The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-01-09
THAT TICKET.

Well, the Liberal party has made up its
ticket, so far as the ward representation
thereon is concerned, and the list CT chosen
names is before the public. Only the nomi-
nations to the general offices remain to be
made. There are twenty five names, COM
prising five candidates for aldermanic
honors, fifteen for councillors and five for
justices of the peace. Now, THE HERALD
is not going to abuse the nominees. Two or
three Of them are gentlemen for whom we
have good deal of respect. They are Salt
Lake men. They are identified with the
history, growth and development Of this
city, and the evidence of their permanent
interest in the place exists in the results of
their work and enterprise But in all sin
cerity, we ask the better class of Liberals
to look over the ticket and honestly and
frankly say if they are proud of
the work of their party on Tuesday
night. Gentlemen, are you pleased to
acknowledge that the candidates represent
you and are the champions of the principles
which you advocate and to establish which
you are struggling! Are you willing, you
Liberal property-owners, you gentlemen
who pay the taxes, who make it possible
for public improvements to be made, will
ing to place the government of this city
into the hands of the men who have been
named for the offices, and intrust them
with the collect on, the custody and the
expendit re of the public moneys?
Mind you, we are saying nothing against
the characters of the nominees; we are
charging them with no wrong doing, but
are merely asking questions for the solid,
conservative Liberals, the b ond fde either S
confessing membership in the party, to
answer. Take the entire list of twenty
five, and setting aside three or
four of the gentlemen, name anything
that ali the others combined have
done for Salt Lake! Give the
street and number of the house, business
or residence, that one of them has erected !;
tell US Of the worthy industry that one of
them has established; point to a commend
able enterprise that one of them has
fostered; designate the time and place
when and where one of them has been of
benefit to this city. In fact, name some
of their achievements which entitle them
to the confidence of the substantial citizens
of Salt Lake, and point out anything which
can be regarded as giving them the right to
claim to be representatives of any progress
sive clement.
THE HERALD is free to confess its sur
prise at the ticket. There is good material
liz the Liberal party and much of it. There
is abundance of material for strong
ticket as to every member-a ticket which
would be very nearly Unassailable as to
ability, the representative character OF
the nominees, their trustworthiness. their
progressiveness and the respect in which
they are held by the community. But with
remarkably few exceptions this material
has been ignored and placed in the back
ground. Look at the ticket and in your
own mind run over the names of the prom
inent Liberals which will readily occur to
you but which did not, apparently, occur to
those who made up the ward tickets. Here
are a few names with which everybody is
familiar, though none of them is found on
the Liberal ticket: II. w. LAWRENCE, the
WALKERS, j. E. DooLY, BoLIvER ROBERTS.
r. C. CHAMBERS, w. S. MCCoRNIcK, L. U.
GOLIATH, BoYD PARK, FRED. AUERBACB,
w. S. GoDBE, Lawyer CRITcHLow, E. l.. T.
HARRISON, THOMAS MARSHALL, j. G. RoYLE,
JAKE NORTH, MATT CULLEN, JOHN M.
You've, w. f. RAYBoULD, HoYT SHERMAN,
Captain Bishop, Major HILL, r. MAcKIN-
TosH, JAMES GLENDINNING, GEORGE A.