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Show THK I.IBEIJAL COXFERENCt. If attendance and Interest indicate anything, any-thing, then the liberal party of Utah is not ready to disband just yet. At the largest meeting held during tho conference, that of last night, no points were so vociferously appiauded as those advocating the continuance contin-uance of the party 5u all it functions and operations, even to the nomination nomina-tion of a delegate to congress. Henry: "W. J.AWHF.Nf e nnd Mayor Baskin fairly aroused a furore of enthusiasm, which could not be tilied for sonic time, when they resented the advice of some of the speakers to divide on national party linos even in the one election of delegate to congress. Perhaps the most effective sentence uttered last evening was ; that by .Mayor Haskin: "They tell us statc-! statc-! hood is coming anyway; J tell you it is not 'coming if the liberals do their duty." And yet underneath tho determined air tliera is apparent a feeling of doubt aud fear. "When such a man as Dr. Ii.ifp, who in the ssi has befii among tho most unconipro-ziiifiing unconipro-ziiifiing libera!, counsels compromise, coadi-ditiuns coadi-ditiuns have indeed changed or are rapidly changing. The fact that the conference has been ral'ed at all indicates that much: for two years ago it would havo been regarded s nothing short of insanity to (Ui.'sti'.m a libc-rai whether or not to disband th- I'arty; w hile today all agree upon the yrupusition in principle, lilTvring only as to tin: time when tha dissolution may bo accomplished. ac-complished. One gratifying thing about the conference is the moderation and fairness of tho speakers. speak-ers. With one insignificant exception position iv .n aimed at a party cr system and not at individuals except as they rcproscctcd a party or system. sys-tem. One thing seems certain to be. tho result c f the big meeting: The 'liberal party will ln.'id tog thir for one znoru congressional election, antl then tontiuo its activity to local lo-cal elections until such time as it shall deem its mission fulfilled and its members dwiu-tlie dwiu-tlie down to nothing. Meantime a great utar.y of its members will vote for the coii-( coii-( gressional candidate of their respective national na-tional parties, regardless of the action that may be taVeu by the eoufereuec on this point. |