| Show 11 u WINS ANn THATC11ER Continued from Page 1 This report was adopted unanimous ly lyOn On motion of George A Alder Governor Gov-ernor Vest and Dr llattie Hughes Cannon were appointed a committee to escort the new chairman to his seat As the three came on the platform pr Cannon leading 11 Moyle follow ing and Governor West bringing up thereat the-reat tere was a hearty burst of ap lre plause Moyles Magnificent Speech Mr Moyle said he was always glad to meet with the enthusiastic Democrats Demo-crats and renew his ardor for the principles prin-ciples and courage to fight for them He congratulated the women on the influence they will hereafter have on the politics of Utah He regretted that the decision of the supreme court had made it impossible for them to vote this year but said they would have equal privileges next year Democracy means equality and he had always thought that I was good Democratic do trine to give the women a right to vote I politics are not pure enough for t m they should 01 elevate politics and make i so poltcs Whom Should They Tlianlt Whom should the women thank for tbboon that has been given them PR I Democrats I say The Republi Tlf boast of thii progressiveness and g fl achievements o their party Em Y i you will notice you will find I that all 1 these boasts deal with deeds of the dim and distant past not with the living future When the Republicans cans had to deal with the question of suffrage did they show progressiveness or courage No They were weak kneed Tt was the Democrats who met the issue directly and made a strong and unequivocal statement regarding their stand upon it They Are Xot Progressive I ask you arc the Republicans progressive pro-gressive I say no Their claims are founded on misrepresentation Their campaigns are fought on unfounded statements They have blamed the present administration for the issuance of bonds They do not tell however that the previous Republican administration adminis-tration left the treasury without money They found it with a 5200000 OOOft rplus Who is responsible for the issuance of bonds After four years of Republican maladministration the Democrats took the government They took it with only bankruptcy and ruination I ruin-ation to stare them in the face There was no surplus Instead of 200000000 to spend they had to meet a deficit of 510000000j The Democrats were cor pelled to borrow money to pay Republican Repub-lican debts Grntitnclc For tntcliool To whom shall we iook when we extend ex-tend our gratitude for the boon of statehood I say the Democrats The Republcans claim the honor I have lived in Utah all my life I never heard of Republican leaders declaring for statehood or offering to give it until statehood was inevitable During all the years the Democrats declared for it Democratic statesmen on the floor of Congress spoke and voted for it Republicans refused to give it six times In the first Congress ocr which the Democrats had control they jjUrnted it Did the Republicans aid pSvteiood Yes they did But they fought it as long as possible Then I when thf v saw it was inevitable the streak of sunshine shone from the west heavy applause and laughter and the Republicans fell into line with the Democrats The New Conditions Who first proclaimed their intentions of laying aside the bitternesses and bickerings of the past in Utah and fighting our political battles on the national party issues Was it the Republican Re-publican leaders No The Democrats pub1can I fought for it They said the time tad I come to forget local bitterness and all work for Utah They came out in the open braving the sneers of the Republicans Re-publicans Then when the Republicans cans found that they could no longer I fight the new conditions they came forward and made their own fight on party lines Who was progressive in I securing statehud Who was progres sivejii bringing about the new condi tih t It there is one thing in the acts of the Republicans for which they should receive the thanks of the people of Utah if there is one deed or accom dee plishment for the good of the people in which they have been pioneers point it out I know of none Everything Every-thing in this coming state that has looked to justice equality and progress has come from the jJcriocrMs the party of the people the party that demands de-mands equal justice to all special privileges to none the party of the people the opponent of monopoly Armies oC Trumps Take the tariff for example They claim progressiveness on that They tell the laboringman that the Republican Repub-lican party will give him higher wages and nrako his conditions better I Yei a1 l the time they are taxing the people of the land for the benefit of nIimpolies The laborer may be led jstray for a time by the highsounding jgijvpmises of the protectionists but > 7r5on he comes to count up the additional addi-tional price he pay for his food and clothing he finds that he is not benefited bene-fited He finds that those who are benefited are the manufacturers these lords of the land who are growing so rich and powerful that they are rapidly rapid-ly becc ming the masters of this country coun-try Atcr twentyfive years of Republican Re-publican ruler misrule whichever you choose to call ftwe have armies of men out of work wandering over the country I I seems to me that the demonstration demonstra-tion should be easy Republicans make great claims yet what can they show when one makes careful a investigation The Reform Comity Court We have had our Republican legislature legis-lature of which no Republican in Utah Is proud Applause Then there is our reform county court a demonstration demonstra-tion from the country members lasting over a minute who are admitted by their own organ to be the greatest pedestrians the county has ever seen I They can pile up mileage faster than I any previous county court Applause Take all the history of the Republican I can party Inspect i closely and you must come to the inevitable conclusion that the one party that can be safely entrusted with the government of this coming state is the Democratic party D ifartha Hughes Cannon the secret sec-ret was escorted to the desk by D crunbar and H G Whitney She was received with applause The vice I presidents also took seats on the stage Apportionment of DcIeKutct H V Meloy as chairman of the committee com-mittee on apportionment reported in favor of allotting to precincts as follows fol-lows First precinct 23 Second precinct 2Sj Third precinct 23 Fourth precinct 19 Fifth precinct 17 BIg Cottonwood 2 JMngham 2 Bluffdale 1 Brighton and ranger 1 Butler 1 Draper 2 East Kill Creek 1 Farmers 3 Harriman Little Cottonwood 1 Mill Creek 4 mountkin DeB 1 North Jordan 2 olnt 1 Pleasant Green 2 1 y Pot 4 4atQL View 1 Rlverton 1 Sandy 3 t t and Granite 1 South Cotton J i I I wood 5 South Jordan 1 Sugar 3 j j Union 3 West Jordan 3 Total 157 1 Oscar W Moyle as chairman of the I committee on resolutions read the following fol-lowing draft which was received with applause the sections relating to silver sil-ver suffrage and the reform county court being received with a storm of I applause The resolutions read The Platform We the Democrats of Salt Lake county in convention assembled endorse the platform of the party aaopted in the territorial ter-ritorial convention or ISM and pledge our best efforts to carry out the will of tht state convention to be held at Ogden Sept 5 195 15 Ve denounce the legislation oC the Republican ot publican party as the cause of the 1 t cent depression in business and for the hard times and congratulate the Democracy Democ-racy upon the beginning of prosperity as an unmistakable evidence of tne benc flcient results of Democratic legislation and as a harbinger of their coming victory vic-tory We arraign the Republican party for Utah for continued examples ot extravagance extrava-gance recklessness and incompetency Inc in-c on the affairs of governmental and especially the last legislature which proposed mad schemes of bounty crippled crip-pled the university and other public institutions in-stitutions by refusing to appropriate money sufficient for their support attacked at-tacked the public school system of the territory disgraced the people by shameless shame-less acts of folly and otherwise so conducted con-ducted its affairs as to forfeit the support sup-port of even the Republican party and showed its inability to legislate for our new state Wo congratulate the Democracy of Utah for the great work of their dele pates to the late constitutional convention conven-tion in Introducing Democratic principles princi-ples into the proposed constitution through the superior ability of their delegates dele-gates and the stability and honesty of Democratic principles I AVo feel confident That the coming Democratic Dem-ocratic state convention in the nomination nomina-tion of members of the state supreme court will select men learned in the law and identified with all the moral and material ma-terial welfare of the coming state by long residence and property interests The Reform County Court We call attention to the present Republican Re-publican county court of this county which heedless of the protests of a Democratic Dem-ocratic probate judge indulges in extravagant extrav-agant appropriations of mileage for itself I and compensation for its favorites while it refuses appropriations for our sheriff while our county is overrun with criminals I crimi-nals and horse thieves We denounce the Republican party for the demonetization of silver and their present general opposition to i and we demand its remonetization at a ratio of 1C to 1 with or without the cooperation of any other nation We congratulate the Democracy of Utah upon the fact that through the efforts of its representatives In the constitutional convention women receive the same political politi-cal rights as men and we welcome them to a full and free participation in the affairs of the new state We sympathize with the American people peo-ple in being compelled to resort to the issue of bonds to cover the deficits in the treasury of the United States caused by the extravagance recklessness and the Incompetency of he last Republican Congress Con-gress We pledge a proper consideration for the rights of laboring men and farmers under the constitution and the passage of such legislation as will secure those right and we denounce the Republican party for their shameful discrimination ajjaihst the laboring class The report was adopted with a whoop t Nominations Begin I is now In order to nominate five candidates for members of the state senate said Chairman Moyle Judge Powers said he would present the name of a man who was a well a Democrat as well as a good laboring man He was not an agitator He was a Democrat all the time He is a good man who receives the support of the laboring men The speaker read the following letter Salt Lake City Aug 31 1693 T the Democratic Delegates in Convention Conven-tion assembled Ladles and Gentlemen We hereby certify cer-tify that George A Whittaker candidate for legislative honors in the upper house is the unanimous choice of the Utah Board of Labor He Is a man well qualified quali-fied for the position and should he receive re-ceive the nomination we shall take It asa as-a great favor to organized labor and will use every effort to secure his election Stoned and sealed in behalf of the Utah Board of Labor yours respectfully A E GRAHAM President STEPHEN TYXE Secretary I In the coming legislature continued I the speaker labor should have a good representative The deliberations of II that body will be important The dee tion of United States senators is not the most important piece of work All the laws of the state under the constitution con-stitution must be made Good men I therefore are a necessity The nomination was greeted with a hearty burst of applause John E Hansen of the Third on behalf be-half of his precinct seconded the nomination of Mr Whittaker IVilllnms Nominated H J Dinniny said his candidate needed no eulogy There is no doubt of his ability Democracy or social standing He named Parley L Williams Wil-liams Another burst of applause greeted this name H A Smith on behalf of the Dem ocracv of the Third precinct presented Oscar W Moyle He said the Third had always rolled up a Democratic majority major-ity and will continue to do so if recognized rec-ognized by the party Mrs Gardiner from the county presented pre-sented the name of J S Rawlins and the enthusiasm of the house broke loose Alfales Young said his speech would be short but his man big He named Charles E Savage There was an ovationS ovation-S B Stewart named D O Rideout jr of Draper as a man who can carry the southern part of the county George W Snow said the next legislature legis-lature will be very important He presented the name of William C Jennings A delegate asked if a woman could hold office Chairman Moyle believed that the decision would prevent that Judge Judd explained that the court had held the women could neither vote on the constitution or state offi cers The decision took the whole sweep Judge King delivered a dissenting dis-senting opinion which I want to say contains the law in the case The convention went wild at this observation servaton Chairman Moyle I would remind the convention that the decision of the chief justiceis the law until i is reversed re-versed Judge Powers said the issue on this legislature is too important to admit of any doubt He therefore believed it would be best to not nominate women wo-men A T Schroeder moved that such be the sense of the convention and the motion carried G H Backman seconded the nomination nom-ination of O W Moyle J A Williams seconded the nomination nomina-tion of Mr Whittaker X H Halstrup placed in nomination E Holman of Sandy as a man of ability who will carry the county D O Rideout jr withdrew in favor of Bishop J S Rawlins Nominations were then closed and lows the ballot taken I resulted as fol The Successful Five P L Williams 392 George H Whit taker 399 J S Rawlins 409 C R Savage 399 O W Moyle 398 W C Jennings 59 D O Rideout jr 24 E Holman 19 The first five were declared to have been nominated and the nominations I opened for ten representatives I Nominations For Representative I P 3 Daly said he had a candidate i who was u selfmade man He Had I earned his living in the car shops for years and had finally studied and become be-come a lawyer He knows the interests of labor and would < work for them Intelligently and well He named John H Murphy Fisher S Harris said he had a man who had always earned his living by the sweat oC his brow He was not catering to any vote but he knew Democracy recognized merit His can = didate is honest capable and well known He presented John E Evans Judge C C Dey on behalf of the Fifth precinct nominated Joseph M Lapsley He believed those who labor with their hands as well as those who toil with their brains should be recognized recog-nized Robert W Sloan said he would nominate a man who would represent the laboring men The man is honest industrious and modest He named F S Ertman A B Edler seconded the > nomination of James H Murphy James H Lambert nominated Heber Benion He said this young man has I served the people well Alfales Young said he would name a I man known to every man woman and child in Salt Lake county One who has distinguished himself in the past and can do so in the future He nominated nomi-nated O W Powers David R Allen Named Mr Bywater said that as a Sugar representative he would nominate a man who had once carried a Republican can district He nominated D R AlLen Al-len Walter Murphy said he would nominate nomi-nate a man loyal to his friends and his party He nominated Charles J Pence He is a man all wool and a yard wide John Green said he was no orator but he is a worker Laughter He has not earned his bread by the sweat of his tongue He named William A Langford Judge McNally presented the name of a man who is a good man and will win He named E W Wilson A First precinct delegate named Adam Speirs of the Tenth ward A Third precinct delegate placed in land nomination the name of Eli A Fol C R Savage said his candidate is known throughout the lower end of the county and will draw much strength He named O P Miller A delegate from the southern part of the county nominated John W Sharp of Union W E A Smoot jr seconded the nomination of D R Allen George E Blair said his man would vote for Joe Rawlins and he is about as good as Joe He named Rulon SWells S-Wells George Stringfellow nominated C W Penrose A T Schroeder said all classes should be represented He wanted some good lawyer He named William C Jennings Ball Game Knocked Out 3 I Letcher said a game of ball had been arranged between Fisher i Harris Judge McNally Alfales Young I and himself who were playing the four corners of the theatre and intended in-tended to nominate some leading women wo-men The supreme court however had broken up that game of ball Laughter His candidate had been a Democrat in Colorado when Democrats Demo-crats were a scarce as gold mines He named C J Pence Judge Powers said it was with sincere sin-cere regret that he must withdraw his name He did not do so because the Republicans secured a majority last year Were i merely an empty honor he would run As he believed the ticket would be elected he would decline de-cline H J Dininny nominated B B Quinn o Bingham Mrs Jane Freeze nominated Alexander Alex-ander McMaster a an honest brainy Utah boy Gerald Jackson seconded J M Lapsley John M Young said he would namPa namP-a man who is a good business man who will lend much strength t the ticket He named P H Reilly John Watson said his man would represent the manufacturing Interests of the city He nominated Henry Wallace who will poll the whole vote of the Second precinct Fisher S Harris said that for obvious the vious reasons he must withdraw name of E VY Wilson who cannot lUG Whitney seconded the nomination nomina-tion of two young Utah boys D R Allen and Rulon S Wells Alen H Coffee seconded the nomination nomina-tion of Fritz S Ertman ton W Sloan nominated for the head This Joseph E Taylor of the ticket nomination was received with a burst of applause The nominations were closed and the ballot resulted as follows balot R Allen 422 R S Wells 421 John H Murphy 391 Heber Benion 387 Henry Wallace 340 C W Pen rose 338 O P Miller 376 Charles J Pence 370 Joseph E Taylor 257 Adam Spiers 248 These were elected Other candidates received the following follow-ing vote E A Folland 155 Alex Mc Master 155 B B Quinn 130 William E Jennings 116 J H Riley 100 John W Sharp 98 Fritz E Ertman 128 William A Langford 72 Wiiam A 7 Superintendent of Sschools While the ballot was being cast up it was decided that the outside precincts pre-cincts should nominate a county superintendent su-perintendent of schools David R Allen said he would nominate nomin-ate a man who was born in Utah and has lived here all his life For the last five years he has been one of the most prominent teachers in Salt Lake county He is a thorough Democrat and will make a very good campaign He named Oscar Van Cott John Q Cannon moved to make the nomination by acclamation This motion mo-tion went through with a shout The county delegates were delighted and shouted clapped their hands and whistled to show this A recess was taken from 630 until 8 oclock Evening Session At 830 Chairman Moyle again called the convention to order He announced that on Friday next William J Bryan the great silver orator ora-tor of Nebraska would deliver a nonpartisan non-partisan lecture on the silver question All are invited to be present The absence of the Brigham delegation I delega-tion was remarked during the day and was explained by a telegram from B B Quinn whO said the delegation had missed the train A general proxy was sent for John Duggan Chairman Moyle raised applause by announcing that the decision of the supreme court would not affect the I status of the women delegates elected to the territorial and judicial conventions conven-tions Ben T Lloyd moved that the county committee be composed of two from each city precinct and one from each j county precinct D C Dunbar moved that the committee com-mittee consist of one from each city precinct and three from the outside county at large This amendment carried car-ried There was some difficulty in select ing the country members A county delegate named McDonald said that three was not enough and Sal Lake might as well have them all At length the Gordian knot was cut I and the three county members were I selectec by the chairman of the precinct pre-cinct caucus The following folowing were given in County Committee First Precinct W Burton Second Precinct John Shea Third PrecinctJoseph 1 Watson Fourth PrecinctD C Dunbar I Fifth Precinct W C Jennings Outside CountyW B Enniss ot I Draper H C Calrisle of Mill Creek j i and Albert Spencer of Taylorsville I DelcKJites to Ogden I The next order of business will be I the selection of delegates to the state convention said the chairman 1 move for a recess of twenty minutes min-utes to caucus said Governor West No no were tie shouts Well I haye the slate of my precinct pre-cinct in my hand said Governor West We want to break that slate and we will need twentyminutes George w Snow said the Fifth pre dr cinct had caucused and was ready for I business He suggested that the convention con-vention proceed while the Fourth precinct pre-cinct was conducting its own business Well said Governor West you may have your slate prepared But when we went to caucus thiS after and could noon it was objected to we not elect them The convention could not work while we are caucusing at There was an interesting passage arms between several delegates in which George W Snow denied the Fifth had a slate and Governor West again demanded time saying it was not right to make slates before the convention started The motion for a recess finally prevailed pre-vailed ana an active caucus was carried car-ried on The most interesting fight was in the Fourth precinct where Governor West and others engaged in a very animated colloquial battle with the result that Judge Powers R W Sloan Joe Cohen and others carried the delegation to Ogden When order was secured again the roll was called on delegates to the state convention In a number of county precincts it was found that delegates had left for home after the afternoon session and therefore in a number of cases names were not presented pre-sented The following list however was given on roll call Delegates to State Convention Big Cottonwood Isaac Brockbank Francis McDonald Alternate A Castro Bingham B Quinn S Hays BluffdaleJames H Olsen Butter No name given DraperD O Rideout jr Miss Nellie Nel-lie Brown Alternate R Allen East Mill CreekHorace Cummings John B Fagg alternate FarmersDr W H Hodges John Gatobott John Q Cannon J H Tal lis alternate Hunter F Hayes Alta Jones HerrImanNo name given Granite and Silver George Dry burgh Granger and Brighton Moses R Porter Alternate Stewart Tanner 1Ii Creek D L Miller H C Carlisle Car-lisle R P Miller William Boam Alternates Al-ternates A Cornwall M 11 Miller Mountain Dell James L McMurrin Alternate Martin Games North JordanAlbert Spencer Mrs A E Bennion Heber Bennion alternate alter-nate North PointNo name given Pleasant GreenN A Nelson A G Brown alternate RivertonJohn Hansen James Blake alternate SandyJames Jensen H 1 Pier I son Abel Johnson Alternates Anderson An-derson and H T Guiver South Cottonwood S Rawlins Thomas A Wheeler Nathan Tanner Heber S Sanders Martin A Williams Alternates Henry 1 Bird Andrew Thompson D Jones South JordanBrigham Sellers Jessie Jes-sie M Bixton alternate Sugar Frank Y Taylor Felix J Stark 3 G Bywater Alternates Mrs W C A Smoot jr Mrs Nellie Pen rose Brown Union A H Rock J G Sharp George A Graham Alternate Mrs E Bogges West Jordan James Dennis Mrs Agnes Cutler Nels Limb Alternates John Larson and Mary J Bateman First Precinct First precinctF S Harris J B Timmony S E Allen A lf Cannon jr J C Jensen G A Weggeiand George Stringfellow Kate W Smith Philip Maycock William R Foster Frank J Rowlings H M H Lund W A Gallacher Frank Harris H S Margetts T 11 Holt J C McNally Adam Spiers G A McLean A T Schroeder John 11 Young H J Din inny J B Walden Alternates John Siddoway H C Iverson Margaret A Caine E A Smith J A Greenewald J W Judd Alexander Mitchell James Moffatt Second Precinct Second precInctThomas Lewis J H Bailey Albert Preece R Van Gilder C H Lewis H A Sidney Frank Stanley C A Carlquist F F Marohn G H Backman J W Ure R C Badger Mrs Rose Van Steem John Allen T F Howells Alternates Mrs Lewis Mrs T W Green Thomas Winter Henry Wallace 1 Wal-lace Mrs Ellen W Hyde Dr Mattie Hughes Cannon Mrs B T Brown T P Lewis Third Precinct Third precinct R P Morris W 3 Lewis H A Smith Thomas Morris Mrs S Reid Eli A Folland H Barnes J T Raleigh J E Hansen J N Pike J E Pike J H Haslam Joseph Jos-eph Anderson W G Margetts R G Sleater J L Nebeker George Pugs ley G R Jones O W Moyle B T Lloyd W T Gunter Miss Laura Hyde Alternates Joshua Selby R Lamph W J Newman T A Holcomb H J ayward Mrs Joseph 11 Watson S Bull J Jeppsen jr Mrs A W McCune Joseph Fourth Precinct Fourth precinct W Powers H V Meloy James Sabine jr J 11 Cohen Co-hen W J Bateman R W Sloan T F Thomas William Calder W H Dale W P Reid John Burt P G Hoffman A J Burt H P Henderson Hofman I Mrs F S Richards Robert Patrick J L Rawlins John T Caine R S Wells I Alternates Alfales Young Edgar Howe Mrs Smith Mrs Burton Mrs Stewart Dr Ellen B Ferguson D C Dunbar Mrs N W Clayton H G Whitney Mrs Burton N W Clayton Fifth Precinct Fifth precInctHerman Bamberger Charles J Pence Charles Baldwin William C Jennings David Cameron George W Snow James H Moyle Charles C Dey Mrs Eurithe K La Barthe J C Ivins C V Spencer G I P G Jackson J W Hamm I L Welsh J W Whitehead jr Alternates Mrs Jane Freeze Mrs Kate Heesch Mrs Geraldine Tom stoff Mrs Nellie R Little T A Williams Will-iams C S Wilkes J R Letcher Dr Smith E G Woolley E S Snellgrove Mrs W F Beer Jdiclnl Delegates The roll was then called on the delegates dele-gates for the judicial convention with the following result Big Cottonwood H Brinton H R Stevenson Alternate Jacob Chris tianson tanson Bingham B B Quinn G G Han nigan Bluff DaleAmbrose T Mason Granite and Silver George Dry burgh Butler No name given Draper B J Stewart J R Rawlins Alternate Cosgrove Granger and Brighton John H Bowden Bow-den T B Eldrege East Mill CreekJohn B Fagg Alternate Al-ternate Horace Cummings Farmers A G Dyer A N Cherry Ian Ray Van Cott Alternate Ed McClel lanHerriman Herriman No name given HunterF Haines Alternate F Jones Mill CreekDanIel Lund Edward White J H Carlisle C C Spencer Alternates George Taylor George Williams Mountain Dell Martin Garns Alternate Alter-nate John Wells North OgdenA Bennion James C Lambert North Point No name given Pleasant GreenEdward Lambert Alternate Isaac Perkins Pleasanb View Albert G Brown Alternate Al-ternate Olrs E Nelson RivertonO P Miller Alternate Thomas Page Kandy F H Pahlstrap E Holman A A White South Cottonwood S Rawlins W H Atwood Andrew Thompson Hans Hansen Rich Howe Alternate Mrs Mary Rawlins Miss Sadie Howe South Jordan Oker Okeson Sugar Dr T L Richards John M Cannon John E Clark Alternates < Nicol Hood D R Allen B R Harris Union J W Sharp J B Taylor 3 L Jones Alternate Mrs M A Smoot West Jordan George G Gardner Samuel Bateman Miss Elida Gardner Alternates Ir L Sharp Charles Sharp First Precinct I Precnct First PrecinctJohn Siddoway C H Birkner J E Evans John J Peterson I Peter Peterson P H Riley George Stringfellow Mary Irvine Thomas Curtis D F Colltett Dr J B Keysor Miss Annie Lynch Mrs Julia Go lightly S W Darke C W Penrose I S D Chase L C Snedaker A B Sawyer Walter Murphy J S Strong J S Darke J W Judd H J Di ninny Alternates Alex Mitchell J B Walden Wal-den James Moffatt W R Foster Frank J Rawlings J W Eardley John Irvine G K Reese Joseph Ed munds S E Allen Second Precinct Second Precinct P Lewis J H Murphy J W Bond G H Backman G P Roberts James Hegney W H Chamberlin John E Callister 1 M Waddell Charles H Hyde R E Miller Mil-ler Thomas Green George Burt T G Winter James H Poulton Morris Sommer J P Mahan G B Blakely Frank Harrigan J A Williams George E Yeadon Sylvester Reeves C H Lewis C O Crowther Alex Wanless Edwin S Kearnsley De Wit B Lowe C W Midgley W A Sperry Alternates airs W A Sperry A G Giauque John E Cowley H D Folsom Mrs Rubina Miller Mrs C H Lewis tMrs Frank Stanley Mrs E D Crowther W H Chamberlain Third Precinct Third Precinct W B Preston A W McCune Aurelius Miner W T Gunter Gun-ter David F Davis W J Newman J B Reid Mrs Lizzie Selley Joshua Selley Mrs E Thomas James Bishop Joseph 11 Tatson J H Back Mrs C C R Wells Joseph Pugsley Sar gent Katz William Pearson S F Taylor Jerry Grindrod Mrs J H Haslam Mrs Kate Sleater George Hansen Joannes Halvorsen Alternates Mrs Olive Kimball Mrs S F Taylor Sam Gartoett George E Wallace G W Timpson W P Mc Keaver H Walters Mrs J H Rumel D 11 Whittaker W E Langford Fourth Precinct Fourth Precinct C Dunoar Mrs N W Clayton George D Pyper H G Whitney J E Caine Byron Groo C R Savage S W Stewart F Ferguson Fer-guson F E Barker J A Maynes R W Young C B Stewart Mrs M I Stewart J D Ford Eugene Lewis C Dangerfield O Allen J P Bache Alternates P Richards Mrs Kate Burton r A Clayton Mrs H P Henderson D L Murdock Fifth Precinct Fifth PrecinctCharles Baldwin Charles J Pence William C Jennings Alexander MoMaster David L Levey Charles Livingston J M Wardrop George Cullins CharlesS Wilkes Mrs Nellie R Little H B Aldons Mrs Heber J Grant John Woodburn M M Coffey D B Tewksbury M Hammerslaugh Susan B Emery Alternates Mrs Jane Freeze Mrs Kate Heesch Louis Hook Miss Em meline Wells 11 B Sowles A A Gibson Gib-son Mrs Geraldine Thomstoff Lively ProceedIngs As soon a the list of delegates for the judicial convention was announced the fun of the evening began H V Meloy offered the following resolution Whereas Absolute acquiescence in the decision of the majority is the vital it principle of the Democratic party be Resolved That no person should be permitted to occupy a seat in any convention con-vention of the party who will not be bound by the acts of that convention This provoked the opposition of J B Timmony who thought i would be time to pass such resolutions when Democrats refused to abide by decisions deci-sions of party conventions He wanted no gag law passed which would interfere inter-fere with Democracy Alfales Young stated that as Weber county had declared for war had declared de-clared that she would not be bound by the acts of the state convention in relation to endorsing senators i was fitting that this convention niace itself on record I is a question as to which shall control the Democracy Weber county or Utah Hugh Watson was against the resolution reso-lution He wanted it defeated We should not cross a bridge until we reach it This resolution relates to business which should properly comer come-r before the state convention If it should be adopted the state convention conven-tion will still have to consider i as it does affect that body Continuing Mr Watson declared he did not want any eruption in the party He believed be-lieved in harmony in extending the olive branch rather than Inviting strife Wait until Ogden acts in the state convention and if then she does not act in accord with the party it will be time to take heroic measures tme J R Letcher favored the measure I is a principle of the party and the government that the will of the majority ma-jority must be acquiesced in As he viewed it the resolution made no war on Weber or any other county Murphys Plan Walter Murphy arose to offer a substitute sub-stitute for all the matters before the house in the shape of another resolution I resolu-tion of a humorous nature Whereas The Democrats of Weber county embody in themselves the clearest wisdom and highest statesmanship states-manship to be found nyithin the Utah Democracy and have occasionally constituted I con-stituted themselves and of right ought to be and are the supreme court of errors er-rors and appeals for the Democratic party of Utah be it Resolved That the delegates sent by this convention to the socalled territorial ter-ritorial convention on September 5 be instructed to vote as follows FirstThat the Democratic party ot Utah execute a general power of attorney at-torney to the Democratic party at Weber county to name the Democratic candidates for the United States Senate Sen-ate and all Democratic candidates for state offices Second For the abolition hereafter of all state Democratic conventions and I for the substitution in lieu thereof of Weber county Democratic conventions with all the powers heretofore exercised exer-cised by state conventions The reading of this brought down the house and created a reign of good humor during which the first resolution resolu-tion and all matters following were laid upon the table I Rawlias and Thatcher I In tho midst of the applause which i followed this action the form of Judge I Powers was seen to rise Mr Chairman Chair-man said he when quiet was restored re-stored I have in the past thought best not to take action in relation to the endorsement of candidates for the United States senate I have held to this position because I did not think I wise to do so because I believed the success of the party might be jeopardized jeopar-dized But after carefully considering consider-ing the matter over I have Mr Dininny arose to a point of order amid cries of sit down Gentlemen will please preserve order or-der declared the chair The ser geantatarms will see to it that no confusion prevails The gentleman arises to a point of order State your point of order My point is this There 1 nothing before the convention for its consideration consid-eration replied Mr Dininny Mr Chairman said Judge Powers there Is nothing before the convention I conven-tion at this time but there will be t you will allow me to Introduce thTr resolution Judge Powers then read the following Resolved That the delegation from Salt Lake county to the territorial state convention b and they are here t 1 7 by instructed to favor the nomination by said convention of candidates for the United States senate and that said delegates are hereby instructed to cast their votes and use their influence to secure the jiomination of Joseph L Rawlins of Salt Lake and Moses Thatcher of Cache a such candidates and that the candidates for the legislature legisla-ture from the county a hereby instructed In-structed to vote for and use every legitimate means to secure the elec legimate tion of such persons as may be designated desig-nated by said state convention Storm of Applause Tho mention of the names of Thatcher and Rawlins carried the convention r con-vention off its ret For five minutes there was such a storm of applause that nothing tangible could be distinguished distin-guished Standing there like a mortal Boreas in a whirlwind of his own creation cre-ation Judge Powers waited for quiet aton assume a reign in order that he might speak to his resolution As soon as he could make himself heard he continued As I have said I have I in the past thought it best not to take any action looking toward the endorsement endorse-ment of candidates for the United States senate But calm reflection has led me to believe that we shall do a wise act if we adopt this resolution I believe with the great mjority of the Democratic party that senators should be chosen by a direct vote of the pe ple and that we should not depend upon the work of dark lantern caucuses cau-cuses where the seductive use of gold and silver is often felt Cheers and applause I have come to the conclusion con-clusion that the only means the people peo-ple of this state have of making themselves heard in the legislature is by the voice of their state eonvention I have learned with a great deal of gratification that Moses Thatcher cheers and Joseph L Rawlins renewed re-newed cheering will accept the positions posi-tions if elected And as I and all the rest of the Democrafs of this territory know the Republicans are in a position posi-tion where they do not know whether their candidate is from Utah or Cali fornia cheers and laughter as they will not have the opportunity of knowing know-ing whether they atv voting to select a man from Salt Lake or San Francisco Fran-cisco I have thought perhaps it is best for this convention to declare in favor of men from Utah More cheering cheer-ing I urge upoi you the passage a this resolution inscribe the names of these two Utah men upon your banners ban-ners and march to victory Long and tumultuous applause Governor Opposes SIt S-It was then that Governor West arose to oppose the measure in the effort of his life Standing before the convention in a hopeless minority with defeat face to face with him the executive made J > striking speech in opposition to the resolution Mr Chairman said he < I never ce like to fight a popular movement I never like to oppose any measure such as this resolution contemplates never feel like taking a part In a measure which precipitates such a battle as this one will But I can assure you that I am doing what I think is best for the party when I take my stand against it I believe it is fraught with danger to the party Cries of Oh i Oh I is tantamount to slate making i mak-ing and the Democracy of this territory will be on guard against slate making Let us look at this matter advisedly I The legislature will be composed of eighteen senators and fortyfive members mem-bers of the lower house sixtythree in all You and I know what we may expect ex-pect from this county where we have fifteen to elect Every county In this territory must have an equal chance In the selection of United States senators Every county is represented in the leg islature Under a plan of this kind you give to Salt Lake Weber Davis and Cache the nomination of the United States senators and shut out the balance bal-ance of the state You violate tie principles of Democratic party and the spirit of the constitution The people have as yet not discussed this plan You are bringing it up here without notice Cries of Oh Oh I admit the worthiness of the two men mentioned for these exalted positions Great cheering But while I admit this I also claim Utah has other sons equally well fitted for the places I have evidence continued Governor Gover-nor West that induces me to believe and assert here that this convention has been packed Hisses conventon I may hiss and hiss All men who hiss are those who do not work in the open Men who hiss are those who do the work in the dark which you have been i decrying those who hiss are those who I do not stand upon the earth I repeat 11 know what your actions have been in relation to this matter I as a Democrat I Demo-crat have the right to stand here and I speak my mind I speak boldly and I fearlessly as I can speak boldly and fearlessly I am no candidate for any office under this state and neither have neiher I I any friends who I am coaching and I endorsing for place I say to you that I your action here today is but the be ginning of a voyage to destruction and i that the rocks which you wish to avoid i are even now in sight of the craft of craf I Democracy I Now if these two men have the hold i i upon the hearts of the people you say I they have their chances will not de teriorate by waiting the two and one Ii half months which elapse between now I and the time when the legislature I shall meet They Wil1 Stand the test of time if they are the men you claim they are I In reference to the motion of Mr Meloy whIch you have laid on the table It refers to Weber Can you elect any Democratic CTTrnvy Democrate candidates rlth out Weber From whence do you ex pect your votes for these men From this county alone i beseech you Democrats In all serf I I ousness and in all earnestness do o not I pass this resolution Go into your coun I ties and elect your legislature Then your worthy sons can go before the leg islature and they can choose from among them who < are the most worthy There may be others in Utah who are enttle to your support If after your legtete ture is elected you want to endorse these men by popular movement you can call a mass meeting and with 4000 voices you can urge their fitness for the positions Whether you here have honest motive or not I am sure that your action will re suit is nothing but regret I am satis fled this movement was engineered by men with selfish motives and urge you to let your wishes for the success of the party govern you in the matter Governor let me ask you who engin eered the Weber county delegation said Alfales Young I am told it was the unanimous choice of the Democracy of Weber county was the reply Then If the Weber county delegation can speak its sentiment certainly Salt Luke county has the same right Cheers H J Dinniny declared against the measure saying that while he was in favor of the men ho did not want to handicap them by any such action He thought the convention had been carried off its feet in the reading of the resolu tion where sober second thought would teach that such action should not have been taken There is a majority of the voters of Utah which last fall cast their votes for the Republican party which we want this corning electon If this scheme is placed In operation we will not get them Besides this there are Jther reasons rea-sons There are men in the territory who would like to be senators Pass this reso lution and pass it in the state conven tion and you take them from the right when they are needed You take away all chances of their assistance in a financial way and the assistance of their friends It is said that the convention Is neat the people The leg slature is nearest the people the whole people because the people elect the members thereof The legislature elected by the whole people is nearer to Ud than are party conventions conven-tions If this resolution Is passed It reflects re-flects discredit upon the members of the legislature There is another view of this matter which should be taken into consideration considera-tion declared the speaker Suppose one of these men should die Cries of Oh Oh and Ah Ah Or suppose that one of them should do some apt which would I render It impossible for him to serve Shouts of They will not do It They I cannot do it Oh yes they can Stranger things than this have happened in this I territory Cries of When who I tell I you gentlemen of the convention you are making a mistake when you take this action ac-tion you arc precipitating a right which you might as well avoid Sloan Say Pass It R W Sloan speaking of the resolution said It was a matter of suggestion only One might as well say we have no right in convention assembled to ask a legislature legisla-ture to pass a certain law as we have to say we should not say who are our choice for these positions Referring to the statement state-ment by the previous speaker that men with money will retire from the ranks oC the party because they have no chance in the race for the senatorship he declared de-clared that if we are to be victorious by the ambitious avarice of men with money to spend it were better to suffer defeat If this is to be the plan of the campaign we should go to the people and tell them that money talks and let them take such a course as they deem best Tt is claimed that three or four counties can name the senators if they have a majority why should they not It Is asserted this resolution res-olution Is the result of a trick I deny it said JI Sloan These men are enshrined in the hearts of the people from St George on the south to the utmost limits 01 Cache county coun-ty on the north and this resolution is the result of a spontaneous outbreak In their favor If men with money desert the cause by reason of this action let them go We will yaiii more by taking this course than by keeping them with usA us-A Pertinent Qc tlon A T Schroeder at this point aroso and asked Governor West who his candidates for the Senate were My candidates arc the candidates which the Democratic party may select was the reply Mr Chairman I am answered was Mr Schrocdcrs response amid great applause ap-plause Ijctchcr For the Measure J R Letcher advocated the passage oC the resolution as one which placed the selection of senators nearesT the people Mr Chairman we elect delegates to notional no-tional conventions and they nominate a man Then electors are chosen by the people and they obey the voice tot the people in convention assembled Mr Letcher concluded bv alluding to the action ac-tion of the people of Illinois in choosing John M Palmer in exactly the same manner man-ner as this convention is doing Tlmmony Fights It J B Timmony declared in favor oC RawlinS but said hp was against th measure because he did not believe it wag right for Salt Lake county which hat no chance of electing a member of thft legislature to so into the state convention and presume to dictate as to who should be chosen as benators In the interest oc Rawlins and Thatcher he urged the voting vot-ing down of the resolution Powers CloseS Judge Powers in a reply said the distinguished dis-tinguished governor urges trre defeat because be-cause it is in the interest of a clique Yes that clique is the Democratic party Applause Why can not the people instruct in-struct their representatives The gentleman gen-tleman says we have no assurance that wo will elect any member from this county If this Is so who do we meet and nominate Coming as you do from the people you have a right to speak the voice of the people Stop not because some man may drive the hung into his barrel We are not electing men on California Cali-fornia Bold I ask you to stand by Joe Rawlins your standard bearer last ran I ask you to stand by Moses Thatcher who has held Cache county Democratic If Weber county wants to secede lea them read secession history for an answer an-swer The resolution was adopted by an overwhelming over-whelming vote those declaring against It being very few in number The convention then adjourned |
