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Show J THE "LIBERAL DEMOCRATS' r A dliluH Ei&lbllloa ct Antl' i "Horaoa" Fimtlclsn. 1 ivniiiMiTiiituLs or imonsiiii. ' Tin Meeting of Irreconcilable, al tlie Irderul Coiirlromi l.aat Mg lit. About 7 11 latt evening tho loner part of .Malnalrwl preentl a ratio r lively niicct. the mlnatroli of lie Halvallon Army oertilil n, illlon about midway anl illicouricvl tho harmony cullar to tholr nrvlcea. A little further down ma bran Imnd advertising the Variety theatre anl II. iin,Uathellcal irforniaucii. Htlll furlherdown wa. niiuther Land a Iver-tlalug Iver-tlalug a theatrloal Affair of another kind, the chief uclora In which formal ii lilting culinlnitlii I) tlio lnu-lc.il Irlaugle, They called themieivia "lilberal Democra'i," and they had a I raatLaiid tn drum up A meeting fur Iho purpoae of rotrnc tln and ril-uatlng ril-uatlng tho old tlrlfiai In Hit a Territory. A tvw minutes after S o'clock, a number of people aeniMel lu the Fc-Ieral courtroom. O. W. Tower., ihalrmaii of the l.iUrol rurltorlal committee called the nieetlug to order, II. N. Ha kin waianiK Intel ch ilrrcan. Thoqunllouofhl.or'Upyltiglliuihnlr wa. nit to tho meeting lu a Mrlo-ioiuln llndofway. Mr. Tjwertdiclated It the will uf the liuetlng that Mr. Ilaklu lako the chair, though there Wero Borne vigorous noe.. Mr. lUtkln uixui-d Iho ball with a ipeoch, w cheanult), to moulJy, ao antique thnt hi. nuiUnce liigan to Ihlukhohal recently I en ruuiinag Ing tho cutaocmiai ut Home or thei I ) ramldt of I gypt. An I, In truth 111 Uliheicriul hnlr and iintrimmeil whlikir. lu Ill-ate Ml at tie Iind tome from n Uro a here tatliliibi aulLartitr. were utikn u Un till Ida au ll.uc-o that he wai u D' m i rat but that ho wanted the "I.llnral ' I arty atlll nialiilnlnnl. Ho did nut want national leauei dUcuaaed. In n word, what ho wanted wai that Utah U, kept out of tlio United Htalu, that theililieoaof L'tali elinuld not etudy larllt, orfru Irade, or rtolpmclly, or ellvercolnage. Ilaakln'.dlaciuraeWAi ivl lenlly growing wearlaome 1 1 many of Ihate reaent, for loud caIIi fur Tower. wen heard. .Mr. Towir. omio firviard. He amlled nt flr-t. It wai tui It n imllo na Mehlahpliilt. would auvy. llecoin- minitu by alluding tl tho grand nihloviment. nf tlin"Iilla-ral" party. JIu then aldteacrd hlnitvir to hit "fellow Democrat. " A pireou down In the retrof tho halloljocteil toUlug claiatl ai une of Mr. Towcra' "fellow D'niocrat.," aid rrle. or"iut him oufwiru htard. Hut the llemncral In the rear t-crtl-tcl In lilt oilnloiui, mil hell that Towera, If a Democrat, avaa a dlagiaco to lilt fatly, Mr. Tower, aa! I thla meeting wai cnllad to ihow the Demoiiala of the Territory that there were member, of tholr party ot ill In Halt Inkn n it .wallowed .wal-lowed up L) the "Mormon" Church. He held that there wai no illtxltluu onthepartofthe"Mormom"todlvldo excel t where the tlontlln i lenient l re-dominated re-dominated He contended that there aaa no alnieilt) In illher the "Mor-mint" "Mor-mint" or (ientllei who havo darted the organisation of party cluba; that the one wna working In tlio IntereaU of Ilia religion, and tho olhi r looking fur uftlce, t rovlded .tatehoi d thou Id lie obtained ob-tained In the marfuture. At HiL Hut the "Liberal" ilium for enU red tho hall, Mr. Tow er. Itil tho chief of tho fire department, who It alio the linder of Iho drum ion, to tho top of the table, when Mr. Htautnu polnlid t tho "I.IUr-al" "I.IUr-al" drum cor Hag, and laid the old organization thoul I be main-tallied main-tallied In order tot reserve the lltierty of Americana In Utah. Hu ahl hj wna a II, miirrnt. but Ihn, In. ...., I ..... be drive n by Judd or Towira. Thla povikid uproarlom laugbttr. The laaker nieaut to iy Iiyer, but the cou ling of Judd anl Toner, wat to rldlculou. that the ntidlonce roared, anl HUntoieJunnol from tho table any lug that lie could not makeaiu-e, h, but ho mi for knjlug up the old pari). Mr. Tower, rtuuraed, Lut 111. hnran-guo hnran-guo wai little nioro (ban itraonal nbue of Frank D)er, Hon. John r. Call., I'rid Hlmon. IthJiard W, Viiuiignnd uthera. Hn Indulge! In aliuae of tin, "Mormon" ie,;j le, de-ilalini.1 de-ilalini.1 agalnat "tlardo IIouh, dicta, tlon," and " rlcttl) rule," ami then commeute 1 on riceiillnii ruvenienta In thl. city, atttll utlng them all lo "Liberal" "Lib-eral" rule. A volcln the hall hire nnuotiuied that iiiiIim 1: na. maintained main-tained there would be no more llli.oji) forllrlaudo, Mr. Tower, rea 1 a lettir from Frnl. Hhnoiia to Mr. 11. D. 1 luiinpaon. call, lug oil the latter to attend A meeting nt tho Htock l.xchango for the i urixiio of orgiulilng a lUnuhllcJiiiluh. Hap. pear a that Mr. rhompaoii turned tliu letter ovir to Mr. Tuwin, aojlnghu wat not 1 re ared to endorto a dlvlalon on parly 11 ne.. Au old gentleman known at II. I). Iloita next tamo forward. 11 e oi eneil by lavlihlng onconluiut on the chairman, chair-man, a)lng the lattir wm one or Utah', liberator.. Ho then turned to Mr. Tower., and ilyllng that gentleman gentle-man "ihluf of all chief." took him I y the arm, au I Loth embraced In front of the au Hence. Hlt.rtetli Mat almoat areetltionuf what Mr, Towtrt had already aald. It rnnthtnl of torionnl abuia of lea ling Dniioerata und lit.. I ubllcant, with a ittrlcal allutlou to Johu Henry Hmllh, John l Calno and other Mottof lilt tpeech wa. unfit for repro-duUlon, repro-duUlon, Tho languago waa too hide, cent evm for oneof theComiunlil aire, t Larroonu. In alluding toJudue JuIJ, the ii-uakeir licomo qulto atliiM mint, and In hi. ragoheiuu.t l,ae lomeind Ida Ueth, for whin hn i oole I down ho wa. Mifnlly uiilnUIIIglbta owing to ditVctlvoartl! ulatlou At Ihl. tulnt Mr. Tow.niamefor-warl Tow.niamefor-warl with the following! t '.'"r'n"!' n" "l0 "emocrili of Hull UkciLllj In luaitcomiiiiiuiiA-iaiiibl, lit. Ulral party .,, i" YoyaUlt," aiinuldur for Ainerltnn rinclpli Tho imilutlnii waa i ut I y the chair andA.lainor followel! Itwa.dic Ided carrleil, Ihpiigh there wa. con.l lerable o poaltum In the lly of Iho hall. IIiumIow llurmelater next laiuo fur. ward Ilia face waa cjqaii.Ue and florid. It wa. the ojlulou of many , ---r-rsjrsss' -un i that he hail I ut recently l gale I lilm tclf At the Hlitlnu i f liaci hut. He com metiicd by alliug Mr Haiklu Ihi John ihe Itn, Hit or Utah, and Mr. . Toaer. the Nalrctll,. In Ih nay Im Indulged lu n Lutliaquo of .atreil uljiita for tune time. He then branched oil" In Hugar Hcumi Ward, an I commenced a tirade of teitotial nbtio on I rank Dyer, Judgu Jud I nnd other., lie wei ton to character' Ue tho "Mormon." aa J-e-a-u-l t , aptllliigoullhu word. Tlnni woa no mark of nftroval at Ihla A dead Hence prevnled Hut thotpeaker re-I re-I to rati d the word but there wa. no aprlautc Hufuundhe wa. loitihliig on ilingeroui grounl mil then he branchel off on what hu called "Mormon Trinchery". He toll a ttury about bronchoa, au I thilr nu tlio I ofllihliigtinIerfeetrlderr. Ho aild he waa ilghteen yrntt nmong the 'lormona." and he knew Hum to Le falie. Ireaehttoua, unrellal le and cowanlly. Ho wanted the "I.ltwral" lirty maintained lu order to preserve tree Join In Utah. The next tpraker wai Mr. C. M. Jackaon. Thlt gcntleuian ni 14-ateil III fallthlttllocvca. lie looked n. If lie wuu about t-j inter tho ring with lilt Inaun-Mke Titer Jaikaon. lie tlatiil lie waa a Democrat, but he wuoteil to maintain the "Liberal" airty, tn that liberty and free school, fur Lla children should ho malntalntd. Hen, he Indulged In-dulged Inn lltlteblt of thiatrlcal dlt. I la) that was billi rldliulou. nud maudlin. He held up In hi. nrma a llllle laiy about fourjear. nf agi.aud raid It wa. In tho Interest of thl. hoy' fuluru ho wanted "Mormonlam" In Utah dunned, lie then rwitittd hi. father, nu old g ntltniaii, fecblo an I liirtrrn, who ought to have Utu home In livl. Thli oil man sail he vi.lr.If.r Marlln Van Hiiren, nnd for rtry IMnocratlo candidate fur the Triflleiipy tluce. Mr. Hnuk llimes then camo forward. for-ward. IL mt.inptcd hnjvak, Uit nil IhucouldMi) wA.to itlrk to the "Libit "Lib-it ral"nrl). He did not aMarnllu I lo till why he wai "Lllnral" nor I why he wablnl that parly miilutalucd. I Thla lined the prociiilliui. It waa n tilting exhibition of Utah "Liberalism," and one of tin, etrongist atgumeiita that could Lu made ngnlml I Iheiarpttuatlo'infa party with tuili alma ulug Milt languagu and ritrc-teiited ritrc-teiited Ly ut h Individuals. |