Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-09-21


cnts too. since. In cases Of utter un-
w5rihlncss the lncumbents are more
easily reached and dlsplacedi but the
system. like the storms of heaven
brings disaster upon the good and b'a
alike. the good often being much the
more numerous sufferers. The people
FOR example. send a man 70 consre'A OF
the state legislature. In the former case
h. sits altogether about year per-
hans a utiie more and In the ltiirf
his experience Il brought within the
limits Of TWO or three months. In either
case he u. n new man. undergoing
cor, Of schooling. the result or which w.
whom h. ls made of ihe proper material
10 steadily advance him along the SCALE
Of usefulness. 10 IL fair 10 presume mat
In nearly every case the man Is a bet
ter legislator and therefore Of more use
10 HE constituents at the end of hH
term than he was ut the beginning of
Il. yet making his usefulness useful is
BY no means the rule. u il almost She
exception. The people pay Cor bis Cd
ucailon only tina, when it has been nc
aulrod they may decline 10 avail ihcm-
selves of A. Thla. it requires no further
effort TO show. 90 no unjust 10 the repre-
scented aa 10 the one who represents.
There are few conspicuous eN-
ocptlona In Maine. for In
siance-,hn siae u steady habta-an
omclon, omocr ls rarely removed except
by death Or f0r E0od caurr. Three Of
her four conrrcsrmon were elected u
few days ago. each having served sew
oral terms. but one Of them-rh0mas
II. Hccd-gsaa subjected 60 ne Erltify-
ing experience ~ being tho peoples
choke for the twelfth consecutive time'
thls means. or will mean when the term
for which he was nai elected shall have
expired. twcniy.four years u coniinu-
Gus service. n very rare circumstance,
indeed. The result ~ such condition Of
things r. TO Fiye gho state greater In
1utnce In Congress and thoreby more
prestige everywhere. a member who
iiaa h1i % i1ng a period of active SER
yico commands much more attention "
ma rusrect on the f1or and elsewhere
lhan "a novice docs. but there would be
no veterans u thcrc were either no be-
rlnnora or the beginner were dcpostd
soon after ghey had passed mo fresh
man courso. Mr Reeds power In icgia'
atlvc matters has secured FOR him the
VI. akorahlp Tor three terms, and 30 this
position he wiei1s moro actual lave
making or iaw-prcvenung power than
docs the prcsldcu himself
OF course al are not Reeds Doubt
Ices therc be- thoso here and elsewhere
who are gild ihai 70 ia 90. az the gentle.
man II chirrcd win being n tribe ar
h.trary r. times However this may b.
no one can dispute with any degree of
success the proposition that he II a man
Of superior capacity and wonderful ex-
ecuuon. 10 have dismissed him after
one torn. or even two probably. would
have been "a distinct loss TO his district
and state and The means perhaps Of
keeping his light under buahsl All the
time. Whenever II ~ discovered that a
person Il wholly unht for a place %
which he has been chosen, that he has
no natural aptitude or acquired quail
ncailona. q 81 the proper thing TO ia
| him follow some other occupation foi
whlch ne Il hcticr ntted; bun In ans
event there should be given an oppor'
tunliy 60 show what he - capable 81
with cxpcriencc. and II me tes, L. sat
isfactory let him continue 20 long a.
there IL Improvement and Hatlafylni
work. an things considered.
Tho News" 10 swing support an
Offering opposition TO no one who has %
far been named for public niatloi
and does not expect TO do 90. unlea
such a thing should become ~ plaii
and boundcn duty because of our dcvo
ton TO tho peoples welfare " a no,ori
ounly improper person II runnlnl
against one Who IL acceptable or evci
itsa objectionable. We should feel con
strained 10 take a hand In behalf OF N
better candldafc aud would oncr %
apologies FOR no doing Il would b
done, however. wlrhoW reference 9
politics. social standing or persona
considerations ~ any kind. Such a
cxigcucy. u 10 but fair 90 say. has no
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