. History of Utah: comprising preliminary chapters on the previous history of her founders, accounts of early Spanish and American explorations in the Rocky Mountain region, the advent of the Mormon pioneers, the establishment and dissolution of the provisional government of the State of Deseret, and the subsequent creation and development of the territory . y than thefaithful and tireless Frank Cope, whose untimely death in the thirdyear of the Chambers history was deplored by all classes of thecommunity. The pacific influence wielded by the Salt Lake Chamber of Com-merce was manifested in th
. History of Utah: comprising preliminary chapters on the previous history of her founders, accounts of early Spanish and American explorations in the Rocky Mountain region, the advent of the Mormon pioneers, the establishment and dissolution of the provisional government of the State of Deseret, and the subsequent creation and development of the territory . y than thefaithful and tireless Frank Cope, whose untimely death in the thirdyear of the Chambers history was deplored by all classes of thecommunity. The pacific influence wielded by the Salt Lake Chamber of Com-merce was manifested in the combined celebration, by Mormons andGentiles, of Independence Day in 1887, and again in 1888, which,though not the first celebrations of the kind that Utah had wit-nessed, were none the less significant of the change of heart thatwas beginning to be felt. The Gentiles, however, were not preparedat that time to join with the Mormons in an effort to secure State-hood for the Territory. The twenty-eighth session of the Legislature convened at SaltLake City on Monday, January 9, 1888. Five Liberals, it will beremembered, had been elected to this Assembly. They were ThomasMarshall, John M. Young, E. D. Hoge, of Salt Lake City; D. of Park City, Summit County; and Clarence E. Allen,late of Bingham, Salt Lake County. Messrs. Marshall and Young. HISTORY OF UTAH. 615 were in the Council, and their three confreres in the House. Withthe exception of Mr. McLaughlin, the Park City representative, whohad sat in the previous Legislature, these were the first Liberals evernumbered among the law-makers of Utah. Their election wasmainly due to the operations of the anii-polygamy acts of 1882 and1887, disfranchising Mormon voters, and causing a reapportionmentof the Territory. In joint session, on the 10th of January, the Legislative Assem-bly received Governor Wesfs message, which was read to them by itsauthor. The Mormon members listened with patience, the non-Mormons with satisfa
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