The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-11-22
NATIONAL ISSUES.
Inc Liberal sheet pays its compliments
to Delegate GAME in the following manner :.

line Liberal sheet pays its compliments
to Delegate GAME in the following manner
Think of a man sitting in, Congress for eight
years as the Delegate Of great party, then
tnmk OF his coming home and stumping his
territory for reelection, and never once in all
MS speeches making mention OF a single ques-
Ion that concerns in the least the people of this
country.
| Ii the foregoing were true, it might be
justified on the ground that the Liberal
candidate not only did not refer to national
questions, but expressly disclaimed the
IDEA that national questions had any place
IN U tab politics. MIR. CANES attitude on
local questions was well known, and he
never ahesitated to express himself, on
proper occasion, sensational issues. A
Democrat in national politics, member Of
the democratic Congressional committee,
and known in Congress and at home as
such, he has never hesitated to state his
position On national questions. Contrast the
course OF Utah's Delegate with that of the
wouid-be Delegate in this matter. Mr..
GOODWIN is known to be rank Republi-
can. Democrats very naturally hesitated
to vote for a man who in addition to his
scheme for DISTINGUISHING the Mormons.
mightlend his aid in the disfranchisement
OF the Democrats also. Accordingly the
following letter was addressed to him:
Judge c. C. Good,ciH: Dear Sr:-At meet
Ing OF the Central Democratic Club" OF Salt
Lake county, held on Tuesday, October IS, 1890.
The undersigned were appointed &C mmittee to
wait upon you and request you to indicate what
in he NJ oil
tlon upon the bill pending before the Fifty first
Congress, and popularity known as the Force
DILL - or more properly as the Lodge bill.
This letter, of which the above is an ex-
tract, was signed by A. G. NoRRELL, J. w.
JUDD. j. w. WHITEHEAD, Jr, and w. H.
CASSIDY.
The answer of Mr.. GooDw1N was
characteristic. After shuffling about not
a little and talking far from the question put
to him, he finally evolved such unmanly
evasions as these. 800 you not see how
impossible it would be for me, if elected
to take any part in any question not d.
rectiy affecting Utah, and upon which the
national parties might be fiercely divided?
Do you not see that by many your letter
Will be looked upon as stab in the back
OF the Liberal party! K assume that
your motives are all high and patriotic in
writing to me as you DO, but do you not
perceive that if the business should be gen
orally INDUCED in I should next be impor-
tuned by Republicans to give my probable
course on tariff legislation, by Prohibi-
tionists on the question of cold water, and
by the followers of every other branch of
politics which either sane men or cranks
adhere to: You magnify my possible in
fuence in case 1 were elected
This complete backdown, this formal
and specific Remuneration of any inten-
ton to make national issues enter
into his campaign or policy, this AFFECT
cowardice in pleading for Democratic votes
by agreeing to exclude reference to national
issues in the campaign, this self degrade
ton of declaring he would have no in
fuence in national politics if elected, this
plea to exclude all but the local issue-dis-
franchisement land even this issue he
tried to dodge, this was the attitude of the
candidate who is mean enough to charge as
crime upon his more manly opponent,
that the latter took no stand on national
questions!
We should think that common modesty
would somewhat restrain Mr.. GooDwIN's
pen at this time and upon these themes,
But he is more bitter now than he has been
for years. Beaten, Inundated, repudiated,
his very friends having supported him
under protest, he now represents policy
more vindictive than for years even his
l,r.,.a t.1o, l..
While his friends are counseling peace, he
alone stands for strife and is now working
as never before to revive old auimosities.