Deseret Weekly | 1892-10-29 | Page 21 | History of the Liberal Party

HISTORY OF THE LIBERAL PARTY tb the e history of the liberal party since aiace its advent ad vent into power in thin thib city has baa bien been in many mady respects its an unenviable oae oe pur for ways waya that were dark and tricks that were vain that organization has adb proven itself one of the most moat BUC that the country has hag eversden evere ever een seen tie dublac are familiar with the 1 gentle election frauds of february 1890 the methods employed to bring victory to a party 1 that wu was known to be in business pride principally pally for plunder and that has hae since cnown itself to be an enemy to liberty and good government were of a character to forever brand the chief manipulators with dishonor and disgrace many who then belonged to that organization now blush with shame when they think of the historic run ol of the no dorious grand junction registration train rad of the imported thugs hired hobos bobo repeaters tinhorns tin horns horna and d keepers of dives who all pe performed rac med their petty parts as outlined by party ere some of whom were nut not making their maiden effort in political villainy when they placed THE CARPET BAG above the stars and abd stripes in the vales of fair and loyal but much maligned and misrepresented utah not only comp competed eVed to submit to indignities of this thie sort the will was further thwarted and an additional dit ional insult was offered to legal voters by the seating of six bonus bogus councilmen coun oilmen who had no shadow of claim upon the blaces which they knew thin then and realise raze now they hd had usurped with a bravado that couie only have beaw admired it if exerted in a good cause they continued for nearly eighteen months to draw and spend the alarae al arJe and enjoy the emoluments of office of the peoples peopled councilmen coun oilmen they took every advantage of the delay for which the law is a proverbial and did not have the decency to acate until the court of last resort had peremptorily decided against them and COMPELLED THEM TO GET OUT of the individual members of this council there to Is full warrant for saying laying that one of them made records recarda that will scarcely stand the sunlight of open investigation there was conduct that called forth from their own organ a short time alter after the the charge that four ot of them were tainted with boodle lem when they took the oath of office the municipal treasury was wag well filled with cash they entered upon a RECKLESS CAREER OF comparatively little ie shown for what they did antho in the way of public improve mento new offices were created in great numbers number salaries were increased the public funds were speedily exhausted city property was sold and given away to mush mushroom corporations bond ing was waa commenced and it has been continued until the utmost limit has baa heen been almost reached notwithstanding all this the voracity and greed of the office hunter is as far from satisfied as aa it was years ago when he be captured him bis first prize and ate his big first ant meal in tooele thoele the re public where he is reported as aa having voted every man both dead and all live ve HORSE MULE AND JACK RABBIT BABBIT in the ophir mining district ju iu order to carry the election and which resulted in tooele thoele county becom becoming practically bankrupt the shameful and uncertain con of affairs which followed liberal triumph in this city a little over two years ago la is still fresh in the minds of the public A reign ot of terror was inaugurated such aa few mining towns even in the wild west ever experienced this city became a veritable footpads 2 par dise it was the mecca of highwaymen safe eafe blowers anti ana tramps gamblers and vile women were welcomed within our gates A reward was virtually placed on crime the flag bag of vice war flaunted upon the principal I 1 streets of the city in broad cayll daylight t in 1 the eyes of res respectable ble people morally and virtue were scoffed at these evils were to be expected ours was fast becoming a metro metropolitan city argued some of the councilmen who sought to carry out the ingui anju i otton of their political magnate maK nata judge powers not to be too good food but just good enough IJ in the natural wake came the erection of a variety theatre the lowest type of its claw class to obtain a license giving it the right to dispense intoxicating liquors was something for which a number of council men worked unceasingly until they were successful this done the motives ra ot or jeome we of the gAut gentlemen lemen who called themselves thema elTes reform ennd POSED AS AG before the people became apparent near the notorious show how house referred merred to housea of were quietly erect ed by city officers officer they were rented to the wanton creatures who at that time plied their infamous vocation on franklin avenue one of these gentlemen left the territory it to ie said aard to avoid being indicted by the grand jury fury predicament how the social evil was condoned at a i d officially encouraged the readers read era of this journal well remember mayor during a somewhat protracted absence frera row the territory Terri torf designated W li pickard one of the councilmen to act as aa until his hia return mr pickard was not long at the helm before he distinguished himself by getting into a predicament he made the ser serpoui gerioux ioui mistake ot of writ ing a letter without the necessary emary post script BURN THIS said letter gave him an unlimited of trouble he tried to explain the matter away but failed signally aig nally it showed the sympathetic relationship and tender feelings which existed between the administration and the class ot of people the litter letter referred to it was first given to the public by tim NEWS and its ita publication created A which among other exposures exposure i led to the holding of a mass mag meeting of citi ci zenh at the fint brat M E church to cry down and it if possible stem the tide of vice rice and crime which threatened to deluge the city the letter was wa written to of police john M the substance of it was wa please take notice that you are not to arrest prostitutes and gamblers while waga I 1 am acting mayor from the time that brief but expressive and now historic document was waa penned panned chief young claimed that he had mr pickard just where he wanted him pollee police Sean dalf perhaps in no other city in the he united states have police scandals been so frequent and outrageous outrage oui as in this during the two iwo years ears and a half that the liberal party gas hag been in power the results have only been natural after al a when the fact jim is taken into considers aton that many members of the new police force were drawn from a claw class whose are conducted in violation of the law characters given place and position because THEY HAD A PULL PUIA or a claim on the party for services rendered it Is i no difficult to understand it la Is a well known fact that some of the so co called guardians of the peace were guilty of the grossest crimes crime they sowed bowed the seeds of dissension in their own ranks some of their quarrels and mysterious misdoings mis doings dOiDge in houses of ill repute and in the dark alleys became a public disgrace the climax was reached when an overbearing and exacting captain was killed by a subordinate officer it was thought that hla this would put an end to hostilities among the constabulary tut but it did not and mayor scott was obliged to summon the entire force be fore him and compel them to renew their obligations to kee keep wis the peace 90 in their own ranks this action was wai occasioned by threats threat to commit in murder the force was divided there were the 1 1 as aa they were known and the anti young ites 11 and between the two factions faction there was waa almost mortal enmity more than once fatal encounters encounter were narrowly escaped ego aped when the last lait election was hold held in february 1892 and victory was again ibe be lot jot of the liberals great reforms reform were promised the least that in said bald about what followed the better A mere mention of the OFFICIAL DEATHs DEATH and the causes that lead thereto of marshal janney and several leveral trusted so a well as a number of ef henchman te in all that is necessary ft at the school election in the fourth freycinet fre cinet of this thin city on july 1890 one ot of the most moat flagrant steals on record was wa consummated it was waa so no palpable that one of ef the gentlemen gentleman mr P L williams william who was wag fraudulently declared elected refused to act and honestly and voluntarily allowed mr richard W young one of the opposing candidates candidate who was legally elected to take his hii seat the steal iteal was accomplished complis hed by the aid of a clever ballot box stuffer tuff cr W jallon jalien the famous foot racer pugilist bar tender and all round sport with a number of aliases was accused of the crime he was ar rented and the grand jury found an indictment against him the evl evi deuce appeared to be plain and overwhelming wh elming but he was acquitted I 1 pass swiftly over the causes and the exposures that led to recorder louis hyams sudden retirement frum from official life in which it transpired that a shortage of some 1751 was regarded not as criminal but only as carelessness also over the strange financial innocence of assessor clute who know that about of city funds was included in his private tank bank account until some one called his attention to it recent developments are no less interesting for more than a year there have been damaging rumors to the effect that a successful system of fraud was being carried on in sanitary inspector chowell dopart department part ment the insinuations were at first arst silenced in one way and then in that the husk ho however was in every instance only temporary some bonn one kept leaking it became becam necessary to act and detectives were quietly employed to work the eastup case up 1 I they did idoo so the result of theira their labors bors is not yet ade public but its details are said to astonishing be no less than being the sum which it is in alleged has ban been mis appropriated by somebody mr showell claimed moyie so tie weeks ago that he would prove himself innocent hv hhas not done dene so yet but the legal presumption of innocence must be permitted to remain until the contrary to Is proved the papers in the case have been referred to mayor baskin for in vesti gation and notion action and he would seem eem to have had ample time to consider them can it be that because an important election elee tion is i approaching he defers any decided move this to ia the explanation vouchsafed by some rome of those who are on the inside ineide A few weeks ago aeo wa ter manter harvey sent bent an insulting communication to the city council in which he charged one of the members with talking through his hat it is alleged by Harve harvey ym friends friend that this rash raab accuse tion of a heinous has all the trouble in which he be has baa lately found himself but it appears that one of the councilmen had been loik ing into the peculiar way he be allowed business to be transacted before he be wrote that letter and was wai preparing a surprise party for him at that very time it came later and proved con that whatever there had been of talking through the hat there were apparently some ome singular in gular irregularities in the operations opera tlona of mr Har harveya Harve yc deputy mr hughes when I 1 remember rem embar that this has hae not been denied b by even the liberal councilman I 1 1 am the more surprised that there should have been a report a few evenings ago which bookel very much like an attempt to whitewash this come has bao also been called to the attention of his hl honor the mayor and in due time will doubtless doubt lem receive attention I 1 may on a future occasion occa alon have more to may ay on toese and kindred subjects before concluding this letter I 1 wish to make one explanation I 1 know hundreds of men belonging to the liberal party who are far above any suspicion of approval of or connection eon lection with vice or crime of any kind I 1 believe the party itself desires de alree in its ita own way and according to its own notion the general welfare I 1 do not deny that it has baa accomplished this thir to a considerable degree but when I 1 give to them and it this thia much credit I 1 confess my amazement that the decent part of the organization should still cling to methods that have yielded buob a pitiable record and through which abio there have been so BO many unfortunate results boz