Show STATS DEMOCRACY yesterday convention at salt lake the following delegates were selected to attend the chicago convention 0 W powers B C chambers J L rawlans ns moses thatcher david ayans and S R thurmal Thur maa the slate democracy rem met in convention yesterday in the salt lake theater to elect six delegates to the national democratic convention which meets in july ath state chairman powers called the convention to order at 1115 the following temporary officers were chosen colonel A 0 ellis of salt lake chairman mrs M L rich ards 0 weber vice chairman M F murray of sanpete San pete secretary F A hammond ot san juan chaplain william murray of cache sergeant at arma joseph M salt lake re adins clerk colonel ellis a neat speech which was warmly received by the delegates after which committees on credentials denti als permanent organization and resolutions were appointed was taken until the convention reassembled at and reports of committees were received in their order the report of the committee on credentials was to the effect anat all the counties except grand diute piute and wayne were fully represented it transpired however that two other counties were only represented in part this matter was remedied on motion of david evana of weber by allowing each county to cast the full number of votes to which it waa entitled the report was then adopted as amended and the committee discharged the committee on permanent organization and order of business reported the following for chairman the hon david evans of weber county for vice chairmen mrs R A deal of utah county dr G H fennemore of beaver county aaron F farrar Farr Jr of cache county mrs cynthia stewart of davis county and dr M H cannon of salt lake county for secretary mr 31 F murray of sanpete county assistant secretaries G F whitehead of washington county E W mcdaniels of sevier and mrs samuel francis of morgan county chaplain F A hammond of san juan county permanent chairman david evans made a strong speech on the financial question pending the arrival of the report of tho committee on resolutions the following brief and pointed resolutions were reported and read by chairman rawlins of the co the democratic party of utah in convention assembled reposing its trust in the conerity hon erity intelligence independence pen dence and patriotism of the people standing upon the great essential principles of justice and liberty upon which our institutions are founded while its devotion to these principles as declared from time to time in the part platforms and especially these principles announced by the democrats of utah in the reconvened convention of 1895 now believing that the restoration of the money of the constitution is of paramount importance declares in favor of the immediate restoration of the arse and unlimited coinage of gold and silver at the present legal ratio of 16 to 1 as such coinage existed prior to 1873 regardless of alie action or policy of other nations gold and silver coin to be a full legal tender for all debts public or private and the delegates selected by this convention to the national democratic convention are instructed to vote as a unit in favor of the adoption of the foregoing principle by that convention and for the nomination of candidates for president and vice president known to be sincerely and steadfastly in favor of carrying the principles into operation the resolutions provoked very little discussion and were almost unanimously adopted judge A dweber made tho nominating speech for hon david evans mr weber spoke as follows it will be a battle royal at chicago but it is now a certainty that the the dodgers the emissaries of plutocracy to cracy the agents of the money power the sniveling who have selected cleveland as their patron saint and tho cos federated monopolies and trusts will there meet their waterloo despite the trickery the fraud and knavery to which they will resort to representatives of true democracy with free silver as their battle cry the democrats can and will win a victory that will be a blessing to all the children of men to stand upon any other platform would be to invite and deserve defeat I 1 know that the democrats of utah who have fought like heroes with defeat staring them in the face are and will remain loyal to democratic traditions and democratic policies utah will be in line with illinois missouri iowa and kentucky with the great south and the great west utah will be right it matters not whom we select as delegates so they bo able fearless and courageous men and democrats to the back bone such a man is david evans whose name I 1 present applause I 1 know not his choice for president whether it be silver dick bland the pioneer of the silver movement horace boise the grand old man of iowa stevenson the idol of the democracy of illinois blackburn the hero of kentucky or tillman and his pitchfork or some other silver man tried and true but I 1 do know that david evans will never in convention nor out of it vote for any man unless he be a firm and uncompromising advocate of free unlimited and independent coinage ot silver at the ratio of 16 to 1 and I 1 know that in mr evans we would have a representative v ho would truly ably and faithfully represent the gallant democrats of our faff state a delegate who would be a fit companion for a level headed chambers the logical abu aman the eloquent power the matchless rawlans and the peerless thatcher Tb atcher great applause following are the BIS delegates who were elected to attend the chicago convention dabid evans 0 W powers R 0 chamber J L rawlins moses thatcher and S R thurman S P C A meeting the society for the prevention of cruelty to animals met in tha mayors outer office yesterday afternoon every chair was occupied several interesting addresses of brief duration were delivered and one member paid his dues A committee headed by V 0 gunnell was appointed to have members sign incorporation papers in the presence of a notary stirring resolutions of commendations ions and gratitude were passed with eager unanimity thanking deputy sheriff sullivan and other brave officers for doing their duty the county commissioners attorney weber and judge boreman were recorded in glowing resolutions as alders and abettors abet tors of a great movement but the x rays which has lent publicity and encouragement to their humane and worthy cause was overreached A move to adjourn finally carried subject to call of the president |