Show ENOCH DAVIS CASE STROXG EFFORT BEING MADE IN HIS BEHALF I 1 Petition Presented to Governor West Yesterday Asking That the Sentence Sen-tence Be Commuted to Imprisonment Imprison-ment For Life Mrs BOTVIUUU Cannons Can-nons Work Mrs Boman Cannon called at the caled executive office yesterday morning and presented to the governor a petition praying that the sentence of Enoch Davis be commuted to imprisonment for life It had the signatures of twentysix well known ladles and Mrs Cannon said she might have added ad-ded many more to the list but time was limited and she believed that that number would indicate the strong sentiment in favor of the commutation of the sentence Mrs Cannon is a cheeryfaced little lady with the courage of her convic1 tions and she Is convinced that Enoch Davis is not guilty of the premeditated murder of his wife Her knowledge of the case i confined to newspaper accounts and to the versipns of the story from former neighbors of the prisoner She has never talked with the prisoner for she did not wish to be influenced by his story But she had been Impressed from the first by the idea that he was unjustly sentenced sentenc-ed to death and felt that an effort should be made to save him from the impending execution Such was the story she told in a modest way and with a charming lit tie foreign accent Her pleasant rosy countenance was aglow with enthusiasm thusiasm as she talked with his excel lency ibut she did not make the mistake mis-take nine women out of ten do talk around above and beneath the subject and never quite come to the point Her remarks were simple and direct and when she had stated the case she took her leave Another precaution women might do well to follow if they wish to make a good impression on a busy man of affairs The governors reply was noncommittal noncom-mittal but something she caught that sounded like the best I can made his callers face brighten I you do the best you can I know you will commute the sentence she said as she left She returned to her duties as mother and housewife at her home 461 South Main street and R glimpse at the in tdrior and its occupants showed that she understood and performed those duties well I have give most of my time this week to the petition she said and I met but two ladies who refused to sign it I met with much encouragement from the gentlemen as well as the ladies but I choose to get the signatures of the ladies because we know they are not so easily Influenced In-fluenced at least to sign a petition as the other sex is I hope the governor will commute the sentence I almost believe he will though he made no such promise At any rate I have done what I could She seemed Unconscious seeme conscious of the quotation Patting the head of a promising young man of six yearswho clung to her hand she said I am glad it is over I dreaded the experience but I felt it was my duty Following Is the petition Salt Lake City Utah Aug 23 1894 To Whom it May Concern The bearer Mrs Bowman Cannon will present to you a petition to be given to his excellency Governor West asking that the case of Enoch Davis now Imprisoned In the penitentiary be investigated and his sentence commuted commu-ted to life imprisonment We believe that this object lsa worthy one and should receive the sympathy and support sup-port of the citizens of Salt Lake C C GOODWIN C W BENNETT JOHN T CAINE ALLEN FOWLER M D J C CONKLIN C W BUCKHOLZ F O HORN ARTHUR BROWN L SCANLAN I To His Excellency Governor Caleb Wj West Governor of Utah Territory I We the undersigned ladies of Salt Lake city believing that there are circumstances cir-cumstances connected with the case of Enoch Davis now imprisoned in the penitentiary of this territory under sentence of death which if known to your excellency would warrant you in commuting his sentence to life imprisonment I im-prisonment respectfully ask that such I circumstances be Investigated and that I your excellency commute his sentence I of death to life imprisonment We I make this appeal to your excellency I believing that such act on your part I will receive the approbation of many I of our best citizens Very respectfully MRS J L RAWLINS I PRISCILLA P JENNINGS HANNAH MCORNICK AGATHA I CONKLIN NAOMI A CONKLIN AGATHA B CONKLIN JENNIE HORN CATHERINE H HORN MRS JOSEPHINE HENDERSON MRS J R WALKER JR MRS S C PARK MRS S F WALKER MRS FRANK PIERCE MRS RUDOLPH ALFF MRS NEPHI W CLAYTON MRS THOMAS MARSHALL MRS MARGARET B SALISBURY KATE SHARP WILLIAMS REBECCA P UTTER MRS L M DOWNEY ELIZA K ROYLE MRS J W DONELLAN OLIVE M DONELLAN MARGARET GLENDINNING i IDA NOBLE EDITH NOBLE MARY M SMEDLEY Respectfully submitted MRS BOWMAN CANNON THE CONSTITUTION A T Heist Replies to the Criticism < r bt Slr Fernstromj Salt Lake City Sept 1 My friend Fernstrom in his letter of last Tuesday does not controvert a single principle of my letter of last Sunday but rather borrows trouble about something which someone else ha said I did not say there was any demagog ism in the demand for legislative representation rep-resentation from residents of local districts dis-tricts What I did say was that demagogues dem-agogues would make such a demand at a time when it ought not to be made Neither did I say that there was any part of Utah where the people are so ignorant that no suitable representative representa-tive can be found I did say that a case might arise in which a man of greater ability might be found among I the nonresident than among the residents resi-dents of a district and that in such an event i both represent equally well the political opinions of the voter then the one with greater ability should I be chosen Mr F has not denied this I did not say that any Scandinavian had been proposed for office who could I not read nor write rea wrte What I did say was that no man I should ever be nominated because he I was a Scandinavian but solely because the particular man is the ablest defender j I de-fender of the political views of the I voter I 1 The fact of his being a Scandinavian I should neither help nor injure his chances for nomination or election and I me in this Mr F evidently agrees with meIt Is perhaps true that the whole Scandinavian people have never demanded deman-ded that a man be nominated because he was a Scandinavian It is equally true that at almost every convention the friends of some candidate have I urged his claims not upon the ground of his having greater ability than I other candidates but upon the ground I I that his nomination was being demanded demand-ed by his clan Mr F should know that not many years ago certain Scandinavians Scan-dinavians organized an independent po I lltical club which had for its purpose itb i compel the nomination of Scandinavians I Scandina-vians by all parties I I remember j I rightly SPi F then joined with I I i Mr Nielson myself and others i in condemning that organization I1 I i did not say that business men and lawyers should make all the laws I did say that usually the political opinion of laboring men could be a well represented and better defended I by a business man or lawyer than by a hodcarrier Wen this is true the laboring men owe it to themselves to I elect him All of this only means again I I i that ability and opinions should count I and nothing else None of these things I are denied neither is there any abuse contained in these statements I I Mr F does not deny that it is poUt i calv opinions the inhabitants and not I inhabItant geographical districts that are the basis of representation Neither does he give I any reason why the people of Davis county should be depraved of the liberty lib-erty of selecting the ablest man in Utah to represent tem In the legislature I legisla-ture of Utah if i they desire to do so I I fear that the natural enthusiasm 1 of my friend Fernstrom for his Scandinavian Scan-dinavian friends together with an oversensitive I sensitive disposition has led him to j assume that I was asking discrimina tioh against Scandinavians etc when II was only contending against discriminations discrim-inations in their favor Let u always have the ablest man regardless of the accident of birthplace or residence r creed or clan and ask of Him only that his voice in legislative council be representative repre-sentative of our opinions Read my last letter again Brother J Fernstrom leaving behind the memory of other injustices that may have been 4 J done your friends Give to my words yur wrs their ordinary meaning enlarge on 1 complain nothing and of you will find nothing t j j A T HEIST j |