The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-05-30
SMILING At DEATH
The 0bsequies Of the Bastard
Party Last Evening.
CHILLY, CLAMMY AND GLOOMY
Powers, Dickson, Goodwin, yarian, stsnton,
Baskin and Allen Appear as Chief
Mourners-Let Her r. l. 2.

There was a round up last evening OF
what John Zane called the Liberal seattle,
and what is left of the old party was COM
fortably slowed away in store room on
Second South street.
After liberal announcements in the daily
papers, parading the streets with the LID
erald drum corps, and fiambeau CLUB, ouliu-
ing bon fire on Main street, burning req
fires on the street corners and the pressing
Into the service of wives and children,
enough persons were herded together TO
nearly fill store room. The audience was
made up of one third women, one-third boys
under voting age, and one-third Of men who
had sense enough to go in when it rained-
there being heavy rainfall at the time OF
the meeting
All the devices known to tn g attute
Powers and the willy McCallum were re-
sorted to to awaken the old-time enthusl-
asm, and all the tricks Of bands of music
old time methods and battle flags, the film,
fans Of the fiambeau club and the exhibit
ton in the fairgrounds of the war-scarred
veteran, General Conner, all signally failed
TO raise a respectable cheer. The affair
fell far short IN enthusiasm and the ferVor
of the speeches Of the meeting held by the
Republicans at the Salt Lake theatre a
week ago, and had to be adjourned on &C
count of a large portion of the audience
leaving the hall while the speaking was
still going on.
The Liberal flambeau club in appear ance
was little worse for wear, their white
breeches solled and their uniforms murky
and creased. The boys did not step with
the same elasticity as during the last cam
paign, and all efforts to beat enthusiasm
out of the snare drums was muffled by the
indifference Of the crowd.
The following banner was hung back OF
the speakers stand: America, June, 1890;
on to Liberal victory"
On the opposite side of the hall there was
suspended the banner Of the Cullen-M orit7
Marching club, Ward 10, a relic Of the last
campaign and of barbarism, also, it might
be added.
The appearance of the Liberal drum
corps, commanded by Major Stanton, was
the cause of some commoton, mingled
with audible cheers. Judge Powers wa:
received by cold wave Of excitement fall
ing like a pail compared with the vocif-
erous cheering of year ago.
There were on the speakers platform
General Connor, Judge Goodwin, Judge
Lynch, A L. Williams, Dick Mackintosh
kin, Lawyer Dickson, Councilman HEATH
and Spafford, Assessor Clute, W. @. Val
Horne, Colonel Addleman and number O.
faces that could not be deciphered as en-
titled to any distinction even in the dilap
idated ranks of effete Liberalists.
Dick Macintosh, in good shape, called
the meeting to order and nominated r. n
Baskin for chairman as a twenty yea
poultice, but the bread and milk were
little stale and considerably soured.
The Liberal drum corps responded witt
a new wrinkle of beating tattoo on tn
base drum, but even this fell like dirge
The fiambeau club was greeted with tire
whoops that, though well intended, failet
to receive q responsive echo.
Judge Baskin after looking over tn
audience congratulated those present tina
the Liberal party was not entirely defuncl
The Judge was interrupted by the oil
Liberal band coming playing "Marchin
Through Georgia" They were give
three vigorous cheers-out of respect TO
the memory Of General Sherman.
Mr. Baskin, continuing, said that hi
was the most important epoch in Utah
When men change so suddenly rehectin
minds naturally inquire for a reason
While / can readily see reason why tn
Peoples party should disband, l can I'm
no reason Tor the Liberals to do so. In th
last four years our finances have increased
couraging, at no time have they been S
dlscouraging for the theoracy. There
only one method for that party TO saw
itself, and that is by the admission of tn
Rocky mountain territory as state, an
the filing the offices with bishops an
deacons. a departure from Liberalism q
this time is death knell TO everything thu
is dear TO the American heart. (Yells
rats. The moment the Liberal part
is divided the priests will control: whe
they get Utah into the union as a state, &
YOU not see that we are at their mere,
completely! While we would be patriots
if we were placed in conditions that re
CURED tive would be met by the blu
coats, as once statehood Is secured the n
tional government must sustain the stat
A little over q year ago the Peoples part
cried for statehood, and there vas rot
Liberal but that banded against it. Whi
has happened to cause this changeg 1t
as dangerous as it was year ago. Pro
ably there would be a fair division at Il
August election, but after that the prizes
would control All the prayers of Il
church are now going up for Grover Clev
land, and every person vino wears the Ell
dowment cloth will vote for him. tt
teachers in their espionage over the vote
viii control them, aud when UtE
is admitted into the union the
will go to paying off old sore
people. do so, as l know something
them in the past. Judging from the pas
is there an honest man in favor OF tb
Infamous crime! TMcCallum, mo! no =
The admission of the state would place
the political power of this state in one ma
and he receiving his power from high
source. do not believe that the Liber
party is composed of idiots. When al
set Of men advocate new departure
must be through ignorance.
w II. Dickson placed his hands to b
rear and spat out the old dose in the usu
form. ''It was" he said, but short tin
ago since the Peoples party began CO.
uetting. l did not think that it was
tended for anything more than innoce
Irritation. But the matter has gone alol
until il is TO be seriously question:
whether their intentions are honorabl
They ought to take cogpizance that we ca
not all change our convictions with ecu
celebrity. We know that it must result
great benefit or in incalcuable harl
Every man should sink the me
matter of party advantages under b
feet for the higher purpose
country. There is no need for any u
seemly haste. Whoever heard of su
madness as disbanding at this time9 v
are unable to persuade ourselves to mig
that the time is ripe. We want TO ask d
men who have taken the new departu
what assurance they can give US that tn
will not plunge US headlong into q conG
ton from which they cannot extricate L
One of the tenets of the Mormon church
that their political action must be direct
hy those il charge Of the church. We c.
proveit by the daily lives of this peop
There has been no sign that they are abo
to abandon it. Only last October the he
of the Mormon church stood up and pr
posed to suspend the will of God, and the