Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-10-17
A LESSON FROM THE PAsE

In speech at Buffalo, Now YORK,
In 1875, the great Democratic ohloitain
Samuel J. Tilden said some wito and
patriotic things which occasionally to
this day have served "a texts and slo-
gana for the party. He asked the PEG.
pie 10 consider their part In the work Of
the state and showed that while they
were about their various callings anl
industries they were leaving this gov
erpment TO take care Of itself. He said
that men whose aim was to mako
money by plundering the people "give
their nights aud days TO study out the
methods; they are always at conven.
tons and cAucusss; they ~ to tic leg
islAture, and while you are Teposing
In iancied safety, are plotting against
your Interests anu rights."
The following has a wider applloa.
ton than Mt. Tllden gave It:
II you will permit mo to offer sug.
ge-iiOn--i do not assume TO adyiso, 1
only Ray that whom bad men combine
good men should unite. And " You
will be ns earnest aud determined and
persistent Ia demanding that tho right
shall bo done, poh,i viii court your
favor, and not the favor Of the canal ring
or any other ring.
And, with tue same Interpretation
kept before the reader, the following
has the right ring;
What concern have you by what name
q man Is called who goes TO Albany 70
mi-Iepresent your interests and dutios2
il u any satisfaction for a Republican
that that man IL called a Republican, or
TO a Democrat that he Is called a Demo-
cfat7 Docs Il make any difference what
livery ho wears 10 serve tho devil INF
With the necessary subslitutions,
every line ofthe foregoing l. applicable
10 our local situation at this time. Tho
people Of this city have been oppressed,
plundered and In many CAGES crowded
to tho wall, while men whose aim II
has been aud II 10 make
money have laid awake nights
and devoted days to devisiug methods
for continuing the situation. BUTT Is
the automatic words 10 the second
quotation tina, most nearly voice the
whole case and It's remedy;
"IlhsH bad men oOm5ne, good men
1,Ou d unite"
We who hold the common good
superior TO the prevalence Of cliques
ana organizations however numerous
In membership aud Influential M u
whole, will have no trouble and re-.
quire but little time Is appTeciating the
full force OF that uttvrAnoe. Had mon
have combined here not only to make
money but TO deprive great und
deserving element In our midst OF the
right Of making even living
here by importing servilo labor,
by gross Partially, by out.
rageous eItrayasauce, by mex.
cusable place.makiug, by slnecutes on
all sides, by corrupt transactions, by
class legislation, by unTeAsonauly high
salaries, by fostering incompetency
and screening fraud, all entailing iu-
creased aud increasing taxation aud
makiug the hard times prevailing sill
harder. In such a situation brought
on by bad men, the duty Of the hour
IL Tor good men to unite as We AZ,
happy 10 soy many OF them have done
anu continue uoing. Let partissnshiI
be lett to partisan atlairr, aud with To,
condition rs well as the theory that
confront us threatening to continue,
let there be undivided action OF all m,
elements opposed. We can talk Gbyuu
division onolher lines when the spoils
men are oyerlhrowu ami the clnspir,
ncy against the welfare Of the puupi,
ID Orushel beyond restoration.