Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-07-16
THE NOMINEES.

The Democrats can point with just
pride to the candidates nominated last
night There is not one among them
but that is worthy Of the suffrage of every
citizen. If they shall be returned their
private character is such as to guarantee
a faithful performance OF their duties
and a conscientious care for the interests
of all the citizens as they will bring to
their work an unusual intelligence
and high sense of honor and responsibility.
Against the personal character of the
candidates no charge can be brought.
Their high standing in the community is
the warrant of their interest in the COM
munity. Let us pass the nominees in re-
view For the Council the first name is
that OF Robert G. Chambers. In the
community he is we'll known as the Sup
erintendent of the Ontario mine, and SO
popular is he with all classes of people
that he was scarcely thought to have any
politics. He is a man of middle age, con-
versant with public affairs, and his
| interests are Utah's interests. The
next name is that of John A.
Marshall, young man of scarce thir-
| ty years, and a nephew of Hon. Thomas
Marshall. By profession he is lawyer,
and so we'll does he stand with his
brothers of the bar, that could he have
| been induced to have been a candidate
for the judgeship of the First Judicial
| District he would have been unani-
mously endorsed by the bar. He is emf
nently well fitted for the Office to which
! he has been nominated, and his name
would grace the ticket of any party. The
next name is that of Joseph L. Rawlins,
born and raised in Utah, whose
sole political ambition is the we'll
fare of Utah and her people. He
| is too we'll known to need the
laudation OF any man, and his position at
the bar as one of its leading members
proves him to be most fit man for the
Council. Had he chosen to have cast his
political lot with the dominant party of
Utah, it is safe to say that now, young as
he is, the greatest prize within the gift of
that party would have been bestowed
upon him. His father, Bishop Rawlins,
is universally known and respected
throughout Utah, and is one of her
leading and most substantial men.
The next name for the Council is that of
G. E. Kitchener, of Stockton, Tooele
county. He is an old time Democrat
and has been in Utah quite a number of
years, chiefly engaged in mining. Quiet
and unobtrusive, he has never been
widely known, but those who do know
prize his friendship and esteem him for
his sterling worth. With such men as
he and Mr. Chambers in the
Council, Utah's mining industries will
be in the best of hanHs, although
their view is not concentrated upon that
one alone, but comprehends Utah's other
industries also.
Let us look at the names of the candi-
dates for the House. First is that of
William g. Sharp, born and reared in
Utah, and only some twenty-nine years
of age He may very aptly be termed n
representative young man. He is a min
ing engineer by profession, having re-.
ceived his education at the Van Rensselaer,
POLYTECHNIC Institute, Troy, New York,
from which he graduated with distinction,
taking past graduate course at the
Columbia School of Mines. He is a son
of Bishop John Sharp, Chairman of the
Peoples party, whose name is symbolic
with all that is best in that party and in
Mormonism. Mr.. Sharp does not adhere
TO the political creed of his father, but
still he commands the respect of every
member of his fathers party. His in