The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-12-05

campaign of hysterical excitement ana
falsehood In which the aim is 10 IhIlaile
10 madness tho brutal passions oil man
kind. The sinister demagoRues ana TOOL
lsh Missionaries who arc always ehEsE W
undertake such n campaign OF oeSttuc-
tion sometimes seek TO associate them-
selves with those working for q genuine
reform In governmental and SoclaI WetH-
DDS. and sometimes masquerade as @ @HucH
reformors. In reality. they are the ""Is'
enemies of the cause :hcy profess 10 NO
voCatc. just as the purvcyors ot scnsa-
ticnal slander in newspaper or maGa
zine are the worst enemies OF an men
who are engaged in an honest eHoTt 10
better what is bad in our social and gov,
ernmental conditions To preach hatFed
Of the rich man such. 10 carry on
campaign OF slander and !nvective against
him. TO seek to mislead and in0ame TO
madness honest men whose lives are marc
and who have not the Elnd ol nentst
training which wifi permit them TO ,ap-
prectate the danger in the doctrines
preach ed-gll this Is 10 commit CRIME
against the body polite and 10 be false
70 every worthy principle and tradltl0n
OF American national life. Moreover. while
such preaching and such agitation may
give q livelihood and a certain notoriety
to some of those who take part In ". ana
may result in the temporary political sue
cess of others In the long run every such
movement VIII either fall or else VIII
provoke violent reaction. Whlcn "lti u
self result merely In undoing the mlschlet
wrought by the demagogus and the aglta-
tor but also in undoing the good that the
bonest reformer the true upholder OF
popuIar rights, has painfully and labori-
ously achieved.
Corruption Follows Agitation.
Corruption Is never go rife as in COM
munities where the demaGoeue and the
agitator bear full sway, because In such
communities all moral bands become
loosencd and hysteVia and sensationalism
replace the spirit OF sound judgment and
fair dealing as between man and man. In
sheer revolt against the squalid anarchy
thus produced men arc sure In the end
10 turn toward any loader who can re
store order, and then Their relief at be
ing free from the intolerGble burdens or
class hatred. violence and demaEogy is
such that they can not for some time be
aroused 10 Indignation against misdecds
by men OF wealth, so that they permit
new growth OF the very abuses which
were In part responsible tor the original
outbreak. The one hone of success for
but sane and cool-he0deh. advance along
the path marked out last year by this
very Congress. There must be stern
refusal TO be misled into following either
that base creature who appeals ana pan
ders 70 the lowest instincts and passions
In order 10 arouse one set OF Americans
against their fellows, or that other crea-.
ture. equally base but no haser. who. In
n spirit OF greed or to accumulate or add
to an already huge fortune. seeks to- ex-
plot his fellow Americans with callous
disregard OF their welfare OF soul and
body The man who d.bnuches others In
order To obtain high office stands on an
evil equality OF corruption with the man
who debauches others for financial profit:
and when hatred is sown, the crop which
springs up can only be tvi!