Show NATIONAL ISSUES The Liberal sheet pays its compliments to Delegate CAIXE in following manner Think of a man sitting in Congress for eight years as the Delegate of a great party then think of his coming home and stumping hiS territory for reelection aad never once in all his speeches making mention of a single ques ion that concerns in the least the people of this country If the foregoing were true it might be justified on the ground that the Liberal I candidate not only did not refer to national questions but expressly disclaimed the idea that national questions had any place in Utah politics Mr CAINES attiude on local questions was well known and he over ahesitated to express himself on proper occasion one national issues A Democrat in national politics a member of the Democratic Congressional committee and known in Congress and at home as such he has never hesitated to state his position on national questions Contrast the course of Utahs Delegate with that of the wouldbe Delegate in this matter Mr GODWIN is known to be a rank Republican can Democrats very naturally hesitated to vote for a man who in addition to his scheme for disfranchising the Mormons ightlend his aid in the disfranchisement of the Democrats also Accordingly the following letter was addressed to him Judge G C GootlidK Dear SirAt a meeting meet-ing of the Central Democratic Club of Salt Lake county held on Tuesday October 23 1890 ho undersigned were appointed a cc moiitteo to wait upon you and request < you to indicate what action you will take in the event of your election elec-tion upon the bill pending before the Fifty ulrst Congress and popularly known as tho Force bill or more properly as the Lodge bill This letter of which the above is an ex tract was signed by A G NOIIKELL J W JUDD J W WHITEHGAD Jr and W H IASADT The answer of Mr GOODWIN was characteristic After shuffling about not a little and talking far from the question put to him he finally evolved such unmanly evasions as these Do you not see how impossible it would bo for me if elected I to take any part in any question not di ectly affecting Utah and upon which the national parties might be fiercely divided Do you not see that by many your letter will be looked upon as a stab in the back of the Liberal party i I assume that your motives are all high and patriotic in writing to me as you do but do you not perceive that if the business should be generally gen-erally indulged in I should next be importuned impor-tuned by Republicans to give my probable course on tariff legislation by Prohibitionists Prohibi-tionists on the question of cold water and by the followers of every other branch of politics which either sane man or cranks adhere to2 You magnify my possible influence in-fluence in case I wore elected This complete backdown this formal and specific renunciation of any intention inten-tion to make national issues enter into his campaign or policy this abject i cowardice in pleading for Democratic votes I by agreeing to exclude reference to national issuek in the campaign this selfdegrada tion of declaring he would have no influence in-fluence in national politics if elected this plea to exclude all but tho local issue disfranchisement dis-franchisement and even this issue he tried to dodgethis was the attitude of the candidate who is mean enough to charge asa as-a crime upou his more manly opponent that the latter took no stand on national questions I We should think that common modesty would somewhat restrain Mr GOODWINS pen at this time and upon these themes But he is more bitter now than he has been for years Beaten humiliated repudiated 1 his very friends having supported him under protest he now represents a policy more vindictive than for years even his malignant sheet has been accustomed to While his friends aro counseling peace he alone stands for strife and is now working as never before to revive old animosities |