Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-07-22
The PARTING SHOTS.
clo,lns Scenes at the Liberal Con-
ference Last Night.
rur GREATEST FlLZLE OF ALL.
An Impatient Audience Of 1000 waited
HINTS Eleven O'Clock 10 Hear
the Verdict.
THE GREATEST rIzzLE OF ALL.

drawn out very much longer, the !
.,,at chances are that Boss" Powers
and statistician Allen wouli have
been about the only two left to cast
tneIr votes for those four prop.sitions
concerning which no much talk was
made during the party picnic' On
Wednesday evening the audience was
one Of toerably respectable proper
tons, but that OF yesterday morning
was an awfully feeble apology for
politcal gathering; while tho "mass"
meeting which had been looked for
ward to last night with such fond
hopes and auticipatlons has TO be
recorded AZ another dismal failure. In
all tar,s Of the hall there may have
tson something approaching 1000
prrsons present; but not more
than three.fourlhg Of those were
oLlberals," and only the dying emocrs
OF enthusiasm were left now aud
then In the course Of the evening, by
desperate effort, the Tuscarora crowd
managed to work upR cheer, but oven
that had ring Of despair In 1t, aud
when at II o'clock--the vote OF the
conference having been tsken--the
meeting was finally dismissed, every
body appeared glad to get away.
IL was $50 when the great chief Of
the tiibe-lookiug anything but happy
stepped upon the platform aud took
the chair. Bringing down his savel
on the table with a tremendous thunp
No. called the conference 10 order, aui
asa preliminary % the proc,olings, cN'
pressed an cafn,st dtsire TO make an
exclamation. His tohd look aud sober
toat CAUSED the little band Of Tuscn.
fotas 10 prick up ,hUis ears, ~ though
anticipating that again s'melhiug
shocking bad hnrpeued' But u was
again The old fable OF The mounlainaud
tie mouscl lie said II had beUn re-.
ported ~ one Of the newspapers ~
tis city--.o he wps iniormod-'hat a
circular was sent cut by The Litter
ain committee and n pretended quota
ton was given from the circular, ihc
sqne being within quotation marks,
requesting "Libvrhl." Ut the Terri
tofy 10 send letter. 70 tho ommiticc,
the slmu being VI tho tenor EeVuilud,
as indicated by the quotations. lie de-
sired 10 sny iog the cluniltor, nlb1 Tor
himself personally, that 10 far aH 10
pretended 10 be a quotation, 10 was "a
quitutiOu HAT never vmana,ed from
them. To that extent, then, 1t was a
forgery.
secretary G. l.. Allen Tead n com
munlcAtiOu iron n prominent citizen
OF thie city. The writer asked to vote
"nu" on the proposition to nominate n
drlrgats for Congress, anu also that
he be not east out. The Letter was
signed "I. q. IiliI."
a letter from e1.Mayor George NJ.
Scott asked that the bibcfnl party put
up candidate Tor Congress.
The Chairman thun remarked tina
~ the vote on tho four propositions
would be- taken this evening at rem
f0nRble hour, he should holi "a,
SPEAKERS "to the limit "in orierto give
a. much opportunity ns possible iol
those who desired 10 address the confer
Uuce.
The Rev. y. NJ. Knox, Of Dayli
County, fret took the floor. lie rep
rtseuted ssventy.tlve "liberala" from
Davb County, he fDij, aud they nj
wanted To tOnd n delegate u Congress
When he heard the "Lilefuls" from
sanpeiu saying That they wanted /
"LibcIaln delegate, no thought they
ought, at least, to cOncodu some
thing In them. He believed tia
todRy, 10 tho men who wer
stepping out FROM the "lib
eralb ranks into another party, the!
could ray, "God bless you; we ar
stronger without you than We are will
YOU" He would rather have five mel
who believed ina principle and stoO,
by Il than any i've hundred brlgsdier
generals and colonies who were oul!
waiting for office and spoilH. II the
stood by their guns os "Liberals" il
this Territory, they could say to IN
nation "We demand that you listen l.
the Spartan band here Tor the graudos
principles that ever men fought for II
any political issue Ia the world" Til
division On psrty lines In the T,rrltor.
was not straight. Let them this iRl
do tho straight thing all round aud h.
believed they could send u delegation
TO Washington, II necessary, to slav
Or statehood and home rule by show
In where We stood.
Mr.. Ffnuks (Salt Lake) next esssyo
TO enlighten the conference ON matter
political, lie uttered good deal, hu
there was very little In Il. 9TH
statehood racket Is nm awiully fuDn
thing" said Frauks in an awiully fun
ny way, "ycs, iunnier ON the suriaC
than IL Is further DOWN. lie prOCeedb
20 glance At the changed condition
affairs, and took the opportunity, /
passing, Of awarding an iusult to job
Henry Smith, as ga s,umper OF ti
country" lie was heartily 10 favor ,
nominating and electlng ~ delegate
Congress u "LihetalN pure and elmpl
(ApplGuse,) Put him there with Ill
biggest vote you have ever east al
you viii then SNOW your strength.
Mr., Davrlin (Salt Lake, ASKED IN
Tu.caroras 10 pardon "a BAT break" b
happened to make the night belorl
lie was iu favor OF el.ctirg A"Liheral
delegate 10 Congress, aud surely D
EOOi Republican IN the house shOul
take exception To &C. MI, DAyelin
another sunny" follow, ana playt
the bOuCs 10 Franks, the other "eorul
mHn.p
Il WAS resolved at this point thi
each succeeding speaker he limited
ten minuiog, aud ,rcn Mr.. pIwo
made another touching appeal tor mol
money. "My friends, We Hud on
selves SIN about $500 behind, an
therefore before tho vote Is taken "
are going 20 give you one more Chan,
OF contributing; because " you don
give, Fam the man let.n Then cam
the Oit,repeated "rhe hand will pla
aud the ushers viii 70 round IL