeds in linding l ti c nomination and pledge air candidate for this office to place the funds of chiq county in n tile the finin in in cial institution offering g the best returns to the county with these ariti ons of bics and believing that the people of count will support the democracy because its are right and their candidates merit the 2 dence and support of nil all those who have the best interests of our counts count it aart submitted J W rass chairman I 1 his report was suba submitted I 1 tt c d as 1 nn 1131 bonty report but no minority min report was as submitted A S hiilei of the committee on platform plat fonn made a speech in bicci ho be with the convention riot not to adopt prohibition ile he tho action of the state convention on oil this matter is i mis lale R A LUMC lone was proceeding edine with a speech in favor edior of prohibition abon E C E llon raided the point of order that there was no QUI stion before tile the convention tile the chair sus timed the point of order and john ros then moved the id option of 0 the platform is read which was wab quickly seconded and adopted without further discussion nominations fur jud representatives being called for and three c were named 1 P r F peterson of Ralina joseph johnson of richfield and oluf of monroe fhe first ballot result resul tul LA in IG 15 for 15 for peterson anti aar ll 11 for johnson johndon Joh nion the second billot resulted in a again gain for peterson Pc terson and a los 1065 I 1 for johnon with boding his its on own n rho fhe third ballot resulted in a NIL ML tor tory for peterson Pote raon with a bar baior lt the vote br bung ing peterson Pet erBon 21 2 son 16 and jonnson 5 nominations for a four year term count county commissioner were called tor for aej E E hoffman named J E hep hell pier there were no other nominations arid and air heppler was lias made the nominee ba b acclamation joseph 11 lowe ot of monroe ent the same route and wasi wah hamid by acclamation for the to ear term com missioner mibs ioner for county treasurer J H payne named C W powell owal jr of glenwood oluf MIL kelson placed the name of 0 edward E ross kosi of josaph in nomination ahe first ballot resulted in 20 tor for ross and IG for powel the nomination domination of Po fowell livell was made unanimous jr when the shri was reached 11 N haies hades called john ross rosa to the chair and made a speech which aroused enthusiasm he paid a high comp aliment to sheriff abbott the republican incumbent and named andrew lawson as a worthy successor J i named lee fairbanks of annabella the vote resulted in as 38 for lawson and 9 for fairbanks when nominations for recorder record vr were called for john koss nominated may baker of richfield Rich neld and the rules were suspend eda and miss baker vis aas named by acclamation ed ross of joseph was name named d for the office of county clerk by J W fairbanks of nf annabella Anna belld was named for assessor by acclimation after a short recess to live the dele gates time to search and find a candidate there were no aspirants for this office in evidence among the democrats A S hawley hanley of central in one 0 of f his characteristic speeches nominated E M greenwood for superintendent of schools and he be ws was made the nominee by when the nomination for attorney was reached oluf dickelson Alic kelson declared that there was an excellent ity to elect a democratic county attorney and ana he named H N hayes for the position mr hayes stated that owing to argail hu all lle h 11 have to decline the nomination LA A S hawley haciey made another of his energetic speeches in which he facetiously threatened to cane mr haies if he did not accept the nomination mr hayea hades then stated that in suite of the things that might be said of him for refusing the prof ered nomination that he had bad nine very urgent reasons for so refusing a nife and eight children he stated however that il if 1 he could satisfactorily adjust certain business matters he would al leprie the fornini tion hut but he reserved the right to with draw from tire the ticket it such adjustments can rot be made 1 ahe he komir was waa made by oil upon this understanding J B Ivi orrison nas was made the nominee for ur veNor il N haies was elected county chairmen cha irmin with power to select the i secretary an executive committee of five was elected to fill all that may occur prior to election and to conduct the campaign ih committee members ire are 11 N hes C al heppler Heppl cr E E Hoff hoffmann malm ff W and A S hauler the convention at copied opted the democratic state emblin the rooster in a defiant attitude as the count cm blena H N hayes havel as cha chairmen irmin urged the delegates to wage it vigorous but clem clein to say gay all il the good things possibly pos poR sible about then own indicates c indi dates and to say nott notting ing aitor ditori of the opposing candidates to ill fight the principles of the opposing candidates but let personality severely alone IQ conen convention tion ten |