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Show POLICY VS. PLATITUDES. Every Liberal in Utah knows precisely precise-ly what is involved in the pending campaign cam-paign for delegate to congress, and among the, Liberals we do not count the Gentiles alone by any means. There are hosts of Mormons who believe honestly hon-estly in their church and yet resent the insolent interference of their priesthood in politics. They are tired of being led to the polls and voted as decreed by men infinitely their inferiors in worldly world-ly wisdom at least. They aim to get the utmost farthing due us in appropriations appro-priations for publio buildings from the government. They wish to secure recognition rec-ognition for the varied interests of the territory culminating in its admission to the union of states. This is the avowed end and purpose of the Liberal party , emphasized by e7ery Liberal speaker on tbe stump. Against this argument the church offers of-fers what? Abuse or rant. Delegate Caine led off in abuse and those of his brethren who are past graduates in the art follow dutifully in his wake and "sustain" him. Others lack the ability or the meanness to revile, and so they rant. We quote some of the speeches reported by one of the official church organs this morning, Vice-President George Stringfollow was the next speaker. He asked us If we wanted honesty, hon-esty, honor and Intelligence, 'if so to vole for the Hon. John T. Caine a man who has worked work-ed assiduously for the advancement and benefit of the people. If we do so we will be but giving him his juit dues. He asked us who would take from us our rights as American Ameri-can citizens, would have our county offlowi appointed by the governor, and would in short moke slaves of ust Our Liberal omdldate would do these things and can we sit Idly by and see him dolt? "Not If our vot38 can say 'No.'" and that Is what we will find they will say on November 4, 1SU,)." He spoke of the good our delegate co Ud do for us and the barm our opponent could inflict. It was the inoHt striking speech o.' the evening. Peter Hlnclitlr told how politics or'glnated and of some of the ways they worked. rie said we hid two candidates bsfore us. One you might say was for good, the other for evil Which would we chooser For his part he would chooHe tbe one for good the Hon. John T. Caine and said he could say he thought most of us would show by our votes we would choase the same one. f Applause. J Ferg is Coalter said two delegates were before be-fore us-ons, O. 0, Goodwin, editor of tie Sa t Lake Tribune, a very gooi writer b it an unscrupulous un-scrupulous foe; the other, the Hon. John X. Caine, for years recorder of Salt Lakj City, and for sir years delegate t congr-ss - a maa who had served the people for years anl whose name would be cherished by thousands for i he good ha had done, which of these men cm Id we vot for? For the one that has done us good, or for the one that has done us: barm Our conscience would say, for tlie one thnt has done us good for the Hon. John T. C ilns. Was there ever anything more stale, flat and unprofitable? Can any man with a rooleoule of grey matter in his skull be porsuaded to hearken to such rot, much loss to act upon it? We doubt it. What can inane platitude avail against a positive policy? Let the people of Utah follow the ar-' guments of both sides and then vote as their lntelligonoe dictates, and we will be glad to abide by the result. |