Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-08-19

Of the interest that r. being nnd Will |
continue 20 Ne IN fortiotD taken In the |
coming state election. ctntcrs upon the /
personnel - one Office which the peo-
pie do not mn directly. This is The Unit
ed states Henntuuhlp. Thof9 BE- 10y |
no means anything ropro honsih'a in |
the voters ~ the r,ulm taklnr such /
interest. albeit deprived ~ participant |
ing directly In the choice. nor b. there /
anything specially u 1T an crnautnhlo
In qualified citizen nursing an am
billion TO ~ the place. When nl
things are considered In the light ~
their own consequence the post ot
senator Of the United states has but
two or three superlou In the whole
governmental fabric. the exceptions be-.
Ing the Presidency certainly and In any
event the recrctaryHhlp " state Whom
nilcd as II was by Seward or Fish. ana
the treasuryHhlp when rs functions
are presided over by such man 40
Salmon T.. Chase.
The senator ~ not merely law mnk- |
or but In many respects "A law inter
prefer. lie sits In place which Is
called the upper house for other rca-
sons than nRurative altitude. ~ IL
the body which represents the states Ia |
their sovereign. aggregate capacity, No
the representatives do the individuals |
who compose the sovereignty. Tho /
Senate. jointly with the EXccutivc,dcaia |
with foreign powers IN the matter ~ /
treaties, and assists sometimes COM |
irolu-thc President In the matter OF
the higher grade appointments. II eN- /
crclrcn u atcadfaat surveillance over his /
Official acts .cauHoH them TO correspond /
with the great charter and the enact |
ments Of Congress, and for gross yio-
latlons OF either or Tor general be-
havior not In conaonance with the DIG
nifty ana honor Of the station. oun fc-
move him FROM Office. When "a man
holds a position of this Kind and In adj
ditlon has for himself extensive cdu-
cation, a comprehensive intslirct. a
coplous and always available vocabu-
larry. a good presence and a fufclhic de-
livery. hg Il AIT 20 become conspicuous
~ not famous. and II II not diiicnlt 10
understand why II n that tho place ln
rated 10 hlsh ana why there II always
20 great demand Tor II.
II Ia only fair 10 ray that It ~ very
rarely that utterly unworthy ~ IN.
capable mrn succeed IN making their
way to the Senate az members th,rc.
o. In the nrat place man must
have a hlgh ana honorable standing
In hin state before his name ~ l.ltciy
10 be seriously mentioned In such cone
nectlon. He must then be- popular
enough 10 have az the beginning OF the
legislative term which elects M, soma
tor majority OF that body favorable
60 him and not fcw who pryf,r him
TO anyone else, with "a decided fol.
lowing, oven though many votes short
Of a majority he IL atiii not necessarily
without hope unless majority are
immovably against him. Hero ia
whore much Of the odium attaching 90
senatorial elections has ltr ORIGIN. The
boon sought IL of such great conss-
qucnce aud the struggle tur u
Humetlmos becomes ~ exciting ana
confused that mon Rrr Induced
too often 20 act without consulting
their hes, Judgment and not lnfrc.
quenily rhey Yield 10 the influences ~
money. AZ much a. thl. practice has
been denounced, as often ANA persist.
entity as lt has been lcEiaiatcd against
and as thlmughly az Investigations
have been made. u o. mo- nearer sa-
tlrIatlun now than 40 any other tIma
IN the nations history nn the contrary
u seems rather 10 have taken deeper
root Undoubtedly ihrw are legitimate
campAlEn expenses Whlch those con.
cerned must meet and there should be
no reproaoh upon the candidate or the
grandfather ftIends Who pay ihp bins
Tor services properly ana lor.umately
rendered There in mo- fault bsIuR
found with this ror sc. although the
practice d - susceptible m nbuse-lt
IL 30 dlnCult az times o. determine
whore log.,lmaie oNpouiItur, leaves
IN ana actual corruption brgirH-thnt
II Is a. well not 20 look upon yhe pollii-
cal payments on a large scale too
lightly.
man or woman who viii permit
HNN'A UT N'NHHlA 10 ANANAhf NNNNfN
other than what was nominated in thr
bond"-what he ar she implledly CON,
sentol TO perform the Official duties
for-or TO take by devious or round
about methods anything NJ value not
embraced In the contract, lH una, 90 Doe
member OF a legislature or 10 hold
any other office of honor, trua, or
emolumenta These are NOT numerous
hereabout and IL ls sincerely hopsd
they never win be. while AN that has
previously been said regarding the
rghtfulness Of contest Tor tho seua-
torshlp stands, It does no, fllluw that
any one, no matter who're he lives or
what his station, has any rght 10 em-
ploy such agencies 10 erect his purpose
as cannot be brought 90 light withuu,
subleoting the parties thereto 10 a
criminal prosecution or the rsproha-
u0n Of all law-Tespecilng people And