Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-12-03
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To the Editor:
Can YOU inform au inquiring pubic
whether the committee on Twenty-toufth
Of Julv celebration IL self appointed or |
whether some one having or ASSUMING
authority has done tho dVod2 see SAID
committee offers r premium OF MY
dollars for the most appropriate name
for the next Twenty-iourth OF July cele'
bration. II the committee couiu pe on
largod and ono or two Pioneers ne plaeon
thereon / think matters could De ar
ranged so that each one could get proper |
credit. The Pioneers could carry ban
ner with the following inscription; I'VE
know how to build up country, put
do not know how to celebrate" Iho |
balance OF the committee could nave III
scribed on their banners, 1--WE do,
| would suggest the namo under the |
above conditions to be, "rho Pioneer
Bi.Centeunial Celebration OF utah."
Otherwise most any nalno VIII DO 80
long as the old iogy and mossback Pio-
neer IL not in II.
Criticism Is highly beneficial both TO
individuals and communities, or even
to committees selecte to conduct pub
lie celebrations, when 1t is directed to.
ward q betterment OF conditions. But
when II Ia allowed to descend to carp.
Ing, the quicker the individual who is
engaged therein drops 1t the better 1t
is for all concerned; continued sssocis'
ton Herewith soon would render the
sweetest disposition too sour to give
comfort and cheer to lite possessor or
anyone else. Our friend seems to have
got to a point when his thread OF criti.
oism should be allowed to drop out OF
sight forever. II there Is any good to
be accomplished by pursuing the line
Of caustic remarks In the cOmmunica-
zion, we fail to discover II. On the
other hand 1t can be easily seen where
IL would produce effects OF an unjust
and evil character. We have RETAINED
from giving our correspondence name,
not because requested to withhold 1t,
but by reason OF friendly confederation
for him, believing ne did not fully
realize the censurs the expression OF
such sentiments deserves. Besides,
this 10 not the first letter written to the
NEWS In such a strain.
Its hardly possible that any OBJ.
Va phbiO cNphto VIVA" tp' w
note that the Utah semi-centennial
commission was authorized by the
Legislature. duly appointed by the
Governor, and directed to discharge q
highly patriotic public function; there.
fore the snarl about its self-assumption
of authority is wholly uncalled for.
Instead OF indulging In such Injurious
petulancy, every one imbued with real
patriotism on behalf of Utah will do
his besi to aid the commission in per.
forming an arduous task in which
the only recompense Ia the good that 1t
win bring to the people OF the whole
State. III Just possible the Governor
could have selected a dozen commits.
sions equally as competent for the
work, for Utah bas plenty OF
public spirited citizens eager to ad-
vance her interests In any way;
but It Ia doubtful whether different
choice would have presented anything
better than the entire body OF whole
soulsd, enterprising persons named,
The intimatlon that the Pioneers
have been ignored also is out OF place.
1t 10 near fifty years since the Pioneer
company entered this valley, ami as
there was no considerable number Of
children there, most OF those who now
survive are well advanced In year,,
and 1t would be rather an imposition
on lhsm TO take up the active work OF
u celebrating committee. But beyond
all this, 1t must not be forgotten that
the PioneerS OF is4T are the guests OF
the proposed celebration, and this fact
clone would make tho naming OF them
on the committee Inappropriate. They
occupy still higher post OF honor for
that occasion. There can be no ques-
ton OF the knowledge Of those Pioneers
with regard to celebrationt--ihey have
given abundant proof in the most
glorious occasions OF the kind this
county has known; and they are
quite willing that a younger genera
ton should learn by practical ex.
perlence In following the exam lie they
gave.
Regarding the "bi.centennial" sug.
gestion, which Is in effect that the oele.
bration should DO put OF another one
hundred ami Fifty years, the people OF
the State, including the youth and
newcomers, will not have much pa.
tience with such sOured remarks, since
the Pioneers are not looked upon a.
"old fogies" and "mossbacksn to be
buried In the obscure past, but as W or
Thy heroes whom 1t is the peoples de-
light 10 honor today by the highest
appreciation of the glorious work they
have wrought.
The real desire OF Ulah's people in