The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-01-20

day. it has beer impossible for Us 10 bols
our caucus. fLaughter) Therefore 7
haven't any set speech prepared to intro
duce the nomination That I shall maxi
have been requested to do SO at the lzsf
moment.
.tII gave me pleasure to hear eulozv. A.
enc0miums, piled upon my friend Ras5
Smcot. for ne has been o personal friend
OF mine FOR thirty years But have man
to nominate q man whose name I win
present to you for the candidacy Of sen
atoU Of this state. man who I know is a
good man. J 3ttsnoec the same school
with him, we ate at the same table and
studied the same arithmetic, and I have
/ been familiar with him for thirty years
| He has been a loyal citizen OF Utah us
| unquesuonable genuineness qualities him
l for the position Of United States senator
| And in addition to that, his legislative 81
perience has made him ut candidate Cor
I that office. He is a man who has taken
pleasure in defending the fair name Of
| Utah within her borders and also without
Wittleism Raises Laugh.
He has never regarded his standing a.
| anything compared TO the standing Of the
/ people of this state He has always been
4 her friend He has always been loyal %
/ her cause. and If my friend viii vote with
/ me 7 promise you that ne will have the
! solid vote Of the minority Of this house
/ U.aughter-l I bcspeak for him as broad
/ Tn1nunN. LlIHE ~LNAAU lir W rAEN NN.IA
/ be the senator Of this state and not Ike
| that senator. or the one that you, that my
1 friend from the opposite side has seen fiji
| TO send to the United States senate.
| remember on one occasion / mad an I-r-
/ portant question and I went to one sar-
stor Of this great state and asked him
for some aid. At that time The Hon. J7-
seph Rawlins was q senator from this
state He says, Why don't you 90 70
your senatorg
For All the People,
IF my candidate should be elected as
sure you that there viii be no partisan
ship: he will not vote the interests OF this
people second to hts political party. nsth-
| or will he recommend men TO office as
political plums. but he viii so into the
matter with consideration, with justice
that there will not be one man IN the
state Of Utah but what will second and
/ approve Of this man. I see some OF mv
colleagues laughing because We have the
| audarity to present candidate. and I
want to say It puts me in mind o. the
story Of the boy and Peter the Great
| and. bv the way, the minority VIII repre-
| sent the boy. Peter the Great and hts mo-
bles were riding through the country one
day and Peter got little behEd and
came along alone The small boy was
sitting on the fence He says, Ay 1oy,
, ! what are you looking fOrT He says. i
| am looking TO see Peter the Great He
| saws. Have you seen himT The boy SAYS
! I don't know. / have seen good many
! men, He says. You get on behind me-
and when we ride IN the crowd. whomeysr
| the people take their hats off 10. that
, will be Peter the Great
He did so, and when they got tn Tie
. crowd the hats came off TO Peter the
= Great, and Peter the Great said, DO you
know now who Peter the Great is? It's
either you or me- And that is the way
with our candidate. We are in the posi-
ton Of the boy with Peter the Great.
Worthy of Vote,
I'VE are not certain whether 90 VIII bs
g. your candidate who viii take your vote
= of this state. and 1 want to say, gentle
/ men. in all seriousness. II you think am
3 | capable Of being serious the candidate
] present IS a man worthy OF your vote ana
D take pleasure, Mr.. Speaker, in present
ing the name OF Hon. William II Ming
A Word for King.
y Mr.. Hammond seconded the nomination
: OF Judge King in a speech that Won ap-
! piause even from the opposition. He said.
s ct gives nc great pleasure as rep
0 resentative from Grand county 10 second
5 the nomination Of William H. King.
2 man who. you know, Is raised tn TIM
grand. patriotic. free air as We have bee
= / told And II you viii look into mis- caFee'
2 he is acquainted with the halls OF cor
Z gross. His record IS known by you al
= He was appointed there by our late pres
: I ident one Of the committees 20 invest
! / gate the condition Of Cuba We are a
I | proud Of the report that came back an
/, his report was for freedom for those pee
= ple that were burdened with another cour
n fry. I take pleasure in seCOnding the non
4 nation of William II. King