Show A SPLIT IN THE RANKS TUE TRIBUNE DICTATES AND ITS OBEY the democratic fall to the republican kite tha democratic territorial convention was hold in this city on wednesday early in the moiling of thai day david evans benj bachman jr and H A noon of the gos club were busy making all the necessary arrangements for the great event and preparing to receive the visiting delegations A D IL G special conveyed the dele gates from the north and rolled into the depots decorated with the national colors and flying streamers the silver band played a national air as the train was unloading after which mr david evans madea brief speech of welcome A procession was then formed for the theatre headed by the silver band the theatre had been tastefully decorated and there was a number of banners all over the stage on which were of which read cheap blan bets and dear whisky trusts are largely private affairs public office is a public trust free whisky and free tobacco republican party the had been reserved for the delegates their places being designated by small national flags on which were printed the names of the various copit iea on inspection it was found that tho following counties were not represented cache emery Garfiel dIron kane millard morgan diute piute eich san juan san pete sevier wasatch Washing 1 ton of the counties represented there were delegates present on the delegates assembling at the theatre col Merrit fc nominated bansford Kans ford smith of ogden as temporary chairman who was unanimously elected to that position and mr D S murray ef salt lake city was elected secretary ogden hiles moved that a committee of five on credentials be appointed the chair appointed as the committee A ii williams L H bacon E A mcdaniels Daniels Me J 0 boyle J H mccrystal on motion a committee of five on permanent organization was appointed as follows D lombard J W mcnutt W van Cot shields T 0 burns ogden hiles then moved for the appointment of a committee of five on resolutions the motion was carried nd the chair appointed ogden hiles P L williams ben sheeks david evans and J M cohen the convention then adjourned till 1 to allow the committee time to report it was 25 minutes past 1 before the convention in the afternoon was called to order by bansford Eans ford smith the report of the committee on credentials through its chair manEA mcdaniels Me Daniels stated they were not quita ready to report A motion to tho effect that the convention abati the report of this committie commit tse before proceeding to bust nesa was carried at 25 minutes to 2 mr AL williams entered and announced to tho convention that on account of some delegates just arriving the committee bould be under the necessity of asking tho indulgence of the convention for at least ten minutes they would be ready to doport A motion be allowed the lime required was put to the convention and carried calls of speech from the chair were then heard from all over the house chairman smith in arising stated that ho would much have rather had tha band entertain the convention s he responded alluding to the future of utah trusting that when she shall bo regenerated that she may be admitted into tho union and become the fairest star in the galaxy of states if grover cleveland could be elected four years ago the outlook certainly no v looked more brighter With the brigitt prospect now before us let us pull together and work harmoniously for the cause mr A G norrell as secretary of the territorial central committee asked the chair to make the ment that some little indebtedness had been accrued in preparing for and advertising the convention and invite the convention to donate to held pay for it air david evans wanted to know what the money was for col merett stated that it was for the purpose of paying the tribune and herald for publishing calls for the convention A motion was made that a committee of one be appointed to pass around the hat to help pay this debt the motion was amended by making the donation to be collected to help pay the of the convention also the motion was put and unanimously carried started on his collecting mission mr sheets then called for the report of the committee on credentials which was read by mr A L williams and unanimously adopted the committee on credentials recommended that the chairman of cash delegation cast the vote of his delegation on any question that may com up The report of thu committee on permanent organization through chairman lombard was read it recommended for permanent chairman bansford Kans ford smith D S murray secretary joseph M bohen detary the report mikes the rules governing the of Ee presente tives the mode of government for the convention mr ogden hiles then mounted the stage to make his report as chairman of the committee on resolutions there were conr reports one unanimous one a majority report the other two minority reports it was decided to 0 id the unanimous report first it is as follows the democratic party of utah hereby endorses indorses indor ses the administration of president cleveland and reaffirms its devotion to the principles and policy expressed in the platform of the last national convention of the democracy in respect of the local questions which hare so long been the subject of discussion and in utah being the party of the constitution we hold that the constitution and the laws of the states made in pursuance thereof are the supreme law of the land anything in the laws of the territory or any rule or ordinance of any church to the contrary notwithstanding resolved that the admission of utah as a state under the now existing political and social conditions would be a lasting disgrace to the republic because it would fortify behind state lines an ecclesiastical hierarchy whose principles aro in favor of the dominion of the church in the temporal as well as the spiritual affairs of men OGDEN chairman of the committee the unanimous committee report was adopted the majority report was then read as follows resolved that the democratic party of utah in convention assembled declares its unalterable opposition to the domination of the mormon church in this territory therefore we deem it wise to act as to consolidate all elements in the territory which are opposed to such rule and in this view holding as we do that the supremacy of american institutions in this territory is to all other questions we deem it inexpedient and dangerous at this time to make a party aam for delegate to the fifty first congress P li jos M COHEN HILES of the committee mr ben shocks arose and said he understood there were two minority reports ho had one it was as follows resolved that the best cure for political evils in utah and elsewhere would be predominance of the principles of the democratic party as established by jefferson and his associates upheld by such men as jackson and tilden and the standard of which is today to day borne by such men as cleveland and thurman second that as democrats wo believe it to be for the best interests of our party and the country that the principles of the democratic party should become predominant in utah and that this result can be best had by the active promulgation of its principles under the aguiar party organization third that this convention nominate a democratic candidate for delegate to congress from utah BBS of the committee mr david evans had the other which he read it reads resolved that it be the sensor of this convention that a committee 0 five be appointed by the chairman to confer with a like number that may hereafter be appointed by a republican convention for the purpose of agreeing upon and nominating a candidate for delegate to congress to be doted for by all loyal citizens democrats and republicans at the coming november election as being the best means of the gentile vole in local politics and up separate party organization in national issues DAVID EVANS of the committee mr motioned the minority report of mr ben shocks be puff in preference to the majority report applause the chairman stated that aa the rules of the house of representatives were to govern this convention he would declare that the majority be col merritt differed from the chair and explained his position the chair finally acceded to mr merritt and stated the question mr norrell wished to state that the sole object of the convention was to nominate a delegate to congress it was not the purpose of the democrats when they nominated their ter rit orial central committee to have them call a convention to nominate a Ee publican or a peoples party man to send to congress and consequently I 1 raise my voice in the face of the majority report and say that we have met to nominate a true democratic delegate to congress I 1 put it to every member of this convention what else can we do than raise the banner of democracy and refuse to play into the hands of liberals or republicans I 1 am a democrat and intend to remain true and loyal to that cause with the fact before you that the republican party in utah wont accept of you unless you cower to them and do their bidding and with the further facts that they have already showed you how they intend to treat you how are you going to act the only proposition we can have to make to them is that we will have fair play and that we intend to stay by truo democrats in spite of every overture do you intend now to lick the dust off thir feet and be subservient to them for ono I 1 say no for twenty five years demo crancy has bravely stood the storms notwithstanding the heel of the oppressor for so you must call the republican parky has been upon her neck there la but one alternative for us if wo ore democrats we must say here today to day that we will nominate a delegat eto congress and that we will march onward and onward until wo win the fight we have never known what defeat was after twenty five years under lioan rule the democratic party asa bravely rose phoenix like from the ashes of her enemies and has triumphed 1 do not believe the democratic party of this territory has so far forgotten its duty that it will now drift from its course of duty so far as I 1 am concerned I 1 want to sea this convention nominate a delegate to congress we know we elect him at this election but probably by another election the other element will want to fuse aad then probably we will carry the day the retired amid applause A motion ws then made to suspend the five minutes rule but was defeated on a division vote mr van cott motioned that each speaker joe allowed ten minutes but the motion was defeated and the five minute rule maintained judge dana said that in representing Democracy the of juab county he was present more to help revive the liberal party by conferring with the republicans than to elect a del agate to congress this was the only way in which true democrats could be consistent as gentile as liberals in overthrowing the dominant party in biah known as the mormon hierarchy he was however in favor of maintaining a democratic organization and yet at the same i time af pf allying with the party in securing political freedom in utah while he did not believe in I 1 playing second fiddle to any one yet he did not believe in sacrificing the grand old liberal party in which they i had fought so many years mr david evans said he was proud to say in a democratic convention that there was no necessity of any delegate lashing himself ato an un governable passion all su chacon these should be governed by moderation and the best ng ho was et hongly in favor of aa committee of five being appointed 1 by this convention atha like commit foe from the republican party who should decico as to who the bestman best man to send to congress and upon whom bo thides carf agree he wanted to see the democratic organization sustained and at tho same time to keep up the gentile element in this territory it may beem an anomaly to the gentleman from missouri mr norrell that democrats and republicans should affiliate in such matters but the condition of his state is not the condition of this territory probably mr norrell is not aware of the fact that it has only been by the united efforts of Democrats and republicans that he has been allowed to live here in utah in peace and safety mr P L williams said he understood tho condition of utah today to day probably more than any body else As the situation now is we are confronted with a condition and not a theory which oppose B us in every direction that controls everything no matter of what nature we are confronted with the question what is the best method for us to pursue to overcome this condition of things were we to give way now we would become the slaves of an hierarchy were the mormon hierarchy to exist in the united states as it does in utah today to day we would have no country but would have to wrest it from them as we have had to do in this territory this hierarchy is controlled by a botary of priests who assume to dictate things until we have wrested this territory from them we should party line but we should all work together as american citizens to overcome thia priestly if we could work together when but a handful surely we should do so now when wo have received strength and reinforcements the outrages of law and authority tho rity and disregard for the constitution and freedom of this great gov has always been tho objects of the dominant party of this territory and as american citizens we have got to affiliate with all no matter what their political belie imay be who have at heart the welfare of this government and the supremacy of its laws over those of any church power we a m convention we will not only lose the respect of democrats ant wo will hear the joyful glees of the mormon people in their conventions laughing at our follies and taking advantage of our weakness I 1 am in favor of united action I 1 dont care how it is obtained but I 1 cannot see how we can accomplish the object by doing anything in this convention that will lead to disunion col merritt said when he looked around him and found who was elected as delegates with him to attend this convention he thought it meant business he did not care what the religious beliefs of any party were whether they believed in htone idols wooden images or joe smiths gold bible he was a democrat and this was pure democracy wo are told that we should be democrats in national principles but should unite with and liberals on local matters I 1 believe the liberal party in this territory is in league with the Be publican party in this territory and therefore I 1 am in favor of a democratic delegate to congress being nominated mr burmester said 1 feel like asking like tho fellow from texas did what are we here corf we came here to elect a delegate to congress and I 1 dont intend to take my lessons in democracy from others than democrats mr williams has said that if this convention nominates nomi a delegate not one in five democrats will vote for him who told mr williams this does it not look suspicious now I 1 tell what I 1 believe the tribune is at you the bottom of all of this I 1 met mr goodwin of the tribune the other day and I 1 asked him do you not advocate the idea of burying our political differences yes then J asked him why ho did not take his own medicine the speaker concluded his remarks by saying he realized ho was in a hopeless minority but if he was downed all right be would acquiesce no matter if the convention nominated the devil in bell he would tote for him v mr sheeks read his minority report to the convention and then alluded to tha glorious triumph of democracy since the election of grover cleveland as president of the united states if we follow the course of such a man as cleveland we will own no allegiance to any other party but will steadfastly cling to the principles of the democratic party and maintain them at all hazards the liberal party has been organized in this 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