Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-09-14
DlRELiCT,.

The poun dertllot a. commonly used
means tho hulk or remains OF n dis.
mantled chip, deserted by the pas.
songers anu crew, tho helpless sport Of
winds and waves, without steam or
sails to drive her forward on any fixed
course, or helmsmab to guide her to.
ward any port. A peculiarly OF such
craft is that they Invariably get into
currents which mark the paths OF
commerce and are consequently
menace TO all legitimate navigation;
Tor while rocks and reefs snd shoals
and sandbars can be- Ascefiained AMI
regularly marked upon tho charts
which teaiaring folk study, and may
Therefore be avoided by intelligent
feamanship, the dcrollct has no per.
mananoo OF abode, no GXlty Of
purpose, and may he alike en-.
caunterod In tho deepest waters
or tho most torluous road, in
the broad blaze N day or In tho silllsst
watches Of the night. 50 grave In tue
peril which such wrecks convey thai
more than once they hAv
been n matter Of International
disous,ion-ciulscfs aud torpedo boats
have been suggested for continuous
warfare from all commercial nations
against the destructive wayiArorr, aud
each weeks maritime news gives the
latest known particulars "a TO the de-
scripliob, number aud Whereabouts Of
these eaud-Daggefs OF the high goAs.
Bot there are dereliols OF the land NJ
well as OF tho msiu--ohatruclions 10
progress and constant peril ~ their
afotstime associates. They are met
win IN the walks Of business, where
III pressn, condition IL not alone the
rot tf misforluno-ior misfortune
with most deserving craft would either
mean complete wreck or early rescue
aud fe5ar-but IL more frequently the
effect OF had management aud deviou.
ways anu practices. They are pet
petually crossing ana disturbing the
educational, religious a social chan.
nel'; and, perhaps more frequently
than anywhere else they driit into the
sra Of politics, which In Its calmeat
aspects Is treAcherous aud tempestuous
enough for those who asssy II, without
any OF tho additional dangers that
come from unknown shoals and from
deadly bus unexpected obstacles.
Against this class Of dorellots We
sound . note OF waning. Utah IL
about TO put on the bablllmsnts OF a
new and sovereign State. Hrr nr.t
ventures will bo OF course beset with
many difiieultiot-many OF them not
Of her making, but MI OF them combin-
Ing TO put to the test her soaworthiness
and the skin OF her navigatofs. We
suggest n pilot fleet armed and author.
i2sd TO blow all derellots out OF the
wa,ut--and by derollois let IL be under.
stood that oil, westhuT.boaten, water.
legged, ragged WRECKS are no more
ih'Ahl 'hAh tho spruce young things
Whcfo palnt aud brass are sill bright
bu. whose masts aud tlllers have ceased
10 DO obedleut to responsiblo control.
IL It be said tbRi In this POLICY thore IL
no charity, We reply that tho present
duty IL to the living rather than To the
dead; thoro Ia more sense and statet-
in utilizing the present aud
providing for lhe future than In sentl-
aentAl zing over the past. Whether
on any ticket or not, whether affecting
10 WORK for any or not, for political
dcrsliots that have neither chart nor
neither helm nor clearance
repofs, we rdvUeato \ sufficient dose OF
ssunlive tofpedoes or dynamite.