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Show THE KATIF1CATI0N. The ''liberal" ratification came ofl last evening on Second Jrkiuth street. Early in the evening a brass band in a wagon was driven through tho streets warning people that something some-thing was to be done; and a large crowd toon gathered at the ratification ratifica-tion headquarters, but it was not until un-til near nine o'clock that the ball was opened. The ratifying commenced by the chairman, Hon. J. P. Taggart, announcing an-nouncing General Xathan Kimball as the first rat ifier. This veteran had been in' the war, and had saved up a large sized eairje for screeching in Utah. He immediately drew on his high-heeled bootd, regained his perpendicularity and proclaimed himself him-self a full-grown American citizen. He came from a State where a man had but one wife, and had all he could do to support her. The people had sovereign rights; they could go nto the tabernacle and worship God, but they must obey the laws of the people, whi-;h were supreme over everythinff clo. The "Lamb's book of American liberty" was the big tiling with him. He berated tho Mormons in a stylo almost equal to the "Giniral" in his happiest outbursts out-bursts of eloquence. He is a Christian, Chris-tian, but was not willing to give all he had to hear his minister preach. Mr. Iias-kiu was the next to air his rhetoric. He knew there were those in the assemblage who did not sympathize sym-pathize with tbe Liberal party, and he was glad of it, as he wanted to talk to tho lost sheep. Ho thought the building ot a wall around the city by the pioneers was a su ftici en t reason rea-son why none should vote for George Q. Cannon. He then went into a dissertation of his own virtues as a candidate for delegate to Congnsf, and expressed what he would do for tne people of Utah, if elected; he would get an appropriation of a$l00,-000 a$l00,-000 to plant out trees, and several oilier things "too numerous to men lion." . Batjkin wanted people to vote lor him. Singular, isn't it? 11 fcnry Lawrence said he would be rendy to help run the "ring" out ot the country when they assumed to take away the rights of the people; ho didn't particularly love the Mormons Mor-mons either. He hod been "sold." Of course he had. If the Church had "turned out'1 what he expected he would have been tuereyet. Judge Toohey is a pretty man and a good talker; and what is better still he delights in soaring hi3 eagles if there is anybody to hear the " soar." Judge is a bully speaker, aud gets oQ mora bully things in five active minutes then lots of men dead men we mean could utter in twice as long. T'liere is no use in attempting to te LL wuat the judge said. It can't be done. Nobody could ditto the judije. His wit that's what it was is simply bully wit, and too much for one reporter to carry from Second South ptret-t to the IIkkaxd otliec. The Judge wts filled with enthusiasm and he enthused the crowd, and the crowd euihusiased muchly; when at-other Judge Haydou gut right up on his feet, on the top of the pl.J-lorm, pl.J-lorm, and that the enthusiasm wouldn't be so loud, in order to dive Mr. Angus Cannon a olmnoe to reply to some assertions made by the rati-liers. rati-liers. Mr. Cannon then attempted to say something, and did Bay something, some-thing, but finally there was more en-tlmshig, en-tlmshig, and the "ghieral" said some naughty things, but the "gineral" is the "gineral" you know, and that accounts ac-counts for it. "Judge" Jonassen was called for,-but for,-but his eloquence was qot forthcoming; forthcom-ing; so Mr.Ericzon took the platform, and was "pleased to be put upon the ticket for an office of any kind." He was glad the Mormons were now free, and were no longer to be enslaved. en-slaved. He had belonged to the Mormon Church, but did not now believe in its doctrines. At this point, it being near the hour of midnight, a motion to adjourn ad-journ was carried, and the crowd scattered, amid yells which would have done credit to a country Fourth of July fire cracker explosion, or to a bind of triumphant Modocs. And the ratification is over. |