Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-11-04
SOME OF THE REASONS WHY.

Park City gave 500 votes for Colonel
Ferry, Ogden gave him 3l5, but Salt Lake
City gave him only pitful 400. Col.
Ferry may well say to the dwellers in the
saline city, "Save me from my pretended
friends"
1t would Occupy too much space to state
in detail the why and wherefore ol the
dry rot which, like leaven, for few years
past has been working in the non-Mor-
mon ranks in this city, and measurably
throughout the Territory. That there
has been for the last sixteen years
in Salt Lake an influential corps
OF mercenary hangers-on to the Cen
tile camp there can be no question.
We say influential, because money has a
most potent influence in this city, and
the class alluded to represent money
10 a large extent But opposed to these
merccnaries und their priestly owners
ior time was an active, energetic or
ganization composed OF the majority OF
loyal voters in the Territory, who, at the
polls and elsewhere, gallantly upheld
the national authority and made it hot
for priestly traitors and their allies, But
there came time when leading health
ful influences in Salt Lake City relaxed
their hold on the people. Good and
true men, unmndful of the fact that
eternal vigilance is the price OF liberty
and that minorities in the right are more
powerful than majorities in the wrong,
grew tired OF the struggle and said among
themselves, "Of what use?" Like a
tiger who puts all his energies in one
leap, il that fails he retreats; so the
Liberal party, composed OF admirable
material from the ranks OF all parties,
made a desperate effort in the Van Zile
campaign, and then their leaders and
standard-bearers broke ranks and fled.
That effort was, to all intents and pur-
poses, victory, and to men actuated by
the spirit of the dead hero who declared
that he would fight it out on that line
il it took all summer" there was every
incentive to continue the fight so nobly
inaugurated and prosecuted to this point
Instead OF snatching victory out OF the
jaws OF seeming defeat, reaction followed
the extraordinary effort, and the glorious
old Liberal party died at the hands o
it's presumed friends.
We are writing history and do not care
at present, nor have we space to inter
pret its teachings. 1t matters but little
in the present demoraized condition o
political matters in this Territory wha
efforts, spasmodic or otherwise, are made
TO recover lost ground. The mische
was done before the experiment OF run
ming party lines was talked OF. With re-
gard to the late election and the nomina.
tion OF Colonel Ferry, no signs betokened
the resurrection OF the Liberal party
the Republican Territorial Committee
was rs dumb rs an oyster Nothing
remained hut for the Democratic
Committee to nominate one OF their own
party, but hitherto n staunch and true
Liberal In brief but gallant fight he
planted again the standard of the Liberal
cause, and publicly gave good and elo,
quent reasons to every loyal voter to rally
in its defense. But 400 out OF the l,5OC
or 1000 non-Mormons OF this city gave
this gallant leader OF forlorn hope theil
votes 1t would be curious and instruc,
tive study to look over the list OF voters
and note who OF the loyal men OF this
city are conspicuous by the absence oI
honorable mention on those records. II
was the privilege and bounden duty
OF every American citizen and voter to
see to it that his name was there.