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Show I THE DELEGATES TO THE PHILADELPHIA CONVENTION. It Thero havo bco two sots of ikli gates clcclcd to the rhiladilpliu con-voDtioa con-voDtioa from lltuh Terriiory. It u a (i maUerof indifTercmic to tiic 1 1 i;n.M.n . ' which is not a party paper whether either or neither or both cIh ;iiu ail-i ail-i mission, but that the situation may he ; fairly understood by the committee on candidates wo present the fo'.Iowiii history of proceeding in this behalf. Lfp to April of this year there has never been any political party oraniza-f oraniza-f tiona or attempts at fliich in Utah. The ,. only organized party was one calling . itself first "Liberal" and then "Na- tional," but none llepubliean or l)en-ooratio. l)en-ooratio. It was composed of both lic-y lic-y publicans and Democrats, and lis plat- I form was mainly antagonism to the ' t Mormons. It had a Territorial central , committee, which committee, however, I did not issuo any call or participate in issuing any call for either tho Salt t Lake or tho (Jorinne Ropubliean con- V ventione. In March last, alter the National , '.. oxecutive coroniiUce of the llepubliean party had issued its call inviting each ! Territory to send two delegates to the Philadelphia convention, somo gentle-men gentle-men in Salt Lake conceived tho idea of " organizing a Republican party in v Utah. Thoy accordingly issued a call for a Republican Territorial oonvention, , nviting eaoh county to send delegates according to a basis of apportionment ' therein prescribed. Tho invitation was accepted, and early in April a con- vention of 101 delegates, from every oounty in the Territory, assembled at . Salt Lake. This convontion adopted a r platform, choao a Territorial central committee, and elected Thomas Fitoh :1 and Frank Fuller delegates to Phila- j delphia, with Geo. A. Smith and Wm. Jennings as alternates. It is fair to ' ' state that a very large majority of the 1 ' delegates to this convention were Mor- , mons, elected by constituencies also 1 largely Mormon, and that many ."i , of what ia called tho "Gon'.ilo" j . Republicans did not participate j. in tho election. About a month afterwards a few Gentile Republicans, '1 1 who had kept aloof from the Salt Lake .' H 1 convention, issued a call for a Republi- "j can convention to assemblo at Corinno. i i In the election of delegates to this con-I con-I Tention thoso connected with the first , convention did not participate The ' - oonvention which mot at Coiinnc . ; adopted a platform, chose a committee, and elected A. S. Gould and O. J. ".,) Hollister delegates to the Philadelphia convention, with D. J. Toohcy and U. "i 1 G. Sawyer as alternates. Tho technical ground upon which , tho delegates elected at the Salt Lake ' , convention are entitled to admission . and the delegates elected at the Corinne convention are not, is simply that tho t. ' Salt Lake convention was hist in point of time. There will be little opportu-I- nity and less inclination at Philadel- phia to inquire into the cirou instances , under which delegates to each conven- tion were chosen, or it might be shown that the Cotinno convention is not en" !. titled to any countenance or considera- J tion whatever. Certainly it cannot be I truthfully asserted that either in fair ness or sufficiency of the invitation, or ; in the election, or in the conduct of :' the Salt Lake convention in any way from first to last, there was anything , which could form tho basis of legiti- , mate complaint. ' ; We suppose the simple truth to bo that the Corinne convention was called and conducted by a few Gentile Repub-; Repub-; licans, who were unwilling to cooper- t ato even for party purposes with Mor mon Republicans; and if the question , i of priority is disregarded, tho Phila- ' - ! delphia convention will decide simply i and purely whether the persons afore- , ! said shall or shall not be endorsed in their action. The vote of Utah ia over 25,000. ; Of this number not moro than one- tenth are Gentiles. Any political party which accomplishes anything in Utah, id far as voting is concerned, must be composed largely of - Mormons. If it is desired to en courage the Mormons to enter the Republican organization, the Phila-t Phila-t , delphia convention will admit the Salt j Iake delegates. If it is desired to cs- elude and discourage Mormons from tho Republican organization, then the, ;.j Philadelphia convention will admit the' j Corinne delegates. If it is desired to . make the Republican paity large in ." ( Utah, then the Philadelphia convrn- j tion will admit Frank Fuller and Geo. A. Smith (Mr. Fitch having declined! j '! to serve). If it is desired to confine itj ' I to a few men without following, then Gould and Ilollistcr will obtain thoir j Beats. ! If the Salt Lake delegates sre ad- j mitted, then ihosc who participated iu i their election will, by party usac and J obligation, be bound to sut:iin the Re- I publican organization. If ihey arc ex- ! eluded, then there i- a fnr "notice to i i quit." or rather notice that" they are not wauttd, and the voieis ean trovern t themselvvi accord iay. |