The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1918-10-11
CARBON goldman GETS
CONGRESSIONAL
HONOR
". n. WATTS, THE MAN. AND
OGDEN HIS HOME
Hon. James ". Cherry OF Sanpete
County Has Wakaway Prom the
zion bunch In Nomination For the
Supreme REHABILITATION ,. lee Of
Price l. Congressional Committee
man.

Former Governor William spry OF
salt Lake city and w ~ Watts of
Ogden were nominated for congress
from the Second aud First districts.
respectively. at the hands OF the re
publican congressional convention
held In Salt Lake City last Friday.
Both men were nominated by accla-
nation The republican state conyen-
ton named J. T.. Frick Of salt Lake
city. present chief Justice Of the su-
premo court for the siN-year term on
the supreme bench; a. y. Bowen Of
Logan Tor the eight-year term and
jane W Cherry OF Nj Pleasant for
the ten year term
The state convention adopted a
platform denOune'ng alleged efforts
OF the democratic party to put par
tisanship above patriotism aud max
ing patriotism and loyalty party Is
sues. opposing liberalization OF in
dustrics save ~ q necessary military
measure. declaring Tor national
woman suffrage. for a state law give
ing women an eight-hour working
day. condcmning the present govern
or Of l'iah for trying to draw the
schools into politics. and calling upon
the present state administration for
an accounting OF the twenty-five
thousand dollar appropriation asked
OF the legislature. which was to have
returned to the treasury one
hundred dollars OF alleged rcpubli.
can waste Tor every dollar Of the APP
preparation The appearance Of Spry
before the convention In the after
noon WAS the signal for u storm OF
applause. to which the governor re.
piled with speech OF acceptance oi
the nomination.
Committee reports we're received
and the temporary organization wa
made permanent The report bf th,
platform committee was read by Dor
u. Coitoh of rintah For Justice o
the supreme court for the siX-yeal
term. Justice H. Frick was nance
by reclamation. For the cight-yeai
term the names OF A T.. Bowen o.
Logan aud James W. Cherry OF Mt
Pleasant we're submitted with the re-
suit that Bowen was nominated. Fo
the long term. the names OF W. }
Barrette. salt Lake. NJ H. Richie
and George q. Armstrong. all OF Sal
Lake city. aud James W. Cherry
MI Pleasant. we're submitted. TIL
ballet gave the nomination 20 Cher
~ by "a large margin.
The First congressional distric
then opened It's convention with Rot
ert wynne OF Juab as chairman wal
tis's name was placed before the con
Vention. aud. though he objected 4
being a candidate. he was nominate
by reclamation, and he then declare
he would do his best TO win. A COT
/ gresslonal committee for the Fin
district was named. consisting OF I
~ Cotton. Thomas seayey. A. u. NJ
/ CURE. II. ID. Goldsbrough and Henr
! welch. Following the last CONVEX
/, tion. the new state committee an
candidates met at republican hea'
quarters aud discussed plans for III
p coming campaign.
Arthur j. Lee OF Price Was name
congressional committeeman Il
Carbon county. George Scarf for d.
I ehesne. s y Snow OF Emery az
J. Enos Bennion for uintah. tn
nominee for congress Il sn oldiin
n resident OF ogden. and became ide
= titled with Carbon county anal
some two or three years ago. He
that time began opening up the b
: coal deposits over north OF Hiaw
/, tina al the town which now bears h
e name. lie has for years been co
neeted with Watts Constructs
! company. lie never before has be-
II In politics.