The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-01-11
A HOPELESS EFFORT.

The above appeared in our issue of yes
terday. 1t is amusing to read such remarks
as they show how little the person who
makes them knows of human nature. THE
HRRALD's comment on the above was as
follows:
Eyes, you will. Look at your delegates
to the convention next week! Are they
likely to name strong men! And 1t they do,
what can the mayor and other general
officers do with such a council?''
We were too much crowded to give the
matter extended attention in yesterdays
issue. do not hesitate to assert that it
will be an impossibility to get a good,
strong head to the Liberal kite.
1t has been created to soar
and to sail and every man OF
sense knows only too well that when the
tail is diminutive the kite is sure to come to
grief. Where is there man of good, solid
business reputation in our city who would
intrust himself and his reputation in the
hands of such crowd as the Liberals have
nominated for the city council. Men OF
sense and business shrewdness do not care
to be sacrificed and they are not going to
lend their names and their strength to boil
ster up weak ticket, especially as they
will, if elected, be acting in positions where
they are simply the executives to carry out
the orders of others. What have the
mayor, recorder, marshal and treasurer to
do with the expenditure of the public
money! Had the fellows with nothing but
a grip to commend them to respect a little
more mule sense and little less appetite
for Office, part of them would have
stopped in the ground long
enough to have gotten a majority of
the members for the Liberal ticket
from the representative class. Had this
been done there would not have been so
much trouble to get a good head to the
kite. No man with good, financial record
is going to intrust his reputation to coun
Gil where majority of the members are
not interested in the substantial prosperity
of the city. He is aware that there will be
neither glory nor reputation init for him. and
that there are great many chances of his
suffering loss of the reputation which he
had already secured.
''Put beggar on horseback and he will
of this saying are recognized the world over
and there is no class better aware of its
correctness than the successful business
men. They are fully conscious that sue
cess comes from being careful and watch
full and not from wild-eyed speculations.
AS a rule those persons who are depend
ent on the charity of others are more care
l., -, ho IF no oh
are given to them than the persons who
make the contributions. Habits of thrift
and economy, combined with native abil-
ity, are the clements which make the sue
cessful man. There are many men of abll-
| ity who do not know how to take care OF
what comes into their hands, who are com
plete failures in this life, financially speak
ing, notwithstanding their ability. The
successful man thinks more of his reputa-
ton and the good name that he has gained
for himself by his wise course in life, than
he does OF the money which he has secured.
There are exceptions to this rule, as there
are to all rules, but the failure of so many
where there are chances to go out Of bust
ness with a large bank account and the loss
of reputation and the sight of the majority
of those who prefer to fail with nothing
but their good name and financial reputa
ton as their stock in trade to start in
life again as compared with the minority
class who prefer tle good bank account il
preference to their good name shows how
high an estimate tue honorable man places
on his reputation.
AS rule the man who starts business
the second time, or even a third, with his
honor and self-respect intact to aid him il
the battle of life, will in the course OF {
few years be greatly in advance of the one
who fails with good sum to his credit Ii
J the bank.
A mans reputation is really his bes
capital, and that is why the far-seeins
business man is so careful to guard it ant
is not willing to trust himself and his rep
utation in the hands Of those who have
nothing to lose.
birds of feather flock together" an(
there is no doubt in the mind of the writer
that there will be a weakling to stand a
the head of the Liberal ticket. ''Lik,
cleaves unto like'' ga man is judged By
the company he keeps'' If the disap
pointed members of the Liberal party VIII,
do not hesitate to let their disgust be know
at the ticket which has been formed
for them to swallow, think ther
lis any chance of having stron!
men selected for the executive Office
of the city government, should their part,
carry the election, it shows that thes
parties have not stopped to consider th
position in which the strong men woult
find themselves. The strong men woul,
know only too well that they would be il
the same condition as poor dog Tray"
We are sorry for the so-called Liberal
who with so much good material to draw
from, have made such selections. We con
fess that if we had been permitted to nam
the candidates we would not have had suffi
Gent cheek to have put so small a sprink
ling of solid, substantial men on the ticket
as we would have felt sure that the Liber
ais would accuse rs of wishing to defea
them at the polls. AS the Peoples news
paper THEHERALD reioices and gives thank
for the Liberal ticket and is willing to an
does tender its gratitude to all who had
hand in preparing the list, for their labo
is in the interest of the Peoples party.
AS rule we have had to give the aver
age member of the Liberal party credit TO
first-class judgment in sizing up the huma
nature of the average resident of the east
ern and western states, as he knows tina
any kind of hobgoblin story is legal ten
der in those places if a Mormon is the sui
iect of the story. Nearly all of the report
/ which are formulated by officials here ar
| nrenared for exnnrfafion and show nlainl