Eastern Utah advocate. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1895-1915, 1912-09-12

Ulah republicans met In state con.
ventiuu go salt Lake City Thursday
OF Hast week at II O'Clock for the
nomination Of presidential electors.
two accommodating and an en-
tire state ticket. The convention was
held ut the Salt Lake theater.
United States Senator George suth- /
erlani presided as temporary chair .
man, delivering the keynote speech. /
which occupied most Of the forenoon
session Arrangements FOR the
Temporary convention we're made .
the day previous by the state COM
mittoc The temporary organlza-
tion was later made permanent
The Keynote spccch.
Grllliug Theodore Roosevelt. for
mer president Of the United states
and candidate for the highest office
within the gift OF the people OF this
country on the third party ticket,
United States Senator Sutherland dc
livered the keynote speech for the
republican party In Utah at the
state convention OF the party.
The speech lasted little over an
hour and was greeted by applause
from time to time. During the more
than an hour that the senator spoke
he devoted less than three minutes
to the democratic party. That was
when he said that during the last
fifty years the party had only been
In the control Of all the branches OF
the government once and that the
workingmen OF the country would
not like to see those days return.
The greater part OF tho address 81
the Utah senator was devoted TO an
arraignmont OF Roosevelt and the
action Of the committee at the Chi
cago convention which refused 20
seat certain contested delegates.
Senator Sutherland was n member
OF the committee at the Chicago
convention and went at length into
what the committee did and why
they did II. The speech was listen
ed TO with marked attention through
out and the temporary chairman wa
greeted with liberal applause NJ tho
close OF his address.
lie Grills Roosevelt.
Here In Utah there are no half
breeds In the republican party.
We deny the justification or rca-
son for the existence OF a third
party.
The Chicago convention refused to
be bullicd or cocrced into nomina-
ting a certain strenuous gentleman.
This onc-man party was organized
during the dog days OF August.
The mistake was made when the
third party adopted its name II
should have been called the pro-
fessiyc party"
The attempt OF Roosevelt TO steal
delegates at the Chicago convention
was the most high handed In tho
history OF politics.
n Roosevelt had boon nominated
at the Chicago convention there
never would have been third
party,
Officers at the Convention.
Temporary Chairman -- George
Sutherland OF Salt Lake City.
First Vice Chairman Daniel Hell
ner OF Morgan.
Second Vice Chairman - c. A..
Johnson OF Grand.
Third Vice Chairman Wllford
Day OF Iron.
Temporary Secretary II, l.. Cum
mings OF Salt Lake City,
First Assistant Secretary VIII
liam II. DeWolf OF Beaver
Second Assistant Secretary II. J.,
Norris. Jr,. OF Rich,
Third Assistant secretary-Julinn
NJ. Thomas OF Salt Lake City.
Fourth Assistant Secretary Rob
ert l.. Judd OF Salt Lake City,
Sergeant-at-Arms -- Olaf Thursby
OF sanpete.
First Assistant sergeant-at-Arms
M. A, Ross OF Ulntah.
Second Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms
Gus j. Henroid OF Juab
Third Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms
Jess Thornell OF San Juan.
Chaplain Rev Francis II, short
The Ticket Nominated.
Goyernor-Willlam Spry Of Tooel
county.
congressman Joseph Howell OF
Cache and Jacob Johnson OF San
| pete.
Justice Supreme Court, +.
Frick OF Salt Lake.
Secretary OF State David Matt
son OF Weber.
Attorney General Albert Il.
Barnes OF Salt Lake.
Auditor Lincoln G. Kelly OF
Willard.
Treasurer Jesse d, Jewkes OF
Emery.
Superintendent OF SchoOls-A. c.
Nelson of Salt Lake.
Presidential Electors, NJ. Da-
Wis. Eph Homer. Margaret Zane
Witcher and +. d. Woolley.
Every Delegate There.
II was l1;45 o'clock when the
state convention was called 10 or
der by assistant Secretary OF State
Cummings. in the absence OF both
the state chairman and the vice