Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-06-02
Celebration at Saltair in Memory Of President
Brigham Young.
HE WAS ONE OF EARTH'S NOBLEMEN.
iii, Statue viii Yet BE Placed in the National Gallery" SAYS
Senator Rawlins-GOvernor Wells Pays Tribute and
Judge Kinney Is Reminiscent.

vt ANNNNMW ANNNA anu OF iNN ANNl'N'a
montf - tiH llfo. No will not D. IONS
when % yrriudlcca % tho past viii be-
iprEuttgn nH che MISUNDERSTANDING
which follows amy great man viii Doc
diHsluatod and tho statue uf brigham
Young viii Do umCod alongside uf che
statues of othUr rfr1f men ln the Hiutu.
ary hall az Washington.
Those who have spoken and Will
speak after u.1 nrr huttor able TO ir AXE
prruunnl competitions hy reason uf
moro Intimate Acquaintance with him.
and ao can form more just estimate
" hiH character un1 Tho sources OF bis
greatness than ! cam do. but uH I
know him hn was always earnest. ar.
dent ana Hincrfn tfa hnd strong 3D..
lriuua toftur without nrttauHe ur Ga.
nntlciam or hypucrlay uD was strong
10 Dts convictions trndor in bis SYM
pathlaA Just lea hiH drnilnur. SOME
have said that b. was arbitrary aud
doEmatlo; but 4 know OF no man Ho
great that was icra au than hu Fow
such mon have ever boon able 90 im.
press thtmrclfcH upou their followers
90 thn extent that they would rely Im.
nllrliy upon ihe lua.ntHa M the judr.
mont mes would ruior at nll times.
80 man ever occupying such "a position
welded tho power be- held muro con.
scirntiouHly Than De-. ~ exercised hir
power With moro open handed justice
tp ull mon than lthorH iu power have
often done. iis was nrm hut not OBJ.
rNuntUi De- was o. practical man. pos.
rrrHod above hli VI o. rurgrd. common
sense. no was active and industrious
never seeking ease and comfort Tor
himself but always pioneering every
difficult task lie did not shrink hut
vent straight fprurd and exposed
himself 90 TOE duuEnrH that hoHHt bis
people. nnd thus he obtained their con.
lIIHnce aud friniuo1 it Go the end %
h'H Tie. ~ IN cummuu today Tor mon
Wth no fymnathy f0r the faith which
Dc profoaHrd in naming the great char.
acton NJ our day 90 nHHno him us ono of
ih"fu. There ~ practically no difference
NJ opinion nn 60 the greatness n not
ODE rrundeur NJ ur.Thum Young IIp
lnculcuied umOuE hlH people those hnb.
~ % Industry, Temperance and honesty
which cunutituto thr enduring faundn-
ton ON which the rupoutructure %
ihla State hna been erected. This state
today y reEurlrd nH ono OF tho most
ub.tantlnl. Intelligent and progressive
ia tho Union.
ncniiamln Franklin. rs roon nn
Independence had bcrn acquired
by The people OF the colonies
fiil they must now LIGHT the
lamp 10 Industry md economy. Men
aud women ~ this community nru of
mat sturdy nhro rolng forth PERFORM
jog tholr share or tho work ga making
state. Thcy hrv patriotic and they
appreciate those qunlltirs which win
over ho upperWoat IN tho minds of "a
Tree people. Ana recognizing the rir.
mtutH which mako them rfant. thnv
viii always dn thHlr duty On thnnHetysr
90 the State and 10 all mankind
GOVERNOR HEnER NJ WELLS.
after tho many eloquent tributes w.,
have heard today 90 brigham YOUNG.
10 m Inappropriate fur mr 90 oven Ht.
trmpt "a speech % any length" said
lhg s9NcfnoE may uay however.
ihl1 ne. Tho world Lost ono of it1
hnFhio1i ornaments, ! speak out ID
admiration for him nH man. us we'll
uH lnNu fur him HH ID leader and flIh-
Dr iO hiH pourle fiu was ms fathers
uctt fflond ON earth. and when De- died
ihrfr was an aching void in my mth-
YRS heart thui was never nllcd
Naturally enough, therefore I have
a. great reverence ana love myself Tor
this Frpnt man, which Hnrlnru from
tho fountain N kihshlp. I suppose; and
looking a. him from d purely personal
standpoint ] have always regarded
him nH my Hroat dear Kind Uncle
hrirham, ilut in a broader HonHe my
out Of reverence for tho great and
good, A mnu may b. great without
being good. and. conversely. he may Dc
Enod without being great brigham
Young wuu both.
In character he was noble.
lofty grand. IT'S soul was big and
broad na thc great western empire was
founded. Whethor ai Tho head " his
people In ihnlr unparalleled march from
the mighty Missouri westward 90 tho
arid wilderness surrounding the Great
Salt Lake. whether nt the head ~ his
church presiding over ana administer
ln o. spiritual ana temporal Affairs. or
whether nc the head 90 tho goyern-
mont ~ me territory aa lta chief exc
cutlNc. ne was ihr same extraordinary
genius, the same inylnciblo loader o.
mon.
without the advantage NJ a proper
education, his sermons ANA writings
cyincc depth OF thought. a wealth Of
language ana "a f0rcoful cluquenco that
Nill cause them 90 be- read long after
the criticisms ~ hiH dCtructorf nrr for
soften. without technical knowledge
Of architecture, he designed the rrent
temple and tnhounclo. ANA they stand
today us cnduflns nbfNela NJ eurlnoer-
INK SKIN aud structural efficiency. with
out special knowledge uf the law. no
was @ lnWElVer 10 hlr people. Without
experience 49, Htntfcfufi nr Irnunu into
prominence as nne NJ the rrpHteHt
HtateHmen M hla day with an fnr
a. guide, h. pioneered nr tries.
culnnlfUd new settlements d new
communities, laid out new sH and
establish % now nnd mlehty Immon-
wealth. lla was re- soldier without have
ing boon trained general without
having been promoted "a commander
without having been in service Utah
o. Htfcwn with monuments NJ his great
moss"
They were companions ana friends
for forty years during an tho trying
times of the settlement 0f this country.
when wisdom HlTacliy GOODNESS aud
courage were the requisites. Many
time when q hoy have seen lrirham
Nounr ana mY fRther 0ut of pure az.
feotlnn nt mrctinN hnlf embrace zach
uthpT ana Hl ! know that ihprn WuH
NOT only O. close bond M sympathy hr-
tween them. but TINT thsy were really
fond VI each other ~ course thcro aro
many other evidences of this fart
(which I suppose ~ not even disnutcn
but ! speak ~ what ! remember
hut Brigham was good na No. was
great 40 man over lOft his door hum
Hry "Therc shall h1 no poor amongst
u.s." he declared. and So under his
benign policy, the poor and the needy