Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-08-08
"LIBERAL, LIBERTY.


ing 10 witness the wrath Of the
"LiberaI'' gang over the freedom
exercised by some unterrified
.sLiberaI' workingmen at the polls.
They simply acted with that liberty
which "Liberals'' have been urging
upon members Of the Peoples Party
for years. But nothing is too vile
for the "Liberal' organ TO say Of
them, nor too filthy to pelt them
with. They are "scrubsr THAT pet
epithet Of the organs chief black
guard) ''traitors,'' sisneaks. = .'camp
followers freebooters,'' s'disgrUn-
tied knaves, = ''unsavory birds ofiIl-
omen, a .'corruptible horde :, dis
graceful weights, " etc. They are
80 be marked and avoided for all
time to Gomez
y "Liberal' writer who had
the hardihood TO intimate that
there was q cause for the
disaiIection in the ..Liberal''
ranks, is asked "IYhat kind of 4
scrub are y0u?'' He Is accused of
inventing something to plead in
Justification Of their dirt" and Of
being "a knave or an ass" while
his mild utterances are denominated
''gibberish.'' All this comes from
the American gentlemen who
have assumed the right TO dictate
the political action Of Utah's citi-
zens, and who are continually talk
ing about an imaginary "Church
whip"
II it is virtue TO be independent
Of the Peoples Party, why is it
vice and a crime to be independent
OF the miscalled "Libcral'' party:
Why is it praiseworthy to cut loose
from the alleged counsel of .'priestly
leaders, ana cOndemnable to throw
Of the Gictalion Of self-constituted
political aulOcrats.
There has been a great deal Of
nonsense ami abuse over the pre-
tended denomination Of the Church
in the political alIIirs OF the Terrific
~. We speak from actual knowledge
when We say that the whole pre-
fence is without foundation. In
palmer language the charge is a lie.
But is there anything in the pro
ceeGiugs Of the Peoples Party that.
even by tine distortions and perver-
sions common 10 the 'Liberll,
organ, can be made to rank
with the coerciye ami tyrannous
conduct Of these "LiberaI'' black
guards who assume to control the
votes Of free citizens
Who made them the Judge Of
mems minds and actions? What
right have they TO say how anv
citizen shall or should have cast his
ballot? Who appointed them the
custOdians Of the peoples con-
sciences? And how long will re-
spectacle men in this Territory
cEinge and crawl under the crack Of
the Tribune whip:
We defy any Of the gang to yrove
wherein the Church leaders have
coerced or controlled any caucus,
convention or voter Surfing this
Angus election, or censured any
mau for the manner in which he
cast his ballot. But the Liberal,
whip has been whirled and snapped.
and the "Liberal'' hounds have
barked and hUwled, and the "Liber-
ai'' blackguaris have emptied their
barrels Of biilingsgate over refractory
members Of their party, till every
respectable "Gentiiev ought to rise
in disgust and Indignation, and cast
of the yoke Of the presumptuous
ruttians who assume so much au-
thority, and determine TO make a
decent organization, free from the
ibelOus and unprincipled crew that
justify fraud, abuse all who differ
from them and attempt to dictate
the affairs Of the whole Territory.
The "MOrm0n" people may be
simple, easily led AMI generally ur-
sophisticated, but they would not
submit foran hour to the gross ef-
frontery, tyrannical dictation and
srurrilOus abuse which Liberals,
take quietly from their would-be
rulers, nor curl under the lash
which is so frequently anu vigor-
Ously whirled about the ears Of
"Liberals' who attempt TO be free.
Church dictatisn,'' even as falsely
described 10y "LiberaI'' scribes. is
not a tenth part to be 50 much r.
sisted and despised as the assump-
ton and abuse Of these impudent
"Liberal'' dssp5ts.