Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-08-31

mess Of thing, duties and tesponsl.
bilitles, which In tbelr essential nature
are vastly more important, even for
tho proieni, to say tu! little Of the
| future.
Onoof tho long uuq1o'ti9ued author.
tiles expressed himi.i. ia saying, at
10 always sood 20 bo l.Al'usly effected
Ia good cause" but whether this
would apply In ll fs'psoIs 10 poliilc.-
modern pulillcs-.s considerable Of
qIoiy.
IL is quite possible ~ pveftaie the
Importance u thInls which at times
commani n vast an5uat Of attention.
things which ovose = COED deal 81
enthusiasm and cost great deal OF
money. When tho eiotytscenoe Is
over, the cup .. iouul to be Hat and
inIipiJ, 10 uaussatr rather than 10 give
enjoyment; AMI disappointment Il 'he
iusvitablu result. "rho game does not
pay tor tue pow let sDi shot"
Changes that voty looked for, bons'
1T tnat wcro expected, results that
wers to follow, Ia most cases have
ueon found to be purely Imaginary.
The victory has been barren, aud the
foe 10 az far lrom p.aestiJn OF SunihilA.
ton A. before toe battle began.
This Is tue uuivsnal experiences.
Yet at ever recurring periods Tue
same farce Ia repeated. The bonetis
arc nil, rave to those who, from out
tho glare auI glam0r OF parry. s'ep
iulo u i-l ofiioe, int ,molumeuIswtdn
from hypnoti1rd community, which
when free from tuaI influence, most
keculy roaliz,s ito folly and sers with
Variations tue old dciusion.
la civilized community (lt any
otae) there arc, Of oJuur, on cos 10 DO
filled, aud pubic works TO receive as
truuou. There aro laws to 10 made
AMI administrators appointed. But II
is n far from uncommon sayiug, that
".ns world 1, governed too mucn."
81 dorm machinery 10 cum UCisJme, IA.
tricste aud itayiully expensive. Money
Is too potent everywhere; irom
the gilded halls OF last re-
SORT down 10 tho collector OF n
deg tax; Rsd the public record O.
our own Municipality, Tho statements
VI county aud Territorial recipe aud
disbursements toll OF the discrepancy
between smOuuls speut 'orsaisrie' and
the proportion Of taxes going Into the
way Of permanent Improvements.
Justice ilusei to be sali) IL blinj."
Hut ignsEAnee 10 blind slso, sud pAG-
utspship runs msi, mathematics the
nar vbo,.t thshallbt tOx may ,,ra.Ch
h's ickst II Incompetence u written oil
over tho history Of the mal who "5y
devious waJs" nay secure recognition
among the scramO.cfs Tor Office. Prob.
! aUly the facts ore that the smUlum1nis
| Of position are too hi, h. They com.
maud too much attention. Thsy lure
the impccunlOus and undt. T,T the
idea IL all the time conveyed tbat there
are "sefI snaps"-plaCos without supor.
vi,iop, opportunities known 0uly TO
tho initiated, aud a general pfe,unl-
ton Of 50 god thing" rather than o.
earning prescribed remuneration by
"lhs sweat OF the brow" that an
official IL IS gentleman Of elcgsus
Leisure" instead o' bsirg pubic
servant who IL expected to work.
That was qui'o a commrnI made
lately Ina NEWS editorial, In which
the wtlloF iu' matvd that a. m r.
holders salary NJ "a common yornscu.
lar, his WAGr' cut no Tiger; Inst II
was certain sbsoyrtion la csinysigu
expenses an toe securing Of tho posi-
tiuu, hut that ices RUd cpp7nual.lys
vera exorcioJ 20 more than satisfy 90
tho tucctss,ui uE0.
Il was fst. ny y vo'y sHgRoious and
honOrsd leader 81 mcu IN THE territory,
that che diI aot want a mAg iu aHy
position u ne sgugll u, noe Esy mfn
VINO wanted miwiou." However
sweeping this may 10 thought ~ ba, II.
was simply saying tina! "tDs oiiloe
should seek tho man." that tho com.
mon estimate OF men by tbs'' woTGs,
was Hu unmi'taERole qualification
which nomination would TAlify beyond
dispute.
Somehow the chIoAnery OF polite,
tAkss the unknown, "ths DARK hotse,"
the available, II Incompetent Utah
has tas.ed u this bitter cup, this undo.
slrsbls experience; albeit there might
have been IAN education in n, ian uu-
intentional sowing q seed u be- hsT-
vested by experience latter many
dAyt."
We are not In the political whlr'.
pool. Is troubled waters have no
charm Tor VI. Il IL more to our liking
TO mark q host, drunken, but not
with strong drink" They are victims
OF pollucs-montsl Absrfation, and R'
little Influenced OF staid and sober
luIgmon; a. Ihe inebTiate In his cups
a fact which seemed 10 have weight In
a late convention, where Ignoring the
routine Of their ticket, they nominated
ir't the dignlasd judiciary Nud left
tue minor offices to the seml.pande.
m,uium OF the later hours