The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-07-15
OH MY!

t&5D. AgT&IaOHt6 HdASu "AathJ
aud eloquent in one grand effort at
the Liberal convention yesterday
evening. He wanted legislative
commission appointed by the Pres
id5nt, whose authority TO do so was
OF course to be first set out by Con"
gTess in d special act. The general
is more liberal than many of his as
sociates, for he wanted the commits
sion appointed from residents Of
Utah, an idea which in the event of
such a measure as he proposed be-
coming contaminated, would Ger
tainly give to the cloud a kind of
siIVer-tinted lining.
The HERALD is not in favor of
commission or anything else that is
utterly unrepublican; it is in favor
Of popular sovereignty and the rule
of the majority; AMI any such
scheme as that suggested by
General Agramonte will at ali
times and everywhere meet
with our most sincere and
unqualified condemnation. Bat
if the proposed measure must carry
then by,all means we second the
proposition Tor its executive officers
to be appointed from Utah. There
may be differences of opinion as to
the personnel of the appointees in
that respect, but people will differ
anyway. So long as the rights and
privileges of the majority were
what was taken away, we would at
least give them q representation on
inc proposed commission, SO that
they might be heard on all occasions
affecting their political welfare and
shat Of their friends; in other words,
30 use the language Of lawyers, we
would give them their day in court
and not deprive them of civil rights
without a hearing.
The position of the speaker re-
3Brred to is not novel nor even
ingenious; it is simply q very tame
recital of what has been published
almost daily in the Tribune for
moro THAI a year; and in view OF
3he fact that the suggestion lacked
merit in the first place, the gentle
nan will have to content himself
with the dreamy honor of having
alked considerably and said Moth
my.
The future Of Utah Goes not
depend upon Agramonte nor any OF
she awkward squad ne trains With.
It cannot reasonably rely upon men
whose career, if conspicuous, is not
gt al brilliant; and 1t certainly will
not be determined by means Of such
miserable pabuIum as the labored
and pointless editorials in the Tri5-
me.
Considering the case altogether,
there is much to be ind gnant at
ard a great deal to provoke amuse
ment in the way the Utah question
Is being handled by the enemies
Of the majority. Many would
Do high priests of the unholy
Ssnlpla never look further than
she paper referred to, considering
its utterauces law and gospel. If it
lakes snuff, they sne6ze; if it tells
joke, they laugh; if it is kicked,
they rub the place where that kind
Of chastisement is usually inflicted.
And thus it goes. Not that we care
q cent; if anybody is simple enough
to place his reliance on a woman Of
easy virtue, that is his lockout; he is
welcome TO ali the humors accruing
by reason of the attachment: and
if the od0rS and honors Of the ALL
ance suit him, we have no fault TO
10 find.
General Agramoate is certainly
as wise, upright and patriotic as
his brethren il the convention.
This is rather feeble praise we ad-
nit, but it is the best we have to Of
fer. II he thinks the position OF, the
people Of Utah and his own chances,
or either OF. them, would be pro-
moted by means of a legislative
commission, then by all means let
him continue thinking SO. It doubt
less amuses him, and the Lord
knows it don't hurt anyone.
IT SHOULD be understood that
nominee of the Peoples party for