Show DEMOCRATIC c LEADERS Of NATION TRY TO PERSUADE S KNIGHT TO LEAD TICKET Bryan Believes Provo Man Kan as 83 Gubernatorial L Candidate Would Help Him Mining I. I g. g Wizard Still Declines State Committee Corn Com to Art Likely to Act ID 5 S The eyes of the Democratic leaders of the nation are looking to Uncle Jesse Tesse Knight of Provo Prove to head the ticket in Utah The demonstration at the Logan convention in favor 1 pf the mining magnate is believed by na national ti nal party men mento mento I to have been the greatest in the history of any state in the nomination of a candidate f for r governor For some time it has been known that the national leaders of the party were watching closely the result of the convention of the party in this state Some of or the leaders of the party believe that with Mr ivr Ir Knight night 1 at t the head of the ticket in this state the vote of Utah would be cast for William J. J Bryan at the theN N November election It is sai said that tho the Democratic candidate candidate candi canJi date dato for president has been watching with no interest the result of the on of yesterday an and that early this mornin morning he hc was ivas notified d by wire that Mr Knight was the choice of tho the Democrats of Utah for governor That I National Chairman Norman E. E Mack of ot I tho Democratic party had been notified of or the action of the convention at Logan Logan Lo Lo- Lo gan fan for or Kni Knight ht was admitted this mornIn morn morn- In ing The telegram to Chairman Mack Macit was ras sent from Lo Logan an after the convention bad nominated Mr Kni Knight ht The telegram is oaid to havo been a abri bri brief one but was worded in such a way that flint Mr Ir Mack lack would understand that with Mr Knight as tho the nominee of Democracy in Ut Utah h the party would carry carry carry car car- ry the state That nati national nal part pressure pressure- will be brought ht to bear on Mr r. r Knight was the assertion made this thiB morning But will it make him change chante his mind i Mr Knights Knight's Statement I I cannot the tho nomination given to mo inc by tho the convention con last night was tho statement of Uncle Jesse to THE TELEGRAM early this afternoon oon Mr Kni Knight ht in view of tho the great demonstration at the tho mention of your name at the tho convention con at Lo Logan an last lastS S night will you OU accept the tho nomination on tendered to you 7 was one of the questions questions ques ques- asked I ma made do a statement over o three weeks a ago o that I was not a candidate that I would not be a a. candidate and that if the nomination came to me mc me I would have o to refuse it it he replied I Idid Idid Idid did not think at that time that the matter would become so 80 serious I thought that the part party would accept me mo moat meat meat at my mJ word Since then hundreds of my m- friends have ha conic come to mo and ur urged ed that I accept the nomination To one and andall andall all I have havo given tho the answer that my ray a ago e and health to together ether with my ray business interests in the state would not permit me mo to accept the nomination 1 greatly appreciate the lion honor or which was conferred con con- upon mo me by the convention con in in Lo Lo- Lo gan I cannot express s my thanks for I feel that every delegate there want wanted cd mo me for the office but I cannot accept But it t was not only the voice voice of or the tho i convention at Lo Logan an that demands your I nomination thousands thousand of Republicans I throughout bont the state are arc askin asking that you yoube yoube be 16 candidate for said tho the I a governor o reporter I believe belie that you are right replied replied re ro re- re plied Mr fro Knight If I diJ dil not believe e that I would be bo elected I mi might ht accept the nomination I have ha no political ambitions ambitions am am- the principles of my party part aro are dear to mo me me but for tho the rea reasons song that I I. I havo have alrea already y given en to m my riy friends I cannot cannot cannot can can- not accept this bis nomination As a Private Citizen I III feel that I can do more good forthe for forthe or orthe the state of Utah and her people as a private citizen than I could d do as governor gov ov- ov of tho the state My Iy only desire desiro is tobe to tobe be left to work out my own plans to work for the building up of the interests of the tho state not as a public officer but butas butas as a plain citizen I have havo tried to show my faith in Utah and her future by my m- i works please let lct me rae do n tho the future I as as' as a citizen who loves cs the state and I not as a public officer Uncle Jesses Jesse's voice voice trembled asbe asbe as ashe be he Committee May Act Friends of Mr rr Knight hi high h in tho the councils of the party which yesterday nominated him for governor o and members members mem mem- bers of tho the church of which Mr Kni Knight ht is is a member said this morning that 1 they did not believe e there was wa an any power that could could- change the mind of I the Provo Pro man once it was made up yip Hois Heis Ho is as solid as the rock of Gibraltar Gibraltar tar on once co he ho has arrived at a decision said taid one eno of his close personal friends this afternoon Other friends of Mr Ir Knight ni ht equally high in the councils of the party express the idea that pressure will t bo be o brought to bear that will make Mr Ir Knight chan change chango o his mind In the event e that this latter proposition hUon tion falls faUs through h and Mr Knight keeps his hi word not to run it will bo be up to the tho state committee to Jill fill the tho vacancy A resolution t to this effect was pass passed d b bj- bj th the convention con yesterday afternoon Should tho the matter be he parsed up to tim tho ommittee whom would it select 1 That J is on one of the chief topics in in political clr Circles in this city today That the committee will not be without without with with- I ou out candidates to select from was tho the assertion ma made e b by a a. prominent member of the party today At least one ono member member mem mem- ber of the committee has e expressed himself in in favor of William M. M Roylance Roylance Roy Roy- lance former mayor or of Provo Pro as tho party candidate Friends of Robert N. N Baskin former chief justice of tho the supreme supreme su BU su- su preme court and former mayor of Salt Lake City aro are insisting that ho he would make an ideal candidate for the tho place lace should the tho question bo be put up to the tho state committee Friends of former Mayor T. T N. N Tay Tay- lor br of Provo Pro will bo ho ready to present his name to the state committee Despite Despite De De- spite the fact that ho he has twice been a candidate for tho the office there are many members of tho of-tho tho ho party who b believe that James H II Moyle would be a stron strong can can- They say aj that his stand in the convention con yesterday esterday in favor of a achurch achurch achurch church and state platform has endeared him to the hearts of many of the peo peo- plo of the state The Tho name of Mai Maj Richard W. W Youn Young has been mentioned a number of times today and it is not beyond the bounds of possibility that tho the commanding officer of tho the Utah volunteers in the Spanish American war ar will bo be tho the choice of the party if Mr rr Knight persists persists per per- in his refusal to run I |