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Show IT ff IWWSIl Last Night's Liberal Demonstration Under the Management of Veteran Ben Whitteuiore. GEANDEST OP THE CAMPAIGN. Big Crowds Also in Attendance at Meetings Meet-ings Hold in Several Other Parts of the City. In the jflare .of red fire anil to the sound of the drum and the band tho victory lhat is to come was anticipated at Ben Whiltemore's place up near the Union Pacific depot last night. All day lar barrels and boxes and odds and ends of old lumber had been centralizing centraliz-ing nt that point and when night came it was a part of the day there, for the bonfire of which these things formed the basis was so extensive that it dclied the shadows. It was a Liberal affair, with Ben Whittemoro at the lead. Ben Whitteuiore Whitte-uiore himself knew what ho was about when he arranged to celebrate ahead of time the Liberal victory, for he has been a Liberal from away back in the years when to have views antagonistic to the church meant to be waylaid in dark places, and there wero plenty of dark places in town then. The j il at form was composed of two flat cars supplied by the Union Pacilic, and on these the speakers gathered to tell the others down in the glare what the ideas of the Liberal party are. C. E. Stanton compared tho candidates candi-dates of the two parties, planing Ferguson Fergu-son in the light with Professor Allen, tho falher of the free school enactment. Ho sized up the laborers on the other ticket as jawsmiths. One of the t wo opposition tickets is a mongrel, und they are so much alike it is safe to say both are. C. K. Alien said tho personnel of a ticket was of slight moment so long as the men are honest and the principles of the party are good. No credentials are needed for the Liberal party, for its history is a part of that of the 500,000 who fougSt for tho preservation of tho country. I Frank Hoffman predicted statehood for Utah in the event that it be shown that the territory is in lino with the principles of the other states. Judge Bowman spoke of the old time Mormon days when in the council chambers of the city it was decided to leave city affairs in the hands of the angels. It was counted a sin in tho days of Brigham to vote for any man at any time unless ho be a Mormon, but now tho apostles are ready to vote for anything to beat the Liberals. W. C. Edwards followed with a short talk as a workingmau to workingmen. Judge Powers olosed the meeting with one of his witty and convincing speeches, likening the People's party iu its present strait to the devil, who, when sick, wanted to be a monk. They are willing to be anything to win. Five years ago (the Mormon church denounced laboi unions and all who be longed to them, yet today it desires to consort with laborers to retain a grip which is throttling the country. The judgo defended the city government against the attacks of the People's party and asked all to vote for the party of liberty for their homes, their country and their God. The Liberal band and the drum corps then led the way to tho Walker house, where both were entertained by Bon Whittemore. The meeting was the greatest of many that have liocn greut. |