Show RIES TO MIN a N m HACE provo mining man refuses nomination for governor at hands of utah democrats in letter to democratic committee mr knight declines to make the race and committee must select another candidate salt lake city jesse knight ol oi provo nominated nt at tho the state sinto demo democratic convention at logan as their candidate for governor has writ tea a letter to tho the democratic state committee positively declining to mako make the race mr knights declination will bo be referred to tho the now new committee selected at logan and a selection will be made by the committee tee of a candidate to take tile tho place of mr knight mr knights letter to chairman Ch nirman martineau Martl neau la Is as follows provo utah sept 25 1908 to the democratic state committee hon L R martineau Martl neau chairman salt lako lake city utah Gentle gentlemen nien at the democratic state convent convention ibri recently held at logan utah I 1 was so I 1 am informed nominated for governor of tho the state of utah 1 I hereby notify you that I 1 cannot accept such nomination and hereby decline ahe same and respectfully dl that my name be not placed upon tho the democratic state ticket tl cleet you will therefore select some other name to take tahe the place of mine my reasons for this action have been heretofore hereto foie fully stated by mo me and discussed in all the newspapers of tile the state statland ky and nd ne ednot ire im further expressed 1 11 say however that I 1 fand qed the duit aulfes es of the office would jt auire liiro my whole attention and owing to my age I 1 have not the time birne nor the strength to give to the post tion my aly mining interests are aie in such condition as to demand my closest attention and I 1 feel it it a duty to myself and thousands of friends who have invested their money in mining propositions under tinder my management to give these companies my personal attention from the commencement I 1 have insisted to all my friends that I 1 could not accept the nomination and to nona none have I 1 ever said that I 1 would accept and most of my intimate friends promised that they would not force me into the position where I 1 would be embarrassed and have to refuse As I 1 have said before I 1 feel that I 1 can do more good for the state stale of utah and her people as a private citizen than I 1 could do as governor of the state my only desire Is to he be left to work out my own plans to work for the building up of the interests of oc the state not as a public officer but as a private citizen I 1 have tried to show in my faith in utah and her people by my works please let me do so in fit lie future as n citizen who loves the state an und d not ns its a public officer ever desir big the ole success of tile ho democratic party in the state and nation I 1 am most respectfully KNIGHT |