The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-09-20
he HAS NOT RETIRED
Judge Powers Is Still the Liberal
Leader.
A PARTY OF DEAD ISSUES LAUDED
J. r. Walker His Choice for MayOr-The Mich
igan Statesman Still Predicting Great
Liberal Victories"

Judge Powers has Just returned from
Brighton, where he has been in retirement
for some time past for the benefit of his
S ck baby a HERALD reporter met the
Liberal leader yesterday morning and
asked him if he would allow himself to be
interviewed on local politics.
81 am not thoroughly posted perhaps,
owing to my absence from the city, re-
piled the judge, "but will answer any ques-
tons that CAM
1T has been stated that You nave retired
from politics. Is that truce asked the re-
porter.
Politics with me have always been sub
ordinate to the claims Of my profession,
and lately | have been for weeks by the
bedside OF a sick child. TO that extent L
have retired from politics. In Utah, more
than any other section OF The country, there
is necessity for men TO actively engage in
political affairs. / nope, in the near future,
10 retire from the active management OF
party mac 4inery, but until Utah becomes
like the rest OF The Uuion, and there is no
longer any danger Of d theocracy CONTROL
ing. the commonwealth temporarily, | expect
10 do my part in an honest and earnest
effort to build up an American state.
have not left the Liberal party, for tuere is
a reason for its existence. l have not re-
tired from politics, because the great over
shadowlng question here demands that men
have positive views and give active effort in
their support
DO you think that the Liberals will win
mex February, with three tickets in the
field!"
My opinion would not be worth much if
| l declared thatI thought otherwise. | can
only answer the question one way and that
is in the affirmative"
"Well, do you think that that the Liber-
ais will stand any chance of winning with
only one ticket in the field! In other
words, if it should be opposed by Citizens
ticket.
Under such circumstances the opposi-
ton would be shut out at the distance pole.
| The voters would know, without the aid of
map, that the Citizens party represented
the Peoples party. Republicans and Dem
ocrats represent principles Numerically
opposed Down east they fight each other
and neither can conceive how any good can
come from the other party. You can no
more unite thoroughbred Republicans and
| Democrats, except in the case OF a great
national crisis, than you can mix cod liver
oil and water and expect to make palata-
| BILE beverage. If such a scheme should be
concOcted and attempted to be carr. ed
out, the voters void conclude that
our Latter-day Republican and Demo
cratic leaders were not Arablans, but were
the pure broncho breed, and they would
wipe the earta with such conglomerate
ticket.'
"By what majority do you expect that
the Liberals will carry the city next Feb
ruary?"
II expect that the Liberal majority will
be larger than ever. The prosperity Of
the city depends upon Liberal ST ccess and
no person among the opp sition need hug
TIE deluson to his, heart that the contes is
in the l. beral ranks over questions of the
administration the pup ic Offices are
going to bl nd the voters and prevent them
from seeing that IN voting against the Lib
eral nominees they vote for immediate
statehood for Utah. The election in August
should have ueen an object lesson to eact
Republican aud Democrat who felt in his
heart yearning to be leader and whC
whisp red 0 his soul 1 am Moses when
ever he boldly an ounced i am in IL. The
rank and file of the people are usually
right, and the rank and lille of the G. Mt lie:
of U tah oppose party division. The Lib
erals will carry the city in February Dy
fru N ten to twelve hundred N joriJy.
"Do you think that all will accept thu
party division movement after February.'
by no means. Democrats will be Dem
ocrats and Republicans will beRepubhcan
and the large majority will favor thei
county before any party advantage to b.
gained by division You can no more fore
the gentiles by csiolery or by the cracking
of party whips to divide and to give thi
, territory to the Mormons once more thai
you can split the WaSatch mountains b.
, putting fire cracker under them. True
many sincere and able men advocate a di
, vision on party lines. But, the danger i
too real and the time since Mormon rul
has been SO short, that few people of tn
GENTLE faith will take the chances. TIL
Liberals will make Short sharp and dc
cisive campaign and their majority will
''plenty large"
Who will be the probable nominee G
the liberal party for mayorn'
i II don't know a man asked me th
other day how j. R. Walker would suit mt
Q felt then and now that he would make
d splendid mayor Some such man will b
4 named. But, it is not my province, Will
0 chairman of the liberal city committee I
:. select candidates. My candidate is whit
ever shall be the nominee"
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