Show T HE LIBERAL DEMOCRATS the much talked of democratic territorial rit orial convention has come and gone and leaves many unpleasant memories for a few days before the time appointed for holding the convention it was dundei stood that the object for which the meeting was called would be frustrated and so it was in very deed sonic very grave charges were made in the convention by a few of the prominent and viewing alie situation from utterances any ordinary sensible person cannot help but coming to the conclusion that the meeting was nothing more nor less than a liberal powwow pow wow in fact mr ben sheeks did not to so himself it was i gathering with a few honorable exceptions of all the carpet and rabid anti mormon eaters in utah who biad assembled with no other purpose than to exhibit their hatred and against the mormon community anything to down the mor mons was their war cry and it was made more manifest when one of the speakers said he did not care whom the convention put up to run against the mormon ticket if they nominated the devil out of hell he would vote for him it was to be regretted that men in that convention should have allowed their bigotry and prejudice to run away with their reason so much as to utter and malicious lies we refer to the speeches of parley L williams and david evans tho former gentleman stated that fifteen years ago it was not safe for any gentilo to live in utah parley L williams knew when he said that that he was lying and that had he been challenged for proof he never could have produced it when dave evan in answering the able speech of commissioner non ell told him that it had onla been by the good work done by such men as himself evans that he norrell had been able to live in peace in utah he also knew as much so as did parley L williams that he wilfully lied dave evans nor an man can prove this assertion to be the truth and he knows it the fact of the matter is the majority of the delegates at that convention never intended to nominate a delegate for congress but simply met to broye their allegiance to the old liberal party and when they were confronted with this fact by such men us col merritt ben sheeks A G norrell and judge burmaster they had to resort to wifel lying |