>Found this in one of piles today. Hope someone can use. > AKERS THOMAS (453) >Database: History of Utah >Combined Matches: 2 >History of Utah by Orson F. Whitney >Volume 2 >Chapter XXIV 1872–1874 > >In the nominations for delegates to the convention, which were made at >mass meetings of the voters, distinctions of party and creed were set >aside. Of the nineteen delegates from Salt Lake County, nine were >non-Mormons. One of these, S. Sharp Walker, declined the nomination, as he >was "entirely opposed to the admission of Utah as a State." The public, >however, attributed the actual reason of his declination to the fact that >the Liberals had just named him as their candidate for Mayor at the >approaching municipal election in Salt Lake City. General E. M. Barnum's >name was substituted as a delegate, and received the endorsement of the >electors at the polls. The following comprised the Salt Lake County >delegation: Mormons—Orson Pratt, Albert Carrington, Aurelius Miner, >John Sharp, Albert P. Rockwood, Reuben Miller, William Jennings, George Q. >Cannon, John T. Caine and Zerubbabel Snow; non-Mormons—David E. >Buell, William Haydon, Thomas P. Akers, Thomas Fitch, P. Edward Connor, >Enos D. Hoge, Frank Fuller, Eli M. Barnurn and Hadley D. Johnson. After >the election, General Connor refused to take part in the convention, >claiming that he was still a resident of California.a >View full context History of Utah by Orson F. Whitney >Volume 2 >Chapter XXIV 1872–1874 > >An effort was now made to align the voters of the Territory with the two >great political parties of the nation. A call was issued on March 15th, to >the Republicans of Utah, inviting them to send delegates to the party >convention to be held at Salt Lake City on the 5th of April. The call was >signed by Frank Fuller, Daniel H. Wells, Thomas Fitch, William Jennings and >many others. This was virtually the first effort to harmonize local >politics with those of the great national parties. On the 3rd of April a >call was also made, signed by Thomas P. Akers, Hadley D. Johnson, E. D. >Hoge and others, for a Democratic convention, to meet on April 8th, at >Salt Lake City. Delegates to each convention were sent from various parts >of the Territory, and met on the dates named. Both conventions were >enthusiastic in their work, and had it not been for the fanatical >anti-Mormon prejudice of the Liberal Party, which secured the defeat of >the statehood movement, and by continued malicious assaults upon the >Mormons compelled the perpetuation of the People's Party as a measure of >self-defense, it is quite probable that the anomalous condition of >political parties and affiliations in Utah would in 1872 have become a >memory of the past.