Show THE CONVENTION RECALLED Democratic Committee Follows Fol-lows Powerss Load Issuo a Call Rehearsing tho Partyo Predicament and Ask the Delegates to Meet In Salt Lake ou October 22nd to Prepare a Declaration of Political Independence Powers Makes a Speech on the Situation I nIL Lake City Utah Oct 15 Tlio Democratic State committee met In this city yesterday afternoon In response re-sponse to the call Issued by Chairman Poworn The session lasted from 2 oclock until 11 last night with a short Intermission parly In tho evening und the result of the conference was tho Issuance Is-suance of the following call reconvening recon-vening the State convention Tint occasion for the dissatisfaction Is that lit n priesthood mooting two can dtdiilos wore censured by tim llrst pros Iduticy fur accepting nominations for of lieu without I consulting I I thorn tho mitch In I question being I high church olilcI aim Tho censure was based upon tho ground that tho two having consocratod thou Hulvus In tin ministry accepted obllga lions which could not lightly bo put nsldn Ind for Uio further reason that church work might ba Intorfored with No nninos woro incntlnnecl but IL was pluln thaw referred to Messrs Roberts and Thatcher nomlnoos for Congressman Congress-man and United States Senator on the Democratic ticket This action the Democratic i loaders construed an effort ef-fort to control political affairs though tho first presidency deny Unit such was the ease and reassert that tho Mormon pcoplci lira free to aflilluio with tho par ly of their choice Since tho nomination of tho Democratic State ticket through no fault of the Democratic party there hUJI arisen a crisis In tho political affairs of this Ter rite Y It has been caused by tho efforts of designing und unscrupulous Hcpubll canu who Have used and distorted tho HIadvlHoil statements of high church officials of-ficials In order to secure their own designing de-signing imlBi Efforts are being 111 lid 0 to cause tho people who have been taught to rcvcrcncn authority to believe that tho dominant church tit Utah doIron tint do feat of the Democratic ticket This condition con-dition of things needs the most serious consideration of every thinking man and woman It I presents before the people IiI I micrtlnii Ii-I lie lore which all others are dwarfed It relates to tho rights of per Roiut and to tho personal and political freedom of every Individual The Democratic Demo-cratic party which has over been tho party of thu fullest freedom to tho citizen citi-zen propose to meet this Issue und to lUniortfiaTpeaco may come to the i people of Utah that tho adoption of the Con stllullon that Is presented for tho consideration con-sideration of tho people may not bo defeated de-feated It has no quarrel with any church It admits tho light of every society so-ciety to govern and control HE members in I Its own affairs so long as the rights of tho State or tho rights of oilier Individuals Indi-viduals are not encroached upon Its grievance has been caused by llioso who nro ready and willing to drag the cross of Christ In I llin mud und dust and filth of politics to advance selfish ends It mutters mut-ters not whether this was occasioned by Innocent motives or Innocent action tho u Ir lindn n nil fin leal in till a ItnnH raised 1 There I should l bo no Injustice ito i-to any man There should be no interference inter-ference with tho rights of any church or of any Individual but for tho good of Utah as well as for the good of Democracy Democra-cy tho question should bo met in a niuiily way and in a manner that time people will know that nomocracy has spoken and will act accordingly Therefore in view of conditions existing exist-ing In order that thero may be Issued a declaration of political Independence and for the purpose of declaring that no manor man-or net of men shall hereafter use the power or tho name of any church or cc cleslustlcial authority to control the votes or tho political sentiment of any citizen the Democratic State committee duly assembled at Salt Lake City on Monday tho 14th day of October 1835 by unanimous unani-mous vote hereby directs the reassembling reassem-bling of tho delegates that composed the convention that met at Ogden on tho Oth day ot September 18S3 at Salt Lake City on Tuesday tho 22nd day of October 1S93 at the hour of 10 a m All delegates to the lato convention are earnestly requested re-quested that laying aside all business and excuses they attend this convention for the good of Utah and all the people and thus aid In settling once and for all one of tho questions that has so long harassed all classes In this TerrItory The convention will also bo empowered to take such other action than that stated In this Kill as tlio exigencies of the occasion occa-sion may require O W PAWKHS Chairman K A McDANIEL Secretary |