The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-01-12
THE BREAK.

1t is an open secret in the mouths of ev-
erybody that there is very serious trouble
in the Liberal ranks. 1t is trouble which
the better element of the party faces with
terror AS has been many times remarked
in these columns there are many good men
who train under the Liberal banner. They
are misguided, it is true, but they are
square, honest men who would rather suf-
fer wrong Than do wrong. Some of these
gentlemen are large property-owners in
Salt Lake, their taxable property running
into the hundreds of thousands. While
personally taking little active interest in
politics their sympathies are with the Lib
eral party, and to the assistance of that
organization they have loaned their influ
ence and contributed their money.
What was their horror the other N orning
when they picked up THE HERALD and
read down the list of names of those who
had been nominated by their party for the
city council? Disgust first and terror af-
forwards seized them. With so few excep-
tions that they were scarcely worth men
tioning. and these not notable ones, the
strong men, the good men. the conservative
and in some instances openly insulted; the
representatives of the party who had
served faithfully in the council for two
years were cast aside as Enthusiastically
and for their places were nominated adve
turers or irresponsible persons whose only
interest in the city can be found in their
grip sacks or in short options on high
priced real estate. The good material from
which to draw was scanned and a compari-
son was drawn between the field and the
ticket.
Since the late ward nominating conven-
tions there have been held many little
caucuses and consultations of the big tax
paying element, and the time has been
passed in excited denunciation of the
ticket and in devising schemes for changing
it, At first an effort was made to keep the
dissentions quiet in the hope of adjusting
the trouble without giving publicity to the
disagreement; but as one after another Of
the nominees was approached with the sug-
gestion that he resign in the interest of
harmony in the party, and as one after
another fatty refused to take the hint, mat
tiers grew warmer, and now it is common
street talk that the the solid men in the
party have let it be known that there must
be several changes IN the ticket or they
will not only not support it but will dc
what they can to bring it to defeat Much
as they may desire change in the political
control of the city, the men who are con
Quoting legitimate businesses here, who
own property, pay taxes and claim this as
their permanent home, cannot afford tC
turn the town over to the rabble
and the incompetent, for these solio
men fully understand that they would
suffer in common with their political OPP
ponents.
There is another thing that is botherinl
the party managers: the blunder perpe
trated of having made up weak ant
semi reckless ticket as to the council
the manipulators hoped to get ou
of the ugly box by making ex-
cellent nominations to the general offices
Good and strong men were to be put up fol
mayor, marshal, recorder, treasurer and
assessor and collector, when it was
believed the people would forget the weak
ness of the council The ''good and strong
men, for these places, however. were no
5 to be had, for the reason that they fail,
refused to be associated with "such mob
as some have expressed it, and for the
further reason that the s'good and strong
men, realize that the executive officials ar