The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-07

/ turbulent world of commerce, OF COM
! petition and of contest. At his feet inn
perial Rome seated on her seven hills
and ruling from the farthest limits OF
! Parthia to the chalk cliffs of Britain:
from the frozen shores of the Baltic u
] the cataracts of the Nile Tremendous
and magnificent in her regal sDlendor
glorious in the plenitude of powerful
nations bending the knee, all people
bowling the head; and yet from pomu
and pride the Master turned to his
mission of mercy and of love.
/ Immeasurab.y above and beyond
mortal reach is that pathetic and
touchingly unselfish example, and yet,
may we not feel justified in believing
I that future peace and happiness, al
/ least for me, lie in that direction?
While cheriShing the honor you have
I done me, as among the most sacred of
/ the hearts best recollectiOns, L shall
teach my children to revere the men,
DRY of each of you. Marking this as a
memorable day, may ! not properly
: look back from the ending to the be-
ginning of a brief political career, beg
! ging you to regard my errors as of the
head, and not of the heart? May God
1 bless you for redeeming the party
/ pledge of 1895. Henceforth may per-
I feet harmony prevail, and all contests
within the party be always manly
never malicious. Methods are often
more at fault than men. The means of
choosing a United States senator is
extremely vicious 1t seems a pity that
/ remedy is beyond your reach. The
candidates. and each member of the
Third legislative assembly, are entitled
to sympathy. They have mine, with
an earnest hope that time may speedily
obiterate the memory OF hea tburnlngS,
alterations and distrusts that may
have. il excitement, arisen.
And now 1 beg of you and each of
you to consider what l have written,
and in connection Herewith take into
account statements made by me to
| numerous friends that 1 would not en-
ter this contest as candidate. II
would seem unfair, and. L think, as
honorable to do so now, my friends IN
the race having entered it with the un-
Outstanding that L would not do so.
The Hon. Joseph L. Rawlins and the
Hon. B. II. Roberts, each having re-
ceived from our party the honor fore
Swallowed at the Ogden convention of
1898, and the same having been Virtu-
ally rendered 10 me, have you not
cleared the way for a speedy adjust
ment of an important duty-that OF
electing a United States senator for a
term of six years? May wisdom and
patriotism direct a proper solution OF
tldl QutSllOH-
For the good of Utah, in times past
a religious, social and political storm
center, now peaceful and prosperous;
in the interest of all her peOple-Gen-
tile Jew and Mormon-without dis
tinction Of creed, color or previous
condition; in devotion to the Almighty,
loyalty to country and fraternal af1ec-
ton for our fellow citizens throughout
the Union; in behalf of devoted friends.
tried and tested; and. as l believe. for
the best good of the state and all IN
tereSts within its fair borders, please
accept the sacrifice 1 gladly make in
declining your tender of support. With
a heart filed with emotion and graft
tude, yet 4 sense of duty to you. the
state and the nation compels me to re-
specially. but definitely and irreVoca-
bly,, to decline the distinguished honor
you have so graciously rendered.
Were the legislative assembly to
unanimously elect me to the high
office named my answer would be the
same. Patriotism and the respect 1
entertain for the views of the people of
the Union: loyalty to Utah and love
for her citizens; fealty to party and
what seems. under present conditions.
wise, all cry out against it. 1t should
not-cannot be-
At the conclusion of Mr.. Thatcher s
address, it was moved that the petition
to Mr.. Thatcher and his reply be
spread UPON the minutes of both the
house and senate. The motion carried
without opposition and the caucus ad-
journed