William S. Godbe
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William Samuel Godbe was a British convert to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He is remembered for leading a Mormon faction called the Church of Zion, better known as the "Godbeites".
Liberal Party (Utah)
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The Liberal Party was a political party established in the latter half of the 1800s in Utah Territory before the national Democrats and Republicans established themselves in Utah in the early 1890s.
The Liberal Party believed the economic future of Utah Territory lay in mining, and Utah miners, typically non-Mormon, often became key Liberal Party voters.
The Deseret Evening News, owned by the LDS Church, served as the de facto People's Party organ and regularly denounced the Liberal Party in its pages.
The Old Tooele County Courthouse, the site of the contentious Tooele Republic power struggle in 1874
The Salt Lake Tribune triumphantly declares Liberal Party victory in Salt Lake City.