The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-08-18
THE ISSUE.

The Liberal party of Utah, socalled, is
in want.
There is nothing particularly startling in
this announcement, for the organization
referred to has always, from its inception
down to the present time, been in want Of
something, but of nothing quite so much as
raisOn d'etre, a reason for living.
| Considering the case calmly and dispas
sionately, as all public matters should be
considered, what has the Liberal party to
stand upon and by virtue of what profess
sions and pretentions does it ask to be
placed in charge of this growing munich
palitv? What can there be in any change
that its leaders propose which would re
dound to the welfare and continued good
name of the city? Can any one tell?
tits a settled fact that in order to place
political parties in opposition to each
other there must be something more
than mere contention. There must, first Of
all, be organization, next something to con-
tend for, and thirdly claims for recognition.
Now there are two organizations here,
either of which is tolerably thorough and
reasonably well disciplined There is also
something to contend for, that is, offices
and the good will Of the people. And when
| it comes to claims for recognition what do
we find! On one side record, on the other
assumptions as unsubstantial and unsup-
ortable as anything which the most quiXotic
brain ever conceived.
This, then, is the status of the case. The
outs want to get in and have ne worthier
war-cry than a hoarse and discord-
ant clamor for the places. Undoubt-
eddy this statement will be denied,
and they will say with an air of injured in
nocence that the Offices are only an in
cident to the struggle; that if they won
they would naturally take them because it
was the plainly expressed will of the PEG
pie that they should do So Of course the
emoluments are not to be considered, it is
only patriotic purpose that is to be sub
served.
This might all Ego down" were it not for
the fact that those who talk in such
strain, or their partisans, have been
weighed in the balances and found want
ing. 1t is not necessary now to refer to
Tooele, the first place upon which the
Liberal talons were fastened; we will come
down to their most recent exploit in captur-
ing and controlling Ogden. The same
promises being made here were made
there prior to the last February election,
so it fair to presume that what has occur
red there would take place here under the
same control They promised more water,
and filled up public spring; they prom
ised better government, and gave
one so inefficient and weak that
the authority of the United States
officers has been extended to crush grow
ing evil; they promised publication, and
kept the promise by winking at the estab-
lishment of brothels next door to respect
able families; they promised economy, and
Immediately raised one officers salary from
$500 to 81 800 per annum, besides largely
increasing expenditures all along the line;
they said the people should have better
accounting for their money, and filled the
promise by increasing taxation and render
ing no accounts at all. These are few out
of MANY incidents that might be cited to
show how much there is to gain by ousting
the Peoples and installing the Liberal
partv in control of affairs here.
Bytheir fruits shall We know them The
issue is, which do you prefer, citizen, prop
erty-owner, workingman-a party whose
promises have not been extravagant but
were faithfully kept, or one that promises
bread and gives a stonel