The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-10-08
BEWARE OF THE NOMINATION.

The Liberals are determined upoii
nominating a person to be voted Tor as
a candidate for the Office of Delegate 10
Congress. Mind you, the nomination
Is to be of a Liberal, not of Democratic or
Republican. The last two parties nave
what are claimed to be regular and per-
feet ORGANIZATIONS, in working order. /
This Is denied as regards each, by mem
hers OF the respective political parties
However, in the absence of proper or /
carnations the regular or irregular, as |
The case nav be, assume all the powers
d,,4ies and functions of legitimacy giving
no heed to the complaints, and showing
M regard for the claims of those who
dispute their authority. The professed
nartv heads have refused to call con-
ventions or take the necessary steps
looking to the nomination OF candl-
dates for the office, hence there viii be
no ticket in the field claiming to Ice Re
nuhlican or Democratic. The nominee
will be simply Liberal, without other
political utilization or endorsement, ana
as such he must be voted for If at all.
Democrats and Republicans are alb
solved from all allegiance to him; they
will he under no obligations to go to the
polls in his behalf, for he will be the
nominee and candidate of an organl-
zation that is perfect and distinct
regular in its organization and having
complete working machinery within It
self. 1t is a party that is opposed IN It's
doctrines and methods to the principles
and practices both of the Democrats
and Republicans, it is as far removed
from the Democratic organization, and
as antagonistic to it, as the latter is to
the Republican; and these two parties
are generally understood to be squarely
opposite in the political positions that
they assume and occupy.
The question of who will be the Lib
eral nominee is of small concern to any
save the man himself, and to him only
with reference to the future and his
connection Herewith. The chance OF
his election is not half so good as 1t
would be we're he trying to win prize
in lottery where all the tickets were
blanks; there is not even prospect
that he will be able to show popular
itv equal to that of the many very un-
popular men who have stood where he
Will stand as the nominee OF the party
for the delegateship. 1t is fact no less
notorious than agreeable that the Lib
eral organization has been man
aged in such a manner, and made
to father such outrageous proposition:
and doctrines, as well as be responsible
for such vicious practices that it Il
steadily dwindling in numbers and dali!
losing credit with itself and the people
1t is less powerful, less respectable, les
honest than it was fifteen years ago. /
it should continue under its presen
management, guided by the old inspira
ton, it Will be only a matter of FEY
brief years when the Liberal party Wi
be thing of the past, remembered onl
with detestation by the public, and RI
called to mind as seldom q
possible by those who are now so brace
and reckless as to acknowledge their a
legiance to it and sympathy with II
teachings and aims. -
In connection with the coming non
nation we hear the names of reputabl
gentlemen mentioned. 1t requires
liberal stretch of the imagination
think the Liberals will consent, muc
less presume, to designate respectful
man for the dishonor and disgrace
being their standard-bearer in the col
test which will be no contest me-
month: yet we cannot always guage IL
depravity to which men will descent
nor even guess at the broadness al
depths of the indecent presumptio
Of the true Liberal. THE HERALD
onIv interested in the business to Il
extent of sounding a warning and a
timing a caution to those intelligen
reputable gentlemen whose names ha7
been spoken as being among the pro
able selections of the convention. Tho
men should not permit themselves
be duped and blinded by any suggestiC
of honor or fame in the neminatio
nor even of a notoriety that is usef
or enjoyable; but they should mainta
control of their wits when they will u
derstand that their designation by Il
convention for the place is a refectit
upon their political honesty and int
rity. and an acceptance of the nomin
ton equivalent to the admission tn
one is devoid of principle and hard
self-respecting. The stain upon t
nominees character is one that cam
be easily wiped out, and the great
energy and willingness that he d
plavs to serve the party the lower W
be the level to which public oplni
must consign him. Besides there !"
come a time in the progressive march
the Territory when Republican al
Democratic parties viii figure al