Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-03-17
CONSCIENCE IN POLITICS.


Being IN no sense party organ, and
consequently having no Ak to grind,
no particular mfn 10 take care Of, no
faction to favor and NJ political inter.
ct 10 iubserve, tho NEWS eau perhaps
escape q oriioism which others might
bhDg upon Themselves In daflDg to
comment adversely upon purely polili.
cal acts aud Issues. With the assur.
anco, therefore, tba, whatever may
be thought Of our wisdom, there
can be- no nsper.lon Of our mo.
lives, we take occasion TO 90.
seH that according to the published e.
potis, the Proceedings Of a Roputlcin
county committee meeting In Utah
o.unty lat Saturday were In good
navy respects quite disorosilsble 20
tho dignity Of the party aud Of the
good people u that section.
We make no hlluslon ne to the con.
tosi over the county chairmanship-.that
is matter which The patty affected
must arrange 10 tuii IT. own pleasure
At 10 own time aud ia It, own way.
The attempt, however, 10 force vote Of
ctusuio against the parry majority In
the Legislature, and agAiust the only
Republican member from tho county
Ia particular, because Of the adverse
aoiion Of that body on the contested
elections coming up from Utah county,
must DO described ne bad taste, bad
morals and bad politics.
Atthc time the House Of Represents.
tlvcs BY overwhelming vote 70.
fused to unstat Mf. Lsmmon 10
favor Of Mr.. Bnughutsi, AMI
At the time tho other disputed
elections from Utah county were even
more doclsively decided in favor Of
the sitting members, THE paper took
great pleasure IN commencing the
courage ami justice Of the maiorlly
party, which BY rising above paillsan.
ship and acting IN accordance with the
honest dictates Of conscience, gave
welcome evidence 10 tho people
Of Utah that there wac stll
such thing ~ honor In poll
tics We applauded the event A.
p workable red letter occurrence In
The political oal,ndaf, and N We did
not then 'ay 10, We thought, and To-.
Tended g. cay, that tho action OF Mr..
rhorne, the one Utah County ReIub.
licau member, was especially deserving
N approval, for nobody can dispute
that his course was high.miudeJ, bravo
and conscientious. Yet HE associates
Ia general ana he In particular wtfe
made the objects Of sevefe attack at
Tho meeting referred 10, when Il was
ought, uuder an Impulse which we |
'annot regard ~ other than imperli. /
nent and Extensively partisan, to put 1
ipon them the stigma Of oensure ana /
aek OF confidence.
The NEWS, 10 closing Ito allusion to |
he incident, only desires TO cay that |
4 will be sad day ior the people Of |
Utah " their Legislators shall come to |
consider as the highest duty blindly to |
low tho knee To party bosses, TO dance
o tho music Of political hucksters, and
o cflnge under the party lash. Such
ubserviency IL trait which We hope
md pray Will never characterize the
leotod representatives. Of thls people.
Unworthy ant incapable men may
lad their wy into orirr. and even the
'rlghiest minds will sometimes err. hut
hero IL ten times more safety IN
lao iguorancs or the blundefs " an
Ioncsl man than IN the affect lfuoh.
Ing Of political coward or hifellng.
'afiy managers will DO well to heed
he distinction anu throw the weight
{ their iuiiueucs on the right side.
he NEWS announces here aud now
Is determined anlagonism TO the other
Ide, and will oppose II Ia whatsoever
ariy II may develop. And tho News
not yet without some Influence
mong the people Of Utahl