Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-11-13
DID THE 'LIBERALSy EXPECT
TO WIN!

THE verdict of the people of Utah
has been rendered, and it is em-
phatically against the disfranchise-
ment policy of the Liberal" candi-
date and tie Salt Lake Tribune. 1t
cannot be truthfully argued that
this is a purely "Mormon" verdict.
The great majority rolled up for the
Peoples candidate is convincing
evidence, not only that number Of
''Liberals'' refused to support their
party nominee, but that many Of
them voted for his opponent. And
seeing that the protests against dis
francnisemeut were signed by nu-
merous influential Liberals the
majority for Mr.. Caine amounts to
proof that what we have set forth is
the popular verdict concurred in by
both parties.
4 few days ago the ex-"Liberal"
candidate published the following,
in an editorial on the results Of the
election:
THE efforts Of the Mormon press
to try to carry the idea tina; the under
lying thought OF all was that by some
miracle the majority OF two years ago
might be overcome in the late cam
pagn, and that the Liberal Delegate
might be elected, may have a good
effect outside OF this Territory; here ii
has no possible force, because every
one on that train knew that the cam
paign was one simply for principle,
and that the mountains and valleys
would be raked and every Mormon
voter brought out"
Whether the campaign was one
Of principles or persons, the verdict
amounts to the same thing. II il
was one of principle, the people are
opposed to the principle" of dis
franchisemeut for belief or for al
legged uniUn on religious grounds.
II it was n coRflict Of persons, it
shows how unpopular, even in his
own party, is the individual who
has become almost demented over
an imaginary condition Of affairs
ami who is the champion Of the
Acknowledgement theory.
But is it true that nobody on that
unfortunate train believed that the
'Liberal' candidate would be elect
ed. The paragrap h we have clipped
says SO, ana in view Of the utter
ances Of some of those 'sRilgrims''
it is equal to calling them barefaced
liars. This is very unkind OF c. G.
Goodwin. after their exertions In
his behalf. Let us see some things
that they said.
At the Electric Light hall, Octo-
Der p, c. L. Stanton spoke as per
Tribune report:
he said our next Delegate would
be C. C. Goodwin, if the vote Of the
present meeting had aught to say
about it; and that the evidence Of
Liberalism was apparent on every
hand"
At Ogden, Mayor Kiesel said:
ogden would do her duty and old /
Weber County would come wheeling
into line with majority for victory
and prosperity that would make
everybody wonder where they all !
came from. Weber County appreci- |
ated Judge Goodwin and his work for |
Utah."
Old Weber did wheel into a line |
with a majority, but it was for vic
tory and prosperity as identical
with the Peoples Party. The Glib
eral" candidate spoke for himself at |
Ogden and is thus reported in his
own paper:
''In the course Of his remarks Judge
Goodwin said that IL the people Of
Ogden would turn out en- masse on
election day and vote solid for him he
would promise, il elected to Congress,
to do all in his power to secure for
them an appropriation sufficient 10
enable them to erect a large and COM
modious public structure and a very
little one for Salt Lake"
At Eureka more certain hopes Of
success were INDUCED in, but the
hilarious condition of the party
may account for them. On the
train bearing the pilgrims was the
banner: son to Victory" and an
other with: 'For Congress, c. c.
Goodwin of Salt Lake"
At the meeting in this city after
the return, the Tribune reported:
If the entire Liberal vote is polled
tomorrow said Judge Powers. we
will eIec; Judge Goodwin. The Good
win Pilgrims have just returned from
a tour Of the Territory. Everywhere
the people have turned out en- 1lasse
and everywhere the halls were
crowded with people who turned out
TO hear the truths of the new dispen-
sation. wish 10 say that the Liber- ]