Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-03-23
COMPLIMENTS TO GOV. MURRAY.
The Opera House CrOwded-Enthu.
siastic Speeches and kesO.
lutiOns.

Il man or his mOSC arQ6nC duLulTeIS. IL
is Opera House was completely packed,
IS very appreciative feature of the audient
n being the presence of large number
l. ladies. The enthusiasm of the thror
t was greatly increased on the receipt of
:, telegram announcing that 200 of Ogden
e citizens were en- route, and when the
e entered the building later in the evenin
t and filed down to their reserved seats.
p thunderous burst of applause greete
y them.
Henry W. Lawrence called the meet
g ing to order, and Captain Ransford Smit
: was made chairman and A. S. Patterson
secretary. After making a happy intro
3 ductory address in relation to the purpos
$ of the meeting, and paying glowin
: tribute to Governor Murray's officia
t career, the chairman appointed as com
mittee on resolutions, Henry w. Law
: renee, w. NJ. Ferry, J. NJ. Goodwin, G. s
Varian and W. S. Godbe.
Eloquent and appropriate speeches
were made by Judge G. w. Bennett
Colonel w. M. Ferry and Rev. T. G. Tiff
! when the exercises were for moment
interrupted by the, arrival of the Ogder
delegation.
Judge G. S. Zane, whose arrival at the
opening of the meeting had been warmly
greeted by the audience, stepped forward
and delivered what by many was regarded
as the master effort of the evening. He re-
ferred to the disreputable government of
the Mormons which Governor Murray
had found on coming here the preten-
tons of the people that through their
prophet Joseph Smith, they had been
loftier laws than those of our great repub-
lie. The people here claim that after an
ominous silence of 1900 years the God Of
Israel had condescended to whisper in
Joseph Smiths ear that polygamy is a
divine condition and passed all the rest
of us by and left us in abject ignorance
on the subject, while the prophet himself
was powerless to prove that he had re-
ceived such revelation. Governor
Murray had found law here
against polygamists, yet George @.
Cannon sat in the halls of Congress and
gloried openly and secretly in the posses
sion of four wives. Our Governor had
shown courage here as he had done in his
native State, when, only beardless boy,
he unsheathed his sword in defense of
his country's union, and that, too, in the
face of opposing influences that only a
powerful mind can set aside. The good
that he had accomplished here would,
like the man himself, live forever in the
hearts of all loyal people here.
Chaplain Jackson, of Fort Douglas,
and Henry w. Lawrence followed with
remarks in harmony with the general
sentiments OF the meeting, and the fol-
lowing resolutions were read and adopted:
THE OGDEN RESOLUTIONS.
WHEREAS Eli II. Murray, Governor of the
Territory of Utah during the past six wears.
has been called upon to resign, therefore,
RESOLVED, By the citizens of Ogden. ire
spective of party, that for the Courageous
performance of his official duties, Eli Fl.
Murray has our confidence and respect, and
IS entitled to and should receive the endorse
ment of every loyal citizen.
Resolved, Further, that while we regret
President Cleveland has deemed it necessary
to make change in the Office of Governor
at this time, we have full faith in the purity |
OF his motives, and express our hearty ap-
preclatlon OF the generous support he has |
gwen to the cause of good government in |
this Territory during the past year.
FRED j. KIEsEL, Chairman.
r. w. Cross, Secretary
THE GENERAL RESOLUTIONS
WHEREAS, The following letter of resiena-
ton OF Governor Eli H. Murray has been
forwarded to His Excellency, the President
of the United States, namely:
TERRITORY OF UTAH, EXECUTIVE OFFICE.
March II, 1886.
To the President:
| hereby tender my resignation of the
Office of Governor of the Territory of Utah,
to take effect upon the appointment of nv
successor. In common with every citizen
who is In sympathy with the Constitution
ana the enforcement of the laws in Utah,
am thankful for your utterances in support
d them, and am not unmindful of the con-
SHERATON implied by my retention in office
since the incoming of your Adminis-
ration, at which time placed my resigna-
lion at your disposal. I had heretofore
placed my resignation in the hands of r. N.
baskln, who was elected to represent the
of Utah, and who will place
ms In your hands. With the earnest hope
hat you will give us Governor who will =
Zee that the laws are in good faith exeonted /.
md do his utmost to keep secure, and to
urther extend good government in Utah, I
n the establishment of which I have Given
'ver six years of faithful service, t
have the honor to be, q
Most respectfully, r
Eli II. MURRAY" q
AND WHEREAS, The course of Eli b. Muir. a
ay has been such as to earn for him the EN-. 6
'hatlc approval of all loyal people; there =
ore, be it t
Resolved, By this mass meeting of lovaI o
ltlzens OF Utah, irrespective of party, that n
re tender to Governor Murray our hest ii
7lshes for his future welfare and success. +,
M n express our hearty approval of his +,
inclal course IN Utah, and his patriotic en- y
eavors to enforce the laws of our country.
nd to establish good government. and to u
mellorate the unhappy condition of onr CT
erritory. VI Jul 7,
RESOLVED, further, That we approve tho c,
c {; 10 OF meeting of citizens held at the e,
salker house, Salt Lake City, on the 18th r.
ay OF March, 1886, in appointing the Hon ~
!. N. Baskin as the REPRESENTATIVE Of ths te
on Mormons of Utah, to proceed to Wash U!
lgton and use his influence in procurino d
ON Congress further needed legislation e(
ResolUed, That in President Cleveland we n,
'cognlze a faithful and conscientious nuh- u
servant, whose fidelity to duty has given oo
m the respect and esteem of citizens gan- q
any, Without respect to party affiliations: vi
"a we confidently rely upon his wise al
.t11otlsm and patriotic Judgment to lift ar
epublic. y IL "A'1A ple r.
during the evening the Fort Douglas bt
lnd rendered a number of delightful sl'
rs winch were Interestingly interspersed
aong the speeches, and at the adjourn
ent to Governor Murray,s residence also
companied the crowd. Several hnn.
ed people visited the gubernatorial or
anslon and took last farewell of Gov We
nor and Mrs. Murray, MANY of the ISIS
ore prOminpnt oitizon, o,tou,z,., Wv