Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-11-12


This suggestion will probably fall TO
excite the fancy Of the heelers and
huffah.boyt; but It IL pfosaic II II ISN'T
poelicai, and we think u is At least
practical, even though It shall not re-
ceive political approval. We refer 10
post.eleotiou bafbecues and all the IN
cidental excuses Of eating, driuklng,
enthusiasm, rowdyism and oral ex-
ultatlon, with which the victorious
party IL wont TO celebrate Ito triumph
and make the losers feel AS miserable
a. possible.
The News has always urged moder'
alton In politics ne IA all other habits
10 which humankind IL addicted In
asking that the viciors should DO tenn
perAic In their JOY, and the vanquishtd
temperate In their disappointment, we
have tried to point out that there was
no magnanimily In dancing upon a
PROSTATE foe, and neither Chri,tiAn.
ity, good citizenship nor good
sense Ia exciting, brooding over or
psrpetuating the ill.feellns that even
the best managed campaigns arc GER
tain 10 create. Aner each Of the con.
testing parties has done Its level best,
aud the people by their ballots have de-
cided the issue, II would seem 10 be
prudent to accept the result with quiet
satls,so,ion ON the one hand aud calm
rteignAtion on the other; aud, without
ufthsr attempt 10 widen the breach,
get together again In business aud
social friendship NJ the earliest
possible moment Tho strain Of n
long-iought campaign IL Intense
enough at best; surely there Ia no profit
In prolonging Its acerbiIies after II has
been decided.
but II the viclos stlll feel that a
manifestation OF their gladness h In
order, II for no other reason than that
they may publicly thank those Pho gave
them tho victory ana may publicly
announce what they intend to do viii
II now that IL 10 theira-W why, wo pre-
sumo no one can consistently proven
them. Hut the doubt still remains a
10 the sense OF barbecue. We do no
hear It claimed that the people VIII
most need a good meal are thu
10 DO provided with one. w
could easily SEQ and woul
gladly applaud the generosity tbs
would take this hAlf-ioErn oxen an
this hali-soOro OF shstp, aud carv
them up into small roas,s. sending /
each ola hundred or two poor iamilie
tho meat basis for Thanksgiylnl
dinner That holiday will be- upon u
in n little more than two weeks; an,
such a provision as We have indiUstel
for Its celebration would 20 farther To
ward pointing the way TO the advent o
the good times promised than all tn
'collors AMI cinders and bolsIerou,nes
Ola dozen barbecuvs,ur the hoarse erie
OF a thousand toroh.bearrrs. AZ II Ia
the modern barbecue is too oitsi
made the occasion Of extreme Ii
NNhHN III AhAA NAA NNNAAN.H ~ - al
most invariably associated viii
the drinking OF great quanuit
OF liquor, and more ir,quouuy thar
not u IL an Institution actually gotte
up In the intrtvst Of the keeper.
vino hope to reap harvest Of coin VA
OF the eXcesses into which tue vuitOi
are expected to plunge.
The NEWS regrets the tendency thu
It has noliced-sapooially among
people the msI lri,y ui whom are no,
to modern political methuis--.o - q
eXt'emes In these matters aud 10 log
with allowance upon the yari,us "a
trayagaucts aud the nonsense ths
mark tue present progress Of tue Lu-l
mess, Tue so5uur We oil recover on
equauimiIy ana rJ 10 HOrh ON tu
serious an,IB .l O., ami tho suuuy
We ,liml a.. 90 n4e.cr, teuuur .
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