The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-07-25
PROVO POINTS.
General. Political and Otherwise
in Nature.

/ THE Primary meeting o. the People s
party in this precinct was hid in the
court house on Friday evening TO elect
delegates to the County Convention Ia
be held on the 18th Insr. aud to nom
lpate precinct officers 10 be voted for at
/ he election TO be held August 6. A. y.
Smoot, Jr. was elected chairman and
read the call for the meeting Inc fol-
lowing were elected deIegat s with
aiternates for each. VIZ: A. y. Smoot,
Jr.. w H Ii. Paxnan, W. II. Brown.
]. B. Keller. and Wilson II. Iusen-
Berry. a, .. Smoot, Jr., was ncm-
mated fo- re Gle c iou as nem htr #
the Contra! COmmi.tee for this precinct,
but declined on the &. o1nd INA: re had
served on the committee for numbe,
of years and desired t, retire
from politics. Amos D. Holloway
was then elected msmter of
the Central Committee and j.
seph T. McEwan, another solid
Democrat, was re-electe secretary
James Dunn WAS nonirated to be a
Del gaze, which was objected to by }. E.
booIh, on the srIun thar Mr. Dunn
uad subscribed TO the platform vi The
b.Lao ratio club not TO affiliate with
D'hrr pLlitIcal parties and our owa Le
Candidate for constable was rejected o.
ne gro nd that he was a polygamist
AID rot registered with these two tx-
2spti5Is, the proceedings were perfectly
iarmon Gus.
On Saturday, the 21st inst. there was
n. ting of the Utah CountyD Democratic
Z ID. hid in the court house. James
u nn presiding, and W. c. A. Smoot
officiating as secretary. There were
delegates present from most of
the precincts in the county,
aid representative members OF
t7e PEOPLES parties were present as
spectators. The platform presented by
tue committee appointed for the pur-
pose was read and then taken up by
sections and by paragraphs. Each sem
tence, each paragraph and each sectioa
OF The platform was clearly presented.
and amendments offered were thor
ouehly discussed by the delegates, and
e Oh paragraph as amended or olher.
wise. was adopted by majority vote,
and tlen he LlattCrm as whole was
ado IT, Oy the articles OF faith OF Utah
Coun ID, mocrat4. The plank in the
.latform provide g that Democrats
-ta not tral or affiliate with opposing
Pc III, al partits IS othiDg more than is
e Gust NJ Of other Larti.s,, as was
clearly demonstrated at The Peoples
c nIventioI on Friday uignt. AS tn.
Dem Hcrats Lave decided not to pace
candida es in the f~ld 10 b.
vtted for Ut the coming election
I night be goou idea for the Peoples
delegates TO take the platform Up at
their CONVENTION next Saturday, and
rerlse or ame-d 1t 10 suit the PEOPLES
Party, SO that p ople can Sac the exact
Diff: renc', If there is any, between the
Democratic and the Peoples Parues.
REFRESHING showers of rain on Satur
DAY and Sunday have cleared the al
nosphere and invigorated vegetation.
The total echIsa Of the moon or,
-uuday night WAS siale, and The dark
enc ! "m'nary presented handsome
APP earance.
\ COUPLE Of Ii'erary Democrats GO ia.
arreling, O E day night. No blood
>heG.
L-tdogs del ghtt- b.Ik and bite,
Fi.. God has made them so;
Ler bears AMI Ion g!owl and igh-,
For lis tke:T nature too,
Bur i'emoc avs Sh III Il never let
SGch angry passions r!se,
Tn If biz, s,our fisrs were never made
To Dung en- Uthyr's eyes.
July %. B.