Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-02-20
JUSTICE AT LAST.


O,r peonle In Idaho have learned by
e,forced conditions how To be patient
and wait. wb.tber or not Il ia now a
Recommendation 10 them that nil things
come TO those who wait. From two /,
three thousand citizens for several long
vears have taken no other part In the
clvctiona I'm which they were as greatly
copcerned M ANYBODY than to "look
wis. ana be sllent.u Possessing every
r,ouIrement of their more fortunate
nelahbors. except that OF belonging to
some other church than the Mormon
mr. IN none nj nil. they have beeu 10.
vidiously singled out rs special mark
for Acknowledgement. They have not
I'm any case. we believe, been d deprived
Of that privilege OF the citizen which
tho consti,u.,on of the United States
ImpIl,dIv avs shall not bo imposed
unles, tho other IL granted along with
i,-pavinu taxes. To any tina, nil along
thew have willingly "borno It with n
natIont abruy. for suferancs Ia the
badoe nj nil their tribp.O would not
be stating the case correctly, albeit
thew bay, made lee. complaint than
We believo INV other elias, OF people
similarly situated would have done.
They have uotitivped, demonstrated
and complied with one requirement
after another ma long MS there seemed
any bope of success, only to he dis
npoointed and denied II not derided.
In country like this such "a state OF
affairs cannot last very long; In any
case IL is only a question OF how long
The spir,l Of equality and fairness
Throughout In. land and which Is the
best guaranty of the perpvtuity OF the
American system, will eventually
break through or over even such
barriers ms that enclosing the Seem OF
the Mountains.D Secluslon from the
outside world and new ness, not to say
Ignorance, In the matter Of administer.
Inv local affairs. are nil that such relic
of the earlier colonial system subsists
upon. Under the influence OF i'm.
proved oommu nication with the
Government itself by means Of
the boon OF statehood, with an
influx of population fresh from
quarters where prescription Is unknown,
and In, other and still greater adyan.
tage which comes OF free schools. a
free press and free discussion, exclu.
siyeness and Partially became doomed
features of the Idaho social system.
They had 10 90. and having gone will
never return.
On Saturday tho legislature OF the
s,,i. nass.d n hill restoring TO our peo.
nle nil TINT had been taken from them
in n political way. The rest they DC
M, care for. IL bas been no merce.
nary mr. meretrIeIous apirit I'm which
thav have conducted their "plau OF
,amra,y,.n They wanted the right
that o,h,r taxnsvers md men of intel.
,,genc, ,nIoved' of voting mi holding
oenco-thn latter not neee.s,rlly an
ohIao, h,, r,,hsr nm i,,ld,nt I'm the
str,,,le They have workeI a, be.
cana unr,,bt nro ,r,.siye. law.abldinp
n.onIe--thrnuyh the c1lrts ami other
av.,,ss nj iustIcs. nsvsr in any in.
s,,,oa brsakiny Into dlsorier or
making anv other demonstration
with zach sueo,ssiye disappoiutmsnt
than mob no any citizen may propsrly
maize. nv nro,estinp and re non,trating
Al los, tney ara rewarded for their
not,,pc.. nersIst.n,e and good be.
hnyior. nj last thew are as 40 yereivr
within their snhors As any of thell
neIvhbo,s. IA any clifton anywhere
ma the President OF tho United State,
himself II ia well, and we hasten t,
congratulate.
Let us now enjoy n realization o