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Show BKET1SC FUR On I V ATIOR S. A meeting of the electors of Salt Lake county convened in the old tabernacle tab-ernacle yesterday at Z p.m., pursuant to the call published in the Herald on Friday and yesterday mornings, for i the purpo-i of making nominations for ! candidates at the coming election. I There was a largo number of ladies and gentlemen present, and, on motion of hon. Albert Carrington, judee Z. Snow was elected to preside; Paul A. Schettler, Eq.t being elected secretary. secre-tary. Tho chairman briefly referred to the object for which they bad met, and a committee of seven on nominations was appointed, consisting of D. EL Wells, J. D. T. McAllister, S. W. Richards, Joseph F. Smith, John Sharp, Alra. Joseph Home and Orson Pratt. The committee then retired to con- suit on nominations, and the chair addressed ad-dressed the meeting. He spoke of the work of tho convention, con-vention, of which he bad been a member, mem-ber, and considered that U' the constitution consti-tution framed would bo endorsed by the people and by congress, it would result in increased prosperity in every respect for the new State; for when people enjoy the power of self-government, self-government, th y put forth all their energies for individual and united development. In tho legislative legis-lative department he favored the election elec-tion of a proportionate number. of young men, who may bo considered vigorous, and of men who have gained experience and acquired wisdom by years. General Baruum, having come in, was called on for a speech by a number of voices. He said it gave him pleasure pleas-ure in a political convention to say ladies and gentlemen, for in almost all parts of the United States, thc.ladics, not having been admitted to the elective elec-tive franchise, do not participate in the primary conventions. He had the honor and pleasure of participating in the convention that framed the consti-4ffl.ion consti-4ffl.ion lor the proposed State. He could not remain in any community of i which he formed a part without taking an interest in tho welfare, growth, prosperity pros-perity and development of the people; and when a plan was proposed to make Utah a Stalo he could not but take part in the movement. (Applause.) He did not agree with any set of men who held that people should remain year after year in the condition of a Territory, waiting for the time to come when a minority should become a majority, before they should receive a State government. When the peo-. pie possess numbers, intelligence and j importance sufficient to mantain a! State government, he held they had- a right to possess it, and whether the time had or had not arrived in which Utah had reached a proper condition to secure a State government, it was lime to begin tho movement. The growth of a State is gradual. It is not composed of mountains, valleys, farms, i orchards, mines, mills and factories; ! these do not make a State; but it is composed of virtuous and honorable women, high-minded and noble men. (Applause.) He had differed in several points with tho majority of tho convention, conven-tion, and ho had done it frankly, but it was not for him to say whether the woik of the convention had been well or ill done; he would say, though, that if the people would do as well in the selection of candidates to the State legislature leg-islature and congress, as the convention conven-tion had done, ho was satisfied the government gov-ernment and people of the United States would approve their work. He had been in Utah long enough to be ! come acquainted with a great many' men and some women; he had found here gray haired men, nativos of New England Stales, men who wero the vanguard of the westward march of empire; who had faken their weary way to an unknown land, and planted the flag of their country in the Wasatch mountains: and these men and thesp women of Utah had made this country coun-try what it is, and to them he accorded the honor, lie was proud to meet here men and women from tho same State and county as himself; he looked at their works, at the great race from whiuh they had sprung, and. ho asked tho opponents of a State movement had theso men and women so wonderfully wonder-fully changed from the love of liberty nobly held by them and their kindred by merely traveling a thousand miles of desert to build up a new State in the great west. He believed they were the same men and women as before, be-fore, nuimatod with the saiuo noble purpose:;, and having the same inextinguishable inex-tinguishable lovo of liberty; and he 'was prepared to trust State government in their hands. Even if Utah should not he admitted within a few month, still, tho people could not move loo fast in preparing to have all tho machinery of State government gov-ernment ready for working. Ho differed dif-fered from those v:ho held that tho i people of a Territory should not take any steps to secure admission as a Slate until congress should pas an enabling en-abling act. It was right for the people in their sovereign capacity, to meet, petition for it and prepare for if, and discuss the prospects for securing admission, and he was glad the people had moved in tho mattf r; and animadverted ani-madverted on the nairow-minded bigotry, big-otry, so often and so widely manifested, 1 which was not willing that a man or a poodle s!,o;:!d cerc!;o thei.' rkhts of, liberty and freedom because of their opinions. BiU opinions ohnngo; and whatever uiitht be the opinion oi" the majority of Utah, to that ho was willing will-ing to bow as the sovereign mind of tho people. The cnpii'iiit;r. Oil nominations hav-1 hav-1 ine returned, hon. It. If. Wells, the i chairman, reported the following names: For representative in congress ' Frank Fuller. j For senators liom bait Lake, Tooele, ;aud Summit counties Wjiford Wood-' Wood-' rut', Ceo. lb Cannon, Win. Jennings antl Charles II. Henip!ead. For representatives from Salt Lake county John Taylor, Brighaui Voung, Jr., .lohnT. Caine, lv ! U'irnum, A. V. U'v!:wood and S. A. Mann. llcneral Bununn said be was compelled com-pelled to imperatively decline the nomination, nom-ination, buim'ss rendering it irupos-Uihle irupos-Uihle that he oould scp. e. I Motion uas made to 'refer the nominations nom-inations back to tho committee, but : did cot receive a second. A motion to substitute the name of Col. Tlios. P. Akers for General Barium's Bar-ium's was adopted. Tho report of ' the eomtuincc wai th-n put, as I amended, and was adopted by a large majority. j On motion, the meeting then . jOuiticd fiw. f.. |