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Show TLIK DEMOCRACY. Tho Ten ilonnl ConvtMiliuii Yesterday. Klortiou of Kaillil'ul De-legates to St. l.ouis. A Houiitl Oomoeriide. l'lut-foriu. l'lut-foriu. Tho territorial democratic convention conven-tion met in tho city hall yesU rday, und wai called to order by Mr. 11 ad-ley ad-ley 1. Johnson, chairman of the territorial ter-ritorial central committee. Ou motion of Col. Pago, Mr. John-ion John-ion was elected temporary ehairm n, and on motion of Mr, E. N. Fuller, Or. J. R. Park, temporary iecretaiy. i Mr. Faust moved that tho chair appoint a commit too of live on em-deulials. em-deulials. Carried, and tho following Were appointed said committee : J. L. Rawlins, R. C. Chamber, II. J. Faust, J;inu's Taylor and Charles .Nibloy. Tl tmniift.-.i rtir.-,) nml dllrlML' : its absence Mr. Johnson, in answer to, prolougCil calls, treattl the d plegateflj toja rousing demoer.ttie speecli, t'.il. Pago was also ealUil lor a speech, an d , rc-ponded, bm bis address w.ts broki-n1 oil tiy the return of tho committee. I'no endential commit leo reported tho following delegates entitled to seats m tho convention from tho counties indicated : ir Klticr. R. H. Ratey, proxies for tho county delegation, six. (Wif. O. C. Cinusby, C. 0. Carl, E. D. Carpenter, 0. U. Foldsttl, S. M. Molen, Chas. Nibley, James Uns-worth, Uns-worth, A. U. Hobson, and M. O. Hammond. Jutil'. i B. Lewis, Juhu Pyper, and Robert -lexaivler. tall Ltkt,. P. Page, E. N. Fuller, Ful-ler, Ben Sheeks, Alex. C. Pvper, A. Miner, P. L. Williams. F. K. Rene-.liet, Rene-.liet, J. R. Park, Host a Stout, J. L. Rawiins. H. J. Faust. J. M. Benedict, Samuel Ur ni-luir.-t, Win. Cooper, 'A. Snow, jr., X. R. Miller, J. C. l.iddell, H. Li. demons, and T. J. Almy. Summit. R. O. Cliambers, W. E. Psek, and E. R. Young. Ti-flt. John Lawrence, J. HutV, M. T. Gisborn, P. L. Snoatl, U. K. Warren, and J. S. Lee. L'Ia.'i. J. E. Booth, proxies for tho countv delegation, ten. nu'ii,iu.n. A. F. McDonald and Jacob Gates, Jr. Earll, J. G. Tyler, A. 1! Snakes-peare, Snakes-peare, F. A. Sluells, James Taylor, . J. J. Murphy ind C. W. l'eimvc. The repoit wjs receivi-d and avlop-ted. avlop-ted. On motion of Minor, Mr. Ben. Siieeks was elected permanent ehir-m:m, ehir-m:m, and on motion ut Williams, Dr. J. R. Park secretary. The convention i'i-in fully organized, organ-ized, on motion ofJuimson the eliair appointed tiie lolloping a couiiuittuo to nominate delegates to the natiuual convention at St. Louis: Jonnsou, Snow, Niblay, Pack and Rawlins. Ou motion of Chambers the chair appointed a committee on resolutions as follows; Chambers, Shoafl", B. Wil-lisms, Wil-lisms, Lewis and Fuller. Oa motion of Faust the chair appointed ap-pointed the following a committee to select names for a territorial central committee: Faust, Page an4 Ornishy. Tne committee on St. Louis dt legates le-gates reportevl tlie namps of Mr. R. C. Chambers and Col. J. P. Page as del egatts, and Col. S. F. N'uckoils and Mr. P. L. Williams as alternate, nil of whom were unanimously elected, the vote leing Liken by coon'.ies. The committee on n-suiu'iuoi reported re-ported the following. liesolvctl, hy :ha domjeraoy of Utah, in eonvtrn'.i'.m asiombii4, ih.it we re-alfirio re-alfirio our devotion to the principles and poiicy which disting'jiih the deiuocra'.ie party of the naii'.'ii, and a; itora'-ul in ihi-tl.-claratijLB of it; national council;, & fjll.iwe: The equality of all men before tho iaw and the duty of the government hi us dt-aiiiig; with the people to nictc uir. J equHl and exact ju-tie-j to all, of whatever nativity, race, eoior or persusioi, re-lii'jU5 re-lii'jU5 or political. Toe insiot' n.ice of the Union and the coustitu-lipn coustitu-lipn inviolate, and for the individual, indi-vidual, the largest liberty confiiWnt with public order. Loc 1 self government, with impartial tutlrae, injtad of cerilraiized power, to guard the rights of nil cili.oii. Tho supremacy of the civ il over the military authority, and fre.i-ra of person under tho protection of the habeas corpus. That the public credit shod bo sacredly sa-credly maintained, and the lmar.cia! policy of congre.-s should bo arranged upi-'n tho basis of justice to all cIr-c, with special rtfereneo to thereitoritioD of osr dirpreEiod buinii5S indust.-ie-. The civil service of the f-ovorn-rcent having become a mere instrument , of part ;tin tyranny and personal ambition ambi-tion ar.d an object of seliish greed, a scandal and reproach upon Jreo in-flitutions, in-flitutions, breeding a doiuorahxition dangerous to the jierpf-tuity of reJiib-lican reJiib-lican government, wo therefore regard a thorough reform of the civil servicj a; one of the mo;t preying necessities o:' the hour; that honesty, capacity and ridelity should constitute the only valid claims to public employm-nt; tbtt the oliices. of tiio fiovi-rnment should ce-se to be a matter of arbitrary favoritism and patrontge, and that public elation Eboulil become ugttin a post of honor. That we arraign the party that for the pasi. tii'teen years ha ruled t!io natimi. tor 1 1 fuitlikssnesi ti thv intereUf the peo. pie at large; f-r its disregard of constitutional constitu-tional obligations as exemplified in fostering fos-tering rich and oppressive monopolies and subsidizing powerful corporations; for encouraging and countenancing corruption cor-ruption in tho various depart men li of the govern merit. That the best in'.ere-Ls of Utah require re-quire that iU citizens should array themselves under the banners of the great political parties of the cmntry; ihat the formation of political organizations organiza-tions upon tho basis of differences in religious belief, is opposed to the genius of our ropir.ilioan system of government, and only tends to produce bitterness ol feeling and strife among citizens, while business is injured and industrial development devel-opment retarded. Mr. Shoafl, of the committee, presented pre-sented the following minority report: Hesolvcd, That tho separation of church and Etato is a fundamental and essential principle of tho democratic party, inculcated by the teachings of the founders of the American constitution; and that tho cxis'enco of a theocracv in any portion ol' our county is a Btanding menace to popular institutions, and subversive sub-versive of individual and political freedom. free-dom. licsolved. That long osparionco has suggested tho imperative neco-ssity of a radical reformation in our territorial and municipal administrations, and Hint the tirst step to advance this object, and to assurejusl and equitable government is the eimctment by congress of election and jury laws', that wdl guarantea to American citizens their inalio.iable rights and privileges. Both reports wero received, and ifter some skirmishing in which Messra. Rawlings, Johnson and Williams Wil-liams took part, tho majority report was adopted by tho convention, with one or two dissenting votes, as the platform of tho democratic parly in Utah. The committoe reported the following follow-ing as a territorial central commiLeo: H. D. Johnson, Weber county; A. Miner, Salt Lake; J. E. Johnson, Washington; P. L. Shoafl', Tooele; W. IX Roberts, Utah; O. C. Ormsby, Cache; P. L. Williams, Salt Like. The report was received and unanimously unan-imously adopted, and the central committee com-mittee wan empowered to fill vacancies. vacan-cies. The convention adjourned at 5 p-m., p-m., after a harmonious session of three hours. |