Show LIBERAL PRINCIPLE on sept 16 a man whose name we will not now mention was engaged to do some work in this city by the foreman of the job next morning when he be went to his employment he was accosted by a well known liberal who claimed to be the contractor and questioned as to his engagement what ticket do you vote asked the I 1 liberal era 1 I vote the peoples peopled ticket every time answered the workman well you can go was the response we have no use on this job for anybody who will not vote the liberal Libe raP ticket and he went this to is a specimen of liberali liberal principle and practice it is not at all uncommon at this juncture it is in line with liberal policy now suppose the conditions had been reversed and the contractor was a mormon the workman a non mormon the discharge of a laborer because he would not vote the peoples ticket would have been heralded throughout the tifis territory and telegraphed to every part of the country it would have been denounced as mormon intolerance er ancell and aad exhibited as a sign of mormon distress and the whole working fraternity would have been asked to resent th this is s sort 0 A of interference with the political liberty of the citizen but as this is a liberal way of conducting business it will be applauded plau ded at least in private and the act will be considered that of a true liberal patriot no use for anybody who will not vote the liberal ticket that would be the rule no doubt in every branch of the public service if the party that countenances this kind of thing should obtain political control of this city and territory mark it mechanic chanec CS laboring men and all classes of operatives of course there are employers who support the liberal party who willingly give labor to mormon workmen some of them cefer to have that class because of their reliability steady habits and aad permanent service others because they cannot get their work done as they wish without such employed emp loyes and a few because they really do not eire care what creed or party men belong to if they serve them faithfully and earn their wages we have no reflections to cast on them nor upon any other fair minded and conservative employer whatever his politics may be it is only such persons as the contractor herein referred to that we desire to hold up to view as examples of a very large class clam of who vent their venom under the I liberal libera era flag and who would rend the air with their expletives and fer actions if a mormon should discharge a gentile solely because he would not agree to vote the peoples peopled ticket it dom does make a difference whose ox is gored |