The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-11-05
THE ELECTION.

Of course the returns from the Delegate
election have not all been received, but
enough have come to show that the People
have won splendid victory and Mr..
GAME is returned to Congress for another
term The People have carried every
county in the territory except one, some OF
them by increased majorities. 1t was
gallant fight which the People made, and
they should be proud of their triumph.
They fought for right and for principle and
have won. They are to be congratulated,
as are all to be congratulated who love
Utah and desire her welfare. An honest
and capable man will continue to represent
the territory in Congress, and every resi-
dent will feel that Utah has true friend
at the national capital who will ever be
found at his post of duty working for the
best interests of the territory and thwart-
ing the schemes of the enemies of the
loved land.
The returns which have been received
will supply the leaders of the Liberal party
with food for reflection. Especially is this
the case with regard to the figures from
Salt Lake city and this county. At this
writing the indications are that the Peol J
have carried tne county by about five hun-
bred Il aiotily Ony lest August the Lib
erals cal III q the county, and plumed them
selves ercatiy ,4rer ,nss even.
Bus Il t!i.s ,l'A lhc re- ut must be as
iol-ns.i, so Toe .-ib .y..s Mr.. GOODWIN
Ma, g. a-j ., ,Is,' Of his supposed
i.oisr o"at waa that ne would
n,l.c .tstt :. voie of dis party, but
, 10
Tue lna, i,5ng io lead oil Young Utah in
sguads What 40 the figures show Look
at them as they appear III the local columns
of THE HERALD. Last February the Lib
eral vote ia the city was $500, or sos more
than the Peoples. There have been nine
months of Liberal rule largely under the
guidance and direction of the Liberal can
didate for Congress; nine months of Lib
eral immigration induced by the triumph
of Liberal ideasn; nine months of the
importation of Liberal voters fol
street, sewer and other public works
nine months of the most determined efforts
on the part of the Liberal managers to hold
their own: a campaign which was thor
ough, and a canvass which took into &C
count every supposed Liberal voter. And
what is the showing. Why, that or
on Tuesday the popular candidate who was
going to Go such wonderful things fell JUS
1,O04 votes short of the number polled fol
the Liberal candid ate for mayor min,
months ago The total Liberal vote yester
day was :, 556, as against $3.50 in February
Nine months ago the Liberals carried The
city by SOS majority; yesterday they car
= la.t
cent of The votss which Mr.. SCorT hat
lass winter.
tits immateria' t. us upon what ground
this remarkable falling of is accounted TO
by the Liberal managers. II they say tn
decrease is due 10 the lessening Of the pop
ulation, then they must admit that the Lii
eral administration has had the effect. no
merely of checking immigration, but o
driving away some of the people who wer
here last winter. If it is maintained tina
the people are still here, the confession
must be that the alleged popular candidat
is not the popular man that he was as
sumed to be, and that he could not at
tract the votes of his party. 1t will not
claimed that the missing votes were cas-
for the Peoples candidate, for he has onl
the ballots of his party.
TIE HERALD assumes, and it believes a
investigation, elf one could be made
would show the fact to be, tina
the falling off in the Liberal vote is due
Mr.. GooDwIN's advocacy of the infamou
Acknowledgement proposition. goo
many honest, fair and decent men VIII
have heretofore trained with the Libers
party, we believe, did not vote for the ma
who championed the unrepublican propos
ton that American born citizens who hav
violated no law should be deprived of th
suffrage, denied all rights of citizenship an
made subject TO the rule Of an insignifcar
if not an irresponsible minority. This W
assume is the real cause for the mean show
ing which the Liberal candidate has bee
able to make in this city.