| Show COUNTY DEMOCRATS MEET name strong strone ticket for officers largest gathering of democrats seen here in years favors local option the dimo democratic cratiC county convention met in ti tia the a courthouse court houe it 11 delock list ethcie wis nas the ingest attendance va alich ich his been cen vt rt a democratic county gathering for mana man years nearly all precincts were lep resented with full delegation 4 and thre was nas a I 1 spit of among the kernbeis mern beis in tre tle absence of count chairman Cha irmin Mor riton secretary john hood called the convention to older and asked foi nominations for temporary officers E E hoffmann was nas made chairman cha irmin and john hood flood secretary the following committees v ere then ao pointed credentials W H robinson H H bell olne john christensen G brugger permanent pertinent Permin ent organization and order of business C M porter E W cra crane tie G W andreason dreison An W E hyatt oluf clef kleon resolutions in an inform E E haftmann HofT mann D I 1 1 jensen AJ lewis I 1 H pane john hood while the chairman wi wa preparing the tha limes of the committees H II 11 bell bel I 1 f glenwood nude in ide a plea for the selection of the best men for the ticket regardless leg ardless of location aich which suggestion was well received the coin contention antion took a recess until 2 AFTERNOON the committee commit itce on resolutions delayed the co contentions mentions opening until 2 30 at thit that hour E E hoffmann hon mann called the kernbeis mern beis to order and the report of the committee on credentials ws was w s read and adopted following closely came the report on perlean nt organization and order of business bu biness the report named E r E hoffmann chairman J W parker vice chairman A J lewis secretary minnie jensen assistant secre taly IV E hyatt sergeant at arms H H bell chaplain after prayer by the cepl un tre tle follon following in resolutions were presented ted and after a slight addition to the platform it it was as adopted each plank as read was wa received with applause the den ceramic arty of sevier county in convention assembled issem bled hereby declare their principles as follows IONN s we re affirm our filth in the principles of democracy as enunciated in the platform adopted b ba the demo cratic national convention at denver jub 1108 1908 and we inc believe it to be the greatest declaration of principles enunciated by any po lotical party during the last bears of political history of the united states and NN we e endorse tile the candidacy of the mo mc t prominent private citizen of the united states the great commoner and friend of the people H hoi 1 william J bryan br yan and also the candidacy of his running mate john W kern who are beadi leading g the demo critic hosts on to national victory we denounce the practice of electing candidates to third terms of service ice as opposed to and against good government and 9 ly ay that there are plenty of good men for the offices who nho should hive a chance at public service experience ins his proven that the best service in elective office is secured ba b chainge of officers when men are retained in office for term after term they become arrogant and gradually come to the belief that they own the office and the bublic is the official servant ant we ue de denounce nourice this as aa un american and not good for a free people we favor the economical admira administration of county officers and pledge our nominees to perform the duties of the sn eril offices and thit that when tile the work ork of ana any office is such as s to demand assi assistance tince th tint it the said ants will be pud paid but if no such is assistants assi si or deputies are engaged for actual bervice the principal ual in office shill not receive salary for deputies in addition to his own onn designated salary we condemn the liquor traffic ds as being labole fur for much of tile the misery abroad in the land and we fai favor loe loc il or option as a meins means of al levitating levia ting tills this condition with ultimate prohibition as ane object as soon as conditions are ripe for it in we pledge our legislative nominee to work bori for enactment of legislation to thi this 8 end we demind improvements for our roads and bridges in ill this country we charge the present legislative nominee dominc e of the republican republic ui party of sevier county with refusing to introduce measures mea bures for securing of bong for the betterment of the county roads even when solicited by members of its his own patry we pledge ledge our nominees to work vork unceasingly for roads thit that will be with vehicles and cill call attention to the deplorable conditions of the roads in this county and we pledge our commissioners to mako make an equal distribution of all road funds to all parts of the county we point with pride to the work of the democratic member of the state board of land commissioners in securing the consummation of the reservoir arid and canal for the reclamation cla mation of arid lands of this county and pledge this democrats of this county to work unceasingly for the conservation ot of all waters fur for irrigation purposes through this of the state we faor f bor a direct primary 1 law aw and pledge the legislative nominee to v work ork for the needed legislation along this line we dohnt to the fact that the present system of primary assemblages is fraught frauel t with danger to the expressed will of tile the people and thata that i direct gilmary law is a necessary relief which the democrats of 0 sevier savior county demand we fa fior or the establishment of state t experiment F farms arms va where here the sc soil il an and crops can scientific tre treatment lir i r the benefit of ti tie e farmer in tills this county to the end that the agriculturist may anny learn of the most profitable profi tible clops for which the soil and climate are best adapted ad anted we recognize that sevier county offeit gret gre t for fish culture and we demand that state fi lih h hatch batch cries be established for the exploits tion of this desirable industry with a firm co con action that the interests of the people of this county will be best sub served by the election of the entire democratic ticket we ne pledge the nominees of our party to use every endeavor to accomplish the purposes set furth forth 11 above E E HOFFMANN chairman JOHN HOOD Spere secretary tary upon the adoption of the resola eions the chair called for nominations for e and calling vice chairman parker to the chair he made a good nominating speech and named D P jensen ot of elinore Elo inore for the position the introduction 0 mr air jon jen sens sells name ws received with applause and on motion of john hood the rules rule were suspended and mr jensen was nomina tied by acclamation b h W crane was named by acclamation for the 4 acar term commis lioner after a good boost from hans jensen for 2 jear commissioner riensi ld named J E heppler Gle glenwood nood i rl re dented J H pa pane rie monroe named J II 11 lowe and central named carl I 1 Green greenwood Nood on the first ballot J E heppler received 32 votes and he was declared the nominee J H payne received 5 votes J H lowe lonn L 15 cat call I 1 greenwood Greenwoo il 5 C al porter was nominated by olive So renon of elsinore for clerk he was nominated by acclamation when the nomination for county attorney was reached dr mcgregor Me Gregor was named as also were john hood and E E hoffmann ahe latter gentlemen dp declined elined and i F r mcgregor Me Gregor was named by act acclimation for sheriff W E hiatt was vas named for the position but he declinda dec linea the nomination and george Cal callaway lavay was named and the was nominated by acclamation cla mation for county treasurer H W named russell ivie edward nazer of monroe presented the name of oluf Mie kleson J W parker named edward ross two ballots were and on the second ballot oluf Mie kleson withdrew in favor of ross koss the second ballot resulted in the nomination of russell ivie with 30 votes to 27 for mr ross A S hawley named R A lowe for assessor and J christensen chistensen named andrew anderson of koosharem Koo Koos sharem barem lowe lonne received tile the majority the vote being 35 25 to 21 hazel tuft was as nominated for re colder by acclamation for superintendent of schools A S hawley hallcy presented the name of earnest greenwood of central he was nominated by acclamation for guv surveyor ca or there were no nominations and on oil MO lion of H W ram use thi the office was left vacant oluf blickle on was made county chairman and john hood was made sreta secretary ry rahe following were nami d as the delegates to tin thi judicial a III id senatorial coment oil anti ians ns at marsale carl greenwood hans luft oluf mickal son james sori Som J A ross dun don hudges joseph A moore A J lewis 11 N hayes E E hoffmann HofT mann john hood joseph johnson C M 11 W P F peter bon on alternates russell ivie joseph lowe olne olie soren on E C W crane jr it AN was as decided that the central committee om be of the precinct chairman of each precinct and th it the committee have to fill any vacancies the members of the committee are J W fairbanks S R gray C M porter C W powell I 1 W parker george parsons koo sharem bert tuft W A shepard P F peterson G brugger john E gledhill the convention then adjourned |
