Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-10-27
A POOR APOLOGETIC EXPLANA.
TI0N.

ingly loose way Of making his
points, which are invisible to the
naked eye after the manufacturing
process is complete. His mind ap-
pears to be of that contracted cast
that prevents it from taking in all
the bearings of a subject. He is
therefore always unequal to the
task Of preserving its consistency
throughout. Consequently he is in
the habit OF defeating his own OBJ
ject, which, in our view, is never
honest.
The object of the apology was 10
show that Judge Goodwin was not
the originator of the scheme for the
disfranchisement Of the "AIor-
mons as he did not step upon the
stage Of Utah politics till 1850. The
writer Of this remarkable manifesto
then goes on to show that the Lib
eral'' Party had clamOred for the
Acknowledgement Of their political
opponents as far back as ten years
before that year.
Thus it viii be seen that the man
who has acted in the role Of the most
venomous viper in the whole Of the
reptillan period of Utah ''Liberal''
politics wishes to shift the response
bility OF the disfranchisement in
fanny from the shoulders Of the
present candidate OF the party on to
the crooked back Of the party itself.
This is lovely logic, the difference
being that which exists between
tweedle de and twee,lle dunn. Yet,
if there be any object in this ex-
PLANTATION at all, it must be, from a
political standpoint, that Mr.. Good
win should be an acceptable candi-
date 70 those electors who view dis
franchisement for belief with re-
pugnance aud As a traitOrOus inva-
sion Of American institutions. This
is, in view Of the fact that the
GLiberal'' candidate has been, dur
ing his entire career in Utah, one
OF the most pronounced and I'M
scrupulous advocates of the dis
franchisement Of those who are op-
posed to him in politics, exceedingly
attinuated and ridiculous.
1t can be shown, however, within
the limits Of his own apology for
Mr.. Goodwin, that o. J. Hollister
has, in this explanation, been guilty
Of a conspicuous inexactitude. The
reader can interpret the last two
words OF the previous sentence for
HIMSELF He cites the Cullom bill of
twenty years ago. Like all other
similar measures, It was the product
of the "Liberal" party, having been
drafted in this city, in the office Of a
lawyer named Robertson, long since
dead. The object OF HOLSTERS
reference to this measure was to
show that it provided TOR disfran-
chisement. The fact is-even as
shown by his own quotations from
the bill-that it provided only for
the disfranchisemento Of those liv-
ing in the practice Of DOygGmy.
The Cull5m bill failed to pass the
Senate, but the object Of it was
attained in lss2, by the passing
Of tine EJmunds act. That frag-
mentary Acknowledgement scheme
with which Goodwin had MOTH
ing 10 do in originating is an &C,
complished fact. The process has
been in operation over eight years.
The Acknowledgement conspiracy
now complained Of, and Of which
the candidate Of the Liberal, party
has been the foremost champion.
would apply TO all "AIormons, -
without respect to their commission
of any act. 1t would strike the bal
lot from their hands on the ground
oftheir religious belief only. More
THAI that, it would deprive them OF
the rights and privileges Of citizen
ship because somebody else believes
that they believe something that is
Objectionable to the believing party
of the first part.
The chronic Federal Office holder
who, in his manifesto Of the other
day, made such a fiib5y presenta-
ton, comes down to about 1850, at
which time ne asserts that the
Liberal" candidate was installed
as editor Of the Tri5uac-the fouIest
and most liberty paper on
the American continent. At that
time he explains, in his apology,
that the Gsntiles-meaning him
self, Goodwin and n few
Others asked for a Legislative
commission, providing for the
Acknowledgement Of all citizens
alike. DE seems to glOat over this
patriotic appeal for self-degradation,
of which all honorable men would
be ashamed. But the richest phase
OF his apologize dissertation is his
claim that this clamor for serf.donI
was a manifestation of Gentle sim
cerity. We are quite willing to adj
NIT that it was the kind of sincerity
common among such ofIice-hold-
ing, otiice-hunting selt-seekers as
HOLSTER himself. His claim is
exhibited in the following quota
ton:
"The fact that the Liberals for years
devoted all their energies to securing
this measure, which disfranchised
them as well as the Mormons. proved
beyond dispute that their motives
were disinterested, and also proves
beyond dispute the emptiness Of the
Hon, John 7. Caine's charge that the
only object and aim Of the Liberal
party in Utah has been to secure the
rule OF the minority"
History and the existing official
status proves, in our opinion,
HOLSTERS hypocrisy and demon
strates the justice Of Mr.. Gaines de-
claratiOn. The active politicians
who clamored for legislative COM
mission expected, in the event of
their scheme being consummated,
to manipulate that body. They
would have filled every office in
this Territory, great and. small.
Through working on the commits
sion they expected to procure,
through that agency, laws that
would re-enfranchise them and re-
tain their political opponents 1.-THE
Mormonsl in political serf-dom.