The Delta independent., 1908-09-11
Democratic County Convention

Democratic County Convention
AT the Democratic county convention
held in Delta last Saturday the follow
ing candidates were nominated for the
county offices: Representative, j. A.
Whiting; Coroner, DR.. C. H. Burgin;
County Assessor, Samuel Cockreham; :;
Superin tendent of schools, Mrs. M.
Anderson; County Judge, C. H. Stew
art; County Clerk, H. *. Gibbs; Treas
urer. N. j. Bradley; Surveyor, G. C.
Vickery; Sheriff, l. H. Williams; County
Commissioners: Second district, W
E. Steel of Eckert; third district, A. L.
Roberts of Paonia
The following delegates were selected
to attend the state convention at Pueblo:
w. l.. Miller, VIM. Heistand, A. Wat
son, E. S. Stone, VIM. Smith, VIM.
Hopkins, James McHugh, A. King, G.
c. Faris. 7. B. Geer, C. C. Burger, H.
E. Mathews, Dr. j. A Whiting.
Following is the report of the COM
mite on resolutions.
ITO the Democrotic party of Delta
county in convention assembled, we
your res olutions committee respectfully
present the following:
We acknowledge our fealty to the
Democratic party. our faith in the wis
dom of the people and our implicit con-
fidence in our national standard bearers
Bryan and Kern.
The Democratic party believes in
majority rule, in government economi-
cally administered, in the faithful full
fillment of party pledges and in safe
guarding the interests of the whole
people by granting equal opportunities
to all and special privileges to none
We recognize the imperative need of
measures calculated to bring the peo-
pie and government of both state and
nation into closer relations.
Therefore, we declare in favor of
direct primary law, the election of U.
S. senators by popular vote, the initia-
tive and referendum, state guarant ty of
bank deposits, and also for an effective
railroad commission law. We pledge
our candidate for the state legislature,
if elected thereto, to introduce bills in
cooperating these measures, and work
for their enactment into law; and
especially do we pledge our candidate
for the state legislature to work and
vote for the election of United States
senator who stands for all the reforms
demanded by our national platform.
We deem it altogether superfiuous
for us to denounce the Republicans of
Colorado state and county for their
various shortcomings, as their various
factions are busy denouncing each
other, and we may safely leave it with
them.
Recognizing the necessity for the
conduct of the campaign to be in the
hands of state chairman who has not
participated in any of the party differ
ences of Denver or any other part of
the state, and who has proved his
ability and loyalty to Democracy there
fore, the Democratic convention of
Delta county endorses the candid acy
of Senator Tully Scott for that re-
sponsible position, and instructs its
ueIeSdIeS " use all nOflOTaDle means TO
accomplish his election, and our state
central committeeman to do likewise.
Be it resolved, that the delegates
from Delta county to the state con-
vention to be held at Pueblo Sept. |
6. 1908, be and are hereby instruc ted
to introduce and work and vote for
resolution to the end that neither of
the Denver delegations be seated, in
case that contesting delegations from
the City and County of Denver appear
before said convention and that the |
Democratic delegates from the rest of
the state who are Democrats all the |
time, do organize said convention and |
proceed with its business.
Be it further resolved, that in our
judgment it would be unwise for us to |
select any state committeeman or any
state or county chairman or other
officers of trust who are not strictly
outside of the influence of Speer or
Patterson dctation, or unwilling to
accept of and act upon instructions
from this convention.