Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-08-01
SAM gibson SPEAKS OUT.
He Exposes Seine Of the Liberal
Frauds,
,yp FyPLODES 4 B0HRSHEtL.
He Tells sore Stunning Truths
fra ForcibIc STYLE.
AND ExPLODES A BOHRSaEtL.

I lGAsALAllAS - pun A-G - Al4t
Caspet Pag party. It is also due to
scme Of my friends that I should
give the reasons for the stand 1 have
taken in the present contest
The reason I am opposing this
burlesque carpet Tag parody on lit
eralism. is that am al American
in e'eEy sense Of the word, aud
/ propose to exercise my rights as o..
American citizen.
I leone OF a family who came 70
America in 1912. In ovesv war.
both internal and with fcreIgn
I powers, since theIr ai4ivsj in Ame-
RIGA, some OF tee FamiIy blood has
been Spilled, Ny father fought
through the war Of 1872, sf,.:ns; the
armies Of Euglar,i- in 1891. be
was in the v's- against the Sacs aud
Foxes il illinois. My life has been
passed at the cul,os.s Of civilization,
battling 20 advance the Interests Of
mankind, and in the establishment;
I oil the laws Of our country, In 1855.
4 roy Of sgvgRl.ya. [ crossed The
plains to California. worried iu
/ Marysvilie, Oro~ille, Ispnyhlurg.
| Sacramento, CSf0snE.iile. DOwnie-
vile, Shasta, ond nave been known
IN nearly all the cities and towns Of
that STATE: in all portions Of %eva a.
: l am known and have len fur
] years. IL is gu easy r,7s.e. 70 trace
my record bacir My record in
! this Ierritc-y Is a part Of the
. history OF Utah. For tie uast
: tTSnty-une yesrs, | have been ac-
: quainted with ali the acts Of the /
"LibeIai' party; also with all the 1
actors who took part i'm that treat |
| drama, in which q few men wee
piiteu against the entire Mormon, f;
/ Church. / know the record Of every I
man, both good and lad, whu took !
part in what we considered the !
struggle iur liberty. There was q !
small number whose wstch-Word
vas honor. We had, At Zines. fair
minded judges scl district attor-
neys, gccd - well rs cOrruut mar
shais, corrupt judges at times: II
lines sets Of officers who 's-,-s all
willing 10 60 what E..-as right, 10
work hoaestlv Ind fearlessIy. :
Grange u administration would
/ send IS dishonest judges and mar
shals who would undo what had /,
taken years 10 accomplish. Rail
roads were built and mines deyel-
Oped; The tide Of emigration was set
towards Utah: we filed o. ranks:
some men were hpu.s-.. while 0treTs
were dishonest. IN the past, men
sacrificed .leir business. donated
th1ir money, allowed themselves 70
san for Office, and be sacrificed
with success. All tins. for Amer
lean principles.
What were the claims OF the Glib
er3l" party in early days"
We claimed that the laws OF the
country must be Obeyei; that no
theOcracy should or would he plant
al on the American continent; that
the power Of the mormon Church
iuUst be abolished; free government
must be established IN Utah, that
the ballot box must be pure and
represent the viii Of the people;
church and state must be ser arlt,.l.
and entire freedom OF spe.s-h anu
press mus. prevail. We simply de I
manded what cur Constitution qua
rauCeed.
This i,wi,h the rest q you. fought (
TO-, believing then, as 10 how
that we were right ] saw no change 1
In the sentiments Of MY friends and I
cO-woTkrr- -ltii lSSS. when there (
seemed 30 Ice chance fl- ele-iiug
come Of the officers Of the Territory. /
Corruption commenced TO creep (
IN: men with unsavOry records were
employed 10 defeat the ends of Jus
tics; men whose records would .lut .
10 blush anything that infested tue
west ia early DAYS. Then Il was I
that after the little hand Of patriots I
had made il possible 20 live AMI
have the rights Of American Citi-
Zens, the newcomers, Ike the val
lures and hyenas of the desert.
swOJped down after the battle had
been won u Ge-Our tine slaiu.
What has become Of the little
baud Of patriots? Most Oh ,h-u
A4aa < AaA-sa ANaAaAAEAA mum LlAN
Some few, however, are seen stand
ing on the high plane Of honor ami 4
honesty, locking Gown from that I
eXalJed position upon the sickeHtug
scenes going on below. Some Of the
old guard have joined the
band Of the dcvOuring fiends,
and by every possible means I
are eudeavOTing TO hesmirch |
and throw fifth on those
who have taken an honest position.
Among those who are wallOWing in
the filth Of the rule or ruin moo, /
who once stood side by side with Us,
is that despicable paper. the Daily
Tribune. Tine men who own and
are running that paper have been
personally acquainted with me
twenty-five years, and they know /
when they say that | have never
done days work in my life, or that
l am not known 10 them 10 he a
wUrSingman, that they wilfully and
maliciously lie. They know they
lie when they say that ! AN now or
ever have been connected in any
way with Mr.. O'Brieu. They know |
they infamsusly lie when they say
that ] am a sorehead, and mad be
cause | did not receive an office at
the last city election.
l say that each and every one Of
them are liars when they try TO lead
people 10 believe that / am infiu-
enced 10y any but strictly honest
convictions.
Let discriminating public judge.
4
Nelson. do you not know that Lefore
the registration closed for the Feb-
ruaTy election, that ! came 10 yol ,
and told you Of fe!onies and frauds .
being perpetUated: Did not plead
with you to stand by our OIL Plat
form and discUuntenance frauds? |
Did | not tell You that after making :
the fight OF twenty years, as honor
able men, that We could not afford
to come into Office by fraud? Did !
you not agree with me that if what
told you was true, that you would I
oppose it, Do You not know that |
these felOnies amt frauds were COM
mitted, n / told YOU Has there
ever beeH word, or line, in the
Tribune disCOu the
wrongs perpetrated by the regis
trars by registering votes in three 1
counties outside OF salt Lake county:
Have you ever said anything in
TO men being registered
10y proxy? 4 few DAYS after, did
you not labor with me TO convince !
me Of my error, and did you not
say you nad rs much right to CON-
mis- a fraud rs the Mormon, |
people9 Did l not tell you then ami
there that il mattered not what the
'Aiormonss had dOne-that Is was
ours to do right?
New, you are well aware that
this happened Immediately afler ihe
first parade, and long before the
registration ceased. and before any