Show atari utari TT the convention is at an end and the grand work completed frankj frankli cannon the nominee ko minee his pledges to the old veterans whose sacrifices promoted young utah A great convention closed in harmony without a single dissenting voice weber county must now put forth her strength and mighty power 0 the fair territory of utah will now bo be stumped from cacho cache to dixie for the principles of the grand old party of progress an and a human liberty 4 4 unanimity cf purpose and Har of or Feell nir will pervade tho the little band destined to preserve the interest the comina brightest star of tho the union frank J camion cannon it lias u been nominated victory lias has perched upon the banner of weber county republicans tho the delegate for whom weber county went vent pledged and for whom they worked and fought never for an instance wavering in their allegiance lias has been chosen to represent utah at our next congress should the tile same victory attend the tile ilc publicans public ans of utah that was accorded those of weber county yesterday I 1 too much cannot be said for those who fearlessly advanced their convictions and had bad the courage to defend them by their votes in some degree it may inay bo be said that the convention was not harmonious but this can bo be applied to it only in a limited sense E eacle ach contingent worked for his delegate but when final choice k vas kas as made greater unanimity could not lot have lave albeen shown nor f firmer irmer and more solemn pledges for aid in the coining coming campaign could been given utah county webers generous rival fought staunchly nobly and frankly for their man mall lion george george sutherland utah county also rightly ri claimed clai mod the honor of making g the nominee tile unanimous mn choice of the convention and tile honor lionor was justly accorded to the garden county tho tito other opponent judge G C IV bennett was strongly upheld by his bis friends and ad Ite rents the ground was fought step by step not an inch being yielded if it it could bo be held beld when the critical moment came these friends sought to stampede tho the convention for judge julge sutherland by withdrawing tho name of their candidate tito purpose miscarried many of those who had worked for judge bennett concluded that if tile honor lionor of accepting this great trust this solemn charge should bo be given to a utah boy 11 weber the great pioneer of this movement should bo be granted its choice the result all know it by this time mr cannon will bo be chosen standard bearer among tile nations patriotic hosts having apol en of tile opposition surely it would bo be unfair to pass by tile friends who never faltered millards dillards Mil lards felid vote of 17 for frank J cannon re sounded through ali the auditorium corridors and galleries a of the old theater a building in itself a monument of homo home industry and enterprise sixty seven for cannon and one for bennett came from froin weber ever every time until the last ballot when tho the one vote voto went to sutherland firm from froin tile beginning Summit jand kand morgan 11 killiett cill iett counties counti cs sustained weber at the last while box elder went vent solid for webers candidate the loyalty support and unswerving manifested and the clean work brought to bear throughout deserves the greatest possible returns from webers candidate and that was pledged before this important body of lican workers dissolved tho the bands the glee club and the drum corps were pleasant features which served to relieve tho the st erness of the duty imposed upon the convention by the constituents of cadi each individual dele delegate rate convention proceedings it will bo be remembered that at the close of thursday evenings session bession a dispute had arisen arisen on the second ballot of tile elements before the storm the noise grew ow charley crano crane ot of millard cannon tito storm broke and delegates and spectators cried cannon I 1 cannon at length utah county was board and chairman booth moved to make the nomination unanimous and it was so voted and declared by the chair A protest whittemore Whitte moro presented the following protest 1 I hereby protest li against ainest committing the territorial republican party in favor of immediate statehood coming events will take care of that question I 1 do not believe that it is the mr crano crane moved that a committee be appointed to wait upon mr cannon and bring him before the convention this was carried vociferously and tile chair appointed p anted charles crane Cran cJ J E booth of D r utah uta 1 it and 0 II 11 martin of salt lake territorial central committee while awaiting the arrival of mr cannon the tile routine business was proceeded with the first business being the election of a chairman of tho tile territorial central committee james devine respectfully declined because ho lie wanted to see some older and abler man hold that position it was then moved to suspend the tile rules and cadi each county should name ita its committee man inan and the committee when selected should choose its own chairman chai the roll was called and the following territorial central committee was elected beaver jolin john L murdock beaver city box elder E A box brigham Brig liam city cache W 11 II snelling logan davis joseph T mabey bountiful emery 11 II A nelson castle gate amery garfield rr ca john F P bl chidester idester pan duitch juab alma hague nephi kano kane james lewis kanab 31 millard illard charles crane kanoski Kano sli morgan T it 0 welsh morgan city ilich wesley K walton woodruff salt lake james janics devine salt lake city C t A 11 II lund ephraim sevier wm win 11 II dark clark richfield lUch field summit alma alina eldredge drudge EI coalville Co alville A 0 shield lincoln fin coln utah L provo washington martin slack boquer villo ville weber abbot it I 1 icy Iley wood 0 ogdan den university land commissioners A motion to suspend the rules and choose commissioners to locate university lands was carried and millard county names james 31 peterson he ile was elected I 1 mr Gral graham iain of utah county nominated jolin john C jones of provo lie ile was elected judge herman of and arid joseph howell nowell of cache were placed in nomination and mr secured the electing vote mp mr cannons speech at this moment the tile committee entered with mr air cannon who was introduced to t he convention he lie said in ili part mr chairman and gentlemen of the lie t convention tilia this convention haa has made tj alie 16 firs first t nomination to congress from reconstructed ted utah it comes at a time when we are in the midst of stupendous changes and when only wisdom and patriotism can pave us from herious mistakes the responsibility is as grave its any ally which ever eye r confronted a community but the tile determination to bo be jutt and fear not ia is for us the samo same spirit of intelligent com bat ivene which has characterized this coil convention volition carried into the campaign for a united u in itei will win a victory mr fr chairman and gentlemen I 1 meet you in the tile same saine spirit with which you have extended this nomination a nomination that ia is at once a III oud dignity ag and a solemn trust I 1 am poor ni in a all 11 tile qualities requisite for rail your ur can except this that I 1 love ve utah an and I 1 love lo 10 republicanism I 1 accept with v etli a prayer that when the charge is fulfilled I 1 may delner deliver back to tho tile pa pirty y and the people my obligation un unsullied led by ono one thought of to republicanism lican ism or to utah whether in in the e campaign or in the tile hall of representatives if it shall please 1 the people to ratify bour our choice awill I 1 ill remember that tha t you ibave have selected me as a humble re dative in in the causo cause of human a advancement aresen vance and I 1 will strive sarn to utter no unworthy word ord and to per perform forin no unworthy act this magnificent convention is is a desage of success at the polls but s should 11 oad the event betray our hopes we may all be certain that utah wili will some day see and obey political i IT 0 0 UTAH IT FOR ill ill nov ov 8 protection PROTECT ION AND reciprocity the lopan logan majority had been permitted to cast its vote for the absent members of its delegation this was refused to tooele thoele apparently because the majority there were Cann cannon oilmen men there alio dispute began and amid great confusion alie alc tlc convention adjourned till the following day shortly after 10 yesterday morning the tile convention of tho the ile publicans public I 1 ans I 1 of alie I 1 territory er ry was cal called c to 0 order d r by chairman sells aa s a preliminary sir calvin reasoner tile a author t bior of hand illand book k on oil republicanism was permitted to speak he ile presented ins his caso case fully ho ile desired tho tile various committees to eco see to tile distribution of the work for the spread of the principles of republicanism lie ile quoted the compliments of leading men in in the nation relative to the book and eaid paid lie firmly believed that tile work was calculated calculate a to do a great deal of good in properly presenting pr principles in i the application of which had made tile nation so great and prosperous tho tile chair stated that it desired to bo be as fair as possible to one and all and lie asked for the aid of the tile convention in preserving reserving order so that iio lie should not eo bo led into arbitrary rulings through noise and confusion such as had existed on the previous evening LA ap p plaus charles cj charles crane of millard moved to reconsider the vote whereby a resolution u endorsing gov thomas and his exercise x of the veto power was added adde 1 l to the plat platform forin this motion was carried with but one no against it and the resolution was eliminated from the platform and laid on the table indefinitely ben bon I 1 E rich moved to proceed with the balloting for candidate but the tile chair ruled that the second ballot had not yet been announced on oil tile decision of the convention that tile majority of any delegation should cast the voto vote of the tile absentees second ballot was announced as follows cannon bennett sutherland 81 then the third ballot was called for and was reached rca clied with much less confusion and noise it proved a stampede I 1 for cannon from front cache and box elder but for bennet from tito vote was announced as follows 0 cannon bennett sutherland 77 the fourth ballot stood as follows cannon bennett Bennet fc sutherland 93 the tile fifth ballot was about to be called when arthur brown stepped to tile stage and withdrew the namo name of 0 IV bennett and asked that his friends cast their votes for george sutherland cheering shouting and yelling followed and for everal fc minutes nothing could bo be done finally order was restored and the fifth ballot was called for and as every ballot indica indicated teda a gain for tho tile res respective active candidates exultation fol followed loweNe unbounded tito utah people shouted sutherland salt lake or ora a portion ot of them followed the tile example show that you want it with y your ou r votes shouted sturdy john E booth alio w it 0 towered above them all L before tile voto vote was announced and before it N was as fully understood that mr cannon had won L U D martin withdrew diew his voto vote 0 of f cae caccio aho froni front sutherland and transferred it to cannon eo as to secure the fourteen absent votes which the majority was permitted to cast and which through alie vote standing 13 to 13 had be been beon on equally divided on tile previous evious ballot his ilis vote was changed brevious Er but ut the absentees were not counted except as they had been forni formerly erly voted amid a it scene of tho the wildest confusion the vote was announced as follows cannon sutherland there had been cast votes or necessary to choice clio agthe As alie chair announced the vote a salt lake delegate leaped to hie his feet and endeavored to get tho the ear car of the chairman over on the utah county side delegate booth stood above ina ills colleagues and shrieked mr chairman I 1 I 1 mr chairman I 1 his ilis voice w was drowned by the cries ot of men inen char icy ley crane from front 31 millard illard and find his sixteen colleagues leagues I 1 who had stood like a El phalanx lalana annon c throughout tho the contest for cannon could bo be heard above the din crying cannon I 1 cannon the weber coun ty delegates lost all semblance of reason they howled and shrieked tor for joy r finally the tile shouts died I 1 iod away in in a dull roar the subdued anu murmur thalur of voices filled the room it was tile mur time or the occasion to urge statehood for utah territory I 1 most respectfully ask that this protest against statehood may bo be made a part part of the records of tile proceedings of t the I 1 e convention ELIJAH SELLS colonel sells then spoke in fit favor ot of tho the protest and urged the right of 0 any tiny member to enter a protest against any action of the convention without vote the point was considered well taken and the i protest t ws t pae passed dirito into the records of the convention detailed ballots belov below is found the detailed list of tho the five ballots and in that day reau republicanism will bo be triumphant and invincible the people are loyal and sensible vo wo have only to bo be patient with each other bearing in mi mind nd that wo we must rec 0 sincerity ty in astl the ic popular expression whether for fr us 0 or r against us and the tile result will eventually be all that wo we can wish into our party let us admit no element of 0 discord or unfair doubt let us leave to our enemy n a in monopoly I 1 I 1 of trusting alie people on only j bolong so long as akey they vote its ticket to you republicans of 0 tho the older oller school you who have fought in many states tho the battles of our party you who may number some that first second third fourth fifth ir i cr tz t a ct of i m 0 c 1 l sa S w 3 3 3 5 5 ta 3 0 0 COUNTIES s F c S F s 0 3 a J beaver 7 7 7 7 w box ai elder er 4 12 0 11 14 2 16 ic cache V 31 9 19 28 12 2 20 2 20 46 21 19 davie davig 3 5 3 6 5 5 3 5 3 6 2 li marv 7 11 7 7 7 1 7 garfield 7 7 7 7 7 juab 8 a 3 4 8 2 10 9 0 3 8 1 11 8 12 kane 2 INI mallard ia 17 17 17 17 morgan 2 6 2 5 5 2 5 7 IV 2 0 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 5 salt lake 21 30 1 23 31 1 20 31 2 19 33 4 22 31 jannete 36 10 21 30 36 10 1610 ac 10 11 25 sevier 8 11 11 0 11 91 S 1 12 5 1 6 13 summit 12 12 12 12 11 1 thoele tooele 13 7 3 10 3 10 2 1 12 1 utah ga 1 1 gj 66 1 I 1 08 2 60 washington 5 f fi 5 5 6 11 5 avener 07 67 1 07 1 07 67 1 07 1 I 07 67 1 T total 57 so I 1 81 ISO 77 1 2 I 1 havo have sacrificed the desire of their hearts and tho the judgment of their minds in this nomination to you let me say that such concession as yours is 13 a foundation of unselfishness for the republican party of utah which generations can not destroy and to you republicans of a younger growth to you let ino me eay say that wo must take tins this example to our souls remembering that to these I 1 fathers of the party we w e ov owe e a debt to bo be repaid in in tho tile fealty which banishes all thought of self and when hen tile day shall come for an enlarged scope of political authority let ours be tho the willing hands bands to eleato elevate and maintain them in pos positions irions of mighty trust and lionor they have consented that a young man shall lead the le legions tins fall not because the they y fear that the hope is is a forlorn one but to teach to us th alius us early in in our career the essential lesson of party devotion gentlemen of the convention may I 1 pramis c in in the name of young oung butali and young yourt republicanism bubli here eliat in ili tile very awn dawn of local sovereignty we will repay our |