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Show . WHAT DOES IT MEAN? At the meetiog of the Democratic club last Tuesday a resolution was offered refusing the support of the club and of all the democrats so far as thj club can influence them, to Judge Goodwin, on the ground that he was in favor of the Lodge Election bill. Most of the members of the club and perhaps of the party in Salt Lake city boing southern democrats, the resolution found almost unanimous favor and it required the most vigorous demonstration demonstra-tion on the part of the minority to cause the resolution to be amended to the effect that a committee of five be appointed to wait on the Liberal nominee nomi-nee and request him to state his position posi-tion on the "Force bill." Upon his answer, an-swer, then, the support of the Democrats Demo-crats club is to depend. Now, what does this mean? Were Mr. Goodwin running as an independent independ-ent candidate it might be proper to catechise him regarding his views on any public question; but he is running as the candidate of the Liberal party, and on a platform devised by the Liberal Lib-eral convention, in which the Lodge bill has no place, and he should be supported sup-ported solely on the strength of that instrument. The nominatingconvention consisted of domoorats and republicans alike, and if an issue totally foreign to the politics of Utah was to be injected in the platform, the time and opportunity opportu-nity were then and there. The delegate from Utah has no more voice in the disposition of the Lodge bill than the secretary of the Democratic club. What we need Is a representative in congress who will guard the local interests of this territory, and by his election or by his formidable vote show that the political power of the Mormon church is broken, and the time is ripe for the admission of Utah as a state. Then the necessity for a readjustment of party linos, for which The Times resolutely contends,' will be obvious, and it will give the democrats a fair 'chance to nominate candidates of their own party and appeal to the people of Utah to sustain tbem and their principles. princi-ples. The- pending campaign is not conducted on national issues and the Democratic blub will defer the time when it shall be if it oppose Judge Goodwin now. As the Liberal nominee he must be sustained by the entire Liberal Lib-eral party. Defections on any ground foreign to our local affairs at this juncture junc-ture is treason. When the common enemy is subdued we will be ready to discuss American questions. Not now. |