Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-03-16
WAIT AND SEE.

The Salt Lake Herald Of this morning
gave expression to its fears that the Gen
tiles would come to the conclusion that
nothing short of Legislative Commits
sion would prove an adequate remedy
for the wrongs existing here, and in ac-
cordance with that conclusion, would ask
Congress to empower the President to
appoint such Il Commission. The Herdtd
NAV calm its troubled soul, since the
Gentiles know that it would be time and
breath wasted to ask for anything OF the
kind and so knowing, have concluded,
almost unanimously we believe, to ask
for other and scarcely less severe legis-
lation, which they believe will answer
the purpose even better than a Legis-
lative Commission would.
The Herald has also been taking peep
through the Urim and Thummim OF the
| Ncws, and the conclusion it has reached
is that "the plan is to get control OF the
local government, not that any class OF
offenders may be more speedily or more
certainly punished, but that the people
may be despoiled of their property" etc.
The Herald is partly right and partly
wrong. The Gentiles make no secret OF
their desire to control the local govern
ment, and there is no reason why they
should For thirty-fve years past the
Church bosses have in their own proper
persons and by trusted tools controlled
all the agencies OF government here,
and the Gentiles, while deprived of all
representation in Territorial and muni-
cipal councils, have been heeced and
robbed ut every turn OF the season by the
exacting OF an undue proportion OF taxes.
And worst OF all, this very money ex-
torted from the Gentiles, or consider.
able portion OF it, has been used to keep
in lucrative offices men who claim allie
glance to power higher than that OF the
United States, so that the beautiful spec
tace has been and still is being witnessed
of American citizens paying enforced
tithing to help support in Office over then
band OF aliens and traitors who openl,
avow their hostility to this grea
government and bend all their energie
toward the erection within its limits c
vile theocracy for the enslavement O
men and the most infamous degradation
OF women. Is it any wonder, then, tina
at last the situation should become into
cradle to free-born American citizens
and that to remedy these wrongs the
should cast about for plan by whicl
they hope to control the local govern
ment here-since that is the only mean
by which Il reform can be worked-an
seek to institute regime OF loyalty, jus
tice and morality where heretofor
: traitorism, robbery and immortality hay
run riot? That is what they have starte
in to do, and ii they do not secure it, til
u fault will not lie with them.
A little prevention is worth good de
. of cure. When the Herald asserts tn
Z the Gentiles here are scheming not sole
for the purpose OF more speedily or moi
certainly punishing n certain class OF {
d tenders, it unwittingly utters n trut
4 The idea is not altogether to devi
4 means OF punishment, but to prevent Il
# further wholesale commission OF Grim
IA and thus render unnecessary the enaC
Il ment OF additional laws to deal with {
;. tenders. That is one OF the aims OF Il
q chloride of hungry adventures" whic
the Herald alludes to, and is, we thin
n a most commendable one, too.
a As the matter now stands, the Gentil
IF have every reason to hope that they wi
10 in some shape or other, shortly obta
:, control OF the agencies OF government
re this Territory, and it would perhaps be
~ much better taste for the Herald and
10 lying co-laborers in the cause of hum
m degradation to cease their uncalled-i
q. abuse of Americans resident here un
az such time rs they may be found guilty
conduct deserving censure.