Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-12-30
GOVERNOR IN OGDEN.
RECEPTION AT THE X. or ? Mll.
school Msrms Turn Out In Force. hot
some Of the Audience Be''esci In
Coming IN Late.
Special to the "News.'

Last evening was gaia night IN the
JutN.asn C..y. A. o'clock good
.lzsd audience was assembled in the
tabernacle. tina. was tass fully decorate
ed with nigs Of nations. In which me
stars and Stripes largely predom,natci.
the decorations In question cmanated
from the fsi.ile brain Of Mr.. sam Whit
<aker. che wsn.known ogdun arcinteo..
The building presented a .cry bsUuu-
fh appearance. with It's snowy while
s,,,cco work and eighi cr,sveg.a Of In
eandopceni globes tina; SPAWNED the ar
dixie ceiling.
Apparently In ogden the audiences
consider X fashionable TO a.eni fune-
lion. after the advertised .ime OF CONF
Increment. for from 1880 until an hour
laier, the assembly, was augmented ~
uatligs Of .wO and three VINO cnuf
strarRllug IN at stated -lr;rryais. Not
onIy we're the school ''marms' Out IN
force. toge. hsr with the many pedh-
rosufa. who had ass mblcd from tn
FOUR paints of shc C1mpas-s0 Iar ~
lfnh was concercnci--bui the Juveniles
were well r. pr. scented. who had come OUT
10 hear and see ttah'a Governor am
Otherwise Jake In the sights.
The evening HsxslOn opened al
o'clock, with an appropriate quartet,
"Be sam Then. in which the voices u
Mis-. Clarbcl Ridges Pike. Miss Ethel
Pike DOH. by thc way. sN.sait Lake
iadles). Mr.. Il. y. Tout and Mr ~. An.
der.on, wcr heard 30 good ndvaniage'
They were followed by contralto tllp
by Mrs. Bosslc Dean Alllson. who's rcn-
dltkDn 81 "Salve-R Regina" lcft no alt"r-
native hui TO give hta'ty sncorf'
wbyh her customary good grace she
sung wish .iouching emphasis "uooi-
bye Sweet Day"
ducei the SPEAKER Of W. evening. the
chief executive of the Sta.e Of uiah.
Governor Wells started out with few
introductory remarks In a very happy
vein. lie apologizsd FOR the fart thit
n, held In his hand a paper thai CON.
stsifsd his proposed speech, am rhla
hr I'd. ne was brushing VI against ~
tailectuailiy 90 AN alarming extent lie
went on 90 cite che true story OF
nervous southern governor who upon
one occasion, early In hiA career. was
called npon TO address n company OF
male conylcis-"noi that I wan; TO draw
an analogy with the prcscns audicnce.'
daughter and applsuscp The governor
in question started oui with 'lndiHA
and gentlemen" then hastily cndeav1r-
ing 10 put matters right. he hurncdN
circulated, Fellow cltlkcnn," but "a cap
tis climax he intsrjec.e,i, II am giad
90 sc ~ many Of you here today.
GovcrnUir Wells etld.
ut has been sad a AmcftSi,n- that
shey nave oome 60 Use the swo formulae
'leElsatun' uni sduc1son' ~ "a rcn'
,dy fcr all snCsr gvll. aad VIVA We
s,oinc 10 annlyzc thag saying 4 seems g
bear ahe lmpfInt ~ iru.h. uiran thii
I. l. an apparers truth that Americans
seek q Apply iihtae 40 remedies 20 ~
N.sag - HNH "a
Amtrici which risther lcgiH. atom nnr
.luoit.on retcn pot ~ 90 rsmsii y
face shat oanno. be dcftei. ] ~ fumc
ffhlH can be accounted fr ON ihe thtory
shai the devil Is well educal n and shht
u takfs "a devil 10 "a well siuostied snaG
60 make q g,si legisatir.
"LeriElat!in u a mort eNceilens rem
,.ly FOR all ieic evils rh1i hinder piof-
peifty dimtroh welfare ~ prevcrt fhe
oui0ymefG 80 rilturul bisungA Thus,
q times are ernrd. legislation may make
them goad: II ~ community u poQr'
Legislation may make u rich. u a stat.
lraH q Iarr public school system, lrsiH-
lit,on may provide b with GOD one.
Iiua lCgisia;iun Garnet remedy lndlger-
t3cn: Il cirmiot refrrm drunkari; n
oluf,g stop a war; " Cafrtss prcyenf
,noaal evils whlch are the grrlies, evils
~ all.
"Educasisn + 0l-o very powerful
l. II
nnnicnd II fnpplrcsa ard q IL believed
,hae ,duc,ete,a tends more than any
ahsr ugency toward eliuss Cnndf,iCas
III mlnl arii body Noilch will best serve
50 hiif,y Aappluaa 10 she Individual
.duCii,i ana so ih1se abaut him. Al
ifast sb,a u she ids1l goWard which
educafipn T. moving. Educae6,n In It,
bruudsst snlue. which include. Sriinsng
- all t1he faculties and dcveiomcns u
she ir.fllcsull, this rrifHull and she
Ihyrlcli ssdCE 81 our rshlurcs, may
therefore be Ea.1 10 be toe bcr. rem
cdy foy the evils u lgporanre, slt1ilor,
Insscry. vice arii crime that has yet
bern discovered.
"Ycs In the Ur,tsd ssaios education
n depcplcat almost whully upon hEis'
htion. True sherc aFc worry many ooi-
leges atAi ursversl,ies. private schools
nru klndcrgartcns endowed or support
Cd by Individual community or re-
ilgious paiI1mJry. but she millions u
children Of the ufsiCn may rit all be
oisti Tor by private benrficcnce and ~
legssbtisn piVyliss sfie means for gfidr
clucatlgn.
THUS II Win be seen that those swo
grcat remedial agep-loE-lsgis fl4lJn
AMI educaron-lo hand IN irmIi. or
iu5her THAI the ors bigine i,H work
where the other leaves on.
III the prcmlss are correct that the
best known remedy FOR unhipplncss 4
educatioD, II follows that the c0mmun-
ny having The best facilities Tor sup.
plying educaanr 10 lis youth will be-
cgrne .he hapIneFt community; AMI II
" b. true that cduolrl0G Cinnoi b. sup
piled 10 all The yuu.h " a Commune y
except through legislation, % also h0l-
sows ahat tfhe best public system " ed.
ucufloD Will he found NmCfo there have
bcvn provd'd she wlsess and best law
vn Inc subject.
LA us examine the conditions Ia
Utah. Congress ~ the parent law
ssver of Our nation. 10, ~ see whal
c'tgress has dune Tor utlh's happl.
Dxs."
After reviewing the provisions OF sh,
statutes the Governor cOutinued
Here We have "a birthflght for IN,
children OF the state of Utah OF APP
pioximately seven million acres u
lana, the interest ON the proceeds OF thi
sales OF which IN % be devoted to IN,
support OF the common schools and IN
various educational instltut onH t1geth
or with Interest ON the proceeds OF NV
per cent Of all the public lands SOLD
within the State.
Following down the line OF leRlsla
ton, let US see whether or not the stat
has shown proper appreciation ~ thl
blrthrght and has provided for Its ua'
for the benefit and happiness or IA
youth of the state or whether our Law
makers have barierei II away for /
mess of pottnge. II the reading 81
these somewhat cOpiOus extracts from
our Fundamental laws seem prnay
respectfully plead In extenuatlon that {
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