Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-10-30

avowed service of God to work ali II.
time for the Improvement Of public
morals and secular government. unh
ought to lead the nation in an exalted
example of political purity But The
only way 10 do that great duty 10
lift politics. mean all polle
municipal, state and national-out d
the sewer of selfshness into which It
has been washed for generations by
the increasing downpour Of all the
meaner appetites. desires. ambitions
and passions of men. Nothing else will
save the Republic from destruction.
But work of such magnitude can.
not be inaugurated yet In national
manner. 1t must grow, as all great re-
forms do, from small and isolated be-
ginnings The Antl-Slavery reform
was the greatest moral movement in
the country since the Revolution that
secured the freedom Of the white pOpu.
lation. But 1t took nearly thirty years
of persistent pleading by the grandest
of men and women to prepare the
North for the Republican party and
justice. In this new reform that Is
taking shape slowly but surely over
the country there will be no such
long, almost hopeless toll. Every city
that redeems\ itself from the gangs o.
it for years will be an object lesson to
all other cities, and from isolated cues
will gradually emerge one grand ehoN
for the regeneration Of the nation ~
will succeed, too, and It will be found
that all this talk Of rebellion ana Waf
of the masses against the classes was
unnecessary, the only thing being
needed all the time having been %,
necessity of annihllating the ponuesA
| pirates that have been making TOY
bers' roosts" of our city, state and ma
tional governments.
Hence / say the present eltprt 10 y
form Salt Lake politics Is the grall,
| est moral movement ever begun ~ ",
CITY. IL 1t does not win now II shoui.
not be abandoned. Rather snQu,.
seeming defeat nerve to greater enoEv.
This universe. OF which we are ~
integral part. stands for plpsIesli
Evil is against good In the upWaIs
evolution. II the devil wins az hh3
point. for any time, II is our iau .Il
| The External Father gives us We ~ H.
and all opportunity and ours " wv mi mi
IL, through fear of the snee, 70 1 M
| jeers of the cohorts Of wrong We
deferred from honest duty, r.,o cgy
Next election day in SAT- Ian 'l.,., n M.
viii test the men and women VINO g.bt
| Tess 10 Sldlu lpl IVY 'fsNs NH
| Justice, purity and morality, nvr.St
| form movement has II right 70 TX 5rss
\ their support. If that support "" n,
not appear then. by that failure N.
| people write themselves down as Far
! lowers of the spirit OF wrong ,uholy
let IL he understood, impure, , unncv
| dishonest government makes i naprn,t
| unboiy, dishonest people W, avsty
be good on Sundays ana na good
| other day. We cannot nave sSsd
| churches and congregation dutv /.
government and voters. our uais,d.
| plain. i am glad the Issue Is for Il
American politics have pen ,Sa rinitsd
wears hastening the ruin OF tne r m" an
| states. In Salt Lake we have t 10 save
| opportunity to show our desits saving
| the American government oE Thr man
our own city ms a pnrt Of ~ l,,,,, 40 III,
| or woman who comes poioH viii Dc.
| front for better conditions NV ,,ct I'M
serve the thanks Of children Ks rs nan.
horn. The man or woman VIZ sslash.
| ders TO the demon OF polit'u Iteration
| ness now viii deserve ne .hsir dts.
Of those who will suffer TOT a ond only
| LOYALTY after they arc dea Ives, ,,,, i've,
The Knowledge Of their T ~ ELLIS.
after them.