The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-05

IldI every means VIII De taken 10
decrease. rather than increase our
public expenditures Business con-
ditions are not he most promising.
1t will take time to restore the
prosperity of former years. If we
can not promptly attain it, we can
resolutely turn our faces in that
direction and aid it's return by
friendly legislation. However
troublesome the situation may ap-
pear, congress will not. / am sure,
be found lacking in disposition or
ability to relieve it as far as leg1s-
lation can do so. The restoration
of confidence and the revival OF
business, which men of all parties
so much desire. depend more large
ly upon the prompt, energetic, ana
intelligent action of congress than
upon any other single agency af-
fecting the situation.
EMERGENCY WILL BE MET.
1t is inspiring. too. to remember
that no great emergency in the
one hundred and eight years of our
eventful national life has ever
arisen, that has not been met with
wisdom and courage by the Ameri-
can people, with fidelity to their
best interests and highest destiny.
and to the honor of the American
name. These years of glorious his
tory have exalted mankind and
advanced the cause of freedom
throughout the world and immeas-
ureably strengthened the precious
free institutions which we enjoy.
The people love and will sustain
these Institutions. The great es-
sential to our happiness and pros
perity is that we adhere to the
principles on which the government
was established and insist upon
their faithful observance. Equal
ity of rights must prevail and our
laws be always and everywhere re-
Spected and Obeyed. We may have
failed in the discharge of our full
duty as citizens of the great re-
public, but it is consoling and en-
couraging to realize that free
speech, a free press, free thought,
free schools, the free and unmo-
Tested rights of religious liberty and
worship. and free and fair elections
are dearer and more universally en-
joyed today than ever before
These guarantees must be sacred1y
preserved and wisely strengthened
The constituted authorities must
be cheerfully and vigorously up
held.
NO LYNCHINGS.
Lynchings must not be tolerated
in a great and civilized country
like the United States; courts-not
mobs-must execute the penalties
of the law The preservation of
public order, the rights of discus
sion, the integrity of courts, and
the orderly administration of JUS
tice must continue forever the rock
of safety upon which our govern
ment securely rests.
One of the lessons taught by the
late election, which all can rejoice
in, is that the citizens of the United
States are both law-reSpecting and
law-abiding people, not easily
swerved from the path of patriot
ism and honor This is in entire
accord with the genius of our in
stitutions and but emphasizes the
advantages of intoxicating even
greater love for law and order in
the future. Immunity should be
granted to none who violate the
laws, whether individuals, corpora
tions or communities: and as the
constitution imposes - >on the pres
ident the duty of both its execution
and of the statutes enacted in pur-
suance of its provisions. l shall en-
deavor carefully TO carry them into
effect.
OPPOSITION TO TRUSTS.
The declaration of the party now
restored to power has been in the
past. that Of opposition to all
combinations of capital organized
into trusts or otherwise, to control
arbitrarily the condition of trade
among our citizens" And it has
supported such legislation as will
prevent the execution of all schemes
to oppress the people by undue
charges on their supplies, or by un-
just rates for the transportation of
their products to market" This
purpose will be steadily pursued,
both by the enforcement of the
laws now in existence and the
recommendation and support of
such new statutes as may be neces-
sary to carry it into effect.
STANDARDIZATION AND IMMI-
GRAFTON.
Our naturalization and immigra-
ton laws should be further i'm
proved. to the constant promotion
of a safer, better and higher
citizenship. A grave peril to the
republic would be a citizenship too
ignorant to understand or too
vicious to appreciate, the great
value and beneficence of our insti-
tutions and laws-and against all
who come here to make war upon
them, our gates must be promptly
and tightly closed. Nor must we
be unmindful of the need of i'm
provement among our own citi-
zens, but with the zeal of our fore
fathers. encourage the spread of
literacy must be banished from the
land if we shall attain that high
destiny as the foremost of the en-
lightened nations of the world,
which, under providence, We ought
to achieve.
CIVIL SERVICE REFORMS.
Reforms in the civil service must
go on; but changes should be real
and genuine. not perfunctory, or
prompted by zeal in behalf of any
party, simply because it happens
to be in power. AS a member of
congress, 1 voted and spoke in IA
vor of the present law, and I shall
attempt it's enforcement in the
spirit in which it was enacted. The
purpose in view was to secure the
most efficient service of the best
men who would accept appoint
ment under the government, re-
tanning faithful and devoted public
servants in office, but shielding
none, under the authority of any
rule or custom, who are inefficient,
incompetent or unworthy.
The best interests of the country
demand this and the people hear
tily approve the law wherever and
whenever it has been thus admin
istered.
MERCHANT MARINE.
Congress should give prompt at
tention to the restoration of our
American merchant marine. once