Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1906-07-14

civilization, a nobler manhood, race |
of thinkers instead of howlers, there is |
plenty of work to do in aiming to keep |
races of people and religious bodies |
from abusing and destroying each
other.
Mr.. &. &. Goodwin in Goodwin's
Weekly of issue of July 9TH, in an ar
ticle Not An Exclusive Court" aims
to prove that the Smoot case would
have been decided long ago if not for
partisan reasons. He cites a number
of instances, especially the Tilden and
Hayes election, where Honor and JUS
tice were sacrinced on the altar of
partisanship. Men afraid of their
jobs! Think of it, men! Tehy sell
out everything that makes us worthy
of the name of man. | do not doubt
Mr.. Goodwin's conclusions, but such
sotries, if true, should bring a blush OF
shame to both robber and robbed, for
such is dishonor to the flag.
If our senators were men when they
entered the senate, they should at least
cease to be senators rather than cease
to be men. A warriors grave or po-
litical one is no disgrace to a man who
fought and like soldier fell, or the
politician who battled honestly in the
arena. No man is bad because a dog
barks at him. The courageous men of
all ages have been parked at There is
| barely an ideal for human emulation
that was not parked at, pulled to
pieces on the rack, burned at the
stake, shot to death, or crucified on the
cross. | would urge young men to be
careful OF clamorous crowd A crowd
is seldom right and often they commit
crimes and do wrongs that take CEN
turtles to correct. When reason is de-
throned and passion holds sway untold
suffering follows in it's wake. The
Hon. Reed Smoot and family have
been the target for clamorous
crowd for several years and the bark
ing is still on. Yet, Reed Smoot mas
injured no one, broken no law, he is a
splendid man an honest American cit
iZen.
; There is no more sense or reason OF
argument in fighting the Mormon
, church than there would be in fight
: ing any other denomination. It's q
religious war with a little dirty poll
) tics thrown in. Politicians, such as
Mr.. Goodwin describes, have jumped
fish gains are turning their eyes heav
onward like dying goslins, and arc
shouting loud and long. Many of the
5 shouters have put on the robes OF
Christ and so the multitude of un
: thinking people join in the cry ant
} echo it from shore to shore, cruelty!
r cruelty!
1t is easy to call names. The gentle
, quakers were called ugly names; they
? were branded upon their foreheads
5 holes were burned through theil
tongues; they were tortured by every
devilish instrument that could be de
vised by the cunning, devilish, human
} mind. Yet John G.. Whittier, the
/ Quaker poet, whose soul burst into
r song and the sweet influence of hi.
/, gentle folk, still live and cast a di
vine radiance over poor, suffering hu
manity.
3 The founding of every church or
religious body, or OF any organization
5 has to meet with opposition by the al
l ready established institutions. Ever,
: .ganization claims a copyright. 81
:. each one gets up and dances a wal
!, dance in opposition to the new which
D is generally an improvement on tn,
l old.
Then again, the scoffer can AWAY,
< find some ground for derision which
= generally leads to abuse and villifica