The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-09-15
REPUBLICANS AND LIBERALS.

| 1t must be rather discouraging for the
Republicans to enter their first territorial
nominating convention and face problem,
the solution Of which may involve a very
serious break from the attenuated ranks Of
the party, if it does not s'split the organiza-
ton wide opeu," as one Of the gentlemen
interested In Republicanism expressed the
fear would be the case. We say 1t ia dis
couraging for party which has boasted OF
its growth, OF the earnestness of its mem
ber5, of the lofty regard for principle
which inspires all its workers, and OF the
utter disregard for political Office enter
tanned by Republicans, to enter its second
year "all torn to pieces as it were. 1t is
not surprising that hitherto cheerful and
ambitious Republicans have for the past
few days been treading on their under lips
as they rosmed about as il feeling their
way through caves of gloom. There is q
ludicr0us side OF the business, as well az a
mournful one. but our friends of the oppo
sition are not expected to see the funny
phase of the affair. A man is to be nomi-
mated to the congressional delegateship
and IL is over that barren honor that the
GUS feature The nominee cannot possibly
be elected; whoever he may be he will not
have the hardihood to expect election; all
he can hope for will be to put in about
eight weeks Of hard campaigning to read
on the morning after the election that per-
haps one-third of the voters of the territory
were willing that he should represent
them in Congress. To the dispassionate
mind It is really laughable, the suggestion
that the question which will present itself
IN today's Republican convention should be
inagni1ed into such proportions.
There Is something connected with this
matter, however, which should set certain
parties TO thinking Without designating
il may be said If certain gentlemen should
be nominated Republicans who retain much
of their affection for the Liberal party will
withdraw from the organization and sup
port Liberal candidates; it is also ssid on
the other hand, that if certain other gen.
tlemen shall be nominated many who are
more Republican than Liberal will not give
the nominee loyal support, but will sulk if
| they do no worse; it is furthermore said
that in the event Of the nomination of an
other gentleman, the Liberals will not
name candidate but will support the Re-
publican conventions nominee.
The HERALD does not profess to know
and will not say how much there is in all
this three-cornered talk we only know there
Is such talk, and because there is certain
parties now posing as Liberals should do
little thinking in their own behalf They
should inquire of themselves if in certain
contingency they are to be dropped by
their Republican associates as being no
longer useful, and if in certain other
contingency they are to be traded and used
as chattels. They must know that the
Republicans are drawing largely from the
Liberals, and that all Liberal Republicans
would go over to the straight Republicans
at once il there were an assurance that by
so doing the territory could be carried by
the party. Therefore, ought not so-called
Democratic Liberals to think about the
peculiar position they occrpya The talk
of the past few days in Republican and
Liberal circles. regardless of what may be
done in today's convention, should be full
Of instructive pointers for Democratic
Liberals.