Show T1wthirc V1hdItkt4 f On Saturday lasHhb lpeparty ot this county represented by priesthood delegates from the varicms mxfinbtejT in a convention nay call it conventicle capacity fonthe wrposeo humby doujg their share Howard thb nixpecfed consummation con-summation of the grand gigantic Statehood State-hood scheme for thisiimcsVndflen Trri tory of Utah It was a significant fact that with vervfaw exceptions the members mem-bers formingThe gathering Were Taith ful followers and active tools of lho Priesthood only an almost imperceptible sprinkling of really representative men of business sand brains being present Of course theproceedings went on in the good old way f e cooked ard dried The only noteworthy result of the affair af-fair was the selection of Charles C Richards and Nathaniel Montgomery as Peoples that means John Taylors candidates can-didates for xeurgsentativqs jri the new Legislature the former irom the Fourth District Ogden City proper the latter from the Bifth comprising the country precipfctsi3Ir lljchards is undoubtedly tone Of the ablest young of his church and men faith and a painstaking public officer in his capacity is County Clerk and County Attorney He knows the country and the people from Hooper on the lake shore to Eden in the mountain tops Only he belongs to a familyconijjination who are imbupdvirltli the presumptuous spirit of hereditary monarchy 4d entailed estate gHisrcol leaguetobg Mr Montgomery is afer vent Mormon and an honest farmer which is as much and no less than what even the Herald darejl to advance in his behalf He is thoroughly attached to the Richards dynast hence his selection selec-tion which surprises me as Thomas Wallace the Bishop of North Ogden is a much more capable because more astute instrument in the hands of the apostolic patricians who put him into his episcopacy iffew years ago because the then incumbent Maycoek was display1 ing too much rugged and incorruptible honesty although his tongue was not as glib nor his conduct as servilely obsequious obse-quious as that of his oleaginous though gifted successor Mr Montgomery is to make the farjrier vote eoliU Its Si sop to Cerberus Tomorrow the Council Convention meets to nominate a member sot t the House of Lords from Weber County I have not yet heard who is the preference It is certainly settled from the underground under-ground by this time and known to those behind the scenes who pull the strings Should it be Hon D II Peery pne pf the leadingaawmakers and finanderaiMjf the proposed State ofJJtah He has served inrhe Legislature with eminent distinction for several successive terms Or should the Montague branch of the Church be willing to yield a privilege to the Capuletti by proposing and promoting promot-ing one of the Farr faction Or to close my surmises should Nathan Tanner Jr be chosen as the bone emissaire scapegoat scape-goat Well see and then well know |