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Show J II1F1S I URGE NIGHT. Tie Liberal Party Owned the Oity Last Evening and Spread Gospel Truths. ABBAIMHG THE MISriT TICKET. i . jjbtt and ' Tignres Presented, Showing the Untruthfulness of the Eepre-. Eepre-. sentations of the Opposition. ' The Liberals owned a large section of the town last night. ' They held meetings in various quarters of the city, all 0 which were of a lively and interring inter-ring nature. Walter Murphy led the erand march in the Eighth Ward and carried the audience through the unsavory un-savory Mormon record. W.C. Edwards followed, and delivered a forcible argument. argu-ment. D. C. Eichnor and C. E. Stanton Stan-ton likewise contributed to the banquet of reasoning presented and evidently heartily enjoyed by the assemblage. " At the Eleventh ward meeting Colonel Merritt and J. K. Gillespie were the sneakers. Colonel Morritt spoke of the People's party being in favor of the Jlorraon church, and for years the church has been breyetted into authority over city and county. It is a crime in the eyes of tho Mormons Mor-mons for the present administration administra-tion to incur necessary obligations, but in the old days of the Prophet Brigham the lavish expenditure of municipal money for whisky was considered all right, and even today there are $2,000,-OtiO $2,000,-OtiO of city funds unaccounted for. He gave some further statistics to prove the svstem of financiering practiced in the old days. In telling of the personnel of the People's-Workingmen ticket he said Ciacroi't is really the only workingnian in the coalition. Speaking of street siiiiiikliug, which the People's party employs as a slogan, Col. Merritt said tin; law provides that the work shall be let to the lowest bidder. Sixteen of the men employed by the contractor were engaged in Salt Lake, and one of the lirm members is also a citizen of Zion. Mr. Gillespie told of tho former bitterness bit-terness felt by Latter-day Saints against apostate Mormons. Now, however, to win, they have put up apostate Mormons Mor-mons as well as apostate Liberals, hoping hop-ing to get in. Frank Stephens and H. W. Lawrence likewise spoke on the question at issue. ' The latter told from experience of the past methods of the Peoples' party and appealed to Mormons present to abandon aban-don the idea that they are God's especial espe-cial favorites and to become American citizens. In the Sixteenth ward D. N. Straup delivered a strong address. He said the Liberals recognize the power as coming from all tho people; the Mormons Mor-mons claim that it comes from one particular par-ticular build of people and they are the people. A Mormon mayor in the old times used to listen to the whispering of angels. What is wanted is an administration ad-ministration which will listen to the voice of the people. The Mormon party tries to make a combination of religion and politics; The defense given the persons who misappropriated city funds is that they noted the action on the records. This makes the crime none the less. Mr. Kawlins was commendea for resigning from the mongrel ticket by the speaker, who declared that ticket to be the creation of the People's party solely. The Meeting at Sandy. The Salt Lake contingent which visited vis-ited Suncly last night was received with booming artillery and fireworks. Colonel Colo-nel Page was the first speaker, and in a convincing manner he presented the gospel of Liberalism.' Joseph Galligher, Hank Barnes and J. P. Cahoon also told the truths of the two parties, and John M. Young made a talk which won votes for the Liberal party. Frank Hoffman discussed the relative conditions condi-tions of the old Utah and the new, and C E. Allen came home to the audience with a theme that reached them. He spoke of the taxation excesses practiced by the People's party on this county for the benefit of the other counties which are solidly Mormon. The meeting was a big thing both for Sandy and the Party. - ; Political Pointers. ' There will be a big rally of Liberal forces at Whittemore's hotel, corner of Third West aud Brigham streets to-light. to-light. All the candidates will be out. -. . Circular to Liberals. The following circular has been issued is-sued by Judge Powers: Tie Utah commission dectdss that persons futitlod to vote at the coming election can "Hye their names added to the registry now. "though the lepal time for such addition has Kit Thls affords an opportunity for 400 to w Liberals who have, from various causes, so failed of registry, to secure the right to j. All such are earnestly urged to hand In JJfir names to Liberal headquarters, opposite v alker house, that they may be at once put upon the list. O. w. Powers, Chairman Liberal county committee. |