The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-15

KHAN VAhlAN.
He passed from us for time. He re-
turned to the farm and TO the black
smith shop (greau applause). but nei-
tier the sounds of the anvil nor
the quiet of the farm could keep down
I the demands of that nature for
| higher, a broader and greater field. 1t
was not long before his voice was heard
! in the cities and villages of the state
and surrounding states, and his name
! for piety, for scholarly attachments, for
cratory was well known. From the
| class room to the public nall, the ros-
trum and the pulpit.
! For a number of years he devoted
and distinguished himself in the fields
| of religious life; but though deeply i'm
! bUed with a religious nature, the great
| ambition of the man was TO distinguish
! himself in his countryS service. He
/ could not keep that ambition down, and
I in 1892, although already prominent in
| religious circles, he took the stump in
! this state. and side by side with our
/ distinguished senator chamDioned the
! cause of Democracy, acquiring the rep
utation Of being one of the most brill
! liant and powerful orators of the state.
In 1895 he became not only the idol
of Democracy, but its standard bearer.
] In every town and hamlet of the state
| he led the fight as but few men could
lead it, and in the reconvened conven-
ton stood with US, and on the Drin-
ciples it there enunciated he stands to-
day.
In his defeat the people of Utah did
themselves an injustice. They should
have the privilege of at least partially
repairing it.
rs there today any prejudice in this
great and grand state against a man
who has distinguished himself in the
not / say to my fellow delegates that
in 1896 he was called into the service
of his religious faith. He fulfilled
mission in the eastern states, and coz
sequentiy, took no part in our cam
paign. In 1897 there was nothing but
municipal campaign on. He was still
a resident of the county, but not inter
ested in the campaign, and had moth
ing to do with it. In 1898 his Demo-
cratic friends in different parts of the
state again aroused that aspiration
! that was within the man. and urged
him 20 become a candidate and the
standard bearer of the party. The am
bition was aroused, he released and re-
lieVed himself from those religious du>
ties that would in the slightest degree
conflict with his duties to the public
and to the state, and he comes before
this convention today, the magnificent
man that he is, free and prepared to
! stand for every principle of the party,
as unbranded as any DELICATE in this
convention. (Aoolause)
Fellow delegates, in conclusion we
are today fronted with a question of
vital importance to the state and to the
| interests of every individual in it. 1t is
our binding duty to place in nomina-
ton only the best, the strongest of
men, the most eloquent, the best
equipped men that can be found for
the place. If such are our desires. if
such the elevated purposes that ami
mate US, if such are the considerations
that actuate us, then 1 say, fellow dele
gates, that there is but one man in all
Utah that so completely fills the place
and it is that favored son and peerless
and matchless speaker, the blacksmith
orator of Utah, B. H. Roberts" (Great
applause)
THORESON PRESENTS KING.
Thoreson of Cache arose to speak
amid the shouts of the Roberts dele
gates in an effort to land their candi-
date on the topmost wave of a sea of
enthusiasm. Thoreson stood there like
a statue with his hand appraised. and
for five minutes stemmed the tide, fin
ally compelling silence by the efforts of
his own personality. No man was
cheering him, but he was breasting the
INCOMING VI 3CAACAdl StilllHlcll
Mr.. Chairman" he called, and his
voice penetrated the confusion with
ring which had in it defiance of all the
efforts of the Roberts faction.
Order was restored. Thoreson pro-
ceeded: Mr.. Chairman, l have a can
didate to propose before this conven-
ton. He is a man you all know, and
know well. His life has been a book
with its open pages ready for your pc
rusal at all times. He is known from |
one end of this state to the other and
two years ago he led his party in this
state to a glorious victory
Then another element of the conven-
ton took possession. Cries of King"
King" rent the air, and the Roberts
people found it impossible to resist this |
outburst, because the galleries Joined
in. and for a few minutes it was i'm
possible for the order to be carried out |
Continuing Thoreson said: my can
didate is a man who is a power in con-
gress. tremendous cheers.) He is a |
man who is very near to the speaker
ship of the house of representatives. |
FHe is man who has no enemies; is
loved alike by Democrats and Repub-
licans, and is one admired all over |
Utah and the United States of Amer |
lea for his matchless oratory Cap |
plause.) / ask you, is the Democratic |
party of this state going TO bow down |
to the ambitions of men? Cheers and |
applause) 1 ask you if you are going |
to nominate men for the purpose of sat !
isfying the ambitions of those who |
want TO rise? (Cries of NO" "No,") |
You all know who I have in mind. / |
allude 10 the Hon. William H King"
SAM KINGS STATEMENT.
Then there was a terrific demonstra- |
ton. 1t lasted for several minutes. and |
the Roberts people thought they were |
defeated, for the galleries arose and /
cheered with the supporters of the plan
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