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Show GOSSIP OF THE TOWN. "My advice to all office-holding patriots," said an erstwhile prominent Liberal recently re-cently to a group of "the faithful," "is for every mother's son of them to secure a berth as a janitor of some building before the next election." Of the dozen or more listeners, not one : was able to frame a reply or voice a query. "My experience with them," he continued, contin-ued, "has demonstrated that while the- are anxious to confer, advise and work with their leaders before election after the political polit-ical persimmons have been picked, they pursue pur-sue their way with a blissful disregard for their political obligations, which cannot be ascribed to ignorance. How in the world they can expect their leaders to hold the party together under such a state cf affairs is beyond my powers of comprehension." There was another pause, but "the faithful" still "sawed wood." "Those fellows," he resumed, "who sit in the council, unless curbed at once, will scatter scat-ter the Liberal party like chaff before a Kansas cyclone, and I for one feel like seeking seek-ing the shelter of a dugout before the storm breaks." Still "the faithful" responded not, and the patriot ambled disgustedly down the street. i "The handwriting is on the wall," observed ob-served a Liberal yesterday, "and The Times is responsible for the chirographic display. AVithin ninety days there will be no Liberal party if the present poiicy of the administration adminis-tration is maintained, and then what a hades of a fix the pQfr old Tribune will be in. It will then enjoy the distinction of being the only paper in the United States without a party. It has been a great paper in its day. but, oh, how have the mighty fallen! " and the disgruntled patriot resumed his interrupted inter-rupted reading of Tnn Times. Senator Moran takes the proposed veto of his eight-hour ordinance with characteristic stoicism, and in answer to all inquiries says: "1 am still a Liberal, aud am actin? in this matter in consonance with the! platform of my party as well as that of the so-called Democratic party in this city. Both parties are pledged to look after the interests of the workingmeu, and so Ion? as I am a meufber of the city council my voice will be lifted up iu advocacy of their rights. I defy anyone to consistently pointout a defect in the phraseology of the ordinance, and I fear that there is more behind the attack upon it than has yet been presented to the public ken. At any rate it is a Liberal measure, and I am proud of the fight I have made for it. There will be no red-eyed regret about me, and I only hope the 'other fel low' will be able to say the same." Yesterday I met a Salt Lake Kuight who had just returned from the great conclave at Denver. He was very enthusiastic over the result, and said: "This conclave is a great thing for the AVest. It required lots of pluck and enterprise for a town like Denver to undertake un-dertake such a task, but it was carried through in grand style. Denver spent $100, 000 in decoratins: the city and entertaining entertain-ing tbe visitors; the ""Knights, at the lowest calculation, spent $5,000,000, 60 that nothing was lost on the outlay. Denver will continue con-tinue to reap bene tits from its enterprise for years. There were about fifty-four Utah Knight in line iu tbe graud parade, and we did our share in entertaining. We joined w ith AA'yoiniug and gave a reception one eveuing, and our rooms were crowded with visitors. I found that the Knights generally were well informed on Utah affairs, aud hundreds of them expressed the hope that before many vears a conclave might be held in Salt Lake." |