Dissolution
The party disbanded in June 1891 prior to elections for territorial legislature. Members joined the two national parties, with LDS leaders striving to direct equal numbers toward each party. With LDS Democrats and Republicans competing against Liberal candidates, the Deseret News characterized Liberals as a "bastard party". One political ad asked rhetorically "what is he who votes for a bastard ticket?" Nonetheless, Liberals captured one third of seats in the territorial legislature.
Impetus for dissolving the party came from members of the national parties who believed the territory should follow national political lines before obtaining statehood. The LDS Church could not favor either national party because the LDS majority in the state would make the preferred party into a new de facto People's Party. Two years later Liberals, also eager for statehood, followed suit, and Utah became the 45th state in the Union on January 4, 1896.
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