Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-02-28
4 RENARKABLE srATEMEyT.

THERE can be no question rs
the fact that r. y. Bsskin stands ,
a historical character in the anna
Of Utah. The consistency or eve
humanity Of the part he has plsye
in drama Of throbbiDg interest
theme we do not propose now t
discuss, as the treatment Of such
subject would nots be oppOrtnne
1t is solely en- the ground of hi
prominence that We make the fol
lowing excerpt, the rhetoric Of which
is largely inflated, from Liberal
ami rabid anti-'Aiormon'' organ
published in this city:
Judge R. n. Baskin has, we under
stand, sold his farm and horses. and
says he wants to sell his home, pre-
liminary to closing up his business
and going back 20 his early home TO
live. When told that his friends de-
sired him 10 remain that he might be
Their first Gentle representative in
Congress from Utah, he answered that
ucb an honor would few years ago
have awakened the full measure Of his
energies and enlisted them all in the
work, hut now it would be little more
than Dead Sea ashes 10 his parched
lips. Perhaps this is true. The blows
have been thick and heavy upon the
soul OF r. y. Baskin, and the Ii
within him which causes him 10 close
his lips, and make no complainings
against fa,e. only makes his real suffer-
ings the more severe. Suu, as we
read his ma ure we do not believe thai
# will be possible for him TO 20 away
with a thought that he is leaving
while yet the work which
called out the best energies
OF his manhood remained un-
finished. The first effect OF a
great sorrow is to turn ones thoughts
In upon himself or herself: the second
is 10 expand the true heart; 10 give II !
a broader fellowship with the world. a |
geniier patience, a more profound |
reverence for the commands Of duty. !
So reading r y. Baskin we do not ex- !
pee. that he Will go away. We should /
be glad 10 see him close up his affairs
and give some months 10 travel; TO 90 |
where he can each the voices of
or the winds in the forests:
where the mountains and the ocean
will be reminders to him that all things
n IA ure have their stations and must
10 the work marked out for them.
whether that work be incessant like
he never-resting oceans or whether /,
'e but to hold the SHOWS and the
iPrings fol the rivers and 10 bear the
oresIs, like the mountains. Our
xeuse for thus bringing up a pri-
ate citizens name and discuss
NC his position Is that r. y. Ba,kIn
5 in one sense public property, and
he public have claims upon him. As
rule men are mere instruments to
Tork out DEGREES which are formulated
Y the faIes. The destiny Of some. at
'ssi, IS to bear heavy burdens, that
ne burdens Of others may be made
ghter, and this was what compelled
: \. Baskin to do FOR Utah what he
as done in the past, what he must Z
81 do in the future. I
Although a volume might be
ritten upon the other side Of the
lestion presented in the foregoing.
e pass it without comment further
ian to say that the talk about the
eiegsteship Coes not agree with the
louts uttered by representative
Liberals in favor Of Orlando w. I
overs, who was paid ten thousand 0
lllars for carrying the late NUM- t
pal election "a. all hazards, Ii Il
to be hoped that Mr.. Baskin is not !
'ing paid disingenuous compIi- a
lent.