Cheyenne record., 1918-06-20
DEMOCRATS IN HARMONY
At STATE kEETlM6
VIGOROUSLY INDoRsE PRESENT
ADMINISTRATION AND FIX
JULY % AS DATE FOR
STATE ASSEMBLY.

At meeting held on June 8 and
marked by promptness OF de, sion and
the most complete harmony of
thought, the Democrats Of Colorado Sc
lected Monday, July %, as the date
and Denver as the place for holding
the state assembly to nominate men
and women for the state Democratic
primaries.
Practically every county in Colorado
was represented at the Democratic
State Central committee gathering
which took the above action at the
Brown hotel. Denver During the
shcrt session of the committee not g.
dissenting voice marred the unanimity
of thought and decision.
Resolutions indorsing the present
national and state administration were
unanimously adopted. Governor Gun
ter and all of the state officers were
commended for the efficient, economi-
cal and patriotic service which they
have brought to the peoples business.
And especially were the war works
and activities of the officisls com
mented upon favorably.
In the evening following the com
mittee meeting. Raymond Miller, state
chairman, personally entertained moro
than 200 OF the visiting committee
men, memb bers of the Colorado Demo-
cratic Editorial Association and their
wives with dinner at the Brown. Ad-
dresses were made by l.. c. Paddock.
editor of the Boulder Camera. speak
ing for the editors; w. E. Spencer of
Fremont county. speaking for the
committeeman: Mrs. Mary c. c. Brad
ford, state superintendent of public in
struction, speaking for the women.
and Governor Julius C. Gua,er. speak
ing for the administration as a whole.
The governor praised all of the execu-
tive officers and the various state
boards, telling how they had labored
for businesG-li,le conduct OF affairs
and for coordination in those war eff
forts which have put Colorado at the
front of all the state.
There will be 952 delegates in the
assembly, based on three at large from
eacn County In Colorado. with one ad-
diticlal for every 200 voters or ma
jority fraction thereof cast for Cover
nor Gunter in 1916.
The resolutions follow:
. Whereas, the only issue OF import
ance to the patriotic people CT tho
state and naticn at the present tiue
is that OF victory in the world war
and the overthrow Of autocratic gov
ernment, to the end that a democratic
form of government may be made
possible for all peoples. and
Whereas. the national government.
under the guidance OF Woodrow VIII
son. has conducted the affairs of war
vigorously and efficiently and with
consistent regard for the rights OF all
nations involved, placing this nation
IN Its true light before the world, ard
Whereas. the state administration
OF Colorado has exerted every effort
to cooperate efficiently and without
stint with the national government in
every respect. giving attention to the
preparation of its own t-oors to such
extent that it has won high praise
and commendation from the National
War Department. and at the same
time has maintained peace within its
own borders SO that its people and it's
industries are enable to give their IN
divided support to the great national
effort Of preparedness: now therefore.
be 1t
Resolved. that we. the members OF
the Democratic State Central Commit
tee OF Colorado, in cony ent:on assem-
bled, do hereby endorse and comm end
our President and the national admin
istration and pledge ourselves and our
party to continued cooperation In ey-
cry respect. and, be 1t further
Resolved. that we endorse the
present State Administration and ccm-
mend its earnest and consistent CO..
! operation with the National Govern
, ment. and we pledge ourselves and our
party to the support OF only such can
! didates for public office as have prov
| en- themselves worthy Of conftdenc In
this moment OF great national crisis
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