Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-06-28
As TO POLITICAL PARTIES.


pou,ics pr,pcrly considered r. n
means by which the entities Of a com
munlty. great or small. imphrt tormn-
tive and substantive condition TO their
opinions on scculur subjects. Very T."
Individual opinions are Identical but
these may run In certain channels com.
mon 10 others and all together aim al
the Accomplishment Of common ends
and bv such means what We rccog-
uize AZ parties have an existence. Nhrn
men COR women lttnch themselves :"
one or another Of such organizations
thev presumably do o., because 10
nors nearly represents thGr views au
10 ti,e method hy Wfiioh certain desired
consummatio are % Boz contcndcd f'r
than any other does and such nitaeh-
mont ia wholly q matter % preference
subicct 10 rcnunclaiiun at any time
some people attach more CONSEQUENCE
to Withdrawing from o party. 81 re-
naming In e and refusing to abide 10y
its dsctum IN all thlnrs. than others doi
but such others have the fun right Win
out Legal. and properly without r''Nal'
consequence TO stay In and ,ritlche or
rn out and oppose.
There are not few. hut the Tower
The better. In this and every other p"lit-
zeal division u the country who go ~
Car In their blind ignorant partisan
zeal az 10 put loyalty to their party
ahead of loyalty 30 their country These
We perhaps viii always have with u.s.
hut 4, hshoovcs ail Tupd citizens 60 see
10 II mat the number u Kept 90 low a.
u.,ssll,le by means ~ education and cN-
ample; coercion In ml OF
tta forms " a thing To DE
shunned ana dcspisrd. There So an
othcr class who are zcalouH 10 the main
tenancc Of their pariy'a ,cncis and or
ganlxatlon but yet take a more ration
al view Of w. proper place
in the national structure; these
too. however are moro
or les. intolcrnut in individual cases
and look upon withdrawal, or even
sharp opposition 10 the party mandates
ms a modified form ~ treason. THIS
and nil forms ~ conduct and control
looking to the subjugntlon Of mental
independence. should also be- frowncd
down. Then. there Is the other bet
ter. higher. type Of party man. he VINO
belongs 20 an organization In no sense
OF ownership and. 90 use the language
OF Colonel IngcrHoll. goes with hts par
~ because his party happens to BE- Eo'
Ing tho way h. Is going. That Ia, th'
cart does not prccodc the horse. Tn
oabai does not dominate the caput, bu'
vice versa. Such a man may be- an'
often II az clcnr-cut In his NcWa an'
as determined In support Of hls pnrly'i
teneta as the most unpriuclplci an'
mindless Hwaahhuchlcr In the gang
but the party " his means 20 ccrtaiI
ends. not the ends themselves, Il u
hlA creature he IN no creature 70 "
when by means OF unfair prucuc'a
Improper methods or pcrvcrHlonn "a
conclusions properly expressed IN
rowdy. the tough" the unrrprcaenta
tive element obtain sway nnd tho vote
OF the bcttcr class u thereby Htiied
such person does not aa In the othr
two cases citod. give ~ Hupincly am
say that nothing more can properly h
done because the majority have decide
the matter definitely, he flfnt protest.
then warns, then acts. llr appeals 1
the people. and n they are not swayo
by some oxtraneous influence his az
peal IL likely To be effective. In mi
he holds the welfare Of the great ma
jority 20 be superior 20 that or
minority and II the worst N all
minority which. after all, II not rcall
looking out or caring for the welfare d
the party as whole, but for them
selves. and In doing so the party
oftener than otherwise but their eats
paw.
Those who look upon the inylsibl
ugamentH which bind the Tissues of
political organization together aH hcin
chains OF toughengd steel and ~
composition Itself as something a.
sacred 90 be criticised or opposed, 40
n class whose Acknowledgement wuul
tend toward the bottorment ~ society
their tendency Is not upward nor CT
ward, but downward when not station
AIRY. II Is the Kind uf stun that erin
mails are made Of. u reveals q suI
OF mind and a condition VI hcurt IA.
are antlpodal To the correct America
ideal and as such should bo Danish,
60 tho shades.
In a "Democrntlc" Territorial CONVEX
ton held at ogden several yruW ug
all Mormon delegates wrrr prompt
excluded by the majority Tho chat
man took occasion 10 deliver Goo thnsu d
Impressive lecture, saying AMONG 9TH
things that mans first duty WIS
his country and his next to his part
where does tho Almighty come in ,
thnt?" asked an out-of-ordur oXpall,
one. "Nowhere" was the reply 90
has nothing TO de- with "a polite
party" Did the chairman build wits
than he know, or was II merely lapsl
lluguael
NOW ron TOMORROW.