Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1889-11-27
"THE HANDWRITING ON THE
WALL"


WALL"
rUy 60 called ''Liberal'' party
terribly agitated over the exposar
Of the witbeck letter, which
showed concIusively that the ''pur
and loyal'' leaders Of that party
were doing the very thing Of whici
they were falsely accusing their op
ronenls. The "Liberal' organ
tTIe TO its common tactics anc
methods, makes a very lame ano
linn attempt to show that an ele
ment Of forgery enters into the
composition Of this fatal letter. II
saws the word ''vote'' as it appears
in the fac siul0e was "work" in the
original, making the letter read:
orThe bearer Of this wants to 'roTE, .
instead Of "The bearer Of this wants
to rote: look out for a job for him."
This is as false rs its first asser-
ton. which was that the whole letter
was "a clumsy forgery" To boldly
lie its way out, was its first natural
instinct and familiar effort. But
this would not DO. The signer Of
the damning document had toadmit
his signature and the organ It's use
less error. Then the subterfuge was
resorted to that the word "work"
had been changed TO vote"
But even here the organs false
hood is made obvious. For "Liberal'
Chairman Powers himself, TO whom
the letter was addressed, admits that
he has seen the original and that the
word vote appears therein and has
not been changed at all. And this
admission is published in the same
column with the organs wretched
attempt to insist that the word
work" had been changed.
The Peoples committee have
been aware for some time that
"colonizing, " as it is called by the
.'Liberal'' Organ, has been resorted
to by wholesale by Liberals" and
that the cry against the Peoples
Party was simply to throw dust in
the eyes Of the public and cover up
"Liberal'' schemes which are na-
tive TO that combination. The So
called Labor Bureau" OF the lib
eral'' organ WIS but 4 thin disguise
Of the same scheme, and the fact
that as soon rs registration COM
menced, and therefore colonial
tion'' would be Of no further use
10 the party, the Labor Bureau"
suddenly closed with i snap, is n
plain indication as to the nature and
purpose OF the ..blind."
The pure and perfect Powers
comes out with a lot Of denials on the
Iart Of his henchmen. But these,
according to the well known logic Of
the ''Liberal'' organ, edo not
count" In its own language, in
reference te evidence offered by /
"Mormons" in disproOf Of monstrous |
and absurd statements against their |
faith and practice, they are to be |
viewed "much rs would be the
disclaimer Of 4 culprit Of the crime /
alleged against him."
After the record Of the chairman
Of the "Liberal' committee, in Nj
chigan, as produced in the Senate I
Committee when that body was pre-
pared to reject his nomination for
Utah judgeship, and which was 50
strongly scented that President
Cleveland hastily Withdrew the
nomination, the chairman's lifting
up Of hands and rolling up of eyes,
and pretended holiness Of sentiment
and act, seem the hollowest kind Of
can't and thinnest sort Of hypocrisy.
The Liberals are badly ratified. !
Affirming that they We're 'Esure Of
the election by actual count three
times" they went to work in the
most dastarily and contemplate
manner to hinder the naturalization
Of aliens Of the Peoples Party ami /
10 rush the naturalization Of Lib
eral' aliens, some Of them OF the
most immoral character. They are
also obstructing the registration Of /
well known bona tide residents Of
this city and rushing the regIstra-
ton Of well-kEOwn Liberals
They are encouraging and aiding /
persons who have not been residents /
Of this city for the statutory period, |
10 register and vote in violation Of /.
law and honor. And they are re-
sorting to all the low down and con- 1
temptible tricks for which the Lib !
eral'' party has been noted from its 4
inception.
For all this, however, the victory |
they hope to grasp becomes DINNER
and DINNER TO their vision every |
day. The certainty has changed |
to doubt, the assurance to terror, !
and all their bluff, buster and brag /
show up to be as baseless as the |
vain attempt to foist upon the pub
lie the transparent falsehood that I
the "wants to votes biunder was 4 1
forgery. VIII not the witbeck let
ter prove to be, to the 'Liberal'
conspirators, the fatal Handwriting |
on the wall?''