| Show democratic convention A territorial convention of the democratic mo cratic garty of utah took place in the social hall july 20 0 arrangements had been previously made to hold the meeting in the Thea theatre but in consequence of that building being baling engaged bythe by the alabama dramatic company it wis was found necessary necee nece aary to adjourn as above the object for which the con mention was called was to elect a territorial central committee and to transact any other business that might be brought forward hold holda a baud band was stationed on the platform and at the commencement of and during the proceedings played a popular selection of music the front of the stage was draped with the national colors surmounted by the word welcome the handsome banner of the party was placed in a conspicuous position colonel merritt chairman of the territorial democratic committee called the meeting to order congratulated those present upon the happy auspices under which they met and in the absence of the secretary mr A G norrell through indisposition he read the call the colonel next nominated the hou hon C C richards of weber coun tyas temporary chairman who took that position amid considerable appl ue ause mr richards ichards said this was an occasion in the political history of utah the brightest day they had ever seen it was an occasion when they were just stepping into prosperity when one half of the community would no jobber be spend ing its time in con consuming the other half and when they could all work together for the up building of utah to make it the finest territory and in time the greatest state on the american continent applause it was becoming in them as citizens of this territory to push the organization of the party right to the lines of idaho neveda nevada colorado and arizona much work yet remained to be done and it would become part of the duty of this convention to take the steps necessary to organize and properly equip the territory so that they might in due time work with the other territories ri and states in national affairs t cheers he trusted they would au all work harmoniously together each man striving to do the duty assigned to himm him to the best of his bie ability that this convention might be the first gun fired for abr the progress and prosperity of the peo cleof utah applause upon the motion of mr J L mr john boyden of summit co was unanimously elected tempo secretary this completed the temporary organ iza tion A committee of five on credentials was appointed as follows whitehead of salt lake mcnutt I 1 weber lund washington fred turner logan robbins bobbins emery A committee of nine on resolutions was next named governor west salt lake W H king utah Hend birson weber F S richards salt lako lake K jones box elder J L rawlins bowline salt boat lake hougaard sanpete San pete sutherland salt lake lake adams iron A committee of seven on permanent organization and order of business ba ainess was waa next chosen as aa follows E A smith salt lake A T schroeder salt lake geo thatcher cache P L Willi Willlam arak fc salt lake walter pike provo reed read sanpete San pete lund lund Wasla washington ington the hon john T caine came fox ward and expressed his pleasure that they bad with them that morning a gentleman who had been recognized through the whole of af thabes western country as a prominent dem J and who had also been a aromi nent friend of utah and all her elti zens a man who for years had advised the taking of the very step which they bad here taken within the last lad six mo months eps rap namely thea dividing of the people of utah lu upon SP national party lines renewed ap pla lamae uee mr caine then intro introduced duew dr r george L miller of omaha who was received with ringing and pro longed cheers dr miller said he felt greatly honored in being baling invited to address the mew mem bers bars of that convention during the past four years despite the kind expressions pres which they had just heard concerning him he had bad been in re ti rement from all political life prom his manhood Is birth which he claimed to locate at amaba on the borders off of this western country in its first settle ment be had been a student of the progress development and somewhat of philosopher in attempting to the splendid advancement which the th realization of thirty years had bad produced here prominently so had bad been thi question which was forced upon tee th nation by what was now here ap i pl anee in recent years it beacome 11 ll ft part of his voluntary duty uninvited by any man or set of men to a seek counsel or at any rate edcha exchange opinions with the fathers and foun a of the civilization of salt lake valley loud applause he had been reau ed ad to be be their friend he in had had some notoriety as bei beings something more than that it laugh laug ter and hear bear it had been said of him that he ou bughi to bear names which he did not suppose he could ever ado adopt and he thought some began with cc U 91 some with G 1 or some othet othe initial laughter which he could not recall because and only because he h hi sought as a democrat to grant to very uttermost to all american citi sens the right of self sel govern government ment much applause on that principle tie would ask aak this convention and the maw of intelligence of which this body r was waa now a representative part on that platform he be would ask these gentlemen to stand in reviving here and planting here those principles of liberty which belonged only to self gov ern ment cheers if he could coun sel ael this convention beyond anything in the world on what he would regard as vital to their success it would be to politely aak k the government of the united states to admit ad anit utah as a demo democratic batic state great applause and also ask the government bythe by he proper machinery to require the utah etab commission to stop down and out if it were truel as he knew it was that the for its existence had ceased forever vehement au applause he made no apology to any man under the canopy of heaven for having had his individual views of the true policy for the s solution of this problem which was wa now solved applause if he could warn his hearers in a word awauld it A would be against what lie he could A 1 baft ee as a spec spectator of this grand movement an event an epoch in the a antory of utah this was clearly a democratic convention for the purpose of putting this party on an organized amis basi and his warning was do not falter in the fight in a wad waitt march to statehood when in pausing do not forget in doing your ur duty thattie th atthe republican party W embodied in the compact to get utah as a Be Re state into the national sisterhood applause all pretense on the part of hip distin arf friend bud of the utah commission alvin saunders derp a gentleman kindly disposed generous by instinct but bat aigars al ivans a radical republican looking out for the loaves fishes and offices a man who would be just to people as far as be cou could ld see it through a partisan pair of spectacles a man who would may aay to them to their face ciyou you are very honest 12 while perhaps gerbs lug to another person he would remark possibly this to is a trick in order wh to hold old the reins and drive a pair of horses for general harrison or some mome other republican who wants to be president of the united states at any rate any gentleman who would plant this community on a republican basis all such pretense would avail nothing that was what wha alvin tAlvin saunders would be here for and for no other purpose and if he the speaker were making a canvass of this territory he V would appeal to every man to stand solid for a true recognition of the two political parties let them put themselves in harmony with the nation and light fight it out with the times let them forget the animosities which bad divided this most unfortunate people applause 1 he perceived that the he spirit of de was here the eyes of the nation were upon this community of men today when republicans preached about the doctrines of the mormons Mor mons I those men who had gone through the crucibles cruci bles of hell bell in vindication of their opinions and like lee at had surrendered their all and told them that the mormon people were not honest that some m ulterior design actuated their motives they were speaking as natural fools cheers he stood there that day to applaud in the face of all men the work of the mormon people he stood there to praise them and congratulate gra them upon having transformed a desert into this magnificent city with which after RD an absence of four years he expressed his unbounded delight when dr miller resumed his seat it was moved the motion being carried by acclamation that be be invited to remain in the city over tuesday night dight to enable him to see the completion ion of the democratic party organization in utah the doctor accepted the invitation which he said he regarded as the highest honor paid him during his bis political life 1 the convention then adjourned till 3 p m at the afternoon session of the democratic territorial convention the com mitlee on credentials reported that the following delegates were entitled to seat beatt box elder County Hyrum standing R H jones H H smith J D peters a 8 W cook cache C county 0 anty G W thatcher fred 0 0 C Orm ormsby Eiby E R owen J C J R lowe P 8 barson G W baker W C burnham J M BerD bernhisel hisel davis county B R E egan W A H hyde de hyrum stewart T J brandon atah utah county julius L shores J B gaddy J mercer D P felt B R A deal W X dusenberry levi openshaw A D gash W D roberts john jones W H king W B R pike L P lund richard nuttall J E hall E A harker M M kel logg M K henry J B milner weber county H P henderson J W menu mcnutt t t L R rhodes J B barton E A mcdaniel W L meginnis mcginnis A JW J webber ebber john G H tribe C C richards arhos D dee david evans evane 0 ar B Belnap BeIn apJohn John seamon seamen E W L M gregg james Wange gard J J sullivan J A boyle G W bramhall bramball jr wasatch county william buys washington county R C lund sanpete counts counti C A burg jr jre 0 B burgland J H hougaard W K reid summit county 0 0 F lyons john horton T H wright J E bromley john boyden S F atwood P C evans G W young G G redden tooele thoele county W C Rydal cb J C de la mar emery county D C robbins herbert savage iron county thomas adams rich county william rex salt lake county J W whitehead jr george D alder george stringfellow gustave kroeger J H paul J H moyle C W west S A merritt J W judd thomas lewis herbert pembroke A E hyde 0 H hardy F H hyde thos matthews J L rawlins P L Wil williams dams F S richards J G sutherland J P bache F P H dyer F armstrong H C lett thomas marshall A 0 norrell D 0 rideout jr W C A smoot jr J W sharp john holt G L scott J P mccormick michael gibbons george spencer A white H R stevenson the alternates from this county were J M benedict A T J M waddell W van cott W H cassady thomas hall W J halloran W A hodges A kimball E A smith J T caine T W jennings D C billiar bilL dulbar bar alfares young J B toronto joseph lowe P W madsen T V williams E G woolley W R gibbs the following counties were not represented beaver garfield grand juab kane millard Mil larJ morgan piute diute san juan uintah the committee recommended that when a county was not dot fully represented the del delegates legates present be authorized to cas cast t the hill full vote to which the county was entitled the report was wae adopted and the committee on permanent organization and order of business reported as follows president J W judd of salt lake county vice presidents M M kellogg utah county G W thatcher cache county B R C lund washington county secretary E A smith of salt lake county assistant secretary A D gash of atah utah county order of bu business electon elect on of territorial central committee of fifty members the delaga delegates of the several counties to make nominations anti and where a county was not represented that it be filled by the convention report of the committee on resolutions adjournment the report was adopted and in taking the chair judge judd said it was with the profoundest gratitude that he acknowledged the honor conferred upon him to be the presiding officer of the first territorial Demo democratic critic convention ever held in utah was an honor of which any man might well be proud they were democrats not only for this election but for all time to come their great object was to buildup build up a democratic commonwealth here it had been said that the speaker and some of his bis friends were 8 simply imply working to get utah admitted as a state he wished to say that the issue of statehood was wholly irrelevant at this time the object of this movement was not to get statehood for utah but to educate the people and baye bay them ethem align themselves up with the two great national parties as they were elsewhere in this union according to their preferences eren ces the people here were capable of the same patriotic aspirations as any other people could not the mass of the people of utah be trusted with this matter as safely as any other people no set of men and no section odthe country had a corner on patriotism the democratic party has not been organized here to procure statehood but he wanted to say plainly that when the proper time to consider that question came the democratic party will deal with that issue as it had bad dealt with every other question who would say that the democratic party could not be fully trusted with this matter did it not control the destinies of this great nation up to 1860 and had it riot not done it since that time had it not always proved itself equal to any emergency that had arisen if they would stand by their principles and or organize ganze and work when they met next year they would nominate a democratic candidate for delegate to congress and elect him applause when the delegates went home their real work would begin the liberals would not be able to hold bold the republican Republic un party down always the republican party was an adroit organization and it was w as guided by some of af the ablest men in the country the democrats should wase no further time on side shows and butterflies the liberal party was v here today it would be gone tomorrow applause the republicans were watching this thia territory and they hoped to make of utah a republican state the republican party was already present in the person of the utah commission and in other organizations and before another year the he democrats would have an active and aggressive republican party to combat next year when a democratic candidate for delegate to con gross gress was nominated they would not have a liberal to flat but a republican organization too much attention could not be paid to this subject it had been said that the mass of t the 1 e mormons cormons were democrats he arg urged e d them not to be misled by this statement the democrats could never take utah by default or without a struggle the following were then elected members of the territorial central committee beaver county john ward christian beaver city utah box elder john D peters brig ham city H H smith corinne cache george W thatcher Tb atcher A G barber noble warrum jr utah davis thomas J brandon farm ington emery don C robbins bobbins huntington garfield W P sargent Pan gultch gulte h iron county william davenport kane homer bouton glendale rich william rex bex bendolph Ban dolph millard james A mellville fillmore salt bait lake samuel A merritt F S richards F H dyer caleb W west P L williams J L rawlins Baw lins john T came caine legrand young B B quinn 0 P miller C M Nei laen sanpete W T reid manti peter graves ephraim john carter mount Plea pleasant sik summit john boyden james E bromley coalville Co alville tooele thoele chas ali L anderson 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