The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-17
SALT LAKE PETITION.
Request to Vote For Thatcher Sent
to the Legislators.

1911
of the 10 senators and representa-
tives from Salt Lake county the follow
ing letter and petition:
Salt Lake City, Utah. Jan. is, 1897.
Ladies and Gentlemen:
I hand you herewith a copy of petit
ton from the members of the Salt
Lake county Democratic convention
which placed you in nomination for the
offices of state senators and represent
atives, to which you were elected No
vember Bird, 1896, asking you to sup
port the honorable Moses Thatcher for
United States senator. OF the 400 dele
gates who comprised the convention,
sos have signed the petition. There are
in addition to those, 81 members who
endorsed Mr.. Thatcher in all earnest
ness, but request that no publicity be
given to their endorsement for pruden-
tial reasons, and Sc members who de-
clare their preference for Mr.. Thatcher,
but who do not care to align them
selves in the present contest. Only Is
members have expressed a preference
for other candidates. Every delegate to
the convention was seen except IA,
who could not be found
1t must be kept in mind that Salt
Lake county is the home of both the
other candidates. a fact which, under
the securing of endorsement Of Mr..
Thatcher exceedingly difficult.
You ought to be impressed by the
knowledge that your petitioners have
not signed this request in the perfunct-
DRY manner which characteriZes the
average petition. Every delegate has
stopped to declare his or her position
and to define it.
The senatorial canvass has been Wig
Orous, well advertised, and fraught
with incidents and questions which
would appeal to every citizen. There is.
therefore, every reason why you should
take this urgent prayer of your petit
TONERS as the earnest expression of
sincere people, who fully realize the
Importance and gravity of the situa-
ton.
Democrats have always contended
that United States senators should be
elected by the people. and have re-
peatedly sought to have the federal
constitution amended to this end. The
nearest approach to il is for the people
to express through their conventions
their preference for senators. For some
reason this was neglected in the re-
cent campaign. (May this neglect
never occur again)
Could the conditions which have
arisen in the present senatorial contest
have been foreseen by the people, is
it to be questioned that YOU would
have been instructed by the delegates
in the convention as to their preference
and desire? Yours for Democracy,
y. c. DUNBAR.
THE PETITION.
Following is the petition accom-
panying the letter:
Salt Lake City, Utah. Jan. 6. 1897.
John T. Caine, Matte Hughes Cannon,
George A. Whitaker, D. o. Rideout,
j.. BENJAMIN A: Harbour, Heber
Bennion, f. W. Wilson. George Rom
ney. jr., Joseph f. Taylor Il. w.
Sloan, Mrs. E. X. La Barthe, S. A.
Kenner, 'E. b. Shepard, James
Thompson, Daniel ManSan:
Ladies and Gentlemen: We, the
members of the Salt Lake county
Democratic convention, which nomi-
mated YOU TO the offices to which you
were elected November the Sc. 1886,
and urgently request you
TO vote for the Hon. Moses Thatcher
for United States senator at the COM
ing session of the legislature.
Very respectfully,
Fisher S. Harris, ]. G. Bywater, Will
lam Mcqueen. w. c.. A. Smoot, LO-
renzo Cardwell, S. Seigel, n K. Smith,
Mrs. S. B. Newman, Mrs George W.
Snow, Mrs. a. J. HOOK r a. Reyes,
W. F. Shelton, Lettie Thatcher. NJ e
AIulvey. A. J. Cronin. W. E. D. Bar
lett, 3. F. Howells. William NJ. Lewis,
J. B. Lewis, Samuel MCNutt, Benja-
min Johnson. Annie J. Murphy. Isaac
NJ. Perkins, Albert Spencer, Harry W.
Matthew'S L. NJ Bradford. Hyrum
Charles f. Miller. joseph
Mattress. Joseph S. II. Boden, James
4. Olson, A. G. Brown, Fidelia z. Mel
son, Nicol Hood. Joseph Pitt. a. c.
5moOt, z. L. Kistler, James c. Nelson,
Norris Hammerslough. E. E. Winters.
stephen Tyne, Mrs. Katie Heesch, La
on Cummings. George W. Snow, Mar
ha 3. Jennings, H. NJ Ryan. F. F.
Marohn, James Hegney, NJ. Gulbran-
sen. Frank r. Margetts. j. H. Murphy,
}. r. Grow, r. d. Maxfeld. James H.
cochran, Stewart Tanner. S. Cockerill
William HarlIer, Robert Leak. a. d.
zen. jr., John T. Bodell. Mary a. Orgill,
iottfried Frohrin, A. C. Morris, S.
Touton. Benjamin r. Harris. c. Mel
on. Annie G. c. Aston, Charles J.
)anSerfield, Carl A. Erlandsen. Harry
singer, Gustave Kroeger. A. a. Gibson, !
T. V. Williams, Dan Quinlan, Mary P. !
Silver. Mrs. Mary Banks. F. H. Holz- !
leimer, o. H. DOgge. Moroni Gillespie, !.
Joseph II. Raleigh. B. E. Wist, e L. |
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4ardman, A. E. Bennion, Simon Hib-
ard, Niels Lind, John Holt, n. J.
William Boden, Ambrose |
:. Mason, E. G. Lunnen, W.
\. Nelson. William B. Lavielle,
!. c. Wickersham, r. G. Sleater, /
George ". Green, Jr., H. H. Walters, |
ia Vincent, J. H. Player. w. L. |
dykes, II. ]. Hayward, H. B. Aldous, |
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en-, Andrew j. Burt. f. W. Stringfel- /
NV, John Dangerfield, H. L. Penrose, |
Alder Jacob Olson, Harry T. Ball, |
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hutchinson, Rose Van Streeter. r. NJ. /
ones, j. w. Cunnington. Mrs. j. H.
Iaslam, John T. Lynch. L. E. Hamer,
!. o. Adley, A. T. Webb. James 7. /
:rown. Mrs. E. Gillespie. J. B. Burns,
larry MAR, Mark Murphy, F. S.
row, B. A. Rid. John Lees, Mrs. r.
s.. Margetts. w H. Cassidy. a T.
chroeder, Oscar W. Moyle, Walter p
Heber Iverson, Fergus Coal
r, William w. Brown, George String
.llow, Mrs. H. L. Penrose, William
arley, Daniel H. Dunbar, Sarah E.
tewart, John W. Haslem, II. Chap
ian, j. w. Rhodes, Mrs. l.. S. Green,
)seph S. Darke. R. F. Aversion, e. C.
Lewis, A. Smithes. John NJ. Holt,
J. Flint, George Pugsley, NJ. G..
amilton. II. II. Smith, G.. r. James,
RS. X. Walters, J. Halvorsen, D. N.
John b Reid. Ruth Eldredge,
homas Dangerfeld, Ellen B. F'ergu-
IN, r. P. Norris, George Z. Blair,
ISIS C. E Davis. Emily P. Wilder, J.
Dawson, Oscar Groshell. C. G.
)hnson, II. c. Elton. Mrs. Ida Davis,
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m ]. Hall, Orson HarDer. John B.
aYlor. S. w Darke. Joseph H Has