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Show LOCAL POLITICS, " Personnel of the Territorial Legislature Which Meets at 10 O'clock Monday Next. Something About the Political Views of the Mon Who Compose That Very Distinguished Body. THE NEW ELECTION BILL, A Strong ESnt Will be Made to Rush it Through so as to Muzzlo the Votors of This City. Preparations for the Celebration of Jack) son's Day - Tho Two Meetings Tonight To-night Will bo Big OuflS. INTERESTING FIGURES. Oilier Views on the One Subject of Interest in tin. Local Political Situation Ilia ames of the New I.aw-.Htikers Other fiiltEitftlHg Notes. The legislature will meet Monday at 10 o'clock. That body wiil be composed ot twenty-four democrats ami twelve liberals. Their names arc as follows: HEPRKSHN'TATIVLS. Fint.dM.ricl i lohalVriglit... .democrat. Aquilla Nebeker. ..democrat. S'TonUtliiftrict A. II. Snow democrat. Third district.... j N . Kimball .liberal. Geoige Allen demuernt Fourth district NathlHontgomfiry.deiaocrati f Henry W.Lawrence. liberal, Jacob BCoHtl liber.. I. Fifth dUlrlrt ' w- Irvine UlMMi f.jrn ai.ina j Frank pifn9 m.eral. I John A. Marshall. .liberal. I W. i'. C'oltoii liberal. 8l$th district Ilavid stoker democrat. Sr rent ft. district el. W. I nn no; ;haui. democrat. Eighth district lohn C. Mackiiy ...democrat Ntitth district M. K. Arnett democrat T'tith district It. P. Ferry liberal. EUttnth district ,..W. It. Pike democrat. T't'. l.'ii district I. I). Irvine democrat. r.iii'trfiithdistrVt .,8, T. Tattle democrat. PourUtnth .".. .s. M.Olsea democrat. PytttHtfh fttrfet..W, II. Seegmiller.. democrat. SUettmlA district... Charles Adams ....democrat. Sec mli . nth di'i't. .. Win. P. Sargent.. ..democrat. COUSCILORS. First district loseph Morrell democrat. iii;.trsct David Evans democrat. Third district lohn I. Peters democrat, i K. N. Batklii liberal. Fourth district. .. ! JamesOiendenning liberal. ( l Moron liberal. Fiih district ,A. J" MeQuistlan ..democrat. sir'.' d.istrlct V. , Kin-; democrat. cchth district Iltitry Iluynes liberal. Kitftith district It. Cra -i's democrat. tfinth dlstrM .luuics A. Mellville. democrat. Tcidh district .... U. 0, Lund democrat. The liberal members of the house arc six from the Fifth district (Salt Lake. City), ouu from the Third district (Ogata), and ono from the Tenth district (Summit aud Uintah counties). The liberal members of tho council are three from the Fourth district ( Salt L,ake City), one from the Seventh dls. trict (Summit and Uiutah counties), and half a dozen precincts in Salt l.ake county. All but three os the deinocTatiu members of the legislature are members of the rnor. mod church. The, three exceptions are K. K. Aructtnf Bingham, George Allen of Og. den, and David Evans of Ogden. Arnett has never been a mormon. Allen and Evans were both at one time members of tho church but left it and both were forsomo time rather prominent in tho liberal ranks. An Ogden Liberal's Opinion. One of the visitors today in Zion was tho city recorder of Ogdou, Mr. Bryan. He is a liberal democrat, elected at the last election of the Junction City. He is here to attend the btaq.net tonight of the Tuscaroras. He voiced his opinions on the famous Utah bill an follows today : "It Is all stuff. It would have the same effect oa Utah as would tho Force bill iu the south, This territory is not yet ready for statehood. The bill introduced by Senator Faulkner and Delegate Del-egate Caino means statehood without with-out tho ratponsibllitlc incurred by admission. Moreover, i gives to tho mormons an opportunity to control aud use the powors ot government unequally, as in the days gone by. Whether they would use it is a matter of surmise. It is doubtful whether thoy can be trusted with that discretion dis-cretion at present. Wc have seen them use this power in tho past to their own advantage, aud that they will do it again is hardly to be doubted. It is best to keep on the safe side. I don't know a mormon who has been injured or persecuted by the liberal movement, move-ment, and I think that the policy of that movement is the best for the entire territory. Deinoeraey Not Its Author. A TtafM reporter enjoyed a most agreeable agree-able interview with Colonel VVilliaiu M. Ferry of Park City today. Mr. Ferry is a member of the territorial democratic central cen-tral committee, aud also oue of the members for Utah of the national democratic committee. commit-tee. lteferring to au iuiitiry of the reporter as to whether the territorial committee framed the bill presented to congress by Faulkner and Calne, as stated by the Hertld, the colonel colo-nel said emphatically that it was wholly false; that there had never been a meeting of the committee to consider it, and that several members thereof, like himself, were in total ignorance of it until they saw it in the newspapers; of this he was quite positive. posi-tive. He stated lhat the masses of the democracy democ-racy had never been consulted iu reference to it; he had not yet, however, been able to trace the matter up sufficiently to locate the authorship of the business, and declined at present to express an opinion about it. Asked what he. thought of the bill in (ho matter of policy as well as of justice, he was free to aay that itjwas wrong, that it conferred con-ferred power, locally speaking, that existing conditions did not furnish a sound basis for. He furthermore remarked that overtures for afflliting with gentile democrats ou national na-tional party lines first came from prominent members of the late people's party. Aud while he did not animadvert iu the least upon the good faith of men concerned in negotiations between members of tho late people's party and gentile democrats, ho left a faint impression with the reporter that everything was not, in his opinion, as straight as it might be. Run by the King. A prominent Ooloradan, when asked about the effect of the "reform" administration In Denver, said this afternoon: "At the last city election hold in Denver a mixed ticket was ele. ted liaviug a majority of democrats to fill the city offices. The mayor, Hon. Plfttt Rogers, is a distinguished and zealous member of the democratic party. In a city which the last county dec-lion dec-lion shows to be overwhelmingly republl. can, it would seem strange lhat any kind ot T cmocratic success should be possible. There were situations, however, which brought about these results. "Under the old machine system primaries were worked and the convention was simply a meeting of delegates to indorse a ticket or slate already made up. "The republican city office holders of the last administration were considered not modest mod-est enough by the people iu their attempt to perpetuate their tenure of office by naming lliemsclves for re-election, therefore the citizen:,' cit-izen:,' ticket headed by Rogers and com d mostly of democrats, defeated the regular republican ticket. , "The platform on which the citizens' (or I practically the democratic ticket) was presented pre-sented promised sweeping reforms also parity in municipal government. It was taken a meaning what It said and the city government passed into the management of the democratic party. "After nearly a year's trial there have no great reforms become apparent to the people. Tl. ere has l en a conclusion arrived in the I minds of those who fare observing J that the mayor bus not been ' able to carry out his important averments bv reason of political promises that could not be broken. Its' ems to many that Mr. Kogers is not. really the mayor, but that there is a power behind the Himnc in the persons of SODM ward politicians who have made themselves prominent and obnoxious ob-noxious iu times past as ward workers and democratic members of the eltycooneH, Altogether the people are not perfectly aatislo d with the change, and the signs of the times indicate that the city gov in nt will return into the hands of the republican party nevt year, where it belongs by right of au immense majority." The ('ontuiiftftlon. Col. G. L. Godfrey, chairman of the Utah Wmmission, arrived todav nnd is in readi-lcss readi-lcss for participation in the work that will .omc before that body at its session, beginning begin-ning on Monday next. The colonel is looking the picture of good health, and states that he feels vastly better than wtson last here. Hon. Alvln Saunders, of the commission, will reach here iu time to attend its meeting on Monday. Concerning ('ol. Kobertsoa and Judge Williams, the other members, Col. Qodtrt y slated that he could not say how soon they will arrive, but as (ien. McClcrnand lins I n in the city for seme days, the board will meet with a quorum. Tbe Tu aca.ro ra it v. i. Major Erh and the committee have about roinpleted arrangements for the Tuscai'ornn feast which takes place In. Use tribe's wickiup wick-iup al the Walker house this evening. The event has awakened universal interest and that all democrats who oppose division on party lilies iu L'tah may accept the tribe's hospitalities a general invitntiou has beeu posted for them to report at the Walker house at 8 o'clock this evening. The feast will tie preceded by a business meeting at which the formal organization of the order and election of officers will take place. Hon. V. 0 Hall has consented to act as toast, master at the banquet and Judge- Ilaskin will address the. braves uoon "The Duty of Democrats in uiah." .Jackson's Day In ion. The democratic demonstration tonight will tie commemorative of Jackson's day, the event to be observed in the Federal court room, at which time there will be a flow of reverential eloquence audi as has been rarely listened to in ion. The speakers will include Hon. I.. R. Rhodes of Ogdcn, Judge II. I. Henderson and Hon. John W. ,1 odd, each of whom nre iu profound sympathy with Ihe man whoso deeds (hey seek to perpetuate. per-petuate. An invitation has beeu extended to all deniocrnls, resident ami visiting to unite w ith the democratic society ill til observance. ob-servance. They WsM it ISndly. 11 wit) Unquestionably be a matter of prime Importance wilh'tho democratic- roruiher- of the legislature to pus a hi'1 involving a change of the 'ity election from the second Monday in February to November next. Tlile proposed bill, it win be remembered, TUB Timus vet.tillntcil fully a few days ago. There Is nothing that the members referred to naturally dread BUTO than an early ex-pressio ex-pressio i of seutimenl by the voters of Salt Lake City upon the statehood scheme now before congress which they will gi t with a thundering "no" if tiie elei tldll shall be held In I clrunry. The Lawmaker's (lathering. The members of the legislature are commencing com-mencing to arrive in the city. Among to dmy's arrivals are Hon. Charles Adainsof the Sixteenth representative district and Hon. Win. H. 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