The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-08-19
bow WOULD 1T WORK?

For one thing, certainly, cur CITY
Council is noted-the decided aggrega-
ton OF wealth which it represents. It Is
to the credit Of tho members that this
IS the case, though the wisdom Of TOO
strong q representation Of money in
municipal governments whore rich ana
poor alike and equally have interests ct
stake, may bo graYeIy questioned. Bat
there is Judgment at the bottom OF the
assumption that the possession Of
means is en- evidence Of business sense.
despite the fact that wealth frequently
displays many unaccountebIe freaks
in getting into the hands Of really III
competent and unworthy persons.
Now, wealth is not without It's sel5-con-
sciousEess; nay, downright conceit.
And 1t VIII be surprising indeed il cur
modest municipal corporation be fo1no
wholly free from 5hs Affections which
even wealth, like other conditions, Is
heir &c. The point is simply this: De-
spite the wisdom and experience which
the possession Of wealth is, by common
consent, admitted to have, there are &
great many things which the wealth CT
our Council does not know, ana il
might be enlightened by youth end
poverty. For there may be those that
are poor ts-day who, nevertheless, VIII
some day he rich enough to buy the
possessions Of the bulk OF the present
membership o; the Council. They live
in this city, though We may not now be
able to name them. 1t cannot be as
sumed that because they are at present
lacking N wealth, they are also l2ckicg
in judgment AMI business sagacity
Therefore is it not just possible some
wisdom may be acquired by listening
to the voice of the young?
Again, there follows ripening years
conservatism which is but seldom
known to youth. It may be best that
this is SO. But it does not follow, by
any means, that better results come
from this growing conservatism. AS
matter of fact, is it not true that the
successes of men are achieved in com
paratiye youth, during the very period
which increasing age is most alarmed
at? The very things which cause
youth to stamp itself as possessing the
elements of success-decision, activity.
enc rgy, courage and confidence, are
those qualities which conservative age
grows more and more to fear. It is like
the proud who kick aside the ladder by
which they have climbed to some COW
ete1 eminence. To a man up tree it
suggests that they are losing what the
boys call "their nip" and they seek to
do by their means what they are no
longer capable of doing by brain. de-
termination and pluck.
How would it work if the members Of
the Council were. for a time, to resort
to the methods which, in earlier DAYS,
made them what they are nowe We
cannot, somehow, believe the city
would seriously suffer in conseq uence:
and We are almost enthusiastic enough
to wager that the taxpayers would be
more than pleased.
1t may be added, by way of paren-
thesis, that it makes a great deal of diff
ference IN the conducting OF public
business, whether man is counting
the interest on money already made, or
isrustling with al his strength thai he
may some day be in condition to
count interest On money. There's
where you get the pure milk which is
in the municipal cocoanut.