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Show S. A. Merritt. David Evans, A a. Norrell. If. Sf. Bond Mad J. H. Wokwtt, t e and the same is her by Mttefled aad coalirmed. ResoliHd, That we contia'iv Invite to f ill fellowship fel-lowship in the any all iuw-aliid n r Amerlnm citizens wi hout r 'spect io creed. .olor, r pre-vio pre-vio j condition of servitude, but w ' invite none whi will be a demoi rat todav i.nd a repnbl.cnn tomorrow to-morrow at the dictation of any prinw, potentate, priest or sovereignty whatever. Jiesolved, h it existing po itical SB social conditions in wils territory no not warnirt any immediate radical cnangelti its rovernmnit. 'J ae recent taberiisu le utterances of thf first pi. -dency of the Monn m churcii, a well as onr experience ex-perience aud observation jf recent town cleeti n.! in the terr:t ry shew with certainty the oontinn il dominance ot the church over the eoHlicel o i-dnet i-dnet Of its membsrs. If ar.vthm; wen- wanting in the pioof, we -have it in tiie a Imlstieas in last platform of tiie i-o-called democratic conven; tioiTat Ogden, wherein it is decline I a a hu t, "that the recent use of ecclesiastical influence to further political ends is a dangerous mera-e to the libertie ; of our p ople." This finding o1 f ct justifies the conclusion of the ft ill democracy th.it the danger to our liberties from church domination dom-ination is not vet p:;s. Rtsoln-I, T at the dectara'i ns inthe platform of the Otff'.en convention charging opjeveness ol the Federal government of tin territory are cross ntisrepreeentatiotts We a ounce them us being hurtful to the sociaj ar.l material int. rests of the terrery. in that th y lend to prevent de-tlrab'e de-tlrab'e iasmgmtion to th") territory and ti e investment in-vestment of capital for the development of its ereat natural resources. We decUnra that if.', liberty and property areas safe herons elsewhere. 'I b liberties of the people are secored by mild and beneficent laws which ar? g faithfully n l-m l-m nis erod here as an v where in t! e United Sis t . Whatever there may be or have bean, which is ar.o'iia'o is in the administration of the law in this territory has b en nci sitited by tl e ille" .1 interferance of the mormon priesthood v ith the political social and secntar cuncataa ot it people. peo-ple. AVe do no n- k aud never hive asked, tha there sh il be one law for the nicr nocs and another an-other for ours Ives. Ve have a-ked for equal jn.tice merely; that mormons s ail be bo iron by tho same laws as corselvcs. This is now and ever as been the sum of the gentile position in this tor itorv. BenolVKl. That the admission of Utah to the Union St this time would result in plating beyond be-yond retell toe great p .w.'rs of a state in the fa in Is of a prieetaood; that all eierience n.: ' h iv. :i th".t poiiti -al power in the hurls of ho si o -dotal order is iuc m: a'iblc with f.e- iasti-tn iasti-tn ions. Ther is in Utah an irtepr-ssiiiie con-Hie con-Hie I) 'tween the free and the ecclesiastical systems sys-tems of govvrnm 'lit, and we, s. democrats, for the success and endurance of .wfa jasttta tkws. a well as for the h nor i f O'tr Dirty, are d-ter-min d that nei her toe -tress of party strile or t e -essity, nor the revlins o the rfgnillg or mislaid -,!, nor the ifl '.stine-s of place banters, nor the blind Col y of .h well tneai.i ig, shall do t t us fr .ra hold.ng to the vita issue that Utah mi s e tain'y I e Americau before it shall be admitted ad-mitted t the L'moi ; for which great bl ssing we look t the future w..h th utmost. connMer.c and hope. Ity tho trials of more t .ou two hundred isn I Bitty years, throng i the patient wisdom and evil pru lence i f our latiiers tlirmi r.i much blood unite r, the.e has grown up ihit hody f po-itical po-itical institutions will h today grou: d the li or ties of Americans, both in the s.ate a ..I -.ltiou. Tiiis government is no ;o igor an exp- r'm.'nt, but a stop mdons fact of li'. o ty a::i justice. Besot That we rlenoance Mta so-called homo r ile bill, s n.e:i!nes k iowii as the "L'r.ioe Kaulk-iier" Kaulk-iier" oil!. . s a reditiiiil monstro -ity calculated to chain ' tail to t..e wheels o- the mormon chur' h for : n ind fiuit perioJ. I s provision are such th it i s passage by congress would result in plac-ing plac-ing ti.e K r 'i'ory in t ie c ontr; 1 of a coterie of place hunters dir" c y dominated by eccles'ast ieal ant oor.t .', and while not of the "same political faiih ; evert lelt ss, we t'.e ire to th ink the minor-i minor-i y of :h t com. ni t iu c. ingress tor its patriotic oiipo i'i n to a ni a-nro t Hut it: I 1 advice f. ul con-sideied con-sideied and with n.tpre edent n Anioric n hi-tory. V.'.t'i sue ; a gtor o :s h s; -ry bemud them, Asaer-icans Asaer-icans ot whatever shade of party belief, will, it see-ns to us. f :il in appr nation f tni gioat herit i.'o of freedom, ana of their d ity to those who shall tone after them 'f tiiey do not take not only bond secoritj bat .1 b nJ of fate that no p i -tor v.i g -ha 1 ever dominate by c aim of di-vin di-vin right any j irisdiet on within the confines of the ieot.b .c. Hi siil ci 7. That thedemocratic party, having as the grass mass of its suppoiter those who are poor in pnrse but rich in devotion to free irt..t t:i-tions, t:i-tions, favor all n:ein:e- which tend to umeliora." the condition of the wags e .rners of th-community. 'I herefore, we denotmce the action of the last legislature of l"t::h, a majority of which masquerading is the name n democracy, refused to declare e g it hours SO t)o a days labor on all public works. J.'es-.Ur-ii, '1 hat we b, l ove in a tariff for revenue, reve-nue, w ith incidental protection ly which we men, a arift' i axation siiflicicnt for ih ,p r. OSes of ih; government ecaBQlOJ ally aimXisternfi, and so i.dii'.Btcd as to protect su h of tiie Ann r c. u - ilas ries as may for tiie time ien; need prote: tion, an 1 -o as ,- hear as lightly as poseible ro-uUiio "fi -t-msVa at life Rt.-ol-, l. Tor-: t'oioneT TTiiliam M. rr. o '. distinguished liarty service and hisrh patriotism merit the thanks of the democratic patty of i'tah. and v e gl odiy recomn e id Man to the ensuing national na-tional democratic convi nt. on at Chicago for re-! re-! tention on the nation.i' democratic commit oo to r- piesent thr democracy of L tah in tiie councils oi the party for the next ft nr yens. HesiilreJ, That we rci'er: t ' our I e'.ieT that under un-der the constitution of the Vnlted States gold and silver is th- money of the union and that he financial and commercial interests of th? country demand the free and unlimited coinage of American Amer-ican silver. R. N. Baskin was chosen as permanent chairman of the convention aud Fulton Morris Mor-ris secretary. As Tun Times goes to press it is definitely announced that I). P. Tr.rj ie and Fred Kiesel j will be the delegates. , A jaiMgriH, The Tnscarora Wintf Meets in Convention Con-vention at Youuger's Hall to Select Se-lect Delegates to Chicago. An Unequivocal Platform Adopted and the Battle Cry Will ba Compromise." ENTHUSIASTIC GATHERING, Mayor Baskin Chosen as Chairman and Fulton Morris as Secretary of the Body. WHO WILL BE DELEGATES Dl P. Tarpie of Salt Lake and Fred J. Keisel of Ogdcn Will Itepresent the Party at Chicago in June. The Tuscarora democracy of Utah began its sess:on at 12:30 today in Younger' s hall, on Market street, the convention for the se-! se-! lection of delegates to the Chicago convention conven-tion beginning at that time. The hall was crowded with visitors, and the preliminaries were very enthusiastic. The liberal drum corps and Denhalter's band accompanied by the Tuscaroras m 3t the j delegation at the depot, from which point j !he organization paraded to the ball. The decorations were very handsome, and I "Old Glory" shone everywhere and all 'round the room. The pillars in the ha'.l were draped with bunting and flags, while over the chairman's desk hung the motto, "Our Country Above All." The south side of the room bore the legend. "We are the Straight Democrats," underneath which appeared ap-peared the Tuscarora banner. At 12:15 the liberal drum corps heading I lie delegation entered the room, the Tusca-I Tusca-I roras wearing their umbrellas immediately following. The Denhalter band took seats in the musicians mu-sicians gallery and discoursed'some exceilent music pending the seating of the delegates, "Star Spangled Banner" being the air that seemed to catch the crowd. Succeeding the com- letion of this Judge Powers arose to make an announcement. The band cut him off and he was compelled to wait, but finally managed to announce : that the Tuscaroras would be in session at 1:30, when all who wished to join could avail themselves of the opportunity. COLOXEt. FEKIIY'S SPEECH. Colonel William M. Ferry, the chairman, was greeted with three cheers when he took the stand. After calling the convention to order he said: Democrats of I'trli, in the name of the democrats demo-crats of the union, I give yen cordial elcome an 1 recoenize in you the ' stalwart representatives oil Am ric.i'.i liberty. You arc hre to answer to the greatest, the nofcleat, the grandest purpose that ever fails to the lot of American freemen. You are to le'p sele-.-t a man who will be the next president by vir: U3 of the franchise j which, Lke the old couplet Lik? snow flakes fall upon th sod, But executes the freeman's will As llght.iing does the will of Godwin God-win be elected. Mr. Ferry then spoke of the effort to disband dis-band the Liberal party which was a more ruse of the M r.non church. Ho had supported sup-ported a minority report; in a so-caUed com-inittee com-inittee meeting and lrau introduced a reaoJa tion antagonizing the party line movement. His resolution was defeated. His name and others had been omitted. The record was refused aud he barred out as the other four .who had stood by him, the only renson given beiner that he had been superseded. The handiwork of the church was plain to be seen and the loyal democrats withdrew. Subsequently the latter organized and today they met in convention. He then called UPOB the Secretary Mr. Duke to read the call, which was done. Mr. Ferry then presented the name of C. B. GLEX.V AS TEMPORARY CHAIRMAX and T. H. Bryan as temporary secretary both of which went through with a whoop. Mr. Glenn deemed it a high honor to be placed temporarily in command of the body which should march to victory at Chicago Chi-cago and triumpautly out. The duty of the delegates wi to assist in nominating a president pres-ident and vice-president for the United States and to rebuke the conglomeration of biscuit-faced panoramas that met recently in Ogden under tue uame of democrats. Utah j is the only place a mormon becomes a gentile I for power only, and lie wanted the national nat-ional convention informed of that fact. After Af-ter speaking for a few moments upon the tariff the speaker said the democratic party ! proposed to maintain their rights at Chicago and that no compromise would be accepted. They wanted no half rates, cither they were wholly right or wholly wrong. The nominations for the various committees commit-tees were then made, Tarpey of Salt Lake moving the a pointmcnt of live to review aud report uoon credentials, while Hiles of Salt lake urged the selection of a like number on resolutions. The chair announced an-nounced the foUowlnjr; Committee on Credential Morris Somcrsof Salt Lake, F. B. De Vato of Veber, F. J. McLtughlin aud D. P. Tarpey of Salt Lake and H. S. Kregbaum of Emery. Jtesoh.t'orut Ogden Hiles of Salt Lake, William -VI. rerry oi uummii,, r. . rviesei of Weber, R. N. Armstrong of Davis and John A. Packard of Juab. A motion to appoint a committee of five on permanent organization was amended to read seven by W. C. Edward of Salt Lake. Judge Powers carried a bland .smile when he arose to inquire what county Mr. Edwards represented, to which that gentleman gentle-man responded "Sevier." The smile grew more broad as the judge remarked, "Mr. Chairman, there is evidently some mistake. I hold Sevier's credentials myself." Harry Duke came to Edwards' rescue by renewing his motion, and it prevailed. The following were selected: Henry Shields and S. Mosby of Summit, Judge Hoge, Walter Murphy and S. W. Lewis of Salt Lake, and W. B. Meadell of Weber. Clarence Hall then introduced a resolution to the effect that all resolutions be referred to the committee on resolutions without reading and without debate, which prevailed, pre-vailed, and the convention took a recess until un-til 3:30 p. m. When the convention reassembled at 3:30, the committee on credentials and on permanent perma-nent organization made their report, after which the following resolutions were submitted sub-mitted ahd adopted: The democrats of I'tah d'lly convened in convention con-vention by the eall of a regular and only authorized author-ized committee of the party, which committee traces its title to the first organisation of the party in Utah twenty years aeo, renewing our allegiance to di m KrAtic principles asmnuncia-ted asmnuncia-ted by the last Mational convention of the party, do herebv ann nince our position uprn the living Questions that vitaliy effect us, by resolutions as follows: Heolced, That we as democrats recognize the territorial central cemuiitee of which William M. t erry is the chairman and Harry T. Duke is the secre'srv, and of which John Shileds, S. W. I Mosby, John Farrish, !-. H. Lewis, Henry burnes, I Martin Launan, W. C. li.ill, and E. D. Hose are members, as being the only committee which represents the legal and regular democrats of this territory. Such committee beint; the committee on which tiie last authorized democratic territorial territor-ial conention devolved the rightful power to act foe the partv in this territory. Resolved, That the pretended detruiion of wf I '"am Ji. Ferry, H. T. Duke, John Shields, John Fairish and 8. W. Mosby from the t"rrito:ial committee bv a small faction of alleged democrats in lea-u w th members of the pe.iple's party, is an usurpation, is without authority, and is essen-tiatl essen-tiatl revolutionary and void. Mesoired, That the action ot William M. Ferry, H. T. Duke, Jnhn Fnrrish. John Shields and 8. Wr. Mosby of the territorial democratic committee in fiiline'the vaia-ciec ia the sumo, occasioned by the resignation a-id refusal to act, or absence of |