The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-07-23
. YOUNG UTAH SNUBBED.

In the language of the public thorough
fare, Young Utah'' again gets it in the
neck " at the hands of the Liberals.
For years, in fact ever since there has
been Liberal party, its promise has been
to the ycuug men of the terrltory-to sons
Of MoFmons WAC would leave the church
and turn against their fathers in political
matters. Some of the young men have
beeii weak enough to believe these prom
ises and place faith in the honevd words
when one recalls the columns OF entioing
Liberal language addressed to Young Utah
and thinks of the many Liberal speeches
intended to lure the boys into the ranks of
the opposition, it causes one to wonder that
more of the young men are not training n
the Liberal ranks, but in the shadow of the
treatment that young Utah has received at
the hands of the party of promises and non
fulfillneat il will occ lsicn greater wonder
If the Utah-born Liberals do not grow less.
The promises have all been hollow mock
cries; they were of the pie crust variety.
Those who made them never intended TO
keep them. Your true Liberal has no use
for Utah young man, except so far as he
=.
II there are "honors," 'enouments, - ''of-
fices' and ''spoils' anywhere around, your
Liberal is keen for them, and equally keen
that Young Utah shall get nothing. So long
as there was nothing 10 give, no rewards
TO bestow, the politicians and press were
reckless in their generosity of promises;
the moment an thing of value appeared in
sight snubs and kicks were good enough
for the young men who had been coaxed to
put the Liberals into power.
Last winter was the first opportunity
that the party had for rewarding that sec
tion of Young Utah which had been duped
into nibbling the tempting bait, and what
use did the organization make of that op-
portunity! 1t sneered at and cuffed the
young men, and gave them to understand
that while they were good enough to vote
they were not quite good enough to reap
any of the fruits of victory which their
ballots might win. One Utah boy was given
a desirable place on the ticket, not because
he was wanted there by any means. for the
bosses and manipnlators desired the Office
for another; but the young man was so
popular and had developed so much
strength that it would have been dangerous
to deny him. 1t was case where Young
Utah had the underhold and the swing.
otherwise he would have been kicked out
as impudent aud presuming. That he got
the office has always been sore spot in
the Liberal body, and viii remain so until
hecan be made to give place for som ebody
who has no connection with Young Utah.
AT Mondays Liberal convention Uta h
born man was a candidate for an Office pr e
sumed to be worth something to the holder:
his competency could not be called IN cues
ton; he is able, honest and honorable, and
he stands SO high in the community that
nobody can assail him; but he is one of
Young Utah, hence the Liberals have no
use for him; he can vote with the party
and employ his influence to iduce his young
friends and associates to do the same, but
when it comes TO office holding that is an
entirely different matter
Not many of Young Utah have been
lured away by tempting but false promises,
and some of those who have placed their
trust in Liberal pledges have had their
eyes opened and are regretting that they
permitted themselves to be deceived A
few more Liberal conventions where Utah
born young men are snubbed for no other
reason than that they are Utah born, and
the young Utah man who confesses himself
a Liberal viii DC a curiosity.