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Show LIBERALS They Meet in Conclave to Discuss Matters Pertaining to the Political Status of Utah. TO DIVIDE OR NOT DIVIDE? That is the QaBtion Whether 'Twere Better to Quit and Join the Opposition Or Nominate a Full Ticket from Delegate Down and Fight it Out on This Linn ham, declaring In favor of keening up the organization of the party and the right was read. Morris Sommers telegraphed '"from the wilds of San Pete" that he favored keeping up the right. Mr. Giltilal of Nephi said the liberals of thac place would stand by the action of the conference. A. B. Thompson, of Brighton, trusted that the doomsday of the liberal party had not "yet arrived. He knew something of mor. monism, and pronounced it entirely bad. David Barry, of Ft. Douglas, believed a candidate for delegate to congress should be placed in the field. He said let the liberal party go ahead. It had done very well and would do better. W. H. Smith, of Wasatch county, thought it would be folly to disband. Charles K. Gilchrist of this city, wrote a long letter, expressing himself in favor of placing a candidate for delegate to congress in the field and opposed to statehood or division. di-vision. Allen G. Campbell believed in keeping up the tight. lie was an American first, and a democrat afterwards. The MoVmons were as bitter toward the men and means that had brought them around to their present stage of civilization as ever. The United States officers and the law brought forth the IF IT. TAKES TWO YEARS. Speeches Made and the Preliminary Business Disposed of this Afternoon. BOREMAN'S RESOLUTION. The Action of th8 Cbnferenc9 not Binding on Liberals An Adjournment Taken Until 8 0'Olock this Evening. The liberal conference is on. The trains this morning brought In heavy delegations from various points, and groups of liberals soon collected on the streets and in the hotels to discuss the situation. The keenest interest was manifested in the result of the conference, for no one was certain as to what it might be. Judge Powers was the busiest man in town. Besides arranging the details, his office was thronged with visitors, and people who wanted information on a hundred 6ufc jects. The territorial committee held a short consultation at the Walker house at noon, and representatives of the committee were kept busy all the morning handing out tickets tick-ets of admission. The crowds commenced gathering at the Exposition building at 1 o'clock, and an hour later the large hall was fairly well peopled, among them being many ladies. The hall was handsomely decorated with streamers of bunting, and liberal club banners, ban-ners, which were suspended from the balcony. bal-cony. The platform at the south end va draped with the national colors and all combined to make an animated picture. pic-ture. The throng was looked after by J. N. revelation reported to nave come from heaven. If the church had actually gone out of politics many of the Mormons would become liberals, because they knew what had brought the changes about. The trouble was that they had men among them who were so partisan or so hungry for office that they could not wait for the proper adjustment of affairs. A personal letter to the chairman, giving reasons why a candidate for delegate should be nominated, was read, but the name was withheld. The reading of these letters being finished, Judge Powers announced that he had a gen-nine gen-nine surprise in store for the conference. While the band played, the gentlemanly ushers would pass through the audience and take up a collection to defray expenses. This was rendered necessary because the committee didn't have a church to draw upon. OCT OF ORDER. Judge Foreman then offered a resolution reso-lution to the effect that as the conference had been called to obtain an interchange in-terchange of views of liberals, it was not the purpose to take any action which would be binding on liberals as to their future course. A COMMITTEE OJT RESOLETIOXS. Dr. Iliff seconded this, but Judge Powers ruled it out of order, and Mr. Cohen moved that a committee of seven be appointed on resolutions and address. This was carried, and the chair appointed J. M. Cohen, C. C. Goodwin, R. M. Pettlngill of Ogden, Mr. Hills of Provo, J. S. Guthrie of Corinne, Mr. Hayes of Wasatch, aad E. M. Knox of Davis. IT 18 NOT BIXDIX3. The chair then announced that Judge Boreman's resolution was in order and that gentleman said that many liberals had 6tated to him that this conference was a cut and dried affair, and they were confirmed con-firmed in their view by the action of the Tuscaroras last night. Because of that, many liberals were not partaking in the the conference. He understood un-derstood this was simply a consultation, the result of which would not be binding on anyone. The chair stated that this was his understanding under-standing of it, and the resolution was then adopted. CHANGE IN THE DlSCrSoION. Judge Powers stated that the discussion dis-cussion of the lour - propositions was next in order, but the order of the discussion had been changed the question as to whether the liberal party was ready to divide on party lines being put first. On motion of D. P. Torpey the convention adjourned until 8 p.m. NOTES. Judge Powers looked after the comfort of the press representatives, as he always does. Judge Judd looked on from the gallery. The Denhalter cadet band furnished excellent excel-lent music. J. C. Graham, of the Provo Enquirer, occupied oc-cupied a seat at the press table. Wharton, chief usher, with Robert W. omitn, N. Grissman and A. Sidney as assistants. Johnny Gleason, Eddie Butterworth and little Miss Butterworth acted as pages. Colonel Col-onel Page acted as sergeant at arms, assisted by the following gentlemen: John Butter, Harvey Hardy. John T. Axton, Walter Wis-comb, Wis-comb, James Harvey, Harry Edwards, Joel F. Allen, C. M. Hammond, I. J. starbuck, C. S. Kimball, Captain Charles Relley, Harry Schaffer, Ed Milford, Harry Havnes, Bert Raybould, Harry Jones, Elbridge Tufts, Edward Ed-ward W. Loder, John J. Thomas, W. F. Winn, John May, Fred Dennis. The doorkeepers door-keepers were Messrs. C. M. Browne, S. D. Chase, Mr. Johnson and Fred Schultz. THE CONFERENCE OPENED. A ripple of applause greeted the appearance appear-ance of Judge Powers on the stand at 2:30 and Judge Goodwin was warmly welcomed a few minutes later. The members of the territorial committee soon came in and took seats on the stand. At 2:40 Judge Powers called the conference to order, and Secretary Secre-tary C. . E. Allen read the call. Rev. E. M. Knox then offered a fervent fer-vent and eloquent prayer, in which he asked for divine guidance in the consideration considera-tion of the grave questions before the conference con-ference that all might be settled right. After an air by the band. Judge Powers arose and said that this was a meeting of the territorial committee called for the purpose pur-pose of considering questions of importance to every citizen of Utah. They had re- . quested that any and all liberals who desired to be present to attend. The liberal party was an actual, living entity. It was ! a child born because there was sought to be established here an institution antagonistic an-tagonistic to the American idea, and so, when people who did not believe in the rule of the church came to these valleys, they stood side by side and shoulder to shoulder in an effort to build up an American state. The liberal party was the child of necessity. It was not formed for agitation, except to agitate for the supremacy of American ideas and for the" supremacy of the law. "Country before party," had been the cry from the first. The party had grow n in strength and power, and from the sterile soil has blossomed blos-somed as fair and beautiful flowers as ever bloomed on the breast of any nation in the world. They had established free schools, and had established the American home. Applause. 1 With these things came wealth. which made all the sands golden and placed many in affluence. The littlo band of men who had been browbeaten and boycotted, had made the name liberal an honored one. They had never faltered, even when their standard fell from the hands of an unworthy bearer, for some other liberal always pressed forward and raised it aloft. No man" who ever voted the liberal ticket had ought to be ashamed of. The party had accomplished as much for this territory as was ever accomplished by any party on the face of the earth. What party had been strong enough to create 14,-000 14,-000 democrats in a single day or 6000 repub-licanf repub-licanf in the same time? When he liberals carried Salt Lake, came a tidal wave of prosperity. Then the other side saw they couldn't win by strength, but thought they might by strategy. (Applause) He desired that there might be in this conference con-ference a full and free discussion of all the questions presented. Those who sought to lead the people should listen to the ground sw-ell which came from the homes of the workingmen, whose only ambition was to make of Utah what it ought to be. Whatever the conference confer-ence might do, he would be pleased to carry ont; any roan had a right to speak, because it was an American assemblage. With the nope mat uiey inigui, an ue guiueu uy me one desire to do what was wisest he 6tood before them. "Let us all get nearer together and approach that time when ail could say that Utah, the bride of the mountains, moun-tains, was ready to march into the union." Applause. some communications. Secretary Allen read a number of communications commu-nications from liberals who were unable to attend. A. B. Miller of this city, said: "Vote for nominating a delegate to congress, against division and for a straight fight all along the line-" Walter Murphy said, "Vote for me as being be-ing opposed to-the dissolution of the liberal partv." I. V. Frasier of Rich county, said that the liberals of that county were in favor of hold- ing on to the organization. They were not j ready to say they had been all wrong, and should the party decide to disband, they would feel outlawed. , W. W. Funge sent In a long communication commu-nication in which - he- expressed himself him-self as being strongly in favor of keeping, up the organization and the old fight. A division on party lines meant death to the liberal party, and he presumed pre-sumed that when the time tor statehood arrived ar-rived the party would march- in in manly I form. Resolution adopted at Ogden and Bing- |