The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-01-19
THE FREE LANCE.

We have them on the run. They are
ratified, confused, panic stricken, albeit in
the soup. Two weeks ago the Liberals
told US Democrats that we were JOB lot
of traitors who FOR thirty pieces of silver,
or for few Offices had agreed to deliver
Utah over to the Mormon church, bound
hand and foot, as state. And at the word
statehood the Liberal soul and conscience
recoiled with horror. Statehood, indeed !
Why, it would drive every Gentle out into
the cold, cruel Somewhere. 1t would depre-
ciate values by 80 per cent, resurrect
polygamy, bury every mine in Utah, kill
the Utah commission dear pets), shut
Burmester's foul mouth, ruin Annie
Prindle's reputation and Oscar Wander
cooks chance for another job, and, in brief,
play thunder generally with the old ma
chine.
But. oh, what difference in the morn
ing!" when two brief weeks ago to-day the
Liberals woke up to read The HERALD
and find therein the full wording of the
Home Rule bill, they were dazed. 1t took
several days and big quantity of Tusca-
rora whisky to brace them up.
That whisky was the last purchased from
the Liberal campaign fund; for hereafter,
or subsequent to the February election,
the Liberal party will swear away its own
existence. II will deny its record. And
when the editorials on statehood are quoted
from its unhappy organ, it will blame them
on Powers. For hereafter the Tribune
will be for statehood That is
what the Teller bill means. That
is what The HERALD has known
for week.
How so? Ask Thomas, if you will. Ash
him about that meeting held in the Temple
ton hotel, to which his owners sent him as
delegate.
THE HERALD had reporter on hand bu
he could not get in 1.-The meeting i:
secret" he reported.
Watch it from without, theu," was hi:
order.
And he did. And 10 and behold, he saw
Mormons and Gentiles, the chief justic,
and the governor, nine men altogether
slip in and then out again after long ant
evidently earnest session.
When it was over the Teller bill ha(
been born and Young Zane rushed on t
! Washington with it to have it baptized. Y
| Z. is there now.
That is the first result of straigh
! hoe
eat their own words and confess them
selves to be arrant hypocrites and knaves
Ii there is an honest man left among them
he will sneak behind barn anu kick him
self. First to organize on national part,
lines; first to advocate the right of ever,
American to self government; first t.
agitate the question of statehood an,
only hating short of that to notify few
timid souls who wanted an interreenum
the Democratic party has forced tn
enemy Of Utah to admit and accept tn
changed condition. of affairs. That tn
Liberal Republican party refused t
do it; that it traduced the people
maligned their motives, libelled their lead
ers, parodied their actions, will damn ther
forever, but damned if they do an
damned if they DON'T" they try first tn
one thing and then the other.
Poor Tuscaroras, they were not eve,
considered. The bear has the chuestnuts
what if the cat has burned its paws
The gallant Seventy-six should hol
another pow-wow and read their "addres
to the country" and then let Burmester d
the cussing. In all this great worl
he is the only man who could do the thin
justice.
And the Pitiful Posies, the Patriot
Order Sons of America, who resolved i
behalf Of the Liberal party that statehoo
was high treason, what will they now de-
To be sure they can do nothing that wi
make them more ridiculous than the
already are, nor more contemp
ible than they have ever been, "a
even Brother HOLSTER is willing to bea
testimony toy but we have some compa,
sion on the feg who still seek to retail
their self-respect though they passed
vote of censure upon the FREE LANCE.
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To be consistent, the Posies. at thei
next meeting, should pass resolutions c
admiration for the great gun that passe
through Ogden yesterday. They admir-
war from safe distance-war and schoo
marms.
"Fools step in where angels fear
tread" and that accounts for the candi
dates that are every now and then ascribe
to THE HERALD. The HERALD staff
contented with its lot and seeks no othe
worlds to conquer.
The Methodist Revival.
The revival meetings at the First Meth
dist church are growing in interest La,
night eighteen professed conversion. TIL
, increased attendance has made it necessar
, to use the large audience room. Their
will De spirited singing and preaching a
the evenings OF this week except Satu
, dav night and all are invited to come.