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Show 100 m 111 m. Ik Liberals Meet end Decida Hot to Disband. Great Victories Predicted by the Speakers at the Coming Election. Judge SutherEand Thanks God Whitccotlors and Sax-ey Sax-ey Left the Party. I The Liberals of I'tah county met in the Courthouse on Friday atternoon at : 2 o'clock. Judge Jones staled that the ! object ol the meeting was to consider ' the ipitst ion whether the Liberals in ; I'tah county will still continue as an i nra'ani.aiioii. The Central Commit-I Commit-I tee had advised the Liberals to stick ! together. In n alitv tiu present i meet ing .hov.ld have bten a County i ill nil Conns it tee inciting, but as j there was not a m-tjorlty of the com-: com-: luittee present . ;ti; Jon nils would be ' allowed to vote. On motion 0!' CommissJomT Mills, j the resalutions id' the Territorial Central Cen-tral Committee were read by Judge , Jones and adopted, j O.i motion ,-d' A. (I. Sutherland, the ; hiee'iini; Avas turned into a Liberal 1 in' e'.ing exclusively. The resolutions wire then again j read for the l euelit of two or three ' . ho had come in late, i A. C. Suthiiland then took the lb-t.r 'aialir. his remarks struck at White-; White-; cotton. Kellogg. S axey and Gash. He thanked Cod' that the Libera! party had rot rid of them. Me said: I do ! not want the Liberal party to disband, I ! and until the People's party show they ; j ar-' sincere and do disband I cam have j : no laith in them. I do not believe the j ! Liberals Aviil lose anything by sticking ; I together. Just at the time when we! ;aie on the eve of victory is the time ! j Ave should stand solid as a phalanx, j j This idea of the lamb and the lion ly-1 j iiur down together 1 have no faith in, I unless it can be. shown me that the j lion Avill not cat the lamb. There are ! members of the People's party with : Avhom I can associate and 'can take a drink Avilh. ,nd with whom 1 ean'also ' h biisiness. 1 believe there should be j two parties, and I believe there always j Avillbe. The People's party reminds j ' a little story in Avhicii a Kcn-!; Kcn-!; okiau was trying to sell a certain j !.i ii iir:!.' that he owned, lie dwelt a-"g time on the good qualities of ' i'liiie. Th-3 man listened patiently i a-.;! at il.v i lore of the mule's praises; h. aid. " Vour mule may be ali you j ci is 'for it. but it has 110 ancestry and n- hop- of posterity." That is whst I j , ti.ijiK of i e People's j'arty. I have i h. 1 a aceu-i d of being iimong the first V. ; i"ca.e tlivisiou on national lines, j bin '. ha'- ". i,.io' always savl is that if: - a ' v. i a ! '.oi.i .crat or a Republican j . ! : ;: t.h::'g ! let h;m conn out and: ..; ii. It' i division is for the 1 .:. ;,;! :! i f t'e :r,. tsr.es it is good; but i if ;t for the I ihing of the Liberal . i: . t. I ". AV;o ;' a I IV of it. Mi'. Dai!1:;, o- . ;a'ing iiie. said he !.;; 1 re..: a a.- , i'ar In this Terriforv ; nr.! i- u: T.. e.. w.r'. bigs of chinch; r.;: J bei-eve t i;.tt. r.fier next August; t ii ( L ifti wdi Miy io ail parties. "You j :.;' etuIive'J your n-'!:i!nss. I have Liore -use for ou." 1 believe the j iea i.-rs of the ( -liurch are at the head i of th's division, because thev see we ! are on the eve of victory. Iwasonej of ihv first in this TViritory to cast aj v.'.e against a C eoeracy. We luive no I ciU-m:e t!iat the JVcple's jtrtv ayiII di'oani!. I have no faith i;i it mvself. : 1 have been :: picket giicrd to the party par-ty who oj.enfd the way lor Americans i ti coine into this Ttrritory. lama! Liberal, and one f the hist to help : f'.ht the Church pari v. I don't think ; lii - new comers into this Territory' ca 11 lei stand if as well as old : settlers.- Those who hare been I fa: I through the Territorv in the interest of either party, nave been in the in'tucst of the Church, j To divide right on Ihe eve of victory' would be folly. The People's aitv j change their p biles as often as i tbe " please. Mid will change when-' car the lead: is of the Church; tell tiieiii to. J want to say ritrht . : In re. that everv inii'ioveieeut in this j Territory, everything that has been : for the good of the Territory, has been ' the work of Liberals. The free! S'-hoals are the result of Liberal labors, j The speaker then read the i.-.o!u,: adopted by t'.ir Central Com:' :.;e ; against dividing on 11a: lonal line.-., and j said: In the event of Statehood we , would be at Hie m-ivy of i heoeraev. : I am iroimrto lake u; a private labor with Mr. Wiiitecotteii and win him j back to us nuain. ,. A. Noon spoke on the chestnut j of Gentiles being ostracised iu Utah.; 1 1 0 said he was opposed to church j govei li'iumt , but av:;s a .soldier of the Libera! . : -'e and won id stay with the j old ship as long as there was a spar; afjoat. . i Mr. Slaton, of Springville. made a few rema;ks. s ; ing that he was most dec.itedly i:; f.r. ..r of sticking together. to-gether. Elmer I?. Jo-as: I have no' iced that the old vet i.ins who have so long fought in tl a Liberal cans" are the ones who still hold to if, while only the young members, who are ambitious ambi-tious and full of Hie enthusiasm of eastern politics, wanted to disband the party. I don't fear Statehood, as Ave j wil'notgct it for the next six years an how. The People's party will be like Pen Harrison. After they get the oihees. they will say, "God gave us the of-'ces." Jtidue Jones: The Liberals have been lighting the combining of Church and State for years and alsopolyiramy, I w hich I hope is abandoned, yet I have j no faith in the People's party. If thev I AV iald disband it would "be better for the ir, it would have been better years ; ag :. Men who were Democrats are j now Republicans. There aie lots of ! the People's i.irty who are good, I honest men, who would be glad to 1 see H e oke of the church taken off. j I have "been away a few weeks, and I now that I have come back I find I 11.cn a!.o Avere always Democrats j turning into Republicans. Why, even I our worthy Mavor, who not long since j from the public rostrum declared i himself a Democrat, is now a Republican. Re-publican. I reminded him of it the joiner day ami he said, "Oh! well: I j itaik lots', but you must judge me by iiny actions." How can we judge a i man who chances like that? If Utah 1 becomes a Sti'te every officer av ill be a church man I don't think the r.e w cotneis should be abused, as no doubt they are ambitious and can't have their ambition realized in the Liberal party. I am in favor of adopting the resolutions. ! The motion to adopt the resolutions ! w as then put and carried unanimous- ! iy- j Judire Jones believed that the Lib-' Lib-' era'.s Would poll a heavier vote than i eva-r before. j A. (J. Sutherland moved that the report re-port of the meeting be sent to the i Tribiinf, as it had ahvavs been the 1 Liberal arty"s organ, and had worked J assiduously for the cause. The meeting adjourned with three ; cle ers from the members. |