Show it ittHT D CLINE1 I TO MAKE RAn Provo Mining Man Refuses Nomination Nomina-tion for Governor at Hands of Utah Democrats In Letter to Democratic Committee Mr Knight Declines to Make tho Race and Committee Must Select Another Candidate Can-didate Salt Lake CHy JCBSO Knight of Piovo nominated at the Stato Democratic Demo-cratic convention at Logan as their candidate for governor has written writ-ten a letter to the Democratic State committee positively declining to make the race Mr Knights declination declina-tion will bo referred to tho now committee com-mittee selected at Logan and a selection se-lection will bo made by tho committee commit-tee of a candidate to take tho place or Mr Knight Mr Knights letter to Chaliman Martliicau Is as follows Provo Utah Sept 25 190810 lie Democratic State committee Hon L It Martlneau Chairman Salt Lake City Utah Gentlemen At tho Demociatlc Stale convention recently recent-ly I held nt Logan Utah I was so I am Informed nominated for governor of the state of Utah I hereby notify you that I cannot accept hitch nomination and hereby decline the same and respectfully dl refit that my name be not placed upon tho Democratic state ticket You will therefore select somo other iiamo to take the place of mine My reasons for this action have been heretofore fully stated by mo and discussed In all the nowspapers of tho state and need not bo further expressed I will say however that I Hud the duties of the office would require my whole attention and owing to my ago I have not the time nor tho strength to glvo to tho post tlon My milling Interests are In such condition as to demand my closest attention and I feel It a duty to myself my-self and thousands of friends who havo Invested their money in mining propositions under my management to give those companies my personal attention From the commencement I have Insisted to all my friends that I could not accept tho nomination and to none havo I ever said that would accept ac-cept and most of my Intimate r friends promised that they would not force mo Into tho position whero L would bo embarrassed and havo to refuse As I have said before I feel that 1 can do moro good for the state of Utah and hor people as a private citizen citi-zen than I could do as governor of tho stato My only desire Is to bo left to work out my own plans tc work for the building up of the Interests Inter-ests of tho stato not as a public officer of-ficer but as a private citizen I havo tried to show my faith In Utah and her people by my works please let mo do so In the future as a citizen who loves tho state and not as a public pub-lic officer Ever desiring tho success of UK Democratic party In tho state and nation na-tion I am most respectfully JESSE KNIGHT |