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Show Jesse W. Kiiight as Seen by Cache County " It i rvajl) itlt i':tiri to g-v the favor that Jwf W Kuiuht is receiving re-ceiving in all pirts of (he cute. If all the artioU witc putilii.Jn'(l which Hiid gvxl tliinK-M almiii tint' Deim-ctull: cauijiil.iU) for goverunr a Ijook as large an the hiblo would be filled. Ve ,jipioto froiuthe -LoeaH Journal jvliithia'afair Tcd-reseuwtion Tcd-reseuwtion of the country pretu notices: William will have to be Spry if he s not ovettakeu by Knight. In fact it ia almost certain that tho closing clos-ing of the polls 011 tlie evening of November third will lind tlie ono Knighted, the other benighted in such an atmosphere that he will have to be unusually spry if he can keep his political blood in circulation circula-tion during the frost which will then overtake him. Of course, unscrupulous unscrup-ulous political opponents have cluimed aud will claim that the mantle fell upon Jesse V. bcoauee he was the son of lib father, and in order that 'tlie same barrel will be availuble, aud it is urged that Will Knight is not bo well known us hie father. Now so far as we can leani, the, facts are that neither the elder nor j younger Kuight had ever bten particularly par-ticularly active In a political way, being too busy with their tint ami-several ami-several bubluees to take an active part) aud Certainly neither of them could by the wildest claim of political politi-cal hostility be termed oilico seekers. Neither of them ever sought the lime light or tried to ultract public attention. In either party it is likely that neither would have becu iln'iilit .f in oonueolton with office, by the active party leaders. The sudden n)irni!C of the elder Kuiiihl 1 1) tin; Hjlical field seeiiiB to luuo been dun primarily to thei fpontai.wjiis ni:U oflvyo number woulVbrVblI tuffuvf 11 manfully conversant wlih all the details of miuing and the requirements of miners, in the gubernatorial chair, instead of a tailor or a mlicemun; a friend of lubbr rather than 11 partisan parti-san of corporations; an honest man who would assure 1111 all-around tenure deal, rather than one whom political or other advsiititge might cause to swere. .Any one who would fill the Ideal of tlie cluss of men primarily rcsppnsible for his nomination the name of Mr. Knight at once suggested itself and the bom for "Uncle Jiee" was on, The Utah county Democracy could see in him a winner, uud helptd swell the cry. The Democracy of ; the state took kindly to it and by tho time the convention was held j the sentiment in his favor was prao-j Ically tiuauimoUB and he was nominated nomi-nated by ucvLinutiou with the greatest euthusiuem ever exhibited lu the political history of Utah. For dcclliiiug the honor so Unanimously Unan-imously tendered him, Mr. Knight gave sufficient reasons. lie held hiuuelf in a maimer resporiklble for thej iiut investment with him of itieudsiii vurfous mining propositions proposi-tions requiring iYa luuessiut parsou-ul parsou-ul attention to nuke them successful, success-ful, and considered hiiiuelf in honor boitud to give them first con sideration. Most reluctautly lug resignation was accepted, Ousting about for n suitable mio, censor one possessing the qimliflra-liouis qimliflra-liouis tlml bo appealed to popular I tisto in the seleutlen nf. Mr! Knight, tkMiHrofalr' gested iiBelf. Hero was a man not i only identified with the source from which sprang the initial demand for Mr. Knight, but also with the same identical interests. The son hadi long been a co-worker and co-partner of his father, and In the samel circles uummanded tho same rwpect I because of his executive ability, business integrity, moral character, and his senee of justice and friendliness friendli-ness toward labor. Ho was an honest, capablo man in every respect, re-spect, and ono fully as well qualified quali-fied as his father1 to fill tho office acceptably. Furthermore, his nomination nom-ination would be un appreciated j oonoowiou to hustling young Utah, j j His nppearauco and ni inly attitude' iat tho stale Democratic convention, ' 1 too, hud given the leaders of the 1 jUluh Democracy nil Insight into I tho young man's character and I possibilities that under less drmna-tio drmna-tio (ireutnatutKTs it would have taken thetrt loug to acquire, and when his iiutne was suggested it wild ut once recognised as the only one that could exactly fill the gap, ( nnd ho wus pronounced "fit as a , fiddle," II13 acceptance being assured as-sured he weB unanimously declared the nominee, and as such the Democracy Dem-ocracy of ITtuh io not only glad, but proud, (0 stand behind and ! vouch fur him. 1 |