Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-06-20
THE "DEAD SQUARE"

Our snvsg'ly Liberal contemporary
closes an article on local question
thuG "rhe bost way to do anything,
whether buying bill Of groceries Or
obtaining statehood, ls on the dead
square" Tfuer words were never
spoken or written, but the application
Is or should " much wider. II lie not
enough that we Instance merely the
fields Of business and politics IN which
TO give honorable purpose aud correct
dealing full play, for they should enter
into every transaction Of mankind.
Tho victory that In won, the ground
tina IL gained, through tuokery or de-
ceilion or even ambiguous tactics IL
apt 10 prove but tho glazing aud
fiDoting glow Of chemical fire
which surrounds deed Of hero.
Ism ON the stage only to offend and
nauseato the senses when tho cur.
tain has fallen. No man ever
prnctlcod deception upon his fellows
that did not have 10 confront IL TO bis
disadvantage one way or another II he
lived long enough; We DO not believe
that In any such ease he did not realize
At the time that he vas bidding Tor an
unsubstantial triumph ut tho price Of
ultimate loss, or that HE own inward
monitor which never sleeps and never
looks In silence upon wrong doing
failed him then or thereafter.
There " enough vlllainy praoiictd
and preached In one Of our general
Political campaigns to equal In Grim.
inal purport the slaughter OF an army
OF men. No falsehood IL too vile, no
slander too base, no misrepresentation
too great TO be employed as weapons
by those engaged Ia the work, whether
they be IN the cabinet Of their party or
In the open fold. 10 be- placed
In possession OF some false step, uu-
eavory Transaction or unfortunate cir.
oumstance Of one prominent on the
other side Is capital rare and lack.
hEusliblt; It may be- that the wrong.
doing, so far ~ Il might be, was Rtoned
for anu the evil itself repented Of aud
turned from forever, but that figures
not The average political oampaigner
recognizes no law OF limitations except,
perhaps, IN the case Of himself or his
friendg. More than THU: II any OF the
people or intimate associates OF one
conspicuous IN tho field or who
Is bidding strongly for prcierment
ever foil by tho way or "came tardy
Oh" in any Transaction, this Ia made
the most Of TO the aspirants ditcom.
future ia the absence Of something
direct aud personal regarding himself
And all this s"polllics''-,ho strategic
means by which honesty has beea
made fool anu knavory hero oitcnet
than leaves have fallen from any tree
in the world.
IL is tho same, sometimes, In dealing
with communities and separate orgsni-
zaious OF people. To have been
wrong, albeit mistakenly and honestly
10, once or of.ener il t, bc In circum-
seription aud distrusl forever after.
No good that they may have per-
formed, no mertorious achievement
whereby not merely themselves but
the world has been benefited, no pti.
waite virtue orIubiic worth or master.
ful quality or desirable accomplish
mont that may he theirs, can eiiSco
oven Tor day the preferred fact that
II was not no alwhys-thero IL no
progress Ia them; the gllbp whirls
about its axis and makes the majestic
pace through the vaults OF space at In
conceivable speed, but II bear.
them not with 1t; they are inert, uu.
changeablc. rhere Is nothing on "the
deau square" ia such treatment, be.
CAUSE II decides a case from not ouiy "a
portion Of the evidence uul Tie sm Hest
and most obsolete anu mos, immuteriai
portion.
A. 10 the statehood matter, Ike
Blnqul's ghost IL VIII not down.
Wheu those who are mainly con.
cegned would be- patient, tranquil am
resuu, relying upon such merit a.
they may possess aud such work
they may perform 70 bring thgm
recognition Ia duo limo unatten cd by
petty Jealousies ana chickering's uuu
fault tindings, the subject Il
ehurneu up by others, aud those who
are not at all anXious or upprohensivo
are compromised iuto renewal OF a
discussion that majority Of them az,
heartily tired Of. Aud this IL hardly "a
square deal" either. 1t ia not tina