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Show I Hats and Caps, Boots and Shoes at A. KUHN & BRO. ft ■ ^ 48 Directory of Ogden City and Weber County. At a later date the central committee gave notice of a meeting for the purpose of returning all moneys which . had been subscribed for the celebration of the Fourth. It was finally, however, concluded by the various committees and the citizens of Ogden generally to hold a grand celebration of the Fourth and Twenty-fourth of July combined. The celebration came offin Lester Park on the 24th, and the Ogden Herald headed its very elaborate description of the scene and the occasion—"A Glorious Gala Day in Ogden History." At the August general election, Lorin Farr and D. H. Peery were returned as representatives to the Legislative Assembly for Weber County. Weber County officers: selectman, P. G. Taylor; county recorder, C. C. Richards; superintendent of district schools, L. F. Monch. In the year of 1882, Ogden put on quite a new appearance. Architecturally, in some of its features, it rivaled Salt Lake City. The Broom Hotel rose on the corner where there had been so long a row of little shops which gave an insignificant appearance to the business part of the city, but where now stands the finest hotel between Omaha and San Francisco. A number of other buildine-s of grand pretentions were erected on Main and Fifth Streets. During the spring and summer the busy workmen gave life and bustle to these streets, and Ogden in a year seemed to advance a decade. But Ogden's great historical mark of the year was made in the political campaign of our Territory, which opened a new era in Utah politics. She gave a foremost account of herself in the convention of the People's party held in Salt Lake City in October. The Weber delegation held quite a controling political influence on that occasion, just as Ogden did in the subsequent campaign. The delegation consisted of F. S. Richards, Judge R. K. ie yx Elegant Line of White Goods at WOTHERSPOON'S. A, KUHN & BRO. are the LEADING Dry Goods Firm. ft— • ■ " X Directory of Ogden City and Weber County. 49 Williams, Joseph Stanford, L. W. Shurtliff, and 1ST. Tanner, Jr. The political action of 1882 found its resolution early in 1883 in the municipal election. All through the late campaign for Delegate to Congress the Liberal party had their eye on the forthcoming Ogden City election in February, which was doubtless one of the principal reasons of that party making such splendid efforts to rival the People's party in the Ogden demonstrations of the great campaign. None expected that Judge Van Zile would carry the election throughout the Territory against John T. Caine, who marshaled "Young Mormondom" and took the field, while the veteran founders of the Territory sat back in their easy chairs, confident of the result, notwithstanding their own disfranchisement; nor were the Liberal party much surprised that John T. Caine carried a majority over Van Zile nearly equal to the entire vote of the Hon. George Q. Cannon at the previous election. But it seemed possible for the Liberal party to carry Ogden at the municipal election of 1883, and to this end they bent all their energies. Mayor Herrick and the men who had served in the City Council were undoubtedly both popular and able men; but the Edmunds bill rendering it necessary for Mayor Herrick to retire, one division of the People's party resolved on an entirely new ticket for the Ogden City Council. This division sent a majority of delegates to the nominating convention, and the new ticket was constructed with Hon. D. H. Peery for Mayor; Aldermen: First Ward E. Stratford, Second Ward, N. Tanner, Jr., Third Ward, Joseph Farr, Fourth Ward, F. A. Miller; Councilors: Samuel Horrocks, John Pincock, R. J. Taylor, Alfred Folker, John A. Boyle; Recorder, Thomas J. Stevens; Treasurer, Robert Mc- Quarrie. During this preliminery action the Liberal v£ 5j| Call on J. Wotherspoon for GENTS' FURNISHINGS. |