The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-10-29
Mr.. GOODWIN'S PLATFORM.

Hear the latest statement of his position
by the Liberal candidate
In 50 far as INSCRIPTIONS malice can make it
| so, the Mormon press is turning the present
political canvass into a campaign of malignant
personal railing against the Liberal candidate
and Justification of his position He has
frankly stated his position. 1t is against the
continued participation IN the political affairs OF
this land, Of alie1 oath bound Serfs. AID hostile
to the domination in public affairs of the lead
| erS and bosses of the Serfs in the name of a
false God AMI an all grasping religion. -
Tribune. october %, 1890.
So far, so good. Mr. GooDwIN admits
that he will accomplish, if he can, the DO
litical ASA sination of the young men of
Utah who are free from the stain of crime,
who have broken no law, who have sworn
by solemn oath to uphold the law, and who
are therefore the peers of any citizens for
peace and loyalty. When we quote Mr..
GooDwIN's exact words, aud this is all we
have done, he says we are guilty of ina
| lignant personal railingr We have made
no charge whatever against him. His own
words, under his own name, in his own
paper, make the charges. 1t is simply
1
hurts him, it is his fault, not ours. So far,
he says, we have stated his position truly;
but he thus complains
! To that the Mormon press add various catch
words Ct their own, the most common bel NO
that the Liberal candidate seeks to rob them
| of their property. 1t is not worth while to make
denial of that let the record speak.-TrDune,
| Oct0ber2s 1890.
Yes, let the record speak. Hero is tie
record:
One of the strangest features of Mormonisn
and the Mormons is their seeming utter lack of
comprehension of the enormity of disobeyinz
the laws. THE FIRST THING PROB.
ABLY THAT WILL BE TAKEN FROM THEN
WILL BE THE FRANCHISE which they have
| so long prostituted. Then they will find them
selves at the mercy of such laws as NAV be pre-
scribed for them. If that will not do, TIE
NEXT ATTACK WILL BE ON THEIR PROP
ERTY. and no man who BELIEVES it right
for him to obey the First Presidency rather
than the laws will be permitted to acquire title
to lands This will mean FINAL BANK
RUPTCY, not only for the masses but for the
rich in the organization.-TTl Septenber l6.
1885.
That was four years ago when the Liberal
CdnQlQdUe penneu Gue dUOV6 words. has he
changed. Take something later:
The thing to do is to make It impossible for
Mormons to obtain title to public lands in the
United States Tribune, april "a, 1885.
Or again:
Their prosecutions have not yet really COM
menced. Suppose the next step shall
be to deny the Saints the right to enter lands
and to attack the titles already secured to land
= = the government through the machinery
of the law may outlaw and disinh crit them
Tribune. March &c, 1889.
Other and later quotations can be given,
but space is worth something Never be-
fore IN the history Of American politics,
has such doctrine been presented as the
confscation of the property of peaceable
citizens because some of their friends had
once broken a law and had been punished
for that offense. Little did the man who
propounded that doctrine think he might
some day be candidate, asking the suffra-
ges of the people whose robbery he had
advocated. No wonder his words now
plague and shame him. No wonder that he