The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-05-14

many of those present were in favor of
not putting up a candidate.
PARK CITY READY TO QUIT.
Mr.. Townsend, of Park City,, said: cit
seems to be the universal opinion of the
Liberals of Park City that it would be in
advisable to run candidate at the next
election. -
A SUGGESTION OF sPoILs.
Mayor Lundy, of Ogden, thought that
If the Liberals had anything to fight for
they should put up q candidate Il
Dan Williams, OF Morgan, was opposed
to the idea of Throwing up'' now.
Harry Haynes knew they couldn't
elect their man, but thought they should
place candidate in the field.
ELECT A REPUBLICAN.
Judge Loofborow-If we can get our
selves in shape where we can get some
thing besides mere protest against
statehood, we ought to take advantage OF
it. The logic of the situation, In my
view, is that the Liberals should wait.
We want to defer statehood, now sup
pose that If, instead of merely standing
as protest, we throw our vote to the
Republicans, and elect Republican,
the powers at Washington will conclude
to lay this statehood proposition on the
table. Again, if in spite of the combined
Republican and Liberal vote, the Demo-
Gratis would win, it will show just what
we claim, that the Mormons are not sin
cere. 1t isn't time for us to act.
Rev. Knox wanted to know what posi-
ton this would leave the Liberals in if
the Republicans should win in the next
Congressional elections. The only thing
for the Liberals to do was to hang TO-
gether until they controlled the territory.
ALLEN SPRINGS THE SILVER SCHEME.
G. e. Allen-I am as much mixed as the
rest of you. have almost reached the
belief that it is time for silver party to
be organized in Utah. The scheme to
because no man carries the Liberal vote
in his pocket, and any man who under
| takes to deliver that contract will
find that it is too big for
him. The Republicans make up go per
cent of the Liberal party and the Demo-
Gratis 40 per cent. Add this vote and that
| of the respective parties and you cannot
figure out a Republican majority. The
question OF statehood hinges on the silver
issue, and l believe the time has now
come when the men of Utah should stand
with the men of Colorado. l believe the
time is ripe for the men of Utah to organ
ize on those lines. That is not giving up
the fight, but putting it in the lines
where it belongs. We shall then be fight
over the country, from the east to the
west, from north to south. l didn't be-
lieve it wise to say that the committee
should call a convention and name
candidate. I believe that the thing to do
now is to wait. I am just as much a Lib
eral today as 1 ever was but 1 believe the
Liberal fight today is conferred in the
money fight.
STANTON URGES DELAY.
City Recorder Charles E. Stanton, who
holds paying Office, believed that the
question should remain in allegiance until
Governor West decided to call an election.
Should the governor so decide, Charley
was in favor of the Liberals putting up
the best man for delegate, be he Demo-
crat or be he Liberal and spending every
dollar they could raise to give-him as
many votes as were in their power to get.
WILL CALL A CONVENTION.
The first proposition. viz: To call a
convention of the Liberals of the territory
to consider the question of the Liberals
putting up candidate for delegate to
Congress, should Governor West call au
election. Carried.
HOW IS THIS FOR GALL?
Judge Powers, c. E. Stanton, Harry
Haynes, R. O.. Lundy of Ogden, and
II.
appointed as committee of five to call
on the governor and request him to call
special election to select successor to
j. E. Rawlins. -
s'But suppose the governor should tell
the committee to go to Provo, what
thenf' facetiously observed Judge Good
| win.
DESIGNS ON THE CONGRESSMAN.
Judge Powers called attention to the
contemplated visit of the congressional
committee TO this city to Investigate the
territory's fitness for statehood and asked
what action the conference desired to
| take.
j. R. Nichols wanted the territorial
committee to oppose statehood tooth and
toe nail.
Jake Greenewald wanted the whole mat
ter left to the territorial committee, and
yet he wanted a strong committee ap-
pointed. This paradox arrangement was
a puzzle to Powers, but it was clear to
Jake.
| It was decided that the chair should
appoint a committee of fifteen, of which
the chair Mr.. Powers) and the secretary
| (Mr. Stanton) should be members, to
present the opposition of the Gentiles of
the territory in the most forcible manner
! possible.
There being no further business the
conference adjourned.
CONVENTION AT PARK CITY.
| After the adjournment, the committee
met and decided TO hold a convention at
Park City, each county to have the same
representative as in the last convention.
The chairman and secretary were
authorized to appoint within reasonable
time committee of fifteen Liberals to
appear before the Senate committee in
June.
INTERVIEWED THE GOVERNOR.
Messrs. Powers, Stanton. Lundy and
| Haynes then called upon Governor West
and were courteously received by him.
They stated that they desired to know if
he had yet received the resignation of
Mr.. Rawlins. The governor replied that
he had not. although he had received
mail from Washington which was posted
the day after the resignation was sent.
The governor was then requested to no.
tify Mr.. Stanton as soon as the resigna-
ton was received, and he agreed to do so.
A RIDICULOUS BLUFF.
The committee next informed him that
in their view Mr.. Rawlins could not
withdraw his resignation, and if it was
not received by his excellency, they
would furnish him proof of the fact that
Mr.. Rawlins had actually resigned. They
next demanded that the proclamation be
issued when such showing was made, and
notified the governor that if he refused to
do so they would take the matter into the
courts.
i The governor intimated that the only
question was as to whether Mr.. Rawlins
had the right to resign, and that he would
not stand on technicalities.
The conference was entirely friendly