The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1910-10-21
Candidates
are Chosen

The Democratic county conver
ton convened In the commissioner,
room at the court house at lOo'cloc
Monday morning.
J. l.. Boyden, ot Coalville, Gale,
the convention to order. NJ. J. Nc
gill, Of Park city, was chosen TEN
| porAry chairman. and w. II. Car
ruth, secretary.
After the various committees wor,
appointed the convention adjourne,
until | go p. IN.
At $50 the convention re-cOnven
ed; the order Of business adopted
and the platform was also adopted
The platform follows:
We the Democrats In County Con
vention assembled are still In favor
Of a time honored doctrine OF III,
Democratic party AZ annunciated
by Jefferson, jackson. and their
successors In the Presidential chair
in declaring equal rights to all and
special privileges to none. We re-
affirm our faith in the National
Democratic platform adopted nj
Denver IN 1905, aud express our un-
dying faith in the State platform
adopted by the Democrats At Provo,
Utah, Sept. 10th, 1910.
REGULArtOS:-The passage Of u
law which shall be put In operation
the provision of the constitution,
provided for the regulation Of trans
portatiCn, charges by common car
rler and to prevent discrimination
and abuse hereunder.
TICKETS AND PASSES "A law pro.
hibiting all officers, State, county
and municipal, whose duty II may
be to make, interpret and execute
the laws OF The State, from accept.
ing free passes from any public cor.
porations.
l--s.ss -ss~rs- sr,-ofHotrrfs.
lation holding railroad corporations
responsible for damage sustained by
citizens either through FIRE or any
animals killed or injured from their
line OF railroad.
And we favor TIE appointment or
election Of a public utilities commits
sion to regulate the charges Of rail-
roads, telephones, express, electric
or other transportation or public
service commission.
PUBLIC SCHooLs:-we favor
necessary legislation to maintain to
the fullest extent all needs Of our
public schools, including high
schools, as also the Agricultural
college and State University.
We further recommend the adop-
tlon Of the constitutional amend
ment provided by the last legisla-
ture In regard to the raising Of funds
for high school purposes, We fur
thor recommend that tho Office Of
County superintendent of Schools
be entirely eliminated from partisan
politics, and we charge the Repub-
lican party with being responsible
for dragging into politlce the office
OF school superintendent.
We hold to the doctrine that u
public Office is a public trust and
that the funds collected as taxes
from the people should be- handled
with the same care and discrimina-
tion rs should private funds, and
we pledge our candidates, II elected
TO be honest, careful and economical
In the expenditure Of the public
revenues.
We refer with pride to the eco
nomical, business-like and honest
administration of the present Demo-
cratic officers.
The nomination OF county officers
was next In order and the following
were named:
Geo. w. Young, county assessor.
Peter Clark, county attorney.
J. NJ. HiNsOn, county clerk.
Frank Pingree, county treasurer.
J. II. Carruth, county recorder.
j. G. CoiIey, sheriff.
Il. II. Rhead, county surveyor.
Enoch j. Brown, county superln-
tendent OF schools.
Seth q. Jones, representative for
the Ninth Representative District.
Geo. Smith, 4-year commissioner.
j. o. Pack, 2-year commissioner.
On motion the following named
person were accepted as the County
Campaign Committee:
Castle Rock. S. Ball; Coalvllle
). l.. Boyden, ]. T.. Carruth Echo
w. s. Wilson; Francis-Wm. l..
Prescott, ST.; Hoytsville-C. NJ.
Malin; Henefer-C. IL. Il. Stevens