Show I 1 that is the stand taken by I 1 weber county liberals I 1 1 1 AS TO HOME RULE AND STATEHOOD I 1 I 1 captain smith comes out in favor of the faulkner calne caine Bill Yesterdays convention endorses thomas the liberal county convention b held eld in the court house yesterday afternoon was opened by chairman william farrell judge R T was named for chairman but declined and suggested captain ransford smith who also declined on the ground that he was there to make a talk on the faulkner calne caine bill F A shields name was next presented and BO so was that ol 01 C 31 brough who was elected with a whoop T P bryan waa was made secretary of the convention mr farrell then eaid said that owing to the breaking up of parties in the last six months there seemed to be an impression out that the liberal party was not organized in weber county and he wanted to know whether or not it would be wise to elect a new committee fred J kiesel followed farrell and said that he lie thought that thell the liberal beral pa party I 1 ty in weber was in excellent working order or der 1 and that therefore there was no need of ot electing a committee over the one already in office the names of farrell berry binford and others were called out oa 03 members of the committee that point being disposed of chairman brough stated that the election of fifty delegates to the territorial liberal convention to be held in salt lake on the ath was the first thing in order on motion of F A a nominating committee was appointed by the chair as follows schramm aim kiesel far mil smout and dix the committee retire retired into the sheriffs sheriffs office and loud were made for captain smith to make a epe fich captain smith stepped forward and bell began a in a calm emphatic way by saying that be he had been baen a long true worker in the service of the liberal pa party arty in weber county in fact he had been called the father of the liberal party in this county but he laid no claim to each such a distinction helas lie was still a libe liberal raland and bad had no desire to lee tee the party dissolved but either the liberals were drawing away from him or he was getting away from the liberal party he ile was in favor of the home rule bill now pend ipg in congress the divoll tion of the peoples party made an epoch in the history of this territory agrest A great change has taken place in utah and liberals must change to suit the times and put themselves in proper relationship with the new order of things captain smith then outlined the provisions of the faulkner gaine caine bill stating plainly its chief features and then continued by saying that the bill was drawn by persons who were as much interested in this territory as any one living he was in favor of of the bill because it be the very means of delaying statehood this was why he be had consented for it to be drawn and presented to congress the great danger to utah is statehood tho s speakers p proposition was to approach statehood slowly and cautiously and be he thought if the bill passed it would delay dejay statehood at least fix six years it is said this bill is an insult to the mormon people so have been all the measures against polygamy from the pol poland and bill to the edmunds tucker law this legislation was necessary and now legislation of a reconstructive character is required re aired and the faulkner gaine caine mea measure Is re reconstructive in its nature the government supported by the liberal party has gained victories in utah that should be the admiration of the nation captain smith said that he want the liberal party disbanded he also said that the home rule rate bill bad had been drawn in bis his office by bis his partner and that be he bad a draft of the original copy with him in his inside pocket and closed by saying that be he thought the convention should send a delegation from this county down to salt lake on the eth that would favor the passage of the bill there was no outburst of applause when the captain took bis his seat not even a hand baud clap disturbed the silence that followed till some one called for judge who responded saying that he felt modest in the presence of so many older liberals he lie regarded the fight made in utah by the gentiles as a fight against a form of elavery slavery the liberals bad had but bait ball won the fight in utah he lie was against the borne home rule bill thought the situation rood food enough as it is and that it therefore should be let alone W N shilling major L B stephens ar R 0 lundy don dan maguire F A green ed sewell and others addressed the meeting the tenor of their remarks being opposition to th the a proposed legislation the following list of proposed delegates was then reported huntsville hunts ville joseph smith eden james chambers wilson J 31 pierce riverdale rivendale Ri verdale george dawson plain city ed dix james strand jr henry taylor slaterville Blat Slat erville jamea cowan E ba M amont hooper jon av averette erett fl Ch charlea arlel de do la baume burch creek john cortez north oden and pleasant view RH slater F 14 sanford anford ri aden ba M N grave otto berger T 11 Sweney Jae N kimball C 31 brough T 11 bryan isadora isadore marks ad kunn kuhn S B Sc bramm L L davidson R T gill gaorge W murphy T B Harl hurlbutt butt thomas tanDon don maguire Mag cire joi clayton clay ton fi 6 L brick gottert robert lundy W farrell fred A shiel J R elliott geo goo mcintosh ebeo jas carsone Carso Carson nF iF J klebel bl M buchmiller wm blaford albert kiesel klese 1 john keck R A wells A 8 condon W W fringe george matson john frank green W chapman I 1 W N shilling L B stevena stevens W harco harcombe jtb F B devoto john johnm M berry J 11 spargo the report of the committee was accepted and adopted and the discharged A motion was made and carried that the ogden liberals berala ll do not either of the bills now pending in congress oa motion the meeting rc endorsed endo reed action of governor thomas in veto the election bill the convention adjourned and the delegates met mot im irn dist 8 1 afterwards elected IF J kissel chairman h at d T B I 1 devoto secretary of the delegation dele gaIon gallon wa was decided by loo delegates to arch tau to the depot with flying colors and a braes brass band it may be said for this convention that while it was a spirited one it was comparatively ively free from violent and vituperative expressions |