The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-09-20
GOOD TICKET Is
NAMED IN SUMMIT
Democrats Hold Spirited Con.
veniion at Park City.
STRONG PLATFORM ADOPTED
DELEGATES ALL ENTHUSIASTIC
FOR NOMINEES.
Especial TO The Hersld.)

Park City, Sept 19.-The Democratic
county convention was held here today
in the assembly room of the city hall.
strong ticket was named. AT $50
the delegates were called to order by
the county committee secretary. E. w
Berry was made temporary chairman
and d. J. Gallivan temporary secretary.
Committees of five were placed upon
credentials, permanent organization
ana order Of business. and platform
and resolutions. Later the temporary
organization was made permanent, Gre
dentials accepted from fifty-one dele
gates and the following platform was
adopted:
Congratulating TIE Democrats Of
Summit county. of Utah and of the
naLiOn at large upon the happy selec-
tIon Dy the national convention of Al
ton b. Parker and Henry G.. Davis as
the standard bearers of Democracy,
the men of all men who could bring
ABOUT such harmonious condition as
now exists in the party whose doc
trlnes are the doctrines of American
ISM as preached by Jefferson, the
Democrats of Summit county assem-
bied in convention, renew their allegi-
ance to the principles of Democracy,
TO TIE national Democratic platform
adopted at st. Louis, and the state
platform adopted in Salt Lake and we
pledge ourselves to use every honorable
means TO secure the election of the en-
tire Democratic ticket, national, state
congressional, judicial, county and pre-
clnct, and we pledge our candidates to
perform the duties of their offices with
fol
I'VE reaffirm our belief in the con-
sitution and the laws OF this great
republic to meet any emergency which
may arise. We condemn the outrage
Gus acts OF militarism and Peabody
ism that have been practiced in the
state Of Colorado, whereby American
citizens lave been deprived of property
without due process of law. and unlaW-
fully and unjustly deprived of their lib
critics and deported from the state be-
cause they were contending for the
rights of organized labor.
We pledge our county commission
ers to the maintenance of good roads
throughout the county, and believe
that sufficient money should be taken
from the county treasury each year
and expended toward this end to make
the county roads at all times safe
thorOugEfares for conducting of com
mercial traffic between the various
cities, towns and settlements of this
county"
Nominations now being in order the
following were named:
Represen w. Berry
Commissioner, four years, John F.
Welsh; two years, John Lambert.
County Treasurer-Mrs. Annie Phil
lips.
County CIerk-Charles H. West.
County Attorney-Dan B. Shields. /.
County Recorder-William Wright.
County Assessor-W. Pitt Adderly.
superintendent of Schools-W. NJ
Boyden.
Sheriff-C. w. MAR
County Surveyor-E. Fl. Reed.
During the convention there were
several quite spirited contests. Espec-
tally was this so in the case of the
nomination for county clerk, in which
three ballots were required TO decide
between the contestants. G.. W. Young
c. H. West and Tom Pack were the
candidates, West winning on the third
ballot
For the office of assessor four names
were placed before the convention. c..
Durkin, w. P. Adderly, Ed Boyle and
W. z. Boyd were the contestants. Ad-
derby received the required number Of
votes on the first ballot.
Immediately following the convention
the newly appointed central commit
tee met and chose their officers. G. A.
Calls was made chairman. Dan B.
Shields secretary and y. r. Weeter
treasurer.
The convention was harmonious
throughout and all who participated in
its deliberations, as we'll as all Demo-
Gratis who were present as spectators.
declared they would work for the sue
cess of the ticket nominated