The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-11-02
MR.. GoOnwIN,s PLATFORM.

Elsewhere in this issue will be found
few extracts from the pen of the Liberal
candidate FOR Delegate to Congress. We
have taken these extracts just as we came
upon them in the editorial columns of Mr.
GooDwIN's paper. In all cases we have
sought to quote enough to represent fairly
his position. That we have been success
full in this is testified to by Mr.. GooDwIN in
his paper yesterday. He labors under the
impression, however, that we have hired
men to ransack his columns, whereas. one
OF the regular writers for The HERALD
simply devoted short time each day for
only four days in glancing over few back
numbers Of Mr.. GooBwIN's paper, and the
result is as given. He triumphantly claims
that the quotations vindicate him. He re-
affirms them as his doctrine aud policy.
He says:
All they find, and they find that plentifutly is
the argument that Mornons, being subjects of
an alien rule have no right to partici pa.e in
public political affairs and no real claim to the
benefit of the land laws.-7rib'oas, Noe 1, $780,
So far, we are agreed with Mr.. Coop
WIN, except that his expressions formerly
were somewhat stronger than they are
now, and included few other points that
he fails either to re affirm or deny. We
may safely conclude, therefore, that the
quotations fairly represent the platform
upon which the Liberal candidate stands,
to which he is pledged and for the consum-
nation of which be would devote himself
if he were elected.
We may recapitulatc few of the leading
features of Mr.. GooDwIN,s platform:
He advocates the Acknowledgement of all
Mormons, irrespective of their past life,
present status or future intentions.
He justifies the seizure of the property
of the Mormon church and its diversion to
the public schools in which the children of
all sects are educated.
He urges that all Mormons should be de-
prived of the right to enter land in this
country.
He says the son of a Chinaman is better
in this country than the son of Mormon
He has stated that the Mormon boys are
taught treason at their mothers knee
He iussities the denial of the right of
trial by jury in Utah.
He says he would disfranchise every man
in Utah if he could have legislative COM
mission instead of officers elected by the
people.
He is said to be an advocate of the force
BILL.
He should be defeated, and will be unless
frauds of the most gigantic nature shall
count him in.
| No Mormon, and no son of a Mormon,
i I, r
Mormons can vote with clear conscience
for Mr.. GOODWIN. A great many of his
own party would vote against him, If they
knew what he advocates.
OF Mr.. GooDwIN's private character we
have said nothing. We have been told
something about his refusing to pay debts,
and about other little matters; but we
have no interest in his private affairs. For
he purposes of this compaign we have as
sumed that Mr.. GooDwIN's private char
acter is of the best, and have not said a
word concerning it. But we are inter
ested in his public utterances and his
policy as Delegate if elected. We have
therefore given additional publicity to
some of the words he had already ad-
dressed to the public in his paper He
himself now reaffirms these utterances in
his paper from day to day, so that there
can be no possibility that his former words
do not represent his present sentiments.
To OUR mind, the platform the Liberal
candidate has written for himself, is an
.unrepublican, un-American, and unmanly
one.
We cannot believe that many Americans
fully cognizant of Mr.. GooDwIN's views
would vote for him.
We cannot conceive how any young man
that has been reared in Utah can do other.
wise than vote against him.
We believe that the friends Of human lib
erty will unite against him and defeat him
with overwhelming emphasis.