The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-08-08


that respect; that's what's the mat
ter with Hammer, brother"
The professor, being of the
understanding nature peculiar to
his class, made no effort to rebuff the
reasoning of said statesman, deem
ing from the latIer's manner that
such would be in vain, the ideas ex-
pressed being put forth in the for
chile style, peculiar to a fatherly
influence exercised under trying
circumstances. The professor saw
on reflection that if he attended said
convention, he would either have
to assist in trampling under foot
the feelings of his constituents and
in ignoring what were supposed to
be the rights Of the county he was
! to represent, or come into contact
with the workings of the political
machine of the Peoples party in
Cache county, causing perhaps some
of its cOgs to squeak i'll a distressing
manner, fguraJively speaking;
therefore, he prudently kept
alOof from the sittings of said con
vention, the latter "gobbling up"
all the three nominations, in accord
ance with the predictions of the
statesman referred to. Talk about
a county taking q rest from being
represented in our legislature! How
would it do for Uncle Sam to tell
Utah to take rest from sending a
delegate to Congress; that it could
if it wished, vote for the Wyoming
delegate, and tell him what it would
like done in looking after its inter
eSts Cache county can hardly
point to an example set by Rich
county, that would justify such 2
display Of selfish exclusiveness.
Once when the time arrived for
electing representatives, Cache
county, for some reason, overlooked
the fact, and Rich county could have
taken both just as we'll as not, but
being actuated by a sense Of justice
! if not generosity, cOntenJed her.
self with one, not desiring 10 take
advantage of her big sister, while
the latter Nas mapping. As stately
grown people are sometimes an
nOy7d at children knowing anything
while they (the grown people, are
doing, it is possible that Cache
county has never yet forgiven her
little sister for assuming TO DO any
thing ia the matter, and is now
wreaking an undignlGed revenge,
thinking that she (Cache) either
ought to have been walked up to
boss the job, or the representative
dough allowed to sour and run over
down on the floor and the family go
without bread. No doubt our
friends, the Liberals, would "cut il
thick" enough if they but had a
proper pportunity, butin justice to
them it can hardly be said that they
have quite come the whole hog" in
our Territory to the extent of our
Cache county brethren of the PEG
pies Party. True, some ye RS ago it
was reported that they did consider
bly, "slashing around" inTooele coun-
! ty but, as alleged, not till after a few
| grasping and misguided members OF
our own party had set sharp eX-
amples of the kind, and thereby
taught how it could be done. Ought
we not to profit by that sad expert
ence. Is it possible for our party to
| fulfil the high destiny we all have
thought in store for it,, if it persists
1 Understanding occasionally from the
high plane it of right occupies, to
| indulge in low trickery to cope with
! opponents, or to take advantage oil
its weak m5mbe7s? No. thousand
| times no; and in order to keep il
pure and as bright as the shining
sun, any slight Speck of mildeW that
may make its appearance, so to
speak, on its surface or vitalS must
be promptly rubbed off or destroyed
as soon as discovered. Let the deep
warning voice OF the Territorial
Central Committee. of our party
peal forth rebuke in tones Of ter
rifle thunder whenever a wrong is
observed in our party-WheneyeI
any of its misguided sons manifest
disposition to wander from its
cardinal principles, il order that
none may go entirely astray and
be lost. BY such a course, and such
only, can the poisonous fungus
growth incident to human weak
ness, pride and selfishne5s, that
which more or less has proved to be
the bane of all political parties
yea overthrow the Roman empire
and other great nations, be pre-
vented from Sapping the strength
of, and in time utterly destroying
our own dear Peoples party. After
political party has approached 8
certain stage of corruption
decay and ultimate dissolution
are inevitable ; therefore, the
necessity for every true member OF
the Peoples panty being on the
watch-tower, as it were, to guard
against the insiduous approach Of
an enemy more subtitle and conse-
quently more dangerous than VIC
lent opposition could be.
Possibly in one respect the actions
of our Cache county friends may
be deemed justifable, though OIL
inspection will hardly prove tt
{ have been necessary. 1t seems tt
be believed that the purpose OF al
, of Uncle Sans Edmunds machln-
cry and the eXDanSe Of running it