Show WHO ARE THE CARPET thi THE detroit free press frew of account ot A 20 contains a long conversation with 0 W powei W W 41 4 city the russel bussel house hoube in that 1 wish to refer only to one 4 out of many misleading of the leader of the IM liben it is this 1 the late campaign val see the gentiles of S salt sit takeru lake till are popularly known as gers it is quite likely that thal the es carpet apet was applied to a certain class clam of gentiles during the election canvass and it has doubtless been used in the same connection many times but mat bat it has baa ever been attached to IV Cl gentiles indiscriminately in the i I 1 way 0 W powers explained is certainly untrue iche if he takes the term to feo himself and to others who are residents of utah for the time being to see what they can make and who calculate on profits to be reaped out of schemes that involve the he disfranchisement of the majority of the permanent citizens of utah it will probably be all right but no one that we have heard of has uttered it in re reference ferency to respectable bona fide utopians Uton ians whatever nifty maybe be their creed or race or politics it to 19 a common trick of the free lances adventurers political strikers and carpet who infest this territory and this city in particular ti I 1 to constitute themselves the champions and exponents of the of utah and to apply to others what is specifically and exclusively clu meant for them alone they even go further than that anything said against them is actually construed as against inen tand and loyalty bor or disloyalty is ie gauged by them according to the support extended to or the opposition ZY waged against them and their av measures jt 11 to ia a striking manifestation of that not quality which L ii vulgarly denominated cheek the impudence of that class clam of beings is phenomenal bomena no mena menal without contributing a dollar to the public revenue they attempt to dictate the expenditure of the taxes and pose as great fl financiers nan with no personal interest in prominent enterprises they assume to find and all manner of fault with their management and almost as swim oon AS aa they arrive here to take what advantage they can of the labors and investments vestmentS of the actual tO they talk of our city as though they owned it commence to run down the civic authorities sud and plot against the liberties of the people and expect to be foisted into bome fome Of official ficia or other lucrative 1 position by the very voters ahm they abuse capet yes yee A very AM term for the class against abom it has been used there is sf any epithet of that char meter N that some of them do not de ave they have everything to vis A woj and nothing thing to lose if the cited their fellows in the south after the war it fits them now and in this territory but it does not apply and was never intended to apply to the bankers merchants business men of different avocations and working people who have settled here permanently and who are numbered among tile the gentiles of utah it would be just as absurd in that connection as if applied to mormons cormons Mor mons engaged in similar trades and professions so in regard to the liberal party there are liberals and liberals I 1 one class simply oppose the Ie peopled oples party at the PO polls Hs and disagree with the ma majority bority here on religious and social questions the other are aggressive unscrupulous plotting partisans parti who asek to build themselves up by pulling others down they never dever proceed by fair and honorable metho methods Js their policy is one of destruction their idea of liberty is freedom to deprive their opponents of every political right to gain local control they would destroy local self gov ern ment in the name of republicanism they seek to establish an oligarchy if citizens will not vote for their ticket they try to prevent them from voting at all dealing out continual slander they are insolvent sol venit when action for libel is suggested as a remedy and when proven beyond question to have falsified with malicious intent their apologies are worse than their slanders and exhibit an utter lack of manliness and honor bonor it is to that class that the terms carpet bagger adventurer J etc have been applied they are the agitators and strife breeders bleeders and colossal liars of the liberal party whom the decent men of that organization will repudiate and cast out when they become wiser and think they can an do without them the very worst elements of society are in league with them and they are a detriment to any community cursed with their presence and influence flu eRce when they shift the terms intended only for themselves upon the heads of honorable gentiles they libel the latter and do so to foment disturbance and prevent any union of interests that might peradventure cerad venture break down the wall of partition between the two classes of reputable citizens who are divided upon certain issues no permanent resident or gentile gentleman need take to himself the title of carpetbagger carpet bagger f |