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Show now M nit ACeei'Txn timi. The political movement that has shaken I'tab from etui to end during the past, few months has taken too deep a hold upon the people for its clTcct ever to be lost. It will go on, and on, until the last vestage of opposition to it nhall div ppear until all L'tah will be arrayed politically uuder the banners of the two great national parlios. There is no man who has watched the march of events who can seriously deny that the foregoing statement is true. We do not bt.lieve that there are a hundred liberals in the entire lrritoay who will not admit iu their own minds that it is Iran. We see evidences on ,x every baud that the mint persistent of the liberals recognize recog-nize the fuel that complete party division divis-ion is iiu'. liable hero in a very short time. Some say "The lime is not quite hero yet," tome "We know it it bound to come but we do not want to be in a hurry," and others "Wait uutil after the elf rtinn." X;iK i isin be'ievcs that it defines the common seuliment of the liberals when it says that they do not expect to maintain main-tain their party beyond the spring election. elec-tion. They would not publicly admit it as a parly, but we have heard it so otten from individuals that wu believe it to be the rual sentiment of a large majority of the members of the parly. These things l.cing true it is in order to ink why the party should be kept in the field at all. If it is to make a fight this fall and another next spring and then yield to the inevitable, it might jut as well close its headquarters ami dismiss its forces now. We want voters to get right down and study this matter. Wb.t is to on gained by electing the men on the liberal ticket this fall? Are not the ether tickets just as good in every respect? What will bo gained by voting a libiiral ticket next spring when tha candidates on the republican and democratic tickets will ba their oiuals in every particular? If nothing is to be gained but a possible empty triumph fur an old party, why remain away from your natural allegiance allegi-ance at all? To be sure, there are noma men who would like to bo elected to ortVe next spring; thpre aro some manipulators who would like to pull the strings on the nest city admiuisfation. Their hope lies in liberal success, but that is a matter that does not concern the voter further than to lay upon bim the duty of assisting to balk it. Now if there is anyone who has not made up his mind that early dissolution of the liberal party is inevitable, he should take a look over the territory and observe what is going on. He should ask himself if it is possible tint the liberal leaders expect to drive tho mormon people back and compel them to reorgauie the people's party. If there is any leader who expects to accomplish ac-complish any such result as that, his hope is foolish. The division has come to stav, its permanency b ting shown by the attitude of the people in every district. There can bo no serious thought in the minds of any of the liberals lib-erals that they can compel there-establishment of a church party. If they cannot do that, they cannot tuaiutaiu their own organization. They know this, and they know that liberal dissolution disso-lution is inevitable. Of course tbey will talk differently, but their talk is inspired by tho hopes that cluster around the February e'ection. Theio is only one thing that lene'h'c men can do; that Is to take tho hull by the horns and come right out of tha liberal party now. To i republican liberals we would say that they will never have an opportunity to do bettor service for tha great party than they caa do by boldly slopping over ii.to its ranks of active workers now. There will be no especial credit attaching to the change ai'ier the liberal lib-eral cra.'t fhall have been knocked to piecos. The republican party needs you now. Your vote and your voice can do more for it now in this formative period than they ever can in the future. You havo absolutely nothing to gain by remaining In the liberal party, and should come in under tbs old flag at this UlUtf. |