Show of teals A SMALL GATHERING the thousands As as expected first days work the attendance at the first of alie liberal conference held in the exposition building in salt lake yesterday afternoon was a elim affair in the evening the attendance was somewhat larger it had been given out by bosa and his lienden anta that thousands would 18 and standing room ac a premium at the opening iou there may haye been persons present no more then over one half were ladies and children in the evening there may nare been 1000 but acain the ladies predominated th leaders of the party were conspicuously absent there being onla such of the number present aalthe 0 E alien rence goodwin of the tribune dr iliff of the methodist church a few sectarian preachers among them theodore lee of spanish fork judge Bore iuan and R the speeches were of the usual kind and distinguished for heir anti mormon it was evident from the start that the chronic officeholders office holders and office expect ants were determined to keep control and to asarum he dictation of the liberal conscience undoubtedly the was cut and dried and it was the remaining few liberals and tuscarora dictators who will stilt hold tho keys to the offices had gotten up this exhibition merely to dominate and put the check on the crowd and keep them from running off to join ane national parties the four propositions for discussion were as follows birst Is it advisable for the liberal to no minata a delegate for con gleea next fall second IE cot shall the liberal party bagu an active campaign next t for the local offices third la tte liberal party ready to advocate immediate statehood for utah fourth la it the judgment of the liberal parly that the lime has arrived to divide oa party lines in utah lawyer denny took the position that when the corfe renca decided the first question all other three were disposed ot he wanted tho liberal party to put up a candidate jor delegate to con gree of the eye ot the boss if the peoples party he said had disbanded the liberals were in honor bound to di likewise aa a maciei of fact in utah comaty chere is a hopeless majority of cormons mormons Mor mons and ha did not it was the wisest thing to do for the liberals to put up a candidate he would ba sure to arief lawyer van home was proud of the achievements of the liberal party but ws now faced a sentiment not a condition and as long as the enemy had surrendered abera was no further use for the army that had brought about the surrender the liberals have not a single friend in congress today the sentiment of country was with ahe changed conditions in utah enry Lawr erff deliver d ol 01 tha old Monnon twaddle for wh en he has beu tu iuta ed he proved himself an ine baci abla dr iliff did not think it wa tj the interest of the liberal party to put up a candidate there were changes goinz on in utah for the better the at minneapolis and chicago had emphatically declined ired against ing the liberals and babkin wanted to see the old fight go on and advised the putting up of a candidate for delegate boraman and aall wanted a trial piyen to the republican and democratic carlies in iha territory eo far as tha delegate nomina i m was concerned concer C eallen pot off a bombastic speech denouncing those who favored division il the minutest form he wanted a straight liberal ticket clean through put up after considerate consider abe wrangling the conference finally adjourned till to dav |