Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-01-11
MIR. ELLIS AT THE THEATRE.
A Large Audience aud au Excellen
Lecture.

A large audience assembled at the
Theatre last evening to hear MI. Charles
Ellis lecture on 1.-THE American Gov
eminent" The subject was handled In
the lucid manner characteristic Of the
lecturer. He began by defining ety.
mologically AMI politically what the
words republic, democracy and repre-
.aptatiou meant. Representative gov
.rnment was well illustrated by the
m.thods adopted In large business cor
,oralions, where the stockholders as
semblud and delegated to certain indi-
yiduals authority TO conduct and oper.
ate the business OF the coucern.
Mr.. Ellis then went on TO the poll
itioal divisions la the territorial or
g.ographIcal sense. lie took up the
Township, county, State, congressional
distflct, and finally the Federal gov
eminent, and showed how each though
s.mI.independent yet was allied anu
eo.operptIve with all the others. In
orJer 10 fully illustrate the formation
oi a state, he gave historical synopsis
~ In, orl1lu, growth anu dcvolo puant
NJ psnnsyivanls from Britlsh prov
ince 10 d full-iledged STATE OF the
American Union. He also gave a
lrl,f resume Of the events which led
10 the final adoption OF the Federal
Constitution 4,
Mr. Els touched lightly on our
civil war and the causes which led 10
A. ucalso condemned the use Oi titles
when applied to American officials hs
contrary 10 the letter aud spirit which
begAt the American republic. The chief
executive Of the nation was, simply
..Mr presldent;v the chief executive
ala Territory or State was simply "Mr.
t,oyernorD Tue use VI the word eek.
cvllenoy" was entirely redundant aud
indicated a spirit Of snObDcry. The
officers Of the American government
were simply the servants Of the people,
and were paid for their work, the same
a. any hired help In the kitchen or
farm. II they did not do right the peo-
pie should turn them out.
II Ia supposed that the model OF our
government WINS that Of England. Mr.
Ellis showed thin this belief wa, abso-
lutely ungrOund.d on fact. The idea
from which the American Union de.
veloped was first bBgot,en In Holland
when the DaIch Republic was c,tab.
lished. The number OF Flemish
refugees that settled Ia England uur.
ing the persecution under Philip III,
disseminated Ia that country tue
principles OF the Puritan and Pilgrim
fathers, aud II was this spirit which
ultimately materializei In our republic.
At the close OF the lecture Mr.George
Goddard sung "Hard Times Come
Again No More" The genial old
gentleman was introduced by MIR.
Ellis as ian Old 6Cy--not ho old boy
but man who had carrie his boy
hood with him through life; who
would carry II with him through the
grave, and who would enter the great
hereafter singing 'Hard Times Come
Again No NOrc.'" The song was
highly apprtc ated by the audience
many Of whom Joined la singing the
chorus.
rhe lecture for next Sunday night
was announced ~ n commentary on
American Political Parties with some
attention TO the present Democratic
and Republican parties.
Mr.. Ellis was suffering from an At
tack OF pleurlsy aud spoke ut times
under serious AIM Guilty, lie made u
rukG'riVh ~ f'k"iu W t"' N"'y W Nhe
hones, voters OF the city In the ap.
reaching election that was received
Win great applause. But his closiug
word To the present legislature brought
tue house down In great shape. II any
OF the Legislators were present they
could not fail 10 get hint Ms to the
wishes OF the lar,e audience AS
tembltd.
Although the night was extremely
co outside, the Theatre wss almost
too warm. Ii was announced thai
Mr.. Tho las, with the Cambrian Glse
Cub, wtuln ling next Sunday night.