Show A significant GATHERING THAT was a significant meeting of workingmen hold held nov alth in the federal court room it was a lob gathering of the approaching campaign for the municipal election next february it was a strong indication that the conviction wit that the liberal party has been placed in the balance of public opinion and found wanting cannot be eradicated this sentiment exists among all classes of the community and is too deep rooted to be torn out by future false pretenses confidence in promises made by the party whose candidates have run the city government since february 1890 has practically no existence on this point the speakers at last meeting were unqualifiedly emphatic their statements cannot be successfully refuted their assertions are amply sustained by the record made by the liberal administration of municipal affairs whose employment of nonresident non resident contractors and workmen has been notorious to A point was made last night of the fact that petitions requesting that salt lake people should be preferred in the employment of workmen on public buildings etc had bad been treated with contempt the same spirit that prompted this action towards such reasonable requests is now exhibited toward the working men by the liberal organ instead of giving a fair and candid report of last nights meeting that journal holds the proceedings proceeding sand and consequently those who participated in them up to public ridicule its account la Is not entitled to be designated a report at as it is simply a clumsy distortion of facts jumbled together with faint scintilla eions of alleged wit thus the lit liberal lo journalistic oracle continues the workingmen which has characterized the administration of municipal affairs under its party those who desire to know what really took place at last maw mass meeting can obtain the desired information from this issue of the NEWS it is refreshing to observe that t the he workingmen of salt lake are awake to the fact that they have nothing to expect from a liberal administration of municipal business except to be regaled with promises which there is no intention to fulfil fulfill and to have their reasonable requests treated with contempt |