Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-08-09
OGDEN POSSIBILITIES.


Tile IOlNlltAN NNNANNh ANA NNNhNaf"A 80
the Junction City
An letweeu what remains Of The
"Liberal" party and the opposition to
a, ogden today enjoys, or AZ lenst
pos.esses, the distinction u being the
only doubtful city in the Territory.
The uncertainty regarding its political
status IL not Ia eny sense relieved by
the prdyailing apathy, and Is, II possi'
bile. more mystiflcd because OF the
claim that formerly staunch and long.
time "Iiberals" who have drawn out
and now advocate the division move
ment, may be to some extent OBJECT by
n.w recruits from other point. While
the latter are very few In number 1t
should also he borne in mind that the
outspoken divisionisis among the for
mer "i.lbcralb" are by no means n
great host, though tolerably numer VA;
and It was with the hoIe Of being able
to arrlvo at something approaching the
true situation that obtained from
several Junctionists, who are recog.
uiEed ."MormOns," their Individual
views regarding II.
Asis the case elsewhere and oil tue
time, the men OF moderate Views and
conservative estimates are IN a rather
in.ieniflcant minority, while the
majority OF these nlufe cOnspicutus
VINO lAy any claim 10 decided pfeiuf-
Al IT,. ~
victory for the party % which they are
attached. The Democrat Ia going 90
have a wnlk-Over, so IN the Kcpuh lean,
aud the "IibcralD boffows sufficient
Comfort from the fact that the Two
former arc nearly equally divided TO
make him feel, or to say Inc feels, that
Inc performance OF February, 1859,
will be repeated at least once more.
found less Of this kind VI person, how.
ever, than was expected, aud this
may be attributed to various causes.
The election Of last year divided the
'.iberalo party, not exactly In two
taunl parts, bur In such way that
about one.third or one.four,h OF 1t
Joined the Peoples party In q citizens
ticket and the contest was draw
about half the offices going either why.
Now Of those who thus broko ufl II Is n
safe guees that not bakers dozen Or
10 have returned to the fold, ard just
as safe one that many tmes that
number have since dropped OF 10 re-.
turn no more, these not going down IN
the sea Of neutrality by any means,
hut going 10 swell the ranks Of the
national organizations. The rank and
flc thus represented may be conjoc.
tured from the number OF men OF great
prominence and ability who have
taken such action, embracing such
names o. Judge Foreman, Judge Gross,
!. w. McNutt, Ransford Smith, j. q.
Tyler, Judge McGinniss, w. IL. smith,
l.. 4. Rhodes, Rogers and Evans, anu
many Others.
ogden " one OF the few cities OF
the Territory holding "a municipal
election In November and ne stated,
the only one concerning which there
II any uncertainty. That II will he
hotly contested seems scarcely to adj
nit VI doubt, although TO look Mt II
now and converse with Its citizens
would not lead to such a conclusion by
any means; indeed, n tie election
we're to occur within few weeks, II
kmorally certain that the pnrty which
polled its full strength would win, for
there could scarcely he more thnn
half vote east aud the loss would
necessarily be with the other two.
The present administration IN quite
efficient and popular, Tut It owes 10.
rponsibilitY 10 no political organization,
70 there are no gains to be had and no
losses to he sustained by reason OF 1t,
thus contributing It's share toward the
political ncgatlOn which the city nj
present amounts TO.
Forehhndidness In the matter OF
figures would scarcely, under such
circumstances, have sufficient ioundn.
tIou to entitle II to attention, let alone
TO credence, but a general statement
based upon such conversation HA IL
engaged In, full consideration Of the
election " n year ago when the same
organizations contested NJ viii contest
this year, and n careful survey Oi the
situation generally, may be permiss.
lille.
Ogden consists Of ono council aud
two house districts; OF these the DEM
ocrats elected the councillor and one of
the representatives, the "Llbernls"
taking the other one by very mar
row margin, 20 narrow that n change
Of half n dozen votes would have
given the Democrats a clean sweep.
Estimating that for every "Liberap'
who has gone back fully three have
come out, that recent acccssiOns from
elsewhere will not amount TO enough
to make material difference, aud III.
vlding the recruiis to the national
parties equally between them, the
Democrats will elect all the city
Ulcers at large and six OF the council.
men, while u the four remaining the
Liberals" may possibly get one or
two, butl doubt II very much; all OF
those the Democrats DOM get will,
think, 30 to the Republicans.
ESSAY CAIdH.