The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-02-04
GOING TO PIECES.

How swiftly the old and rotten institu-
tlon is going to piecesl 1t is doubted that
the organization can be kept together until
the votes have been counted on Monday
evening. OF course we refer to the Liberal
party. Yesterday two of its pet candi-
dates for the council were unceremoniously
dropped from the ticket AT the head of the
party's newspaper organ. The precinct
associations were not even consulted, the
organ, which owns the party body and
soul, taking the matter into it's own hands
and eliminating the names of Mr. GEORGE
OLSON, of the First precinct and Mr.. L..
c. kARRIcK, of the Fifth. The former is
the gentleman who was in some manner
connected with that crooked bond which
that other boss Liberal, Bowman, the con-
tractor for the city and county building,
gave for the faithful performance of the
work. OLsoN's connection with the bond
business was known by Liberals before his
nomination, but doubtless it was thought
the affair could be kept quiet until after
the election, when exposure wouldn't mat
ter; the fellow being in office his associ-
ates and the party would have to stand by
| him. The exposure, however, ENDANGERED
the ticket, hence OLSON had to 90, whether
agreeable or otherwise to the Liberals of lis
ward. He was ordered to retire the other
| day, and his letter of resignation was pre-
| pared for him, but he refused to sign until
his name was simply dropped from the
ticket, and last evening, it is said, he took
his medicine and placed his name
to the paper which the boss had carefully
written for him. 1t is assumed that know.
ing the man with whom he was dealing,
| the boss had witnesses present to see that
! the signature was genuine. Just why Mr.
hARRIcK's name was dropped has not an,
! peared. He was nominated regularly and
seemed 10 be the choice of the party in his
ward. Perhaps an explanation will come
one OF these days, when we may expect tc
be informed that he is offensive to the
bosses though satisfactory to the under
| lings.
However, this concerns US not at all We
only refer TO the matter as showing how
! the rotten organization is breaking tt
pieces. 1t will not surprise if before cleo
ton day half dozen more of the nominees
shall be arbitrarily retired. In fact, the
whole ticket should go. Only gall of the
rankest kind could induce men to come be
fore this community with such an array Of
names, asking popular support 1t is an in
suit 70 the intelligence of the voters, sug.
| costing, as it does, that the latter are with
out common sense, are totally ignorant Of
men, and are blindly obedient to party die
tstion.
Dissolution having set in, it will perform
its work speedily. Being rotten in every
part, the Liberal organization is on the
verge Of complete collapse. If it shal
survive the approaching election it will be
due to the expertness of the bosses il
logging and tying the old thing together
but the election being over, nothing car
prevent a general falling to pieces, wher
there will be no Liberals and no bosses, anc
the decent but misguided men of the party
will wonder how it was that they could not
see the inevitable until it overwhelmed
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