| Show MASSCONNTION J S of Tho Peoples Representatives q T T Meet i 1 f JrO JOHN T CAINE THE MAT 1 01 edl Support Y1ic Receives tho Unqualified I port ofJJtho Convention fort for-t o Delegate to iCon L rrresa In pursuance ofl pub hed call signed by John Sharp chairman and Theodore Theo-dore fcXean secretary of the central committee of the Peoples Party for this county a room full of people assembled as-sembled at the City Hall yesterday afternoon nearly all parts of the county being represented Promptly at half past 12 Hon John Sharp called the meeting to order ana stated that the mass convention had for its object the selection of sixteen delegates dele-gates to attend Che Peoples Territorial convention to b2 held in the Cty Hall and that at noon on Wednesday next the business that convention would be to nominate a candidate for Delegate from Utah to the Fortyninth Congress of the United States That the central committee hud decided to call a mass convention instead of going through the somewhat cumbersome process of holding primaries in the various precincts pre-cincts where delegates were usually appointed ap-pointed and sent to a county conven tion which could do no more than this meeting could now do Hon F S Richards nominated Hon James Sharp for chairman of the meeting meet-ing Carried Mr Sharp briefly thanked the convention con-vention for the honor conferred Francis Cope Esq nominated John Q Cannon for secretary Hon C W Penrosenominaterl Heber M Wells for secretary stated that Mr Cannon had so many other duties to perform that he Mr Cannon would be unable to remain Mr Cope then withdrew his nomination nomina-tion and Heber M Wells was voted secretary of the convention The central committees call was read and the chairman asked what distribution dis-tribution the convention desired to make of the representation of delegates as between the city and the county Judge Smith suggested that a proper distributian would be threefourths to the city and onefourth to the county outside the city The chairman stated that the census of 1880 showed a population in the county of somethin more than 31000 and in the city a little more than 20 000 this he said would make the distribution dis-tribution about as two to one in favor of the city Hon JohnSharpniovcd in consideration considera-tion of the scattered condition of the county precincts that the representation i representa-tion be ten to the city andsix to the Outside Out-side precincts in the county Carried Jos A Jennings Esq moved that a committee of five be appointed by the chair to nominate delegates to the Territorial convention I Geo Strinfellow Esq moved to amend by maKing the number seven instead in-stead of live Theamendmeut was carried car-ried and the chair named as the committee com-mittee on nominations JosA Jennings N V Jones E A Smith Samuel Ben nion B B Bitner Francis Armstrong and Mrs Emmeline B Wells The committee then withdrew M Stringfellow suggested that a short speech be given by the chair who arose and stated that his speech would be very short inasmuch as he preferred pre-ferred to decline in favor of Hon F S Richards Mr Richards thereupon begged also to be excused and suggested that Mr A M Cannon favor the convention with a speech and that he be untrammeled untram-meled as to time Mr Cannon responded in a brief address ad-dress He stated that this convention reminded him of old times when the people met together in a mass meeting I and nominated the officers of their choice without any controversy He hoped the delegates to be appointed would use their influence to nominate a man who would properly represent the people of Utah in the halls of Congress He believed that Hon John T Caine had given much satisfaction and had the confidence of the people as much as any man that could be selected and the speaker was in favor of returning him to the next Congress Hon Charles W Penrose being called for by Mr Richards arose and stated that the call would come with better i bet-ter grace from some gentleman who had himself responded He thought the convention ould very properly endorse Hon John T Caine for Delegate That gentleman had done his duty to the best of his abilifcv and had been the means of preveniinp much inimical legislation file speaker believed it was due to Mr Caines watchfulness and perseverance that the last and inost outrageous out-rageous measure on Utah affairs presented pre-sented to Congress did not pass He was fully in favor of John T Caine for Delegate if that should be the Territorial Terri-torial Conventions choice and ho hoped that it would Mr Penrose then referred re-ferred to the atrocious legislation which had disfranchised many of the people of Utah and attributed it to ignorance and prejudice He said that while many of one class were denied the right pivoting pi-voting all should have equal privileges in the conventions and other political gatherings J of the Peoples party that the citizenshin of those who were oatri I cised VAA VslVlCVUhJJL for the present V UAlWiJV was not > affected j if they could not vote they could speak I he believed that a person who was once a citizen was alwaVs a citizen Calls were made for a speech frcir Mr George M Ottiager and that gentleman gentle-man arose and said I will not be able to make much of a speech I left the yard gate open last night and caught cold Mr Cainc was my candidate for the short term a couple of years ago and I heartily endorse him for nomination nomina-tion again They have been flourishing i a cudgel over our heads for some time down there and I dontsee any impropriety impro-priety retaliating with a Caine Jt Judge Snow made a somewhat lengthier speech in which he strongly endorsed Hon John T Caiue for nomination nomi-nation and alluded to the rights of citizenship which could never be taken away from one entitled to them The committee on nominationshaving returned submitted the following as their report To the Hon James Sharp chairman of Jhe mass conrprttion of the Peoples Party to nominate delegates to the Territorial cJoOTcatioiT from Salt Lake < Comity I Ito BirYuur committee appointed > r nominate sixteen delegates to the Territorial Ter-ritorial convention to nominate a Delegate Dele-gate to Congress beg leave to report the following names W NYRiter N V Jones Jos ls Jennings James Sharp Geo D Peer F S Richards Heber J Grant Junius F Wells Dr R B Pratt John Clark from Salt Lake City J H Brinton Big Cottonwood i B F Cutler West Jordan John Holt South Jordan E A Ballantyrte Draperville Miss Nellie Spencer Mill Creek D McEae North Jordan outside out-side of Salt Lake City I f Jos A JEXMNGS Chairman Mr Penrofe moved that the report be received nominations of the committee on ceived and I adopted and the nominations nomina-tions confirmed Carried < Mr Richards moved that the delegates dele-gates be instructed to place in nomination nomina-tion in the Territorial convention for Delegate to the Fortyninth Congress Hon John T Caine and supplemented I his motion with a brief and pointed speech in which he referred in the most complimentary terms to Mr Caine the valuable services he had rendered the Territory and the efficient manner in which he had represented the wholo r + 1n tne people It baa been the pleasure 01 LU speaker to place that gentlemans name and having in nomination two years ago ing had an opportunity to obtain a personal knowledge of the integrity and ability of his nominee it was with pride and satisfaction that he now proposed pro-posed to continue him in the position Mr N V Jones did not wish to be understood as opposing the nomination nomina-tion of Mr Caine in any sense whatever what-ever but he was decidedly opposed to hampering the delegates with any instructions in-structions as to whom to vote for Mr A M Cannon while heartily in favor of Mr Caine Delegate also objected ob-jected to instructing the delegates He considered it a bad precedent Mr E W Sloan took the same view and moved to amend the motion of Mr un Richards so that it should be known to the sense of the convention that Mr Caine was its choice but that the delegates dele-gates be allowed to go free and untrammeled untram-meled Mr Penrose then suggested an amendment amend-ment which was accepted by Mr Richards Rich-ards and took the place of the original motion viz That it be declared the sense of the convention that Hon John T Caine receive the nomination for Delegate to Congress Carried unanimously unani-mously The chair asked the wishes of the convention con-vention in regard to electing alternates in case of absence of any of the principals princi-pals Judge Smith moved that the chair appoint six alternates fqur frOmthe city and two from the precincts outside Carried The chair named Judge E A Smith Francis Cope Miss Mary E Cook O F Whitney as alternates from the city and S A Casto Big Cottonwood and Miss Kate Snedaker Mill Creek as alternates al-ternates from the outside districts Judge Smith mped that the chairman and secretary be authorized to give proper credentials to the delegates and attendants Carried iOn i-On motion of EW Sloan Esq the convention adjourned sine dic |
