The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-07-07

Those PERSONS who were at the
celebration doings on Washington
Square. on Monday, or read the
address OF Governor Murray in the
newspapers, will discover at least one
reason why the majority -class OF
people in this city are not anxious to
take part in such proceedings. The
"Mormons" are human, and they
possess at least an average degree of
intelligence. They know when they
are insulted and abused, and like
other mortals they are not partirn o Tly
deslrcus of placing themselves IN a
position where they will have to
listen to the seedlings, and strained
onslaughts OF their enemies. This we
presume to be the case, and think the
presumption is quite natural.
Governor Murray did no: say much
men OF his calibre seldom Go say
much, though they talk good deal
but pretty nearly everything that
be did say was intended as an open
assault upon the people whose
Governor he is. His manner and his
effort was to make them so. There
was no occasion for his "hifalutin"
hagangne, which Was entirely un-
called for and wholly cut Of place. Il
there is 8 day ia the three hundred
and sixty-five when there should be
union and harmony, and fraternal
and patriotic feeling On American
soil among American citizens, it il
the Fourth of July, the day that made
them brothers, and banded them all
together in the grand struggle which
brought them liberty of conscience
and made them one people, with the
same and equal rights. Their, we
say, it is grossly wrong AID widely
out OF place for a man to attempt on
that day to divide people into classes,
to array one against another, ard
destroy instead of create and cultivate
harmony and brotherly love.
Specially is it wrong for one holding
the position that Governor Murray
holds to do this. Does the gentleman
wish TO be understood as declaring
that he is governor of only one social
class Of the people of Utah, and that
he wishes to ALLEVIATE the others? or
did he simply make use OF this, his
first public appearance, to prove
that the Associated Press agent IN
Louisville who telegraphed tina; rather
uniavorable comparison about beauty
and brains, was careful reader OF
human ability and a close observer of
human beauty. Instead OF railing at
Governor Murray We express and feel
real sorrow for him. We fear he has
overestimated himself, and assumed
to be larger than he really is. in offic ,
or out; which is a very bad mistake
fcr young man to be guilty o.. 1t
is q blunder for man to shoulder
more than he can carry. He In
variably loses his whole load, or is
crushed under its weight. His ex-
cellency is evidently getting himself
in that unhappy predicament Now,
the goveEnorship Of Utah lie no very
great position. So far az the duties
Of the Office are concerned, q -FOUR
foot six man can perform them as well
as & six-f0ot. four man. Governor
Murray has been here long enough
10 have learned this fact if he has
carefully considered matters OCCASION
ally. But we fear he has not done
this, and therein comes his mistake.
Like go many others have done before
him, he assumes that mighty work
is placed for him to perform, and
there ia where he overloads himself.
If His Excelleney has the ides-and
he apparently hss-thRt be was Sc
!ected and sent here % the one man
OF the republics millions to settle the
mormon Question" he ought 10 get
some one to SQUAT upon that idea be-
fore it brushes him; If be is buTdened
with the thought that he can deter
mine the vexed question, he should
have that thought set down upon lest
1t oveTpowers him. The Governors
Office, nor the Governor, can do as
much in adjusting social affairs here,
as the pound-keeper who drives the
hungry COW of the street into the
public corral, and thereby prevents
hard-!eelipgs, and perhaps harder
blows, between neighbors over raw
ished and mutila!ed truck patch. We
say this from no disrespect to His
Excellenoy nor his Office, but merely
as an illustration of the possibility OF
the official overwhelming himself with
inflated ideas. Seriously, Gov
ernor Murray has perpetrated blum
der. at best he cannot expect
to hold Office longer than a few
months, when he must 60 the way OF
all officials who owe their place, not
TO personal fitness or ability, but to
the success Of party and influence at
headquarters Whatever he may say
cannot affect the social or
political relations in Utah in
the slightest degree. He can
only make enemies where friends
should certainly be more desirable.
It was easier for the gentleman, dur
ing the brief period Of his official ex.
istence here, to hold the respect of
sll the people than to win only the
meaningless plsudits OF the few, and
ALLEVIATE the confidence and esteem Of
the many. His hints and threats
and vaporings amount to nothing.
They do not make the people of Utah