The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-09-27

of the constitution, equality before the
laval these people should be disfran-
chised, since they believe these laws are not
framed ''in pursuance of the provisions of
the constitution
The 'Liberal'' party claims, that though
that party abridged and almost destroyed
the right of trial by jury in this territory;
though it secured the Acknowledgement of
the women of Utah.; though it 'endeavored
and is still endeavoring to supplant a legis-
lature elected by the people with a commits
sion appointed by Congress-; though it OBJ
iects to the admission of Utah as state,
and though it advocates legislation that
would debar all persons who belong to a
certain religious organization from acquir-
ing title to any part of the public DOMAINE
yet that it is not guilty of another slot of
things, " which the platform charges upon it.
The HERALD pointed out that these are
the only things for which the platform ar
raigns the Liberals" and asked what lot.
If thing. their ,a.,--".untled yrEsn could
deny. And at length the 'Liberal'' organ
dnds that its party is charged in the plat
form with persistent misrepresentation
which it roundly declares is falsehood 1t
manages, also, to find that the Liberals
are charged with attempting to disfranchise
men, because the latter will not support
Liberal" men and measures The organ
admits the Acknowledgement part, but says
the reason for its advocacy of this nefaricus
scheme is that the men it seeks to disfran-
chise are 'aliens, i. e., they believe GER
tain law is not in accordance with the pro
visions of the constitution. Not because
these men will not vote the Liberal
ticket; no, perish the thought! but because
they are unable to change their belief,
whenever any obnoxious law makes the
change desirable.
And this is what is left of the ''lot of
things" of which the Tribune protested its
innocence, in high-sounding phrases. In
its efforts to find some charge in the plat
form that it can really deny, it resorts to
a falsehood; a small one however, as CON-
pared with its usual mendacity. 1t says:
''That declaration further charges that
with Liberal supremacy would
come excessive taxation, official extra
vagance, and laxity in public social
fegulatiOnS.' Inc platform QOeS not ac-
cuse the Liberal" party of the things it
may do, but of those it has already done;
and, to the discontinue of the Tribune the
record is already bad enough. The plat
form, after charging the Liberal party
with few of the most glaring of its mis-
deeds, says further that I'VE believe the
supremacy of the Liberal party means ex-
cessive taxation, official extravaganza, and
laxity in public social regulations" And
there is every reason to believe that such
would be the case. 'Liberal'' supremacy
in Ogden brought excessive taxation,
official extravaganza, and laxity in public
social regulations" it brought official ex
travagance," at least, in Tooele; and it
would be but repetition of the former
history of that party, as it is the present
boast of many of its members, that a re
production of these scandals would follow
Liberal supremacy in this city. If the
trainers of the platform erred at all, it was
on the side of modesty in asserting what
they believed would follow Liberal
rule.
The part of the Tribme'S reply which
calls the trainers of the platform Mormon
lechers" is beneath contempt, and we do
not notice it,