The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-30
KnysriIIe News Notes.

KAYSVILLE, Aug. 29.-The Demo-
cratic county committee met in the
court house at Pennington this morn
ing at IL o'clock. All precincts in the
county exceSt the three small ones in
the extreme north We're represented.
The following call for county con-
vention was issued
Headquarters Democratic Committee
of Davis County,
Pennington, Utah, Aug 80, 1896
A county convention of the Demo-
cratic party of Davis county is hereby
called to meet in the county court
house, at Pennington, Davis county,
Utah, ou Wednesday, Sept. 16, 1896, at
10 O'clock a. M, for the purpose of
placing in nomination a candidate for
representative of Davis county in the
second session of the state legislature;
also candidates for the following coun-
ty offices, to-wit: A sheriff, a county
clerk, a recorder, a county attorney, an
assessor, a coroner. a treasurer and
collector, a surveyor and three county
commissioners. The convention is also
| for the purpose of naming fifteen dele
gates to a state Democratic conven-
ton to be held in Provo, Sept. "a, 1896;
fifteen delegates to a senatorial con-
vention of the Third senatorial dis
trict, the time and place for holding
which will be decided later, and of
tTanSacting such other business as may
properly come before il.
The convention will consist of SO dele
gates, apportioned among the several
precincts of the county as follows:
South Weber NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. l
South Hooper Observation-Disclosures. 2
Syracuse OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 3
Clearheid ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 2
Steed Observation-Disclosures. 2
Layton Observation-Disclosures. 6
kaySVllle OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. IL
CenterVllIe Observation-Disclosures. Z
Bountl1ul ...'............ 13
NeSt .----'.-'''.'' '''''..'.'.''. o
South Observation-Disclosures. 3
Total OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 81
Primaries for the selection of dele
gates to said convention will be held
in each precinct in the county on
Tuesday, Sept. s. 1886, at 8 o'clock p.
m, at the usual place for holding such
meeting. Each precinct delegation will
be expected to name candidates for JUS
tice of the peace and constable of their
respective precincts at their primary
meetings and report the same to the
convention.
Every voter in the precinct, no mat
ter what has been his or her former
party affiliations, is cordially invited
to participate in these primaries, pro-
vided they intend to support the
ticket.
BY order Of the Democratic county
committee, HYRUM STEWART,
HENRY H. BLOOD, Chairman.
Secretary.
BIMETALLIC LEAGUE.
| An enthusiastic silver meeting was
held at Pennington last evening, and
a club to be known as the Pennington
! Bimetallic League was organized. A
! full corps Of officers was elected, and
they are just the class of workers who
may be expected to push the good work
with all the vigor that is necessary to
make their club eminently successful.
Matt Thomas was made president;
Mrs. E. Coombs, first vice-presidenf;
c. P. Watterson, second vice-presi-
dent; w. Q. Robinson, secretary; Miss
| Clara Sanders, assistant secretary, and
E. A. Cottrell, treasurer. The execu-
tive committee is a strong one, con-
sisting Of d. a. Sanders, L. e. Abbott,
Walter hampton, Joseph Froiseth, Miss
Clara. Leonard, Miss Leone Rogers and
! Miss Minerva Knowlton.
/ Members are flocl1ing to the league
and it is thought that practically the
entire voting population of Pennington
will soon be enrolled.
The Pennington league is the first
organization of its kind in the county,
but it viii not be the last. Already
steps have been taken to have the
ladies enlist under the banner of free
silver, committee having been ap-
pointed by the Democratic committee
to effect organizations in each pre-
cinct The committee consists of Mrs.
Erninie JaTman, Mrs. Sarah A. How
ard, Mrs. Pamela Thompson. Miss
Clara Sanders and Mrs. Luna Ramp
ton. They will commence work imme-
diately.
TO ST. PAUL AND RETURN s3z,