Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-07-03
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lN-TIIIS this issue win be found
an account Of an uuaccOuutable
scene, which tTanspired yesterday at
Ogden. If The reader thinks he can
survive the ordeal, let MIN read the
address Of invitation directed hv
Governor Arthur l.. Thomas 10 the
carnival King and Queen. The
/ speech was probably composed by
Orlando W. Powers, who h-s vivid
AMI dignity Imagination, while Mr..
Thomas hugs the ground too closely
to he capable Of venting airy moth
ingisms OF his own manufacture.
u have rendered a cordial invita-
tiOn TO the visitors TO come down
TO Salt Lake City would have
been well enough, bu: for the chief
executive officer of this Territory,
being in that capacity the leading
representative Of the General Gov
ernment Of this Republic. to take
part in the royal burlesque now in
course Of performance in Ogden, is
an unlOOkei for stretch Of pusiIlan-
Unity. Let any one dispassionately
examine the subject and ask himself
whether such frivolity COMFORTS with
the dignity Of governor OF a great
Territory anu a representative Of
this mammoth Republic. 1t might |
as well be asked whether it would be |
appropriate for Mr.. Thomas and his
fellow officials to publicly engage
in the delectable pastime of manu-
featuring mud pies, or the juvenilis-
tic performance Of top-spinning.
1t may be advanced in extenua-
ton Of the hlbyistic spectacle pre-
scented yesterday at Ogden, that it
was necessary result Of the initial
part Of the performance in which
Mr.. Thomas figured-the comforting
upon him by His Royal Hig hness
the Rex Of the title Of Duke Of
Utah. As Il matter of course, the
one position was consistent with
the other, each being Of a similar
character. But it may also be asked
In what capacity the Governor of
Utah will next appear as an active
operator. 1t is only week since
ne attended Methodist conference, '
delivering q sermon as if he were
Bishop Of that denomina-
lon, and pleading with the !
Dresbytery Of that body for the Z
ioptiOn Of religiO-political anti I
Mormon" resolutions. This week
lie figures as Duke Of Utah." and,
S a burlesque actor of no mean pre-
ansions, doing homage to the car
ival Rex. 1t is difficult 10 tell in
that new role Governor Bishop U
luke Thomas will next appear, and !,
n anxious public will only have to :,
ait in patient expectation.
Doubtless the latest title Of Ar =
Iur Duke Of Utah" tickles the j
all over for he h as aspira o
ons to grasp prerogatives that be-
ng only to autOcrats, being such as q,
isolu;e monaTchs, princes, and feu- Of
Il dukes WELD where the masses are OF
I'D in semi-slayery. To prove the u
,istence Of this proclivity one has n,
lily to point to his recommenda- %
N contained in his last official re- OF
ut TO the Secretary of the Interior o.
that the power to elect all county "a
ieers in Utah be taken from the
ople and they be made appoiative
''some Federal authority" The
federal authority" referred to was III
course Arthur, Duke Of Utah. W,
lis has been demonstrated by the fol
] for an act now pending in the ~
which he disiHgenuously ~ a..
lined 10 have heard nothing IN,
Tile in Westinghouse create him sal
more than feudal Duke Of this IN
rritory. ON ON
ieverting again TO the scene adj
Ogden, it may be well for our ar
des 10 take q tesspOOnful of ~
soda before perusing the account WI
il, to prevent nausea, otherwise aw
n conditions may arise from the sli:
temptation OF the picture as may as as
estate the admi nistration Of 7N
ious doses Of Sun cholera mix
e. IL was to be expected that mrs
ny ordinary and some extra ~; 40
mary people would catch the ts;,
nlval spirit and fall prone at the a t
Of the counterfeit present fou
nt'' Of royalty, but % behold ION
chief executive OF the 80
ri'ory In that PROSTATE con chi