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BUTTERWORTH, EDMUND (son of Edmund Butterworth and Sarah Ann Platt). Born Jan. 15, 1826, Lancashire, Eng. Came to Utah Oct. 24, 1854, William A. Empey company.
Married Alice Fielding In 1856, Salt Lake City (daugh- ter of James Fielding and Ann Enthorn of Lancashire, Eng., pioneers Oct. 24, 1854). She was born Nov. 1840. Their children: John, m. Elizabeth Amer; Robert, m. Maria Boyd; Sarah, m. Ranch Kimball; Margaret, m. Ernest Wright; Edwin F., m. Florence Boud. Family home, Salt Lake City.
High priest. Adobe maker. Died in Aug. 1903.
BUTTERWORTH, EDWIN F. (son of Edmund Butterworth and Alice Fielding). Born May 15, 1880, Salt Lake City.
Married Florence Boud May 18, 1904 (daughter of John W. Boud and Elizabeth Pollard of Sait Lake City). She was born Jan. 29, 1882. Their children: Waliace E. b. 1905; Florence b. 1906; Ruth b. 1907; Edwin b. Nov. 1912. Family home, Salt Lake City.
President second quorum seventies; ward clerk. Presi- dent and manager Butterworth Real Estate and Invest- ment Co.
BUYS, EDWARD (son of Hyrum D. Buys, born Oct. 22, 1802, in New York, and Elizabeth Huntington, born Feb. 10, 1813, Albany, N. Y.). He was born Oct. 22, 1841, La Harpe, Han- cock county, 1l1. Came to Utah Sept. 15, 1850, David Evans company.
Married Celestia C. Bromley March 23, 1867 (daughter of William Bromley and Sarah B. Bylemore, pioneers Sept. 5, 1866, Samuel D. White company). She was born June 26, 1849. Their children: Hyrum D. b. Jan. 25, 1868, died; Wil- liam Edward b. March 3, 1869, m. Ada Jones Jan. 20, 1892; Sarah Elizabeth b. June 9, 1871, m. James W. Cariiie Nov. 25, 1891; Amanda C. b. Sept. 14, 1873, m. Charles E. Shelton Sept. 14, 1893; Mary Ann b. Jan. 17, 1876, m. Joseph W. Cum- mings Dec. 1, 1897; Joseph H. b. Aprii 5, 1878, m. Lillian Stagg April 5, 1904; Charlotte b. Oct. 15, 1880, m. William D. Johnston Dec. 25, 1899; Alma b. Jan. 30, 1883, d. Jan. 14, 1885; Martha R. b. April 15, 1885, m. Thomas M. Giles Oct. 17, 1904; Archie D. b. Jan. 6, 1888, m. Florence E. Bonner Aug. 28, 1907; Daniel H. b. March 7, 1889, died; Clara May b. May 11, 1890, m. Alma M. Cummings April 14, 1909; Celestia C. b. Aug. 7, 1894.
Married Margaret Hamilton June 14, 1876 (daughter of Henry and Margaret Hamilton, pioneers 1856). She was born Oct. 1, 1859, Spanish Fork, Utah. Their children:
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Henry D. b. May 11, 1877, m. Lillle M. Newberg June 28, 1911; Alice J. b. Aug. 10, 1878, d. Aug. 29, 1883; Margaret J. b. May 31, 1880, d. Sept. 5, 1883; Melissa b. Feb. 17, 1884, m. Joseph Moss; Matta E. b. March 17, 1886, m. Jared Tanner April, 1902; Edna A. b. Sept. 5, 1888. Familles resided Buys- vllle and Heber City, Utah.
High priest; counselor to Blshop N. C. Murdock 15 years. County surveyor of Wasatch elght years; deputy sheriff for several years. Bullt first shingle roof house in Charleston. Opened first schoolhouse at Buysville, Utah.
BYBEE, BYRAM (son of John Bybee and Betsy Killey, of Virginla). Born Feb. 25, 1799, Barren county, Ky. Came to Utah Oct. 6, 1851, Alfred Cardon company.
Married Betsy Lane (daughter of David Lane), who was born June 24, 1801, and came to Utah with husband. Thelr children: Polly C. b. Oct. 28, 1820, m. Levl Hammon; Rhoda b. Nov. 19, 1823, m. Davld Balr; Ellzabeth J. b. Jan. 23, 1825, m. Danlel Smith; Luann b. Jan. 3, 1827, m. S. Haufshltter; John M. b. Feb. 17, 1829, m. Polly Smith; Luseen Blrd b. Feb. 7, 1831, m. Henry Beckstead June 6, 1849; Davld B. b. Sept. 17, 1832, m Adella Higley; Jonathan M. b. July 28, 1836, died; Robert Lee b. May 4, 1838, m. Jane Miller March 19, 1857; Byram L. b. May 4, 1841, m. Jane Robinson. Family home Uinta, Utah.
Marrled Maria Knutson. Only child: Betsy.
Bishop's counselor 1856-59. Justice of peace 1854-61.
BYBEE, ROBERT LEE (son of Byram Bybee and Betsy Lane). Born May 4, 1838, Clay county, Ind.
Married Jane Miller March 19, 1857, at Salt Lake City (daughter of Charles Miller), who was born Aug. 12, 1840, In Scotland. Thelr children: Betsy Jane b. March 20, 1859, d. child; Robert Lee b. Sept. 14, 1861, m. Lydia Forbush; Francis M. b. Oct. 2, 1862, m. Ann Ritchle; James A. b. July 2, 1865, m. Ozetta Eastman; Mary Alice b. Nov. 16, 1867, m. A. H. Boomer; Elizabeth b. June 17, 1870, m. C. W. Poole. JFamily home Ulnta, Utah.
Married Harriett Raymond (daughter of Almon P. Ray- mond, member Co. D, Mormon battalion, and Clarinda Crit- ler). She was born Oct. 3, 1852, West Jordan, Utah. Thelr children: Harriett R. b. Jan. 20, 1872, died; Clarinda b. Oct. 1, 1874, m. John W. Nowlin Dec. 14, 1892; Rhoda L. b. Sept. 22, 1876, m. Roy Stockman May 26, 1897; Walter R. b. Oct. 25, 1879, m. May Thompson; Minnle b. Sept. 28, 1881, m. A. C. Hancey Dec. 6, 1901; Jessie May b. April 17, 1883, Alonzo b. 1878, latter two dled; Ida b. Feb. 8, 1885, m. John Thomas Dec. 8, 1904; Stanley b. March 14, 1889, m. Lovina Lee Dec. 6, 1904; Venta b. Dec. 30, 1889, died; Leslie E. b. Jan. 5, 1892; Harold b. Dec. 23, 1895.
Mall carrler between Salt Lake City and Independence, Mo. Went with Y. X. company 1857. Missionary Saimon River 1858. Went south during general move. Bishop of Mantl south ward four years; president of Menan (Idaho) stake four years; president of Bannock stake two years; moved to Bingham county, Idaho, where he was first coun- selor to President J. E. Steele 13 years and superintendent Iona ward Sunday school for four years. Senator In Idaho legislature 1901. Ordained patriarch 1908.
BYINGTON, HYRUM E. Born Oct. 4, 1830. Came to Utah In 1860.
Married Hannah Harr, who was born Aug. 3, 1836. Their children: Lorinda Hickman b. Jan. 25, 1858, m. Hyrum Stowe; Brigham Porthugh b. Jan. 6, 1860, m. Allie Hunt; Hyrum N. b. Dec. 30, 1862, died; Joseph H. b. Dec. 28, 1864, m. Rosetta Hunt; Stephen Elllott b. Jan. 12, 1866, m. Jane Larson; Sarah Jane b. Nov. 14, 1868, died; Hannah E. b. Oct. 12, 1870, m. Thomas Larson; Rebecca A. b. Aug. 25, 1872, and Alexander b. Feb. 3, 1874, dled; Nora E. b. Feb. 3, 1876, m. Jason Pohmer. Family home Ogden, Utah.
BYINGTON, STEPHEN ELLIOT (son of Hyrum E. Byington and Hannah Parr). Born Jan. 12, 1866, Ogden, Utah.
Married Jane Larson Sept. 30, 1884, Oxford, Oneida county, Idaho (daughter of Thurston Larson and Elizabeth Fox, former a pioneer with Mormon battalion Co. C). She was born May 28, 1864, Salt Lake City. Thelr chlidren: Stephen Millard b. Aug. 14, 1885, m. Lauretta West; Mary Ellen b. Jan. 5, 1887, died; Sarah Jane b. Jan. 1, 1868, m. Carl War- rick; Royal Elliot b. Feb. 5, 1889; Earnest Lorenzo b. Sept. 28, 1891; Hyrum Arthur b. Sept. 26, 1893; Raymond Thurston b. Nov. 2, 1895; Dyantha b. Feb. 16, 1898; Joseph Ephraim b. Feb. 8, 1900; Pariey Grant b. Oct. 2, 1902; George Franklin b. Dec. 11, 1904; Elmer Norton b. Nov. 6, 1906; Isabell Maud b. Jan. 5, 1910.
BYINGTON, JOSEPH HENRY (son of Hyrum Norton Bying- ton and Sarah Hawkins). Born Jan. 25, 1829, in Ohlo. Came to Utah Sept. 20, 1848, Heber C. Kimball company.
Married Nancy Avery 1850. Their children: Joseph Henry Jr., m. Ora Wakely; Mirandi, m. William Stowe; Sarah, m. Henry Hoffman; Hyrum Elliot, m. Cordella Symons; Ellza- beth, m. Julie Sorenson; John H., m. Lucinda Symons; Nettie, m. Christopher Sorenson; Ira, in. Sarah Walker; William, m. Emma Higgins.
Married Hannah Molland Feb. 26, 1864, Salt Lake City (daughter of James and Rebceca Molland, former a pio- neer Oct. 4, 1863, Thomas E. Ricks company). She was born July 21, 1838, Liverpool, Eng. Their children: James Henry b. April 4, 1865, m. Sarah Mirah Carr Dec. 25, 1890; Hannah Mirah b. Aug. 8, 1866, m. William Burrup 1883; Charles Nor- ton b. March 29, 1868, m. Ettle Smithles Feb. 11, 1903; Sarah Rebecca b. Nov. 24, 1869; Martha Jane b. May 25, 1872, m.
Frank Reed Nov. 27, 1894; Mary Ann b. Jan. 27, 1875; Susan Elizabeth b. Sept. 30, 1876, m. Ike Fisher Dec. 5, 1892; Joseph Henry, Jr. b. Nov. 18, 1878; John Parley b. March. 23, 1880, m. Marguerite Smith Dec. 12, 1904; Clarence Spencer b. Dec. 19, 1881. Family home Ogden, Utah.
Seventy, and religious worker.
BYINGTON, JAMES HENRY (son of Joseph Henry Byington and Hannah Molland). Born April 4, 1865, Ogden, Utah.
Married Sarah Mirah Carr Dec. 25, 1890, Fremont county, Idaho (daughter of David Orlando Carr and Angellne Mel- vina Butler, pioneers Sept. 20, 1848, Brigham Young com- pany). She was born Sept. 20, 1870. Thelr children: Roy Lovell b. Oct. 12, 1891; Emll Roldoiph b. March 11, 1893; Florence Angellne b. June 12, 1895; Veda Evelyn b. Dec. 8. 1897; James Vernon b. July 2, 1900; Archie Delos b. Nov. 22, 1903; Clarence Arthur b. Dec. 3, 1905; Leonard Donald b. Oct. 29, 1909; Loren Richard b. Feb. 26, 1912.
Bishop's counselor and superintendent Sunday school of Lava ward.
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CAFFEY, BENJAMIN F. (son of Benjamin F. Caffey and Mary E. Winn of Montgomery, Ala.). Born Jan. 12, 1862, at Montgomery. Came to Utah September, 1889.
Married Kate MacLean Aug. 17, 1892, at Salt Lake City (daughter of John MacLean and Agnes Flemming, Glas- gow, Scotland, who came to Utah 1880). She was born Oct. 7, 1875. Their children: Benjamin F., Jr. b. July 20, 1893; John P. b. March 30, 1895; Andrew A. b. Dec. 5, 1897; Agnes M. b. Dec. 14, 1901; Wllilam P. b. Feb. 23, 1905; Mary E. b. Feb. 11, 1908. Family home Salt Lake City, Utah. Stock-broker.
CAHOON, REYNOLDS. Came to Utah 1848.
Married Thurza Stiles: Their children: Palaskl; Wllllam F., m. Nancy M. Gibbs; Daniel; Andrew, m. Mary Carruth; m. Margaret Carruth; m. Jeannette Carruth; Mahonrl. Family home Murray, Utah.
CAHOON, ANDREW (son of Reynolds Cahoon and Thurza Stlles). Came to Utah 1848.
Marrled Mary Carruth (daughter of William Carruth), who was born Oct. 1828. Their children: Joseph, m. Mary Ann McComie; Emma, m. Richard Winder; Louie, m. Lewis A. Copeland. Family home Murray, Utah.
Marrled Margaret Carruth (daughter of Wllllam Carruth), who was born March 25, 1832. Their children: Alonzo A., m. Mary Ann Erickson; John P., m. Ellzabeth Gordon; Aibert m. Mary Clark; Reynolds, m. Margaret Davis; Marla A., m. Davld O. Mackay; Daniel Farrington, m. Naoma Tripp; Lucy, m. Harvey C. Carlisle; Margaret Melissa d. Infant. Famlly home Murray.
Marrled Jeannette Carruth (daughter of Willlam Car- ruth), who was born 1825. Thelr children: Rachel, m. Samuel Wooley; Jane W., m. Harry Haines; James W., m. Ellen Proctor; Reuben, m. Melvina Morgan. Family home Murray.
Missionary to Scotland 1845-47; blshop of South Cotton- wood ward fifteen years; served in Echo Canyon campalgn. Surveyor; farmer. Dled 1900 at Murray.
CAHOON, WILLIAM F. (son of Reynolds Cahoon and Thurza Stiies of Nauvoo, Ill.). Born Nov. 7, 1813 at Harpersfield, Ohio. Came to Utah Sept. 1848.
Marrled Nancy M. Gibbs Jan. 17, 1836, Kirtland, Ohlo (parents llved at Kirtland). She was born July 27, 1818. Thelr children: Nancy E .; Lerona E., m. Myron B. Durfee; John F., m. Margaret Sharp; Ermina Sarah Prudence, m. John Osborn Angell; Thurza Viola, m. Albert Angell; Wllilam M., m. Martitla Smith; Daniel C .; Joseph M. b. March 2, 1853, m. Mary E. Ensign Oct. 1, 1876; Henry R., m. Anna Durfee; Stephen T., m. Anna Irons; Andrew C. Family home Salt Lake City, Utah.
High priest; missionary. Carpenter. Sald to have pulled first curtaln on the famous Salt Lake theatre stage. Dled April 1897, Salt Lake City.
CAHOON, JOSEPH M. (son of Wllllam F. Cahoon and Nancy M. Gibbs). Born March 2, 1853, Salt Lake City.
Married Mary E. Ensign Oct. 1, 1876, Salt Lake City (daughter of Lewman Ensign and Mary A. Garn of Massa- chusetts and Ohlo. Came to Utah 1847). She was born Sept. 23, 1859. Thelr chlidren: Joseph H. b. July 22, 1877, m. Ceora D. Woody; Ashley E. b. Aug. 8, 1880; Eugene A. b. Oct. 14, 1882, m. Esther King; Ethel b. Jan. 28, 1885, m. Harlow Grove; Harold M. b. Jan. 21, 1889, m. Ollve Shepard; Silvla D. b. Jan. 15, 1891; Margaret E. b. Jan. 13, 1894; Marlan B. b. May 7, 1902. Rallroad man.
CAIN, JOSEPH (son of James Caln born Sept. 28, 1797, Isle - of Man, Eng., and Anne Moore born June 1793, Kirk Lanan, Eng). He was born Nov. 5, 1822, Douglas, Isle of Man. Came to Utah Sept. 1847, John Taylor company.
Married Elizabeth Whitaker Feb., 1847 (daughter of Thomas Whitaker and Sophla Turner), who was born Aug. 4, 1828 and came to Utah with husband. Thelr children: Elizabeth Turner b. Aprli 14, -, m. Charles Crismon June 1872; Joseph Moore b. May 14, -, d. Feb. 3, 1880.
Postmaster at Salt Lake City 1854-55; associated with Wiliard Richards and Elias Smith In publishing Deseret News.
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CAINE, JOIIN T. (son of Thomas Caine and Elinor Cubbon of the Isle of Man, Parish of Kirk Patrick). Born Jan. 8, 1829, on the Isle of Man. Came to Utah Sept. 20, 1852, captain of ten in the James McGaw company of fifty wagons.
Married Margaret Nightingale Oct. 22, 1850, St. Louis, Mo. (her grandmother, Mary Leach, was the second woman baptized into the L. D. S. church in Europe. She lived at Nauvoo, and later went to St. Louis).
The family record of Mr. and Mrs. Caine shows them to bc the parents of thirteen children, eight of whom are living, namely, Agnes Eiicn, who is Mrs. Arthur Pratt; John T., Jr., registrar in the Utah Agricultural Coliege at Logan; Albion William, a rancher near Missoula, Mont .; Joseph Edgar, a former captain of the Utah Volunteer Cavairy in the Philippines, afterward cashier of the Utah Commercial and Savings Bank, secretary Sait Lake Commercial Ciub; and at this time secretary Oakland (Cai.) Commercial Club; Julia Dean, Mrs. George D. Alder; Charles Arthur, secre- tary of the Caine & Hooper Co .; Florence Nightingale, Mrs. Will G. Farrell; Margaret Nightingale, and Mrs. William G. Patrick.
He was a school teacher in Utah; missionary to Sandwich Islands; actor, stage manager and editor at Salt Lake City; territorial legislator; University regent and eity recorder -such is a partial epitome of the pre-delegate record of this self-made man, rising step by step from the humblest walks of life to the high and honorable position of United States Congressman from Utah. As missionary to the Hawaiian mission, where he presided over the Oahu con- ference, the climate did not agree with him, and President Young recalled him. Reaching Utah October, 1856, he was made secretary of the legislature in session at Fiilmore, which adjourned to Salt Lake City, and was with that body until its adjournment. He was secretary of a commission appointed by this legislature to codify the United States laws applicable to territories. He held the same positions in the legislatures for many years afterwards. He was also military secretary (with the rank of lieutenant-colonel) on the staff of Gen. Daniel Wells, commanding the Nauvoo Legion, and once a private clerk to President Brigham Young.
Delegated to carry a protest from the people of Utah to Washington, D. C., against the Cuiiom bill, then pending in Congress, he ereated much favorable comment. Manager of Salt Lake Herald, established 1872, and third owner; mem- ber constitutional convention of 1882; elected to congress that year, taking his seat March, 1883; presided over the constitutional conventional of 1887, and strongly urged the adoption of a ciause in the proposed constitution prohibiting polygamy, believing this to be the true solution of the "Mormon" probiem, and the only course that would satisfy the government of the United States.
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He presented the constitution and its accompanying documents to Congress, and on Feb. 18, 1888, before the Senate committee on territories, made a strong argument in support of the honesty and sincerity of the people of Utah in proposing this solution of the vexing question. During the same ycar, on the 25th of August and the 4th of Octo- ber, he delivered in the House his noted speeches, "Poly- gamy in Utah a Dead Issue," and "Mormon Facts Versus Anti-Mormon Fictions." In the beginning of 1889 he made an able and forcibie argument before the House committee on territories in favor of Utah's admission as a State. All the while, in and out of Congress, he was stemming a per- fect torrent of anti-Utah measures, one of which, by Senator Paddock of Nebraska, an ex-member of the Utah Commis- sion, proposed the redistricting and reapportionment of Salt Lake City by the governor, secretary and members of that commission, in such a way as to give the "Liberais" controi of the city government. Senator Cuiiom, of Iliinois, and Delegate Dubois, of Idaho, presented legislative commission bilis. Mr. Caine's plea to senators and members was that they should wait and see if the Edmunds-Tucker law would not accomplish all that was desired in the settlement of the "Mormon" question. He introduced a bill for an en- abling act for Utah, and sct on foot the movement that resulted in the appointment of a fourth federal judge for Utah. A pleasant episode in the midst of these stormy experiences was his attendance, as Utah's representative, in New York City, April 29, 30, and May 1, 1889, at the great celebration in honor of the centennial anniversary of the inauguration of George Washington as president of the United States.
The opening of the Fifty-first Congress found him at his post, fighting the infamous measures known as the Cullom and Struble bills, which proposed to disfranchise all members of the L. D. S church who were American citizens, and prevent the naturalization of Mormon aliens. On April 23, 1890, Mr. Caine, before the House committee on territories, delivered a masterful and convincing argu- ment against the Struble bili, which, though favorably re- ported, prevented it from coming before the House for action. Our delegate and his congressional friends also biocked the way of the new Edmunds bili, proposing to devote the funds escheated from the Mormon church to the public schools of Utah. Upon the passage of the bill for the admission of Idaho, he made a speech favoring state- hood for that Territory; but opposing those provisions of the enabling act which disfranchised for their church mem- bership, aii Mormons citizens residing there.
But it was not alone in antagonizing measures inimical to his Mormon constituents, that our delegate's zeai and efficiency were shown. He fought repeatedly and success- fully the proposed removal of the Southern Ute Indians from Colorado to Utah, and secured measures for the relief of the inhabitants of Ferron, Richfield, and Morgan, en-
abling them to increase the area of their townsite entries by filing upon school lands within their corporate limits. He obtained appropriations for the construction and com- pietion of the Utah penitentiary, and for the benefit of the Shebit Indians in Washington county. He presented bilis for the erection of government buildings at Salt Lake City and Ogden, for the creation of a land office at Ogden, and for the granting of a traet of sixty acres for a University site on the Fort Douglas military reservation. He aiso secured, during the anti-polygamy erusade, presidential ciemency and fuil pardons for many oid and feeble men who were undergoing imprisonment in the prisons of Utah and other places.
In these and ail other matters requiring executive action Mr. Caine speaks in warm terms of the magnanimity and high sense of justice manifested by President Cleveland. With the president, the heads of departments, and the attaches of several government offices, he maintained the most cordial relations. Uniformly dignified and courteous, he enjoyed the confidence and respect of his associates in Congress, made no enemies, and had many warm friends. During the whole of his experience as delegate he served as a member of the National Democratic Campaign com- mittee, representing Utah, and took an active part in all its deliberations for the advancement of Democratic inter-, ests in the several congressional districts. The influence thus gained was ever at the command of his constituents, and no citizen of Utah, nor even of Idaho or Arizona, Mor- mon or not, ever appealed to him in vain for assistance, when to give such assistance was proper and possible.
To recount the full story of his combats, victories and defeats in the Forty-eighth, Forty-ninth, Fiftieth and Fifty-second Congresses, to each of which he was elected by an overwhelming majority (his piurality at the last elec- tion being nearly ten thousand), would require much space. It might almost be sald that a battle royal was waged from start to finish throughout his eleven years of service, the final victory coming to Mr. Caine and the people for whom he faithfully fought, in the practically unanimous consent of ail parties to admit Utah into the Union. On Jan. 7, 1892, he introduced in the House the Utah Home Rule bill, duplicated by Mr. Faulkner in the Senate, and in February considered by the Senate and House committees on ter- ritories. Delegations from Utah, introduced by Mr. Caine, spoke for and against the measure: H. W. Smith, C. C. Richards, J. W. Judd, F. S. Richards, T. J. Anderson, J. L. Rawlins, F. H. Dyer, and ex-Governor West, in favor of it, and O. W. Powers, C. E. Alien, C. W. Bennett and John Henry Smith in opposition. The latter two argued in favor of statehood rather than against home rule. Before the Senate committee, Delegate Caine read the Mormon petition for amnesty, dated Dec. 19, 1891, and signed by the First Presidency and Twelve Apostles, thus securing its pubii- cation as a part of the proceedings. He worked zealousiy for the Home Rule biil, and on July 8, 1892, saw it pass the House, thus clearing the way for Statehood.
Upon the dissolution of the "People's" and "Liberal" parties, Mr. Caine, who had always been a Democrat in spirit, became identified with and one of the leaders of the Democratic party of Utah. In June, 1892, he attended as a delegate the National Democratic convention at Chicago which nominated Grover Cleveland for his second term as president. There was a contesting delegation, headed by Judge Powers, representing the "Tuscarora Society," mostly Democratic members of the fast dying "Liberal" party. Mr. Caine's acquaintance and influence with public men, mem- bers of the convention, was largely instrumental in seating the reguiar delegates-Judge Henry P. Henderson and him- self. As a member of the committee on platform and resolu- tions, he secured a clause in the platform favoring state- hood for all the Territories having the requisite qualifica- tions. Back again in Congress, Jan. 14, 1893, he introduced in the House, a bill for an enabling act to admit Utah into the Union, and a similar bili at his request was introduced by Mr. Faulkner in the Senate. It failed of passage owing to the flood of business at the close of that session, and the change of administration, but practically identical with it was the biii that became a law in the next Congress.
With statehood in sight-the public boom for which he had toiled so long and faithfully-Delegate Caine was the logical candidate for re-election 1892, but it being sug- gested to him by personal friends among his fellow parti- sans, after the organization of the Democratic party of Utah, that in order to show the country that the dissolu- tion of the "People's" party was an honest reality, it would be advisable to nominate a non-Mormon for delegate, he willingly sacrificed his own political interests, and heartily joined in the nomination and zeaiously worked for the eiec- tion of Hon. Joseph L. Rawlins. The next year Utah went Republican, that party electing a majority of the members of the legislature. Fearing the effect upon Congress, which was strongiy Democratic, and was then considering the Utah Statehood biii, which passed the House in December of that year, Mr. Caine was prevailed upon by prominent Utah Democrats, in January, 1894, to take a trip to Wash- ington and consuit with Democratic leaders in Congress over the Utah situation. The result was ali that eouid be desired. While those leaders were disappointed at the out- come of the election, they deciared that the Territory had ali the qualifications for Statehood, and was entitled to admission into the Union. The enabling act passed the Senate in July, 1894, and on the 16th of that month was ap- proved by President Cleveland.
As Chairman of the Democratic territorial committee, Mr. Caine, in the fall of the same year, waged an energetic campaign, many Democrats being elected to the constitu-
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tional convention, which, however, had a Republican ma- jority; that party aiso elected the deiegate to Congress, Hon. Frank J. Cannon. In August, 1895, Mr. Caine again went east in the interest of his party. At the Democratic convention for the nomination of State officers, held at Ogden, in antlelpation of Statehood, on the 5th of Septem- ber, he was almost unanimously nominated for Governor, but in the election, after a thorough canvass of the Terri- tory with Hon. B. H. Roberts, he shared the fate of his party, recelving 18,519 votes as against 20,833 cast for the successful Republican candidate, Hon. Heber M. Welis. In 1896 he was nominated for the State Senate and elected, receiving a majority of 3,820 votes over any senatorial candidate on the opposition ticket. He served but one ses- sion in the Senate, having drawn the short, or one-year term.
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