The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-11-05
PIETY And POLITICS.
How the Rev. Martin Jumbled
Them at Manti.
REASONER Bellies HIS NAME.
McCarty's Little Harangue. and How He
Cleaned Out His Audience-On,
Wirra! Wirra!
REASONER BELLIES HIS NAME.

the city hall at Manti The chairman
called the meeting to order and full of his
subject and knowing that he might live a
thousand years without again having the
chance of speaking his little piece before
so fine an audience, he raised his voice to
about the pitch of a ferryboat whistle and
preached little sermon on Mormonism
and Mormons. His remarks were scarcely
to the point, his language would have dis
graced a cowboy, his. arms swung like a,
windmill and his voice sung like saw
undergoing the operation of being sharp
ened, while he consigned Joseph Smith
and others to perdition and the Mormons
to Halifax. He told the history of the
Peoples party and proved that they should
be barred from fellowship because they
would not change their opinions. He for
got that be had been member of the said
church party and a very enthusiastic one,
and while he abused his audience because
ne thought they believed in polygamy, he
seemed to forget that he once was in the
same situation, having more wives than he
now deems right Being whispered TO by
one OF his Liberal friends the old exMor-
mon sat down and gave chance TO the
The reverend gentleman read from the
work OF Orson Pratt, and dug up all the
sayings OF men long since departed putting
on them his own construction He labored
to show that while the Mormons all voted
! the same ticket the Presbyterians did not
His eyes werefull OF tears as LIE sympa-
Tined with the people in their trou bies He
wished them TO understand that when lie
voted the Liberal ticket be was the friend
r
and at times eloquent, and he had the ap-
pearance OF being sincere. Let US hope he
was, when he assured the people that the
Liberals were their friends.
Mr. Reasoner next took the stand and
while he tried hard to make a case, he was
very unfortunate in his choice Of position.
He gave the people the name of being hon
est, lndustrit u, generous, kind TO strGng
efS, the business men were smart. inteli-
gent, quiz X TO see their advantage, etc,
etc. but IN their religion and their politics
they were very exclusive. just what he
} meant II he knew, he did not explain, so
we were lett TO our own resources 10 md
out whether he meant that the church Off
GERS IN Pay son refused to allow him to Join
the church, and the Peoples party would
none OF him, or that they did not take him
into their heart of hearts and show him the
mysteries Of the kingdom. If his objections
were Tor the first cause, we think some
thing should be done; if the latter, why
don't the bishop give him a recommend and
the local chairman take him TO the private
caucus? He said Liberal rule meant in
crease in prosperity. His promises were
much more eXtravagant than those of Good
WIN, for while the latter only pr missed
government buildings to Ogden and Salt
Lake city, Mr. Reasoner promised brick
houses without number, banks, railroads,
stores, cash, magazines, ETC.. etc, In abund-
ance to the whole country. According 10
his reasoning, if we would just put the Lib
erals in power, then we could close up the
shutters and take big holiday. He en-
Ruesia and Spain; he entered into a
crusade against the Jews: he said the
earth would fall into the sun in $50 900. 00U
years, and told of the varied resources OF
the country. He dropped tear for the
profound superstition of the heather, he
became eloquent on the theme of moonlight
in Sanpete and proved from all and every
source that we should vote for c. G. Good
win. He even told US IN confidence that
the Liberal party would go to pieces inside
| of two years.
Mr.. William McCarty, by his name an
undoubted son OF the turf, and a lawyer,
next took the rostrum. His breast heaved
with emotion as he started out ''being
called upon" etc; a speech, by the way
W iSoihO IL uctCOu WITCH d llIlle
) fellow. Mechanicanical}y beginning to
bear his testimony" he suddenly realized
: what he was doing and began to talk about
the union OF church and stale.n a bishop
IL Grass valley had caused him to lose .
case; man from somewhere had been cut
Off the church one time; besides many other
things which had happened He got tangled
among words, for like Goldsmlth's, the
schooimaster, his arguments were com
posed Of ''words of long length and thun-
dering sound" BY this time the Liberal
part of his audience became tired out and
passed from the meeting in a steady
stream, so while the speaker would have
liked to mention few more points he
thought he'd better quit.
The chairman then began another short
address on politics. but in his efforts he
stepped too close TO the edge of the plat
form and came TO the floor. my country.
what fall was there" The audience un-
feelingly laughed at the episode, and went
home very much 'editied'' with the per
Torrance II
MANTI, Nov. 3, 1890.