The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-09-09
POWERS MAKES
APPEAL FOR UTAH
Accepts the Democratic NOmin-
alton For Congress.
DISCUSSES STATE ISSUES
TALKS OF REPUBLICAN DISsEN-
SION AND ITS RESULTS.
DISCUSSES STATE ISSUES

n accepting the nomination for con-
gress, Judge 0. w. Powers adj
dressed the Democratic state con-
vention yesterday afternoon as fol-
lows:
Ladies and Gentlemen Of the Conven-
ton:
Every Democrat in this convention
Will bear witness to the statement. that
l have not by word. suggestion or by
innuendo, encouraged you. or any one
Oh you, 10 place me in nomination for
the high office for which 1 have been
named. On the contrary, l have dis
ccUraged such movement and i'm no
sense of the word have been a candi-
date. Therefore, this expression of
your confidence, which has been volun-
tarily rendered, is to me source Of
great comfort and satisfaction and [
acknowledge my heartfelt obligations.
have not desired this nomination
My ambition for public office has been
on the wane I believe that ! can best
serve my state as a private citizen.
and am sure that the pleasures of life
are more certain in private life than
they are in public life. / have moi
sought to avoid this nomination from
and EOnora bic. To be the sole repre-
sentative of Utah in the house Of
representatives, and elected by the
people, is TO me a higher honor and a
more desirable position than TO be one
of the two senator's from Utah and
elected by the legislatures. l have not
avoided the nomination from fear of
defeat, for, i'm that regard, 1 am inn
mune. All my life defeat has been nv
portion. 1T has no terrors for me. And.
speaking from an accurate knowledge
of my personal circumstances, / can
state in truth, that / can better afford
defeat than victory. But. you have
issued your mandate. Representing
more tnan One-half of the people of
Utah, you have this day declared that
you want my services. Personal de-
sires and interests must always Weld
to public demands, and / therefore ac-
cept your nomination, well knowing
that it viii entail sacrifices upon my
part, and being we'll aware that with
your loyal support, l will be elected.
Il declare this in no spirit of boast
fulness. 1 declare it because / believe
it. and 1 believe il because Of the many
and manifest indications on every
hand, presaging Democratic success in
this campaign. / believe it because of
that L have received from the business
men and the Republicans of this beauti-
Tul city. l need only the vote of the
Democratic party 10 insure my sue
cess, and that vote am sure will re-
ceiye.
Takes Up State Problems.
"And when elected, 1 shall stand for
ali the people. j shall, so far as God
gives me light TO see the way, travel
that road which ! sincerely believe will
the surest lead to that haven Of peace
and prosperity that Utah so longs for
] am aware that will have no easy
task. l am aware that there are local
conditions in Utah unlike those of
other states, and l am also aware that,
down deep in the hearts of all, there is
a strong desire to end our contentious
and to stand right with the nation.
II believe that the people of this
state will act with good faith toward
the rest OF the nation, and that is what
we must all insist upon. We must
sacredly keep every compact, express
or implied. which was entered into as
a condition OF our obtaining statehood.
We must never forget that we are Of
the sisterhood of states, the youngest
and the latest to enter the union, and
we must not fail TO follow the foot
steps OF the older states who are our
file leaders. We must even take note
Of the prejudices CT the people and we