Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-02-05

w. Powers, who proceeded to al.
dress the assembly. He eaid he
was present by command cl
the sovereign people. He wss
addressing persons who differed IL
| pliltics Rnd rsiigiOn from him, and he
nopel ne shuuli cay nuthinR in bif
| taste ur bat judgment He desired
say something Of himseif personally
| ;hst lac might set himself right. He
was wiling to acquleses IN the result
u the senatorial contest He had an
nounced himself candidate, bot had
ali he would endorse the election OF
any able silver mAB and Dem crat.
I The candidate whose cause l es-
! poused bfs zone down 10 de'eat. The
standard he raised has been stricken
down, nut aun!hrr honorable gentle
man has been chosen. congratulate
| HIM. L contest rugen iefeI much
| nCBrt hurninG. Friends and even
| iRmiliee we're tveTed by n, but nov
all Democrat should come together
aid heal all wUunJs and bury bil
asteritlte. The speaker disclainied all
bitter telling, anu that he was mau
VINO would perstcute another on reli-
| glous Rr3unde. Tao people OF Utah
were honest and inteTe, and pfoveI
| hat they were such, AVA were capable
Of build ny great 3 ate. He ex-
| prtsaeu h appreciation OF the honor
| OF having been nominated TOR the
United states Senate by the frat
woman senator ever elected, nnI
| enlogi2ed her In emit iiaetic terms.
/ He dwelt on the du lien aud responsi-
b.lilles OF members Of tue legislature,
and hoped l. zee wider Morality oi
ceiling prevail amubg tue people Of
tue state. Human riEh mlst he Or =
teeted by the lsw-makiug powe
otherwise the tiger ~ human nature
VIII he aroused. ami undet the lealef-
ship of come man o strong Will tue
multitude viii sweb, aside all law.
"Some have argued that beeause
oil the features ana results OF the
late contest we abandon parry
lines ana divide again 90
che old issnos which brought
30 much misfurtuuc and torture 10 the
people. But say rne Democratic
pnrly great enough 10 RICH. all
wrongs that exist wlIhiu IT,"
The speaker psoncuDcsJ q eulOgy on
The Democratic party, aud tao futife
Of Utah, and pledged himself to do tn
right rs Gou might give him to see tue
right. Applause.
Fisher s. Harris was next intro.
duced, anu made SOM fellcltOub II.
marks about the rivalry betwenn MIA.
self and other Candidates, whiDn
ELECTED laughter and applause. H.
spoke with warmth Of his devotion 10
his party, 3 ate AID equity ii
desired TO see eliminated from Ia
politics OF the State, the questions tuaG
have been vexing the ps1ple.
The Certificate Oi III 3 eiecli5n to the
United States Senate Of do
joseph L.. Riwlins was rea D., an
ordered spread upon the mia uios Vi
the Joint session.
Sloan then arose to question OF
persoual privilege.
Referring 10 the Rlbinson letter, he
reiterated much Of what he SAID about
II on Wednesday, speaking AT some
length. He contei ded that 10 showed
mat the wrller did not hoii his high.
rst allegiance to the State, and thai no
mon OF such sentiments was flltJ bs
legislator.
kqbluson rose and read the letter in
full, explaining 1t and denying that IL
6nowed his allegiance to the Church
W 9 greater than TO ths State. Tue
"cause" referred TO 10 the letter, he
said, was thai OF the lowly NtzIrene,
ana when he had eaid this yes.
terday he WAS hisssd by the
lobby ''as the word Of truth
lie biased In hell" He addec: ~ do not
hold my allegiance to the church as
higher than to the STATE, III, DO re-
gard the office OF en- Apostie as one o.
The greatest eanetity."
BenniOn next rose anu explained
why he had been unable to
support Moses Thatcher, anu WIS
followe by Hanstn. who douied that
no hau been elected to the Legislature
without being oiiizsn, lie proof OF
his denial he sent to tbs oleTk'a desk
and had read his certificate % citizen
snip which showed thHt he was natur.
allied In This city, Ia the Third dlstTict
court, in 1876.
SmOot offered preamble and resolu.
tione, quoting from an editorial article
In yesterdayh NEWS, IN reference to
the mOhocratiG Recommendations that
took place during the last ballot, &c.
verely critioislng the article bucause
rs alleged injustice TO President Nsbe
ker.
On motion OF Sloan the preamble
aud FIRST resolution, devoted mainly tu
the NEWS, weru stricken our. The
Remaining resolution was ,hen adopt.
CT, as follows:
Resolved that We express our appre.
citation of the hble audimpartlal man.
ner In which the President OF this
assembly has condueted its proceed.
ings, and that we hereby express our
confidence III his ability and integrity
az presiding officer.
w lson moved that the speeches
msde before the joint assembly by
Rawlins, Thatcher, Henderson, GOV.
Wells, Powers and Harris. be printed |
In the journal. Alter debate tue mo.
ion prevailed. Thu minutes Of the |
lolni session were read anu approved,
and 1t adjourned sine die.