Show l n 1 Y RAwiN sn SHOULD LD WIT WITHDRAW RA I tl 3 V A The c contest Ites lor tor tt the 5 ti- ti 6 i 1 y r. r i seems to n ha have hae e narrowed ved lown down to to i Thatcher r and Rawlins I 1 he follo follot follow following v ving t ing letter Jetter written by Mr Mr Rawlins to toJos Jos Joseph Josephr p r son Morison of Cache Gaelic county was printed in a recent nic recent t f ilie and d after reading ea I I g it it it t. t is s hard bard to to understand wh why Mr 1 Pair v lies lies' remains reli s in the r race ce lIe He should withdraw at once in favor of Thatcher SALT IA LAKE 1 City CIT UTAH if Nov Noy lo 10 10 1896 1596 Mr Joseph Morson l Richmond Utah DEAK EAR SIR SIR Permit me to thank you for your ol of the 7 71 h it int inH L Knowing Know Knot in ing you t to tobe be a friend I shall write YOU as such candidly and red freely just a as I feeL Mr TI Thatcher has by It me Inc e a as well HS the party under s t would have appalled a ales less courageous man I con can n not i and bid will nut not be placed in a antagonism u lo tu him him In any respect However much I might otherwise prize Hie senal ip it can not come to me meat atthe at the price of ingratitude In the p situation I have ahead already suggested turny my friends who Ire are alsy the deVoted fr friends ids ol of le my mv unqualified Nalin withdrawal v 1 in h his interest To this proposal they see objections lIs They urge that the the opponents of Mr lr Thatcher will make the claims claims that Utah should nut b lie represented it in ill I congress exclusively bv by members' members of a single church zd ld id the s of Mr Mi Thatcher's Thatchers health and tt the tte a chance that th the place plate might be left lett to be filled by ap appointment appointment of a republican governor That Thai with together other influences would almost certainly lead to lo his defeat That U jj Lam Iam out of the w way y h he would be h humiliated by defeat defeat de de- feat and our mutual enemies without meritorious claims would be enabled to triumph Now Joe 1 I would rather see Mr Thatcher i in iii l the senate se than to be there then myself 1 shall not he hean h u ci an obstacle in his pathway to success s or honor I have health happy home and a reasonable competency to live ive upon I am not hungry hungry hungry hun hun- gry for any office ounce Under some circumstances circumstances circumstances circum circum- stances I could accept and appreciate asan as asan asan an honor election to the Uni United ed s States tes senate en t Mv My victory ca tali can 1 not slot be Mr Ir Thatcher's Thatchers s 's defeat Inthe d k an and unpromising unpromising unpromising un un- promising days of the party we have stood tood We dial shail slut nut part now Jow I did dd what I I could for lor Utah when entrusted eu- eu en entrusted t trusted with with office offic At the almost unanimous s. s call cali of my party parly when conditions cund ti us were unfavorable we have gone une downto O I defeat deleat it t proper proper proper pro pro- per to to ree release se my ny fr fn n her m efforts H ii r behalf That fiat stands i. i Jf If you yuu cart can pi probably bab y see ee success ahead head ahead for jor Mr Thatcher le let me are know In vent event my my du duty y and purpose are are equally clear ij I II I leave this thi matter mailer in the hinds of Mr r is' is friends and shall cheerfully abide their j judgment as to- to what is best to to du do Yours Signed J. J L. L RAWLINS |