The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1897-01-15

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to nominate members to the Legislator,
and to send delegates TO that convention
This Il the convention 10 which Mr.
Weber alludes, and I see from the pub
ilshed records Of that convention on IN,
silver question, II said 1--WE demand
the free and unlimited coinage Of silver
into money"
was elected a delegate to the State
convention and attended. Gov West
w II. King, r. 5. Richards, Jones. Box
Elder Hougaard Of Sanpe,e. Judge
Sutherland. J. l.. Rawllns, Adams Of
Iron and myself we're appointed a c ON.
mittee on resolutions. The seventh ar.
,lele Of the platform was awe favor
the full restoration Of silver to the po.
sliion Z, occupied In our National cur.
rendy before ~ decentralization by the
Republican party. This was only five
days after the convention alluded to BY
Mr. Weber
The following October a convention
was held here In Salt Lake to organize
the Democratic society Of the territory.
and was elected ~ president
In June, is9l, a territorial convention
was held al Ogden, at which Mr.. Calne
and myself were elected delegates 10
Chicago The platform had the follow.
ing
I'VE favor the full restoration Of
silver 10 the position Il occupied In our
National currency system before Ia
decentralization by the republican par.
~"
October Sih 1872, a democratic con-
vcntlon 10 nominate a delegate 10 Con.
grcss met At Provo. at which Mr. Raw.
llns was nominated for Congress. II
contained the iollowlngi
"Four,eenth-We look upon the de-.
monctlzation Of silver by the Republl.
can party IN 1878 a. crime and de-.
mand the restoration Of the white
metal to IL proper position a. a par, Of
the National currency"
A. TO all these conventions, except
the first, refer to the published &C.
counts In the daily papers. reeolleet
all these conventions In a general way.
The details OF them do not remember.
I rememberth the convention OF July IS.
1891. at Ogden, as do the others. I
have no recollection OF any details
about the resolutions or any opposition
from any one, or of being In the com.
mlttee room. am informed by Judge
Rolapp that he has no recollection OF
any such conversation a. Il mentioned
by Mr. Weber, and he says to me thst u
any such epltode occurred he would
have remembered Il. understand that
Prof. Lewis says the same,
twill be seen from this statement
that was thoroughly Identified with
the movement. and that I could not
have had any such motive as that cx.
pressed by Mr. Weber The territorial
convention was TO be held Eve days
thereafter, What might have been
deemed best at that time as to resolu.
lions by that convention | do not know,
but did not give a. a reason for oppos.
ing this OF any other resolution. or for
taking any step In relation to II, that III
might 20 to Michigan and run for con.
gress." had had an opportunity to
run for congress IN Michigan before |
came 20 Utah, and was urged 10 be-
come a candidate after that time In
Utah when a nomination was the sam,
as an election.
The resolutions passed by that Ogder
convention OF which he speaks are NJ
stronger than the ones passed In Feb
ruary or those passed five days after
wards. The truth T. that the suve
question 10 those days was not the Vita
issue IN our politics We had locu
Questions which we were dealing wifi
that absorbed the attention 'oi ever,
body. The great and only question 0
that time was of the right OF the peopl
10 become Identified with the two gre.
, parties This was the Eight we had O
hand The right was affirmed ON on
side aud denied ON the other, and tW
, organizations were claiming rceogn
lion from the National party. Nohot
Joined or RETAINED from joining q
Democratic or Republican party on d
!, question Of silver. Those who heliev,
10 a. the rI4tt ,F she naonIr rsuarHisss