Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-11-02
A VIEW OF Ing ELECTION.


The detective forces operating unde
the auspices Of the combined Cillzvni
COMMITTEES are doing what 10 generally
considered ftst-olssi service. IL OF
election day the committee shall hav,
succeeded In running as many logA
ballots from dclusioD to the side Of re-
form rs IL has destroyed illegal one
created Tor the benefit Of the plumber
ers, the success OF good government
will DO pretty well assured. by 4
general view OF the field, we should Say
the trailers are upon the heels u At
least eight huudreu bogus voters who
possess about as much interest, legnl
or moral, In the government o
Salt Lake City ne do gorrlllas
Of Anothersp eciea which We frequently
pay a half dollar 10 look at between
iron bars. II these voting amin W.
which have come among us la no
more Intelligent fash on eau be exbib.
tied bshind grating for even half the
regular menagorie lee, there will be- an
Income for the oampaiga well worth
the trouble expended on them.
But these little items, with tho matter
Of recovering the city government
from a condition Of lawless spoliation,
are not all tho benefits 10 be derived
from these detective labou. They arc
laying up quantity Of matter tor
further reference which will bo inval.
liable ~ an educator OF the coming as
well a. the present citizen Of Salt Lake.
II viii be an object lesson In civil gov
ernmenL compared with which tue
coloring and Imagery OF the most
gorgeous stump defamation Will pale
Into inslgnihcanoe. This truly splendid
age, with ils many wonderful aud
diverse works OF genius, political aai
otherwise, has not 70. come anywhere
near the point Of an equal distrii "a lion
OF common sense; AMI men there are
In plenty who upon extraordinary
topics, such rs the organization OF
states, for instance, can make you
sublime picture, but who Ia Tho noml.
nation OF a town council would ohooso
you a Prendergat or "sohooner
JIM" or Gallea1zl-we speak the
lattor name with omollOn-in pre-.
ference 10 - we'll, a MoCornick,
ana expect n bounty for their
wisdom. When a certain ill.begot.
ten, dis.orted and wfithiug mon.
s1er Of the average American brain,
misnamei proErsss-,he beast Of bad
repule, for Instance, that has lately
boguiled this clty--yets It's spell upon u
restless soul, the fl'st thing you know
your oracle OF wisdom IA "A raving Idiot.
Bless you, dill not the woods here
about, only short while ago, rssound
with tho "horse laugh" OF Just such
poople9 Now they arc as rare IN tails
region US lilies Of the valloyl Poor
men! they were In need OF an object
lesson in political They paid their
$4,000 initlatlon without murmur
aud blosae the hand that received IL.
They have taken only a very shor,
course OF training uudsr thu.r now
drill'mas,cb aud tho rest u ~,
Heaven forgive themi were mustere
In under protest. We took our de.
cipllue with tbs balance anl are OBJ
llgei u c5uicss that II has boon quite
AZ bitter as we expected It would DO.
We hope the respite Is at hand. We
have all tried what some are pleased %
call "progreisiOn." Now we would
like a breathing spell, We all want
beautiful city, but ~ tho same llmu OF
~ beautllu ~ expensive that We eau
not 1.-Two init.
La the mean time We do NOT wal,
our pofiorI y 20 be tue vistlni o, an
oInyr su'h mistake. We want
The pic ure OF tue cam.
yaifn lrawn up Ia cllYr u
distinctive IA TIM oIrlz'u ofS,I, Ltku
viii ever again believe tnat tho h.p.
pntaui tho peoplr u,u b, enhance
Oy INV ting from tho our corner. ul
the conuutut au army Of tampiu.
Val'anis Co ooslrse tho voting places.
the van OF thus vAutal nor 10 oAms 10 |
us four yrars ago. An tuut was wortu
converting got ashamed OF their va.
lan ~ enterprise aul moved on; bu
the rag, tag and uob,al hav,
loitered abtu AMI some OF them urr
with us still, preparing tn swarm d. III
coming election, II their reception
hal oe at oil equal t1tne present urJ.