Show COUNTY MASS convention PURSUANT to the call of the territorial central committee a meeting was waa held at noon today to day in the county court house for the purpose of electing eighteen delegates to the territorial 1 contention to take place october 7 1878 called to order by D 0 calder esq john T caine calne esq was waa chosen president of the convention tion mr john henry smith and mrs emmeline B wells wella vice pre si dents mr david mckenzie secretary ere cre ie tary and mrs hann hannah all ali T king assistant secretary prayer was onn off offered ered by elder angus mcannon M INI cannon tho the pre president eident was authorized to appoint a committee of five live which oas was was afterwards amended to seven to nominate delegates the fol lowing were appointed alex aiex 0 henry dinwoodey adam spiers aire bathsheba VV smith B R V morri samuel bennion and mrs elizabeth howard hdward the committee were wera instructed to select the tche delegates ao so far as practicable to represent bach each precinct after they had retired C W penrose being called upon for a speech responded and made bome remarks upon the political duties of tho the members of the peopled party the recognition of woman in poli politics tim the propriety of selecting good and wise men for office and the necessity of union and general action at the polls judge snow was called upon and made a speech upon the sovereignty of the people the duties of their representatives presenta tives the powerlessness of legislation to rectify j conscience or regulate belie belief fand sand the right of citizens to civil and religious liberty the committee having returned reported the following which was adopted and sustained by the tho convention your committee to whom wab waa referred the fieler tion of delegates to the territorial convention to be held hold on the ath respectfully present the following names as delegates to represent salt lake county at ut the coming territorial convention wm H hooper hannah T king john johr T caine david 0 calder jno winder zina mini D young A M cannon sarah M kimball joe L rawlins raw Baw lins wilford woodruff jno henry smith wm jennings serepta hey wood james crane david B brinton isaac M stewart Bt ewart louis louls 3 thos thoa A wheeler submitted A C chairman the following were nominated by the chair and sustained b by y unanimous vote aa as alternates fortha for the first two ad two judge snow 3rd ard jesse ath wm thorne ath emmeline omeline Et B wells oth george J T taylor ath samuel Benni BenU IOD ion oo ath reuben dilfer ath ezekiel holman the president and secretary were authorized to furnish each delegate with credentials certifying to hib his election mr ML r C AV penrose offered the thes to ni wie wic unanimously adopted aa as the sense of the convention AND resolution whereas the hon george Q cannon has ba 9 fully and faithfully represented the people of utah for three consecutive terms in the congress Con gress gresa of the united states laboring diligently watchfully and with unceasing regard for their beat best interests and the growth prosperity and cevelo development ament 0 of tho the whole territory therefore resolved that we hereby endorse and approve 0 of f his off official leial acts as our delegate in the pa paa stand tand should he again be the choice of h e territory and receive the nomination of the convention to which we have elected delegates that wa we pledge him our cordial support and td will use our best efforts to for him a full vote of the people of ot utah after a vote of thanks to tile tiie bhe the president vice presidents secretaries committee ac the convention adjourned sine die benediction by eider elder angus 31 cannon |