Show 1 1 S 7 KNIGHT DECLINES TO MAKE RACE Provo Mining Man lUan Refuses Nomination Nomination Nomination Nomina Nomina- tion for Governor at Hands of Utah Democrats Democrat In Letter to Democratic Committee Mr Knight Declines to Make the theRace theRace Race and Committee Must Select Another Can Can- Salt Lake City Jesse Jcsse Jesse Knight of ot Provo nominated at tho the State Dex Democratic Demo o- o cratic convention at Logan as their candidate for tor governor has written writ writ- ten ton a letter to the tho Democratic State committee positively declining tomake to tomake tomake make tho the race Mr Knights Knight's declination declination declination tion will bo be referred to tho the now Dew committee committee com com- selected at Logan and a selection se so- lection will be made by the tho committee commit commit- tee tea of a candidate to tako the tho place of ot Mr Knight S Mr Knights Knight's letter Jetter to Chairman is as follows Provo Prove Utah Sept 25 G To T To tho the Democratic committee Hon L. L R. R Martineau Chairman Salt Sail Lake City Utah Gentlemen Gentlemen At the tha Democratic State convention recently recent recent- Iy ly held at Logan Utah I was so I 1 Iam Iam am informed nominated for tor governor of tho the state of Utah I hereby notify noury you that I cannot accept such nomination and hereby decline the same and respectfully di direct direct direeL di- di reeL that my name bo be not placed upon the Democratic state ticket You will therefore select some somo other name namo to take the place of mine My reasons for this action have been heretofore fully tully stated by me and discussed in all the tho newspapers newspapers- of tIre the state and need not be bo further expressed I will say however that thal I find the duties of or the office would require my whole attention and owing to my age I havo have not tho the time nor the strength to give to tho the Ion tion My Iy mining Interests are in such condition as to demand my closest attention and I feel it a duty to myself my self and anel thousands of friends who have invested their money In mining propositions under my management to te give these companies my personal attention From the tho commencement I have insisted to all my friends that I could coull S Snot not accept the tho nomination and to none have I ever said that I would accept accept accept ac ac- and aud most of ot my intimate friends promised that they would not force me mc into the position where I 1 would be bo embarrassed and have to refuse As I have said before I feel tee 1 that 1 I Ican can do more good for tor the tho state of ot Utah and her people as a private citizen citizen citi citi- citizen zen than I could do as governor of the state slate My only desire is to be 1 left to work out my own plans to j work for tor the tho building up of or the tho Interests Interests Inter Inter- ests cats of the state state not not as a public officer of at- fleer but as a private citizen clUzen I have tried to show my faith in Utah and J her people by my works please let lct me do so in the tho future as a citizen I who loves the state and not as a public pub pub- lie lic officer Ever desiring the success of the 1 Democratic party In the s state ate and na na- j lion Hon I am most respectfully I JESS KNIGHT i |