Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1905-11-18

is not understood, and the continuous
agitation sent out from our home city
and kept up by unthinking un-Ameri-
cans or prejudiced people, keeps our
city and our state as a picture of
darkness before the gaze of the Amer
lean people, but withal l found deep
interest everywhere, in both private |
and public gatherings. The people
are anxious to know the truth, not |
only about the physical Utah, but as
to the faith and beliefs of the Nor
mon people. The young missionaries |
| met out in the world are a credit |
to the state, but they are in nearly |
every instance unwelcome guests. | |
had the pleasure, as friend, of open |
ing the doors of many good people for |
the boys from Utah. Where they are
known they are received with due |
consideration and courtesy.
There is not only deep unrest in |
religious life, but emphatically so in |
political and social life. One is i'm |
pressed, by the actions of mobs |
throughout the United States, that
the Americans are getting to be as
effervescent as the French. At the |
slightest provocation, whether real or |
imaginary, mob is formed and the |
cry is heard from thousand threats, |
XIII him! Lynch him!" For exam |
pie, a woman had fallen in alighting
from street car. An automobilist, in |
passing, stopped to assist the unfor-
tunate. The cry was raised that the |
chauffeur had run over a woman, and
in a very few minutes there was a |
mob of thousand people, yelling |
xiii him! Lynch him!" With diff
Guilty he was rescued.
simple fellow stood on the cor
ner of Halstead and Van Buren,
streets, Chicago, some few Sundays
ago. He had on a new suit of clothes. |
In jocular vein, he told a man who
was passing, who had made facetious
remarks about his clothes, that he |
was going to show the girls that he |
could do some MASKING as well as the |
other boys. Word was passed, in a |
jocular vein at first, and like the three |
black crow story a mob was formed, |
the riot call was sent in, and the |
poor devil was rescued with difficulty |
from the mob, by large police force |
and few thinkers.
Governor Herrick of Ohio was not |
far from the mark when he said: |
THE greatest danger now confronting |
the American people is the readiness, |
in response to some sudden within or |
pretext, to desert party principles and
follow some individual who claims,
sometimes in sincerity, often with by.
pocrisy, to represent cause that is
higher than party fealty." The Ohio
people have given every indication
that they believe in Republican prin.
ciples, but they voted for Mr.. Patti.
son, Democrat, because the false cry
was raised against Governor Herrick
that he favored the saloon. No ship
can run without a captain No soci.
ETY. can exist without head No
home can be perfect without parent
Hence, when we cry against the boss,
we must be careful and not destroy or
cruelty assassinate an honest leader.
The world needs more mind. A few
thinkers are worth more to America
than a field of ignoramuses. Let our
educators in the college, on the plat
form or in the pulpit put forth their
best efforts to develop thinkers, who
will march under the torchlight of
reason, and America will not fall into
the throes of discomfort, anarchy and
misrule Yours very truly,
JOHN P. MEAKIN.