Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-10-29

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THE Tribune once IN a while lovingly
refers TO the so-callcd Liberal party
Tho nanlpalltors of that purity man
/ aged 20 Install semi fraudulent coun-
cil ana the fruits % Tho seeds OF strife
and frlud. then as now were moral
iottonncss and corruption.
The conditions under Liberal rule
became 90 mcadurabic that the citl-
zens. In December. 1890. held a mass
meeting protesting against the lawless-
ness that prevailed. Tho chairman Of
that meeting, Judge bowman. asserted
that the City was foul with dcns OF
wlckedncss while footpads were SO nu-
morous that no citizen could walk the
streets with safety Mr. r. - Stephens
said that gamblers and rumsellers had
votes. hence their immunity from pros
ecuton. Mr. George r. Wanless said
that a few months ago when he came
from Denver, Sundays were so quiet
and orderly that stranger would not
have supposed that there were any sa-
looms ia the city Since then a great
AtAANlnN iAAil NRAlANH faNN0NnH were AtlAAl~
piled AN over the city They were run
ming on Sundays as on other days In
defiance Of law and ladies' and Children
could not walk the streets without their
ears being shocked with obscene and
proiane language Rev Dr. nin. Rev.
W S. Hawkes.. Rev j. b. Thrall. and
others spoke in a similar vein. That is
the kind Of rule the Tribune is referring
TO, lovingly. as a pattern. That Is the
condition IN which 1t takes delight
Al that time many respectable vot-
ers followed the so-called Liberal stan
dard. not knowing what that rule would
mean. Had they known OF the frauds
that were perpctrated and the inten-
tons Of the party leaders they would
certainly not have aided them in their
schemes They were induced to vote
the Liberal ticket as protest
against what they stamped as
Mormon immortality. and they
expected that another and higher
moral standard would be raised. In
this they were sadly disappointed. And
when they found It necessary to raise
their voices IN protest and appeal To
the Liberal city council TO enforce the
laws. they were told that while IL was
true that the clergymen had been con
suited during the campaign it was also
true that the gamblers and saloon
keepers had boon conferred with. In
other words. they were told that while
the respectable voters had some claim
10 a hearing IA the matter owing to
their support Of the Liberal ticket, the
gamblers and keepers OF dens OF inn
fanny had also voted that ticket and
had 10 be heard Tho unholy alliance
formed for vote-gctting could not be
dissolved to the dctriment Of the dive
keepers
The Doscret News. at that time.
commented as follows; "An eva genius
has specially permcatod this CITY for
year past. The results are alarm
ing the law and order citizens At the
rate at which vice and immortality are
increasing, should they go on uncheck-
I'd. tho dag ia not distant when the
la~sless element win have complete
control. and crime run riot IN the com
muniW."
"is il not time that the eyes Of an
good people were opened 10 soe not
only the evils that are increasing and
enlarging In salt Lake city. but 10
make note OF the conducting laws. gen.
oral ana individual? This understand
ing win help in the formation and APP
! plicntion of a curative process
we have heretofore asserted and
repeat the onunciation. that the re-
/ formation Of the morals OF the city IL
! q work in which an lis good peopde
can unite. let an differences OF SEN
timcnt and opinion be laid aside. that
there may bc vigorous onslaught
! upon Vice and lawlossness Lot the
object be sought with fun purpose. not
as Liberals nor az members OF tho
Peoples party. NOT as Democrats or
| Republicans; not as protestants.
Catholics. or Laucr-day Saints. but
as virtue-loWng human beings inter
cstod in the preservation OF social
purity ana good order in this city"
We quote ibis as applicable 10 the
present time, when the citizens again
are confronted hy am enemy 10 moral
ity and liberty
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