Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-06-15
THE SITUATION As IT is.

A lengthy article on tho political
situation In Utah appears in recent
number OF the Los Angeles Erpres.
II Il from the pen Of joel Shoemaker OF
this city, but we'll known IN other
parts Of the Territory particularly
SAnpote. The headlines when the
publisher attaches to the article give It
n rather savage appearance, one which
the article itself does not give forth on
a perusal Of II. There is not much in It
but the Job lot Of stale, fiat and un-
profitable assertions, deductions ami
insinuatlons which have been doing
service in the Liberal cause 10 long,
aud while a. iis dressing shows It 10
considered oi some consequences by
our California cotemponry, It will DO
without effect or result here other
than to be spoken Of aud then forgotten
II read a, all. The following extract,
however, exhibits an ingenuousl oss
for which we were not entirely pre-.
pared:
Tho Peoples party was dissolved and
an apparent separation OF Church and
state was decrood. Tho Church people
were then given TO understand that they
wCro ut liberty 60 divide uu national
party limos. OF those ISSUES thoy wore
practically Ignorant National politics
had mover boou discussed aud but iow of
the lay monitors Understood tho mnda-
mental principles 81 Observation-Disclosures
or Democracy. They TesOmblCl shouu
without shepherd and know not which
way tu turn. Several prominent Liberals
gave up tho iight against the Church aud
began 10 disseminate tho principles Of
their respective political parties.
There Is but one feature OF this that
we care to notice, that relating 10 the
peoples ignorance Of national politics.
Il il not to bo denied, because a fact, that
a great many Of uIah's citizens were
not as woll posted In that way three
years ago rs they are today,
nor as much 90 today as they
probably will be- three years hence.
Those who think this a disCredilabls
condition are welcome to theii
thoughts but suffice II to say as to thai
that the Mormons as "a class did moi
come TO Utah to either establish oil
advocate parilsanshipin public life, no
did tneir tastes or preferences inclin'
that way. II IS pretty well known tn,
world over what they did come for
anu there should be no cavil ~ Il
whether they we're and are good or bs,
politicians, because Of such knowledge
They are mainly pretty well intogme,
now, as much 80, we believe, ~ an!
class Of hari.working, retiring, ayr
cultural people are any where, Inquir!
was made as TO what tho nationa
PARTIES amounted 10, what the!
promised and what their objects were
and each voter chose one or the othe
In accordance with his preferences
No cla,s OF people was ever lahore
with more z.alously by propagaudisi
OF the Democratic and Republica
faith, any one Jf whom viii cheerful
testify that he never hsd more utteu
live, approoiatIvo or all things consiC
cred, more uumorously attended audi
unoos. The result IL the people, whil
undivided AMI indlvisibe as relates {
the primal object OF their coming an
settlement here, are as much dlvldod,l
trougly and slriNngly iudlyiduali2e
in respect 10 politics as are the poop
of any othe, territory or OF any stat,
They DO not look Tor guidance IN pol
ucal matters to their spiritual lea
ers for they have been made TO reslii
beyond question that IN respect
such ma,tera they are tho architects
their own fortunes; the respon7ibIlii
is THERE, not their leaders,, and ma
, ho shouldered accordingly.
Mention 10 made Of tho diileT0nt