The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-07-23
THE AFTER CLAP.
The Liberals More. Dissatisfied
Than Ever.
Many Members OF the Committee Threaten to
Refuse TO Recognize the Action Of
the snap Conference.

The ''snapn conference did not quiet the
spirit Of dissension in the Liberal ranks,
but rather augmented it.
A member of the Tuscarora society was
heard TO say that he would no longer be
fused" to perpetuste one-man power in
Utah. The performance, to his thinking,
too much resembled the old tabernacle
conventions when, as he said. all hands
went up on the same side of every ques-
question.
The boast that every proposition carried
without a dissenting vote, when it is
known that the Liberal party is torn in
two, looks too much like a prearranged
result
Men with any self respect and indepen-
dence left the convention for good the first
day of the meeting. They were disguised
with the way that Powers stuffed the
correspondence and followed this up by
recognizing only the men who would speak
TO his side eff the question. Tom Reeds
tactics were honest and fair beside them.
A few men that were so big and strong
that Powers was afraid to refuse them q
hearing got hearing, but the men from
the outside counties were never fortunate
enough TO catch the speakers eye.
The gag rule was never more sue
cessfully put in force than by
Powers scheme of recognizing the next
speaker before the present one was
through, aud frequently he had two or
three speakers chosen ahead to successfully
shut out those seeking recognition whose
views he was not sure of. In this way he
ruled motions to adjourn out Of order until
he was forced 10 relent.
More outrageous still was to keep man
on the stage TO put motions for the speaker.
Objectionable as these features were, the
chief outrage, and the one which free
people will not submit TO, was the scheme
Of holding mass convention in Salt Lake.
What chance did Utah and Weber coun-
ties haves If they had sent 500 representa-
tives Powers could have called out 600 Tus-
caroras to vote them down by crooking his
little finger. The outside counties cannot
expect hearing in any mass convention in
city of $4,000 people.
An illustration of this: Fred Schulze,
the isnitor of the Progress building, out
voted Utah county.
Schulze is a Tuscarora and got his orders
from Powers. He stood on Main street
and when he saw a Tuscarora he said
Come on boys, they are going to take the
vote tonight In this way he took more
mer TO the convention than Utah county
had in attendance. The ianitor of the Pro
Rre6s building In thirty minutes could nave
0utvoted Summit Weber and Utah coun-
ties.
This was the farce that was called by
Powers 10 give binding instructions to the
Liberals OF Utah territory
DIR. Lift, who took the pains to write his
ballot protesting against putting up dele
gate for Congress-, did not have it counted
at all. the doctor ha the good sense to
absent himself from the convention, bat he
should have also had the better sense to
have remained silent, like hundreds OF
other Liberals did.
The reputed conference was g mob.
When Van Horne attempted TO speak be
was ieered aud louted until all the more
timid dissenters were bullied into keeping
quiet.
1t is these features OF the "snapr con-
ference and the attempt to override the
powers OF the territorial committee thai
makes the members feel ugly and num-
Der OF them threaten to pay no attention
to the farce, but to govern their action in
dependentIy of it. At least they will insist
that they VIII not be bound until regu.
larry constituted convention with properly
elected delegates shall be held. The con
ference when called was ITO advise witt
the committee" but before it was hall
over Powers construed that it was ST
direct the committee.
But several members OF the committe,
win refuse to be bound by q convention
packed by the Tuscarora society.