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Show 16 Party began to organize for the elections Party began by appointing various commit tees and personnel to take charge at the marching organizations for the parades. The Libe ra ls organized several strong clubs under the direction of Patrick E. Connor and Orlando \V. Powers. Not to be out done by the Liberals, the In of August of February 9, It)90. 1889 the Liberal The Liberal People's Party Central Committee on October 19, 1889, called for the forma marching clubs in each school distr ict (which corresponded to the 22 Municipal Wards) of the ci ty as the Liberals had done. The order also ar ranged for the officers and non-commissioned officers of the marching clubs tion of to meet for "drill and instruction on the 23 rd of October." Thus the two par competition to out do each other in the parades, in their dis 3 play of political unity and in the recruiting for the campaign of 1890. ties commenced In the weeks that followed each party provided uniforms and equip marching groups. The uniforms of some of the Liberal March ing Clubs were especially elaborate and the Liberals took exotic names includ ing Scott's Zouaves, Moritz Hussars, Scandinavian Knights, P. H. Lannan Cadets, and the Flambeau Club. Most of the other Liberal Clubs used the number of the municipal ward political club with which they associated and in addition included the name of one of its most prominent members. Examples of this are illustrated by the 15th Ward Marching Club nicknamed the "Tom Guest Tigers after Thomas Guest, a prominent leader and Colonel for the 5th Regiment of the Liberal Marching Clubs. others included the 19th and 22nd Wards Liberal Marching Clubs referred to as the Treweek Marching Clubs, named after Nicholas Treweek a mining figure of Salt Lake City and also Colonel of the 9th Regiment Marching Clubs; the 21st Ward Liberal tth wn rd Liberal Marching Marching Club was named after W. P. Noble; Club took its name from L. P. Kesley. The lOth \Nrrrd Liberal Marching ment for their TI Club used the names of Cullen and Mo ri tz , City; and the IGth Ward Libera] N. Baskin, United States Associate Judge of Utah. of Salt Lake R. August 1, 1889 p. 4. The Deseret News, The Salt Lake 2, 1(89, p. 4. Dec, Tribune, The Salt ;_;', 1(')89, |
