Show NOBLE MURRAY his conduct banded skies by his friends delegation A roast of reason and flow of soul from a liberal standpoint yesterday morning shortly before noon dodgers were circulated through jhc thc city announcing that a special excursion train would leave ogdan last eve ning to accommodate those ogden Liberals who were desirous of attending the murray meeting announced to take place in alie walker opera house in salt luke city last evening the D R G W ry company placed afie fare at a low figure one dollar for the round trip and consequently alich alie train steamed out of the depot at ogdan there were nearly persons on board among those who were on the train our reporter noticed the following G M brough P J E 5 mccarty W M chapman 11 S hill P A 1 alien wm borlev snyder II 11 tancy J Brinck cr A R win farrell F J kapsel Kip sel J maee MJ ee james horrocks coad W felshaw major L B stephens james thompson V M C silva kaeler M biel E W bond mcchesney S 31 brashaw 0 E hill and Deputy Marshal sicele who brought up the rear after a ride of a little over an hour salt lake city was reached and the ogden delegation headed by the harmonica band consisting of vm Browni nir E ford frank marloy frank williams walter freeman and arched to the op era honee sixty seats had been reserved for them the ogden delegation was royally received by the salt lako liberals and a perfect few after their entrance the hause was literally packed and standing room could not bo obtained on the stage were ransford Raus ford smith judge C S zane rey mr jackson chaplain of fort C hift audne C W bennatt W M ferry major noun an C S varian marshal ireland W others A few minutes belon 8 the coming of the og den delegation had been announced hv the reading of a special telegram the announcement was received with loud applause after which tho sixth band favored the assembly with several patriotic airs the nomination of contain bansford smith for aadal 1 eon was elected secretary on tak ine the chair captain smith said wo have met to do honor to the governor who has served us ao well during six years and to approve hie conduct during tho entire administration of his office and particularly during the last ninety days we meet democrats as republicans end so far as utah is concerned as gentiles to express our approval it was he who struck tho first effective blow to free utah from the control of have baruck less effective blows it Is true but his work had done more than all the combined wa have to bid him adieu as a governor bt tho work lie has commenced will go on until the would the appointment of a committee of firo to draft resolutions expressive of our views the following gentlemen were appointed as such committee II 11 V lawrence W M ferry J M W 8 godbe the committee retired and judee C was introduced said that every with arido at the assembly present to do honor to governor ty to the american government is at a discount in utah but abig as proved that love of nouh try was not yet entirely dead the strong arm of tho governor has been raised in defence of the laws and became of his firm attitude in this direction the company present had met to do him honor ho has laid hi office at the command of the government and be may us soon he certainly wil as an official it been thought by loyal citizens that it should be well to have some one at washington to represent us constantly haakin paa al ready gone and we think matters can be safely left in ills hands tho band rendered another alno selection and the committee on reso lations returned and reported their labors the fb lowina 1 a which were favorably received an d loudly applauded were read by the chairman of tho committee II 11 W dawrence Ja wrence the following letter of resignation of governor eti ray has been forwarded to hia excellency the president of the united states namely OF EXECUTIVE barcli to the presidents 1 I hereby tender my resignation of the ottyce of governor of utah to take effect upon the appointment of successor in common every citizen ohp e n sympathy with the and he enforcement of the laws n utah I 1 am thankful for your utterances in support ot them and am lot unmindful of the aeration implied by my retention in office spice the of your administration at chich imo I 1 placed my resignation at your diep oeal I 1 had heretofore placed my in the hands of iipp 1 N lia okin who wes to represent the non cormons mormons of utah and who yih place ilis n your hands with the earnest chopo that yon will civens a governor ulio will aeo that faith executed and do hie utmost to tl keep secure and to further extend good utah in the establishment of which I 1 have given over six years of faithful service 1 I have tho honor to be most respectfully ELI U MURRAY AND WHEREAS the course of eli murray has been anch as to earn for him the emphatic approval of all loyal people therefore be it resolved by this buaas meeting of loyal citizens of utah irrespective of party that we tender governor murray our best wishes for his future welfare and success and express our hearty approval of his official course in utah and his patriotic endeavors ende avora to enforce tho laws of our county and to gool government and to aiex itrato aliu unhappy condition of our resolved further that wo approve the action of a of citizens held at the walker I 1 use salt lake city on the d n of march 1886 in appointing the lluu K K baskin as the representative of the non mor mons of utah to proceed to wash inetor and use hie influence in procuring from congress further needed legislation Jie solved in president clove land we recognize a faithful and conscientious ious public servant choso whoso fidelity 1 to duty has riven him the re eject and esteem of citizens general ly without respect to party eions and we confidentially rely upon ilia wise patriotism and patriotic judgment to lift and lead feling utah into unity with the republic alie resolutions were adopted with rousing cheers the chairman said before putting these I 1 desire to hear colonel ferry speak resolutions COLONEL FERRY advanced to the front and after a b rief reference to reading a notice of a procession in pittsburg on st patricks day said wo have to without political alienation we have come to do honor to one whom we honor as a patriotic patrio tiu citizen my first acquaintance with governor murray was years apo at the aiese of vicksburg Vicks burp lie was colonel of a kentucky regiment he was as tall as he is now but slighter in figure and we knew him then as he boy colonel cheers the next I 1 heard of him was as united states marshal of kentucky and finally I 1 knew him as governor of utah from eliat alay to this I 1 have had no doubts of his ability aud I 1 have never turned from it in his message to the last legislature that met in salt lake city be said the government of tho united states ie the combined aspirations of determined men that atee government shall continue loud cheers I 1 also remember hearing judge eay in tho third district court recently the government of abe united states exists in its laws the president has seen fit to require abo resignation ot governor murray let me tell ou there are cogent rca all this in tho first place we are under a democratic administration and the requirement of the president is right president cleveland the executive of this nation is re spon for his administration to those who may feel to doubt the wisdom of his act I 1 may say what are you going to do about it there may bo some who think this Is a dark cloud bat clouds of darkness about you arc big mercy and may break and will break with blessings on your head there is n purpose in all this and we may feel assured that with the leadership wo are now under that all things will result to codr tho course of governor murray during the last six years his advice and sui to the last legislature the bills enacted by that legislature the bills that he signed the closing of it and the ending of it have filled up to completeness governor murrays Mur rays record it has o 0 into hsi tory and out of alint history will result as I 1 firmly believe the redemption of the dearest interests we have and that are the most desirable and the mast esteemed by every american citizen you who are democrats and you who aro american citizen that a inan aho ahnne through tho turi noll of R and the iniquity of yew york at grover cleveland lias will never be stalled by tho situation ln utah I 1 have every reason to believe that out of all jhb will grow a blessing to ui I 1 have known governor murray as an anny officer and as an executive in utah and in each of choso na I 1 leavo kitan him As a patriotic citizen and an lionet applause whoever succeeds him here will feel that he has removed from the pathway of executive duty many blocks I 1 hoad that hi successor be a inan wo can as honestly truthfully and heartily hear tili honor wo have dono governor murray the speaker also in the course af big reni arka r eserre the fact at dorco that wished lo 10 cross the jordan waa cut abey crossed and martial law now liea slumbering at yort Dou Klag ready for any empy a honored with n loud burst of applause at the celoso of his rather ion harangue haran guo carlna mr ferrye tho ogden delegation had arrived and had taken their seats directly in front of the stage peat c layr the next speaker had just arrived in lake from aho north ami unfortunately had not had i extricate the lust from his optea nor to brush it froia hs apparel app aref evea ha would speak to tho resolutions IQ was not present as the representative of any political organization niza tion lut we an american citizen who the laws ohia country abd hor cliplef executive and ho trusted no one would think hica out of place in expressing fat aade waa able hi approval of the coure of the utah all H Sl urray As boy the speaker lefi hia ohio home to protect the of hia country and to 11 ang whick prompt obedience to he laws inday in day lo 10 desired to eay that lie hoped the people would feel ho had a profound inte reet in utah supposed he travels more than any other man in the office and calls b y t ing assigned to him and ho must say that he had been well treated on every hand and ho would not be true to them if he did not place on record hie desire for their welfare at the close of sir 1111 was bondly encored a compliment which he gracefully acknowledged the band rendered another patriot io selection and 2 arose and assemblage assem blase as follows the enthusiasm on this occasion far surpasses and the music far excels that to which I 1 in the third court tap delivering himself of this und offering ii excuse to the effect that lie was buffering from malady common to fall who are required to make speeches namely a cold Jud geine proceeded a follows t according to the cail service rules existing in this coquetry cou etry a federal officer I 1 believe to say or oven to do anything 1 refer to the government known is the church of jesus christ of bolter day saints applause 1 I call government because it assumes to discharge th functions of a there is a republic on this continent and we say that it expresses the sentiments dairal convictions and will of more than fifty millions of people ao 10 obedience to the the people a law has passed by their servants and agents polygamy is wrong but government buys il is righting right ind cays that its followers or a portion of them must practice it when we tell them that tho 01 the united states it manata from the sovereignty of free people they say that their law was communicated years ago to joseph smith lauchter and athen wo tell them that joseph smith carnol prove that was to him and look a layle strange eliat tho things after remaining silent for 1800 years should to ono man that polygamy is right and that U must ba practiced and atha we tell them that it looks to ns absurd that that infinite tiburco of all should communicate in this way anything that the mass of humanity would not believe in they aay that it was corn munica tied to Josepn Smith and that believe it particularly the women they can or not or they must bo damned forever citizen we have assembled this evening to honor and prove the conduct of a wise a brave and fl patriotic man we have met to approve the a man alio came to this territory with conscience and a courage that had been baptized in tho blood of the lata war man who has shown the courage of his convictions at every stop since lie appeared in this territory A man alio carry conscience in his packet for tell you that is a poor place U leads thorn into crooked and devious patha and them turn sharp corners the man to whom colonel ferry has referred in such slowing terms though at the noonday of life and looking toward the setting sun if hia official life should close today to day lias lone more titan the ercal mass of men who have filled public officio during a long lifetime but few men havo accomplished so much at the end af threescore years when alie late war broke out and a portion of the american people determined to lay the foundation of a confederacy upon the cornerstone corners tono of human slavery this bravo man was in a state which belonged tho influential and leading men alio surrounded hun went with their section but the beardless boy who loved the society in which he lived who loved hii friends for ho isi man with a bay heart M you all know he said must go with the and laws of my country 1 must stand by alie principles announced in alic declaration of independence pen dence all men are created equal all governments derive their lust aiom the consent of the governed he unsheathed his aard and went forth to battle while the of free government nil over alie world predicted that the government was drooping to a fatal decay that it ans ains to pieces upon the rock of disunion but ho endured the danger and hardships of the war for his country and baw the flag come forth and triumphant um aheu ho came to this territory he found the to which I 1 haac referred assuming that everything must bo done according to sel lie lulled to take t loud lie had too much respect for the taw of hi country lie had too much respect fur that great institution the institution of marriage and alic family flint 8 out of it which ohp welfare alie ric and the progress of humanity rest lie faund in tills country a law aliat no poleg hold any altice he found a man representing chii territory in congress that everybody knew had four anve wives and who was elected according to counsel the governor paid he was not and he lias stuck to it ever since and alii vast enca U here 9 digh ang honor lo 10 him while the man with whom ho biad the controversy is a fugitive froin justice air exile as I 1 presume tn foreign laud and who has alic par pf af alic ln llanito bod is if hod macci him 10 nova rand presume lie ull for no has all the appearance of a human and al alila for what 11 they will not pay they will obey the law of their country they admit they wilfully violate them and gay they will not obey atheni o 0 if they would forward and to obey the laws in good faith and adkiso their followers foll to do it that would be the end of it the who preceded ino the thought hut whoever may follon Cio vernor murray will tind the impress of a brave man who has gone before jitni here when there some bravo when of them were afraid to without blowing hot and cold they li l i s r i biad their conscience in their pockets and were endeavoring to ecail between wind and water ilo dendera back his commission to tho president of the united states with the office which ho has never disgraced dis graced or dishonored ho tenders it back to be sure with less money in his pocket than he had when became here but he lias alie richest of all consolations alio conviction that ho acted in obedience to the dictates of right the approval of a mans own conscience is tho richest of earthly ho accomplishes more by even lying |