| Show I DEMOCRACY DAY I PROW legates Present From All Over the Count ENTHUSIASM WAS INTENSE LADIES AMONG THE MOST ACTIVE PARTICIPANTS i ew of Jut e Smiths Decision a1 2 OJlcn Received AVitli Ronndft of j Applause Other News of the Gar f den City of taI PROVO Aug 10Today was Democ racys day in Utah county and especially especi-ally in Provo From early morning till after 10 oclock people from all parts of the county came in to Provo The delegation was five hundred strong and represents the leading people peo-ple of the county At 9 oclock Dartons Free Silver band paraded the streets discoursing sweet music and at the Opera house was enlivened by music from the same appropriately band The Opera house was ately decorated with flowers banners and mottoes On the stage was arranged ar-ranged flowers in profusion Among the following the mottoes and banners were lowing J We serve our county through ourS our-S party t Federal power is the instrument of the popular will not its master Utah asked for bread from the Republicans Re-publicans and they gave us a stone Democracy gave us the bread of statehood state-hood t Among the prominent people on the stand were Judge King Chairman E A Wilson Judge H P Henderson Judge J W Judd Mrs F S Richards Mrs Home Mrs Dr Hannburg Mrs Electa Bullock and others At the appearance ap-pearance of Judges Henderson King and Judd there was long and loud applause ap-plause Called to Order At 1020 oclock Chairman E A Wilson Wil-son called the convention to order and gave a short history of what Utah county had done in the past He said this was the first convention ever held in this county where women were accorded k ac-corded equal privileges with men in deliberating and dictating the politics of the majority of the people of Utah county 11 Wilson announced that William Creer of Spanish Fork had been chosen to act as temporary chair moi moiMr Creer in taking the chair thanked the people for the honor and hoped that whatever was done would be for the best good of the people Mr Creer stated that the Democratic members of the constitutional convention conven-tion had voted solid for the enfranchisement enfran-chisement of women Applause Prime Evans of Lehi was elected temporary secretary and Miss May Brown of Provo assistant secretary Committees were appointed on credentials cre-dentials permanent organization and order of business Mrs Home Speaks t Judge Milner moved that the convention conven-tion hear from a Utah pioneer lady 3Irs Home of Salt Lake city That lady paid a high tribute to the Semo cifetic party and principles She wished it understood that the Democratic Demo-cratic party should be thanked for the enfranchisement of women was glad ac eego iiiehy nvomen tent Irs Home Slt The declaration of independence in-dependence said all men were created free ami equal and I hold that men and women were created free and equal Applause Wo can take part in politics and yet be just a good wives and mothers as ever we were Mrs Home spoke of the administration administra-tion of the two different parties and showed wherein the Democratic principles prin-ciples if carried out were the better for the masses of the people When the Republicans took hold of the government gov-ernment there was but two or three millionaires in the United States but after thirty years of their misrule and ruin there were thousands of millionaires million-aires and the masses were virtually in bondage Mrs Home closed with a fitting tribute tri-bute to the Democratic ladies of fLJtah county and Utah territory A committee of one from each precinct pre-cinct was named by the different precincts t pre-cincts to readjust the county organization organiza-tion Adjourned till 2 p m Afternoon Session At that hour the convention was called to order by Chairman Creer who asked that the committee on credentials creden-tials now report The secretary read the report which was adopted The secretary also read the report of committee on permanent organization organiza-tion and order of bush s which was as follows A O Smoot president Ellen Haymond first vicepresident Mrs Margaret Caddie second vice president Mrs L J Wightman third vice president George Cunningham fourth vice president Ellen Jakeman secretary Susan S Meassom and Hiram Clark assistant secretaries President Smoot in assuming the b duties thanked the convention for the honor conferred and made a very neat and telling speeches Spoke of Christs admonition to his followers that they love their neighbors as themselves This the speaker said was the quintes r nce of Democracy At the close of his speech President Smoot read n telegram from H H Rolapp of Ogden to Judge H P Hen derson announcing that Judge Smith had decreed that women should vote at the coming election This announcement announce-ment was received with hearty applause ap-plause minutes which continued for fully five I A telegram was also read from B H Roberts stating that he would be I In Provo at 620 p m Applause Prayer was offered by Chaplain I Argyle of Lake Shore Music by the band Ellen Jakeman not being present Prime Evans of Lehi was elected to act as secretary in her stead Mrs Kiolmnls Spealc The order of business was liere dispensed dis-pensed with and Mrs F S Richaids was Introduced who said she wished to congratulate the people here and I especially the women because she said we are going to vote this rail thanks to the Democratic party The speakErs I speakEr-s d she was proud to say abe was a Democrat because she believed in equal rights to all and special privileges privi-leges to none V jult is said that women did not have jTie to take part In politics but the saker said that this was not so The average woman had as much time as the average man and just as good aright a-right to takeadvantage of the opportunities oppor-tunities which had been gIven them Judge Judd Judge J W Judd was the next speaker who said that Democracy was s part and parcel of his very existence ex-istence and never lost in opportunity to say so nor to say deserving words of condemnation of ana to Republicans cans The speaker read from a letter written by one of the judges of the supreme court which lays the blame 1 pn to the shoulders of the Republican I Jparty for the hard times of 189394 The peaker was applauded on many oc J i easions for the witty saying and deep I 3 j Q hard cuts given to the Republican party a Mrs Camion Mrs Mattie Hughes Cannon was the next speaker She said her mother had drawn a handcart over the plains to help establish a principle of Democracy De-mocracy religious liberty She blamed the Republicans for the demonetiza tion of silver and for not restoring i She looked for much from the women Readjustment The report of the committee on readjustment re-adjustment was then made They recom nded that the chairman of each precinct organization be made ex officio member of the central committee tee and one lady from each precinct be added and elected by this convention Some discussion was had The matter mat-ter was finally disposed of by the adoption adop-tion of the report and Able J Evans of Lehi was elected as chairman of the countv committee of Utah county Mr Evans was elected as vicepresi dent of the Democratic organization of Utah This election joins the two organizations but before the report was adopted all of that part which pertains to the meaning of the vice president of the societies as chairman was stricken out In order to get the voice of the convention as to who should be chairman I Mr Evans who was unanimously elected was called upon He said the honor was unsought but he would work day and night if necessary for the success of those principles which he so dearly loved E A Wilson was elected secretary but declined the position Sam A King was then elected to that position and Mrs Ellen Jake man as assistant secretary Douglas A Swan was elected as treasurer and the following ladies were elected as members of the county central committee com-mittee Mrs 11 L Pratt Provo First ward CMrs D D Houtz Second ward Mrs John A Warner Third ward Mrs J L Clayton Fourth ward Miss May Bell Thurman Fifth ward Mrs Ella Haymond Springville Mrs E A Hutchinson Spanish Fork Mrs Luella Lu-ella Johnson Mapleton Mrs L J Whitman Payson Miss Alice Ells worth Santaquin Mrs Vina Moore Spring Lake Mrs S O Curtis Salem Mrs Annie Stewart Benjamin Mrs Mary Ann Jones Lake Shore Mrs Hannah Peterson Lehi Mrs H S Lapish American Fork Mrs Elmina Wilson Highland Mrs Leona Clark Pleasant Grove Mrs Lida A Hold away Vineyard r George C Scots Scot-s Lake View Mrs Johanah Patten Provo Bench The convention then adjourned till 5 oclock pm evening Session At S oclock the meeting was called to order by Sam A King who intro Juced Abel J Evans as chairman of me evening Chairman Evans announced that Miss May Bell Thurman would be the first speaker Miss Thurmans speech was characteristic of her and was well received with applause Judge Henderson JudgeH P Henderson was next introduced in-troduced and said that the beautiful oration just delivered by Miss Thurman was by far the best he had ever heard from a lady I would thoroughly convince con-vince the people that ladies were capable of exercising the franchise intelligently in-telligently The speaker asked the ladles to enquire into the principles of the two contending parties and vote their honest convictions The speaker said that no political party or organization organ-ization was without fault Dont be a Democrat becauseyou hate some Republicans Re-publicans Accord to all Republicans the right to their conviction We have some good personal friends who are Republicans and we resent anything said against them personally Ridicule and sarcasm Is to be permitted only when aimed at the principles of the oposition The party that organized the government was the Democratic party The man that wrote the declaration de-claration of indfij > end Democrat Demo-crat The judge used comparisons and told of thr > history of the two parties from their earliest inception The speaker elated a circumstance which is not generally knownthat Thomas Jefferson who wrote the declaration of independence which was adopted on the 4th of July himself died on that day in 1821 i Other Speakers Mrs Electa Bullock favored the audi lock ence with a short speech and was followed fol-lowed by B H Roberts who was listened to with wrapt attention The hour being late Mr Roberts was compelled com-pelled hearers to close too soon to suit his Xotes Abel J Evans is an able and efficient dent politician Judge H P Henderson was warmly received by the people of Provo and Utah county Miss Thurman was a fitting representative repre-sentative of the Womans Democratic earned club of Provo Her honors were well A hearty vote of thanks was given B A Wilson and Sam A King for the efficient work done in behalf of the party in the past Thomas Smith and Fred Littlefield were arrested today and brought to Provo on a charge of housebreaking They are accused of breaking Into a Chinamans house at unnyside They will have a hearing before Commissioner Commis-sioner Dudley on Tuesday next A scurrilous article appears in the Enquirer this evening accusing Howe 6 Taft prominent wholesale grocers of this city of being partisan in the arranging of an excursion to Saltair next Thursday The fact of the mat ten > Is Howe Taft asked for bids on th2 advertising of the excursion and the Democratic d printers bid 4 lower than the Enquirer people and got the work Now the Enquirer attempts at-tempts to get even by asking Republicans Repub-licans to not patronize the excursion Never was there a more contemptible piece of journalism attempted and It will certainly consign the writer to the background where he belongs Howe Taft are reputable businessmen business-men and all the writer of that article can say against them is that they are Democrats The gentlemen are proud of this and the majority or the people are with them Their enterprise will be a success referred suc-cess more to so on account of the article |
