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Show UTAH DEMOCRATS. W. H KINO NAMED TOR CON-ORE8S CON-ORE8S ON TIRST BALLOT. I'r.olallon t.l. rinl Il'pr.rl.l nrArllnnol I oncrtal In I irluHIn Knl .rl.-lll. fat., tntatlnaall outfit. tln Sel.eU I. The Democratic state convention of Jtah convened In Hall tjikc Mareli 1 ind named ex (ongrrtsiiHinW II King for congreis cut the first ballot Ly n vote of vlS for King to IJH for I) C Dunbar Joseph U Itawlln of ball Uike, Heorge W Ihaleher of Cache It ( Chambers of Mimmlt, A, J Weber of Weber, A II larbel of hall Lake and W F Knox of Heaver wero elected delegate to the national contention and D C Dunbar wis eniforsrd for nations! na-tions! rommlltrnian from Utah lu succeed suc-ceed A W McLuue A healed discussion arose over a resolution reso-lution deprecating the action of congress con-gress denying n leal to II II Roberts, but It tin retained In a modified form by n vote of about two to one The platform demand the free and unlimited coinage of loth silver and gold at the preient legal ratio of 10 to 1, without waiting for the aid or consent con-sent of any other nation on earth, that the standard silver dollar shall be n legtl lender equally with gold for alt lebts, unalterably opposes lhe financial measure now pending Incongren, that tariff duties nhouhl bo levied for the purpose of revenue such duties to hu adjusted to operate equally throughout through-out the countrj ami not discriminate between class or section and that taxation tax-ation should bo limited by the needs of tho government, honestly and economically eco-nomically administered opposes the application of any tarllT lawa to the products of Porto Itlco, now a part of the United States, as being In violation of the federal constitution, and discriminating dis-criminating agalut American elllrrn. nfllrm that Hi Monroe doctrine, originally declared Is a permanent part of the foreign policy of the Lulled State and must be malntalnrdi de nounce the pulley of the He publican party which has resulted In lhe glgan tlo trusts and combination made possible pos-sible by high protective and prohibitive tarllts, and point a a result of this legislation to the Standard Oil trust, the sugar trust, tho steel trust, and many other combinations of corporatn mouey power resulting in oppression of the people, oppose imperialism and militarism, but favor commercial ex 'panalon suit progress, not by force but by natural and prefut means When armed resistance to the authority ot the United Stales shall hare ceased within the Philippine Islsnds, itshould I e the purposu of tho United Slates to provide for the organization of a gov eminent 1 the people of thosn islands, and congress should at once announce that It Is Iho Intention of the United Jtales, t aueh measures a mny be deemed most expedient to secure the blsislngs of liberty nnd freu govern uicnl to the people of the 1 hlllpplncs Congratulates the altito upon the record made by the ofllcers ami men who vol interred and bravely upheld th honor of the country! condemn the Republican Republi-can party for it stand on bimetallism, and close with the following resolution resolu-tion concerning the retusslof cougreii to dmlt II II Robert as a member Resolved, That tho Democratic pirty ot th tate of Utah, In convention assembled, solemnly alllrm that the people of till stste have kept faith with th nation, and repel upon their be. half all charge to the contrary a false and misleading Therefore, we deplore the action of thecongreisof the United Statea In refuting to admlnlil t the oath of orllcc to the meinber-eUcv fiuiu this common vealtb William Henry King wa born In I lllmore, Mlllurd county, In June, IDS He waa county attorney of Mil. lard county for four yers county clerk for two yean, tlty clerk for six year, city alienor and collector for two years, city recorder for two years and memberof the city council of r lllmore for two year When but !2 year ot ge he was elected a member of the territorial legislature, aud wa reelected re-elected to the name position two years later In 1849 lie removed to I'rovu, and entered actively upon the practice I of law In 18111 he wa elected lo the legislature, and waa chosen a presl-dentiif presl-dentiif th council or upper house lie was than elected county attorney of Utah county and terrrd In that capao Ity for four years, and he wa then city attorney of Provo for a number of year In July, I8VI, he wa appointed associate justice of the supremo court of Ulah by President Cleveland, aud wa confirmed by the senate He con tinned In the onlce. until the advent of utchootl January 4 latin. He was then elected to the r Ifty-tlfth congress a a Democrat, receiving 47,930 votes, against J7 HU vote for Lafayette Hoi brook t i am and .'"u votes for V sTfp rcti t il'opullit) |