Show r t Now and Then 1 r What was I doing thirty five years ago ngo said Andy Beveridge well known politician lan ian when asked this morning the question above Let me see or rath rather r Just let me think a moment That was vas the first year that we had a political campaign In tn the territory on political lines The en enabling enabling enabling en- en abling act had been passed by c con congress cOn cOn- n- n gress gross a constitutional convention had been called caned and a a. constitution adopted It was the seventh constitutional constitutional constitutional con con- convention that had been hid held in Utah It required sixty six days to adopt the constitution as a whole and there were some spirited debates In that six six days of oratory There was a debate oi on the prohibition question that that was a most exciting one the question then being as much an issue as is the same question today and the convention convention convention con con- voted down the prohibition clause Another red hot debate was wasOn wasOn wason on the woman suffrage clause and It was finally adopted I was younger then continued Mr Beyeridge but I had a love for or th the political world The campaIgn campaign campaign cam cam- that year 1895 was an animated animated animated ani ani- mated one The state returned a aIl Il fl Republican publican plurality of or 2374 electIng electIng electIng elect- elect Ing Heber M. M Wells VeIls governor over John T. T Caine Calne the Democratic opponent op op- op- op Henry W V. V Lawrence re received received received re- re 2051 votes Looking backward over th the several several several sev sev- eral years how many changes have e occurred Compare the size of the ticket then with the one we have nowThen nowThen now Then the state ticket was only six inches in length and each party part ticket was but that long Here is Is one of he Republican tickets which was voted for fOl that year Compare it with the great sheet which is called a ballot n now w Of Of the men who were elected on that ticket that year most of them have gone to 10 their reward Governor Wolla Volla is among U tha living So is James T. T Hammond Judge George W. W Bartch still lives he was elected elect ed cd to the supreme bench Then Ihen Glen men Miller was elected state senator senator senator sen sen- ator as was George Geprge Sutherland who is now a member of the tha United United Unit Unit- ed States supreme bench Harry Cushing of the Denver Rio Grande Western was as elected to to the house He lo was then known as Harwood M M. Cushing Gushing Former ormer Judge Thomas D D. Lewis was also also- elected to the house Of the eight members it is believed that all have Joined the great majority ma ma- Heres a Republican ticket which was voted for and elected In iii the Fifth municipal ward in that year when Jim Glendenning was elected mayor All AU the others on the ticket with him were elected elected elect elect- ed td and all but one has crossed the Stygian river This includes Dave Emery for recorder David id H. H Vengel Wenger Won Wen ger gel for city Justice of the peace and Louis Cohn Colin William P. P OMeara and Christopher Diehl Diehi for tor councilmen How the time does roll roU by concluded concluded con con- eluded Mr Ir Beveridge s 6 |