Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-11-02

IN the world. lhtnk OF III n small
community like the Lattet-day Saints
having between 500 and goo young men
travelling among the various nations oil
the earth and through the United States,
learning things and becoming famlia'
with the ways OF the world, gaining an
experience that no other people upon
the face Of the earth are gaining. Think
Of the effect oil this number coming home
every two years and gong among the
people; and then again, 500 more going,
or perhaps 1000 gong to I'LL their places,
and they coming back In their turn after
travelling two years and lining expert
ence. You reflect and consider In your
own minds the effect that this must have
on our people Way there is no people
on the earth that are having such a
schooling In this respect. These young
men 20 out, and they 20 out without
purse and scrip, and they trust In the
Lord. and they have faith developed
such as cannot be developed in any
other way. They become familiar with
human nature. They are brought in
contact with nearly all kinds OF people.
and they gan an experience that is
better than any experience that can be
gained In any other manner. Why, IN
olden times, II was common In Great
Britain for men OF wealth to send their
sons to take what was called the grand
tour. They would travel through Europe
in company with tutors, and 1t was con
sidered essential to the education of
what they called a gentleman that he
should make the gfaJd tour. Now.
every one OF our young men take the
grand tour; but they take II In way to
learn far more than they would II they
had money or II they were under tue
guardianship OF somebody. as they are
brought In contact themselves with the
people, and they come back developed
and with an experience that Is beyond
price. Think OF the effect that this will
have on the community There Is
scarcely ward IN our whole Territory,
and II may be said outside Of our Tern
tory, that does not send some mis- ,ion-
aries yearly. They 20 and they come
back, and the effect that they have upon
the people, upon public opinion. IN in
iluencing ard In helping matters, Is
wonderfully great. lnsensbly perhaps
to the people with whom they associate,
they have an influence. They are broad
ened In their minds, they are enlarged
IN their capacities, they have Increased
In their experience and they become
men Of understanding, because their
faculties have been aroused and deyel.
oped.
When men are told of this they are
surprised at II. Why, they say, the
effect will be wonderful on your com.
muuity. Aud II is so. Let me say to
you that God having established this
work and having conducted IL by reve-
lalion thus far, II will In spite OF every.
thing obtain Influence In the earth, and
people will be drawn to Il In admiration
olit. They may fight Il for awhile, and
try to crush Il and to crush the people;
but the principles OF truth which we have
espoused, aud that which God has taught
US and is teaching Us, they are bound 10
rise and to have influence, and they are
bound to have their effect upon consist.
ent people You can see II now II you
choose, but YOU will see II still more,
that the influence OF this people will
spread, and we will be preaching tn.
Gospel OF salvation without bIptiZing
the people. They will look upon u and
they will initiate us aud follow our ex.
ample; aud the world will be better be-
cause we are IN II, and this nation will
NC btuNHAANi W Jul tAailllAts hutIg
go tell them that we have a great
mission TO perform as people, and we
ex,.ect to I'll II. | cite this instance:
when they talk about the corrupt use OF
money aud the bad effects OF money, !
say Utah Territory has been organized
now for iorty-iive years; We have had a
legislature for iory'hye years, and
nave never yet heard breath OF sus-
pieion concerning bribery in Utah.
have never known legislator In Nv
vote Tor anything that was not right be.
cause he was influenced by money.
Senator Stanford, the president OF the
Central Pacific railway, in his testimony
a. | have heard him before Congress,
said that they never had the least &C.
casion to send men to Utah to watch the
legislation OF Uiahtheir road was per-
iectly ale IN our hands. lie did not
tell what they had to do in an adjoining
state. appealel to the manager OF
the Union Pacific on one occasion and
asked him VIVA, his experience was. He
said Il was similar; that they had never
had occasion to watch the legislature.
The only thing they could find fault with,
he said, was that sometimes they had
suits for damages, some people thinking
they were damaged more than he thou. ht
they were. Ihave endeavored. when
have been talking with leading men. TO
say that we have got a nj yion. We are
going to change Things. The introduc.
ton OF moneyed influences In our poll.
tics Is a thing that, II God gives me
strength and power, shall oppose with
every faculty o. mind and body. have
almost sworn-l never do svear-but
have almost sworn that while God gives
me strength will fight that to the very
last, that there shall be no corrupt In.
iluence brought into our country II II
can be prevented. want to maze, as
one, a stand against II, no matter where
II comes from, or by whom It is prac.
ticed. We have maintained character
thus far Tor honesty and for being above
bribery; and this people, know, when
they are appealed to they will with all
their might oppose the Introduction OF
any such influence.
Now, in relation to this reform and
our mission OF which have been speak
ing, we will build railroads cheaper than
anybody else, and we will build tho IN
honestly. We will 20 into all concerns,
all enterprises, aud we will do them
honestly, and the men that handle the
funds will be honest men and be able to
account for every dollar. We have
built a little railroad from here to the
Lake. Not dollar has been spent that
cannot be accounted for. The sugar
factory has been built, and II has been
built honestly. There has been no cor
ruplion, no peculltion in the Ia nds;
everything has been done in way thai