The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-08-28
OGDEN.
SUNDAY,
THEDESERTED RANKS
More Ogden Liberals Declare
Themselves.
They We're Once Leaders in the Party, bnt
They Have No Use for
1t Now.

Gradually the shades of night are falling
over that array Of intellect that goes tc
make up what remains of that inexcusable
organization without principle and without
purpose, the Liberal party
Day by day the old wheel horses of the
party are deserving the ranks; they are
awakening to see the folly to which they
have been subjected, and have come to the
conclusion that it is needless to endeayor
| to keep together a party that has ended its
mission and fulfilled the purpose for which
it was first instituted. Not only Salt Lake.
but Ogden and every portion of the terri
tory is experiencing the same change.
| A representative of The HERALD called
yesterday upon Judge M. A. Breeder, and
in his affable and pleasing manner ex
planned his political feelings.
~ am a Republican," said the judge,
nationally and locally, and am no longer a
| Liberal. | believe the time has come for
q change. The Mormon people have ceased
to practice and sanction wnat was consid-
cred unlawful and improper by the gov
ernment. The Liberal party has said
through all the years of It's existence that
if the Mormon people would Go away with
the practice OF polygamy and cease to use
the church as a political organization, it
would meet them half way aud build up
here a grand commonwealth. Now that
these people have done this, what has the
Liberal party to fight for Il is like some
thing that is wholly imaginary and can't be
seen. l believe If the two parties, the Re-
publican and Democratic, would get into
the field as early as possible this time with
candidates for delegate 10 Congress who
are non -Mormons, it would be the most
damaging thing that coul1 possibly happen
TO the Liberals and would be an importanJ
factor in the total disruptment of the
party. l would also like 10 see Gentle
judges fill the bench for the first term, for
1t would show to the outside world as well
as to the non Mormon people of Utah, that
the Mormons want to be sincere in politi-
cal matters. / believe that this third
party, the Liberal, is doing great injury
enmity and strife toward the Mormons
being kept up and agltated, IL
causeA people abroad to believe them
insincere. But with the people arraigned
on the grand old party lines and as l have
said these certain offices acceded to those
that were once Liberals it will tend TO do
away with this feeling, we can then build
up grand state which of course hope TO
see Republican, and Utah will experience
an immense immigration from abroad
bringing with them capital and enterprise.
"Yes, believe these people are sincere
in their political convictions, the church
has told them to go out and think for them
selves in political matters and / believe
that they will not be governed by any
priesthood in this particular in the future,
but that they will stand divided and fight
on the principles ratified by the two par
ties as political enemies. They surely will
not want to get back TO the old lines again,
as it is certain that the GeDtiles could do
the same"
Mr.. Valney O. Gunnell, the law partner
of Judge Breeder is also a late acquisition
to the Republican from the Liberal party.
Ii is of the opinion that the Liberal party
will not make very extensive fight this
next year. So many of the old and ex-
perienced leaders have joined in the divi-
sion movement, that those left TO manipu-
late the machinery cannot retain their for
mer strength and influence. Mr.. Gunnell
believes that conditions have SO changed
that statehood is or should be had for Utah.
Adam Kuhn of the extensive clothing
house of A. Kuhn & Brother, has always
been a radical Liberal in Utah politics and
nationally Democrat. 1t is understood
that he has declared himself and will sup
port and work for the success of the Dem
ocratic ticket this fall. An effort was made
to see the gentleman himself. by the re-
porter, but he had left for the east but
few hours before. Nevertheless some of
his friends informed the HERALD man the
report was true and he had shook off the
Liberal yoke but few days ago.