The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-06-28

justification we do not know. But as to
DR.. lift, If he does not care to be misrep-
represented in the east and be made to pose
as the defender Of the irrepressible Sam,
we advise him to send copy Of his speech
delivered before the Methodist conference
in Ogden on the subject OF the university
to the Ledger, which in itself Will retute
Smal's claim that he has the Doctors
confidence and support.
Some yandals invade Mount Oliyet Gem
etery every now and then to rob the graves
of their floral decorations. Indeed, 1t has
come to such . pass that many persons
have abandoned this love token to their
dear departed. Is Mr.. Wright quite vigi-
liant enoughi
The HERALD acknowledges the receipt
of letter from Hong Kong, China, by that
eminent cosmopolitan citizen and crank,
George Francis Train, decked with red
and blue pencil hyroglyphics. We pre-
sumo the letter is all right. although life is
too short to decipher it, but the postage
upon 1t is all wrong, being Just 20 cents
short OF what IL should be. In his hurry to
get around the world in ffty-five days
Citizen Train should not forget, when the
writing mood strikes him again, that the
iuvariable rule in this Office is that all CON-
munications addressed to The HERALD
must be prepaid.
The Harvard graduates and friends in
Salt Lake city, among the latter Prof.
Holden, whose son has carried off some Of
the highest athletic honors in the varsity
/ ball crew, were iubilant yesterday over
the splendid victory the boys achieved
/ over Yale in the boat race on Friday. The
Yale men are correspondingly depressed
and X. G.. Jessup threatens to let his hair
and whiskers grow long again in conse-
quence.
| When one scans that formidable list OF
Gentle Democrats and Republicans pub
lished in Fridays HERALD he is struck
forcibly with the reflection what an euor-
nous corruption fund the Mormon church
must have IN reserve somewhere! OF
course all these traitors were bribed over
10 the enemy; of course there could be 10
such thing IS charity, patriotism or party
loyalty in the motives that lead them
away from the Liberal party. 1t is money,
and money only that actustes men in poll
tics-so, at least, reasons one who got
larger bonus for his patriotism than any
other patriot who ever fought, bled and
died for his country. We advise Receiver
Lawrence to 'look to his head" Evidently
there is a great bank balance somewhere
that he has not yet ''got ONTO" and If he
cares anything for the honors or percent
ages of his position as receiver Of the late
church, he had better bestir himself.
Regarding all the tomfooiery about Nor
mons having been regularly ordained and
set apart, so many to take on the guise
of Republicanism, so many to act under the
aloak of Democracy; did any one of the
hilarious writers and speakers who so
glibly make this charge, and the thought
less ones who have swallowed it IS
gospel, ever pause a moment to analyze it,
What must it lave entailedi Roughly esti-
mating, there are 20O. 600 Mormons in this
territory. How was the setting apart con-
summated! In the school house." or
meeting house or gathering places Of the
peoplei If so, is it not probable that some
through some one Of those 100000 pores,
Has any intimation of such meeting ever
been received or given out by any one.
Has any one Of the 'set apart ever
leaked,-or named the priest, apostle,
bishop, teacher or deacon who told
him he was called on q mission for a GER
tain length of time to be Democrat or
Republican, And if this people are acting
under instructions from their priests,
what magnificent spectacle of histrionism
is presented A whole population OF
actors Think of it: The great
bulk OF the territory coming under the
banner of Democracy just as
it has always been expected they would do
when the dividing time came-a few
going to the Republicans, another |
large class going to neither, but |
waiting to be converted. Clubs forming |
everywhere, people studying, young men
thinking, bordering, weighing, calling for |
light, and then making up their minds. Is
all this the result of coaching, Of instruc- |
ton, of dictstioni Bah! Not one in ten |
of the anti-Mormon howlers believes it |
himself. Not i've per cent of the Unwilling |
Hundred set apart by High Priest
Powers believes 1t. Ask John M. |
Young what he thinks Of such !
charge! or Mccormick, or Gus
Holmes, or NJ. H. Beardsley, or, indeed,
any ,one Of q regiment that we might
parade.
We want to ask the business m en-, the |
cool, level heads among those One Hun
dred; not the bowling, red flag, blistering,
wild-eyed, unreasoning, Mormon haters;
the Mosts and Fischers and Linggs Of |
their party, to take the case OF q dozen
young Mormon men we will name: Heber
NJ. Wells, John d. Spencer, George d.
Piper, Rulon S. Wells, James H. Moyle,
Barlow Ferguson, Richard w. Young,
Elias A. Smith, H. g. Whitney, Thomas
Hull. Oscar Hardy, Win Tuddenham. We
take these at random from . list before US |
of those concerned in the present political |
split but they represent probably sew
eral thousand in identical circumstances.
These dozen young men representing many
are respected in the commun-
ity: many Of them ara intimately concerned
in business with their Gentle neighbors;
in education, means and natural gifts they
will hold their own with the general Salt
Lake run. Now We want to ask the Com
mittse on Public Safety what particular