The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-08-27
IT is VERY FUNNY.
The Attempt to Organize the
Liberal Workingmen."
THE TWO GREAT STATESMEN.
Who Penned the Letters Bearing Their Sig
natures?-The Power Behind the P0-
liticalpriest Politicians,

To the Editor OF THE HERALD:
Oh, it is just too funny for anything!
What do mean. Why, this new vernicu-
lar movement of the alleged Liberal priest
politician party to corral the workingmen.
Sure, indeed, am that the little that the
Independents did without a bit of an organ
| ization was great deal altogether 1t has
opened the eyes of the aforesaid party to its
condition and the thing has gone to work
early to amend itself. 1t will knee and
cringe to the workingmen for months now,
to win back the boys who shouted the bat
tie cry of freedom from it's bigoted rule. AL
ready do we see the first effort in this pro-
posed organization of an alleged ''Liberal''
Workingmen's party. But it WON'T work.
The leaders of the so-called Liberal party
have too much at stake-too many salaries
| to keep in the family-to give the working
men anything more than promises or the
crumbs that fall from the rich mems
tables. They may let those who have the
itch of publicity write for their organ and
spout in meeting, but they will hold the
reins and drive the team just as usual. The
Mckenzie says: 1.-The Liberal party Of
Utah alone offers the opportunity for the
successful beginning of party whose aims
are the betterment of the conditions of
the working classes and the history of
the world has shown that never at
any time has any progress been made
in that one direction while any dominant
church held sway over the destinies of
men,
That is enough to show that the writer,
whether Mckenzie or not, does not intend
anything fer the benefit of the working
men. He knows that the so-called Liberal
! nartv of TIfoh ic q o,tu ooptrollaN Inv n
talists, politicians and priests. He knows
that the organ of that party is owned and
controlled by Catholics. He knows that
the Protestant churches are combine to
cast no votes that will not count for the
election of men pledged to give them power
in the control of the city OF Salt Lake and
in the territory. He knows that the Lib
eral party of Utah is as much under the
hand and heel of priestcraft as ever the
Peoples party was, even if all that is
charged against it be true, which it is not.
To say, therefore, that this Liberal party
, contains anything for the benefit of the
workingmen, for the advancement of
American freedom, is to write ourselves
down very poor observer, or deceiver.
That MIR. Mckenzie may be the latter
might be inferred from the statement that
1--WE look for some active work ON the part
| of the next representative in Congress
from Utah, provided he be from the
, ranks of the Liberal party" That is
| purely bait thrown out for suckers.
! The representative to Congress from Utah,
even ii he were the whole Liberal party
boiled down into one man, could and
would do nothing for the workingmen in
Utah, because there is nothing to be
! one. The United States will lot come
to Utah to run mines for the Liberal hood
lers. They have now every opportunity
that generous government can give them.
~
do not employ men it is because they can
not make as much money out of labor as
they can by speculation. They may make
promises about election time of what
, they will do for the workingmen, but when
5 the election is over they will forget them
/ II workingmen are deceived by such
: fishers of men they will only have the
satisfaction of kicking themselves when il
IS too late. The workingmen will get NJ
show in politics until they conquer it fol
the mselves, and to do this they must GU
loose from the old parties.
The Crank runs his quill in the same
!, groove with the Mckenzie. He, too, see
I success for the workingmen only under
5 the wing of the Liberal party. I
$ posing that the Liberal party il
liberal. There never was a worse mis-
homer than to call the anti Mormon
party of Utah Liberal The history O
the United States can show nothing in thu
line of parties that has been so narrow
r. bigoted and dishonest in its statements a
# this socalled Liberal party of Utah. 1t
4 object has been to engage the United State
# in war upon the Mormon people, to driv
# them out of the territory and give thci
e homes, their lands and property to thei
n prosecutors.
q Frank" wants the boys to wake up fror
n their ''worse than Rip Van Wrinkle dream.
II Sure enough. But if they do wake, the
g will get out of that Liberal party as rat
n leave a worm eaten and dangerous hulk, o
as 10000 left it, casting his resignation be
hind him. If Mr.. Frank were an observe
Of the signs of the times, he would counse
his friends among the workingmen to stan
?; so high that capital would look up, nstea
: Of down, to see them. He. however, is try
ing to keep them in the pit, whence the
are to look up into the faces of the pol
tician- priest combine that in the future a
o in the past, will lead the workingmen b
70 making promises to the ear and break
4 ing them to the heart There
m more freedom from priestly rul
. q among the Mormon voters to-da
= than there is among the blinded follower
/: of the party called Liberal There IS NOR
% devotion to the principles of the constitu
.e ton to-day among the Mormous tina
+ among the Protestants and Catholics. A
II for politicians principle is word from
sc dead language to them. 1t is principe
o. they are after
m MIR. Frank says 'Rise, Oh We sons of tot
s. buckle on your'' mudsplashers and go fort
and tramp and hurrah for toe election Q
the Liberal candidates and you will get
deputyship here and there. You will b
~ allowed to sweep the public halls an was
ly the public spittoons. But sit in nigh es
= state. On, no. You don't belong to tn
d Alta club; you and your family are no
r admissible into the society of the inne
ut circles of Salt Lake; you are not polished
Go TO hells
g. Brothers, when you understand that yo
~ can win your own liberties and conti oil til
product of your twn toll only by putin
e. petty personal jealousies under your fee
and joining hands and hearts in Iona
strong pull independently of old politics
parties, then you will stand Oh the thresl
q | old of fo,. .-1,.