The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-10-22

convention, to the mastery platform
promulgated at Chicago in 1892. under
the inspiration and direction of which
| the American voters wrested the ma
tional rule from the party of .centrali-
cation, of extravaganza and public
| spoliation, achieving such a victory as
was never before won, is here reas-
serted. And it is with pride that we re-
| fer to the declaration of principles is
sued by the territorial Democracy in
| its convention at Provo in 1892. Led by
those principles and guided by the
promises and pledges the good people
| of the territory placed Utah in the
mighty column of Democratic COM
monwealths, and brought the depend
ency into harmony and political accord
with the national administration.
We again assert our belief that Utah
should at once be admitted TO the
Union as free and sovereign
state, upon an equality with all the
other states. Whatever doubts may
have existed as to the propriety, the
wisdom or the safety of comforting
statehood upon this territory have
been dispelled from the minds of all
| fair and reasonable men by the course
pursued by our citizens. Absolute in
! tegrity has been demonstrated, good
| faith has been maintained in. spirit
and actions, honesty has been proven,
whilst the intelligence, the ability, the
enterprise and the worthy ambition of
our people are everywhere conceded
and applauded. We maintain that it
will be oppressive and cruel to longer
deny to the people of Utah the exer-
else of the American citizens birth
right, local government, and we
! therefore appeal to the Democratic
| Congress to grant our earnest, honest
and well-considered demand for state
| hood To longer deny this right will
work individual and community hard
ships, check the growth and develop
ment of the community and deprive
us of the benefits of financial and COM
mercia l stability, which statehood
would convey to the self-governed
commonwealth. We denounce as enc
mics to the people and as being .op-
posed to the best interests of Utah
those who object to statehood and
who put objections in the way of our
emancipation from the territorial con-
ditionS.
We again and with emphasis pro-
claim our faith IN the money of the
constitution, and ask that silver, the
coin of the masses, the money of the
people, be restored to the place it oc-
cupied in our coinage system previous
to its partial decentralization by Re-
ago.
The Democracy believes in the de-
velopment and utilization of the varied
and rich resources of this wonderful
territory and to that end we commend
and declare it to be the policy of the
party, the encouragement by patron
age and all rightful and legitimate
means. of home industries and manu-
featuring enterprises.
! The Democracy iS Y1Y-o11d Of ite Do1o
gate to Congress, Hon. Joseph L. Raw
Inns. Although he has been but a few
weeks in the service he has demon
strated the wisdom of his nomination
and election, by proving that he is the
/ peer of any in the House of Repre-
sentatives as a lawyer and debator.
whilst as a worker for the best good
4 of the community which he represents,
he has no superior. While applauding
his efforts in behalf of the territory,
the Democracy pledges itself to hold
up the hands of Delegate Rawlins in
his further labor for the benefit of
Utah.
We congratulate the voters of this
city and county upon the fact that a
fair and efficient registration by the
! county registrar and his corps of dep
uties promises that the forthcoming
election will be characterized by an
absence of the fraudulent voting which
has marked past contests at the polls.
SAMUEL A. MERRITT,
Chairman.
P. J. DAILY.
BYRON GROO,
JOSEPH P. BACHE,
PETER w. McCAFFREY.
These resolutions were received with
enthusiastic cheers by the DELEGATES
and went through with a rush
The precincts then were called for
nominations for the council, The
First placed J. b Walden. Wendell
Benson and A T. Schroeder in the
| field, but their names were with
drawn. The Second put forward Wal
demar Van Colt, the Third O. H Har-
dy, the Fourth P. L. Williams, and
the Fifth Thomas Marshall. the latter
of whom withdrew. The names of j.
H. Moyle and I. NJ. Waddell We're then
nominated from the convention at
large.
Mr.. Moyle arose to withdraw his
name but his utterances We're downed
by the applause of his enthusiastic
admirers and he was compelled to sit
down several times Then it was
moved to nominate him
BY ACCLANIATION
and the motion was carried by vo-
ciferous aye" Then after he had
thanked the convention the names of
P. L. Williams and I. M. Waddell
were also carried.
On the call of precincts for repre-
sentative nominations the First fur
nished the names of z. w Wilson.
H. S. Laney, j. G. McNally and P. w.
NcCaffery; Second, H. A Smith, S. A.
Kenner and P. ]. DAILY (who declined);
Third, o. H. Hardy; Fourth, W. H.
Dale and Fifth, Alexander McMaster.
THE RAJTOT
The ballot stood:
| W. H. Dale, As; o. H. Hardy, As; A.