Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-06-01
GOV. CUTTERS TRIBUTE.
Loyalty to the Union Was the Wish of
Brigham Young.


speak at the reunion. delivered the
following address;
1T is entirely fitting that the gov
ernor OF this great and wonderfully
prosperous state should Join in doing
honor to the man through whose great
ness and far-slghted policies this
prosperity has been made possible;
and who as the first territorial COVER
nor did so much and did IT so we'll. to
shape the destiny of the common
wealth. / am gratified at the oppor-
tunity given me 10 pay my feeble
tribute Of appreciation to the con-
structive genius and craftsmanship of
Brigham Young
THE progress OF the world. the
chronology 81 history, IS measured not
so much by mere events as by epoohs
and the men who make them, The
lives OF great men are the true mile
stones of history. Events repeat them
selves; they are shaped by acts and
by circumstances. over and over again
In different ages. But the life and
work of a great man occurs but once.
1t is not repeated. II is an epoch In
itself In every one there is a fresh
ness aud an Individuality that can
never be lost, and is never reproduced.
THE MAN OF THE HOUR.
Each great man shapes and fits an
clusivcly adapted. Each has his own
work to do. a work that is partly given
to him and partly produced by him.
The man does much TO make the hour.
The hour does much to make the man.
In the providence of God neither is an
accident. Shakespeare has said that
each man IN his life plays many
parts But they are all parts of the
same character And it Is n character
that no man but him could display;
hia work ITO other man could do as
= sUIsil sRs-hee,-tnto4th that epoch no per-
sonalIty but his own could perfectly
1T.
The man whose birth we celebrate
today was a striking example of this
principle He made an epoch and was
made by It. He largely created his
opportunity; and as it became greater,
it largely created him. His greatness
consisted in the fact that he grew with
and shaped the events in which he par
tictpated They we're never too big
FOR him: he was always we'll suited 10
them. In his case the man and the
hour were commensurate.
STERN NECESSITY.
at was perhaps not more by his
choice than by stern necessity that the
people he led came TO this region. The
words Of George a. smith, often re-
peated were probably best expressive
Of the reason for their coming here:
We came willingly because we were
obliged to- But when the stern neces-
sity arose, and the choice seemed final
between the murderous mob and tho
barren waste. Brigham Young rose
strongly and firmly to the occasion.
and made the opportunity his II In q
way II was forced upon him, he accept
cd II and made the most OF II. We can
- all rtf Ia tNstan
ticular events that made him famous.
At the same time, we can not think
that those events would have had so
happy an o.tcome without him 10 mas.
ter and direct them. As we have heard
today, his peculiar genius was fltted
most TO the pioneering statesmanship
required Of him. And II was largely
due 70 him that II was required.
FATE OF GREAT MEN.
1T has always been the fate of
great men 20 be misunderstood and
malignel, even by some OF their as
sociates, But general principle can
be- Laid down for all such cases and
that IS, that those who misunderstood
them are almost always inferior.
those who mallgn them are always
inferior 10 them II is n principle
that does not fall OF application in
the case OF Brigham Young. lie was
most admired by those who could
most nearly measure up to his stand
ard His maligners and enemies were
chiefly those who because Of Inn
measurable nfeuority failed 10 I'M
dcrstnnd him Who mistook his genius
Tor directing men. for tyranny; his
religious fcrvor for fanaticsm; and
his financial ability for aVarice. In
their eyes, his consummate ability az
creator and director OF a common
a