Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-09-27
THE DEMOCRATS MEET.
KING AND RAwLINS THE CHAIRMEN


been in session throughout the day II
was called to order in the salt Lake
Theater by Chairman d. c. Dunbar at
ii O'Clock. who introduced Congress-
| man w. II. King as temporary
chairman and DIR. Matte II. Cannon as
temporary secretary.
Judge King was received with en-
thusiastic demonstration and made
speech that ELECTED vociferous APP
plause. Briefly, he said the moral
effect OF the victory or defeat OF the
coming campaign was incalculaoie-'
could not be over-estimated' The CON
vention which he was addressing was
not the result Of spontaneous genera
| ton. II did not meet in quiet ana
secluded place as a gathering OF seil-
constituted guardians. but it came
from the sovereign people. There might
| he some excuse for non-partisan
| movement IL the Democratic party nau
| failed in its promises and pledges. hut
| IL had not and therefore there was ~"
| Justification whatever for seti-coilsu-
| tuted committees to meet formulate
| ticket and thrust 1t upon the people
| and declare that they ought to vote
| IL. At the last election the DemoGratlc
party was put in the control OF tne
county affairs, and reform anu
| economy have been the re-
emit .fhe opponents of Democracy
| were now fearful that they woulu lose .
the next election. That was why many
| of them favored the so-caileu non
partisan movement. Democrats shoulu
see to it that they were not leo lhto ny
and forbidden paths; that they Were
not detracted from the silver cause
tn the worshiping of false gods ana tne
following of false lights. They should
not like the 1sraelites OF ola loIaa ,i't,
and forget cause that meant SO hlu ''Ih
for them. The Democratic party coulu
not afford to muster out oil servlce tne
bnttnlions that have fought It's pat
Ties in the past. The convention Wts
not assembled with friends or ioes 70
please but to serve the people. ne
highest Individual and communal
daaeIonment came through the DEM
ooratic regimes and Administrators,
r,he work before the convention shouiu
be approached with all seriousness
In conclusion the speaker salo ne
approached with dehGaty NM ~ doy
importance. He hoped to see the dhy
come in Utah and that in the near tu
ture when the words Mormons ana
Gentiles would be obliterated from the
political nomeclature of all partles'l' niu
been charged by some during the last
Tow DAYS that the municipal ticket so
lar ms nominated was top heaVy'
After awhile we would doubtless arrive
AT a state of mind where we would
not consider top heaviness IN etner
direction when it came to dlstrlpu iS',
of offices. But that condition untor.
tunntely had not yet been reached anu
; the matter of evening things up some
5 what should not be, forgotten DEM
ocracy knew neither Gentle nor Jew
infidel or heather; it drew no llmll
Y no the universe. All delegations
: should work for the perpetuaton o.
3 these principles and the UNFOLDING o
this majestic banner.
Committees were appointed as ioi
lows: .,, - II
t Petit, G. A. Carlquist, Mrs, Alice But
, terworth II. G.. Sleater, O. w. Moyle
:, c. b. Stewart, Mrs. George Roinhey
y Charles Wilkes, Mrs. Jane Freeze
/. Joseph Bull Jr
t Business-C. S. Kinney, j. II. Murphy
j. Il. Raleigh, IL. G. whitney {. Il
Angel.
Thomas Marshall, ID. G. Dunbar j. ii
N Movie, Judge John w, Burton.
!. Party Emblem-S. a. Kenner, E. l.
II Ferguson, w, G. Young. -
ID The convention then adjourned unit
p m. ,.,,. ,,,,,o,, ,ba CON
vention was again called to order b.
chairman King, For an hour previou
ia that time the convention was enter
tanned by stirring selections iron
Ueld's military band. The first busi
ness of the afternoon session was tn
cl ! presentation of the report of the com
IA mittee on credentials which was ADOPT
ed without objection.
The committee on permanent OF
IN eanization ond order of business re
s. ported as follows'
81 First-Report of the committee
80 credentials,
ig second-Instllation of the permaner
n officers of the convention as follows
in Chairman, Joseph l.. Rawlins; VIC
chairman, Mrs. Martha Hughes Car
non, Mrs. Margaret a. Caine. Secrt
as retary. John II. Hansen; assistant
ge John Montgomery, Joseph NJ Cohel
n Sergeant alarms, Hugh Watson, as
I'd sistants, Moroni Gillespie, ID. l., Lev.
n Third-Prayer by Robert w. Ure.
r Fourth--Report of the committee q
as platform and resolutions.
f. Fifth--Nominations of the city OF
he GERS in the following order; Flrs
" mayor; second, recorder; third, attol
new; fourth, treasurer; fifth, auditor
sixth, Justice of the peace
Your committee has exercised 4
hest Judgment and made a sligl
change in the order of the nomination
being of the opinion that they shou
he be placed in the order of their impor
me ance.
* sixth-Electlon of the city campaia
at committee. Your committee furth
ort recommends that voting for candidate
p be by ballot; that the secretary ca
IN the numbers OF the various electit
lde ulae1 w. 80. e-...l - ~.