Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-03-16
UTAH SANE AND SAFE.

| Time was, not 10 long ago when a
great western CAPITALIST and builder
now deceased was wont 10 boast than
NV never had % spend dollar by way
OF bride or lnducennenl 10 secure or
protect his rights in Utah He had
! particular rcgoTcuee to rights and titles
obtained through ;he gracc and author
NY % rs Legislatures. His experience
III dealing with tho lawmakers of thls
commonwealth led him 70 the frequent
repetition Of the above expression II
WIS great compliment worthtly and
honestly bestowed So Tar as The nes-
esrt News knows II Is mertrd AS much
today as II was twenty years 20 when
II was uttered by Coils +. Hunting
tom Even IN bis time corpora tons were
mel-ctlessly assatled and men " wealth
mgrooned and made the special targets
" the "hig ulitt" politicians Who We're
ar9yed against everything and every
body from which and fronl whom r.
ward aid not come Huntington was no
exception to he rule. He played a bold
game IN California snd other states and
won He laid tho foundation upon
which III" great Hartman Syndicate
operates at the present time His meth
ods were often oper IN question and
criticism elsewhere. But In Utah he
builded well and got his dues by hon.
oiAbIe means. Here no money was he.
cejfc3 Tor enactment of certain specific
legislation. None wJis offered None
was needed Whatever laws were nee
essary for The construction Of his rail-
roads he got ON merit and merit alone
state integrity was then, as now. Il
prevailing and Unquestloned virtue.
Collective and individual prbsty ar.
worth more than AL the riches OF earth
and they are particularly desirable IN
the representatives OF the people who
are entrusted with he sacred duties
OF lawmaking. Closely allied with and
a Fart OF these essentials, Is eonserva-
iistn, which has also ever bean char
acteristic OF Utah legislation. When We
stop to think Of the frenzied attacks
that have been made ON organized cap
ital throughout the country and COM
pare them with the wise and cafe poll
Is thai mas been pursued in this state
we arc decidedly proud oe our record.
Elements OF the vicious and reaction
airy have occasionally cYept into a
measure, and now and then a member
has sawed the AIR and declainled Wild.
~ for them. but In tle end wisdom has
usually obtained and moral soundness
been made to predominate, Had
other states in the Union lis
tened less to bIatherskite politi-
elestfss t'1as 4 aa's4rHF: Tnore rigtaly
to the enactment o. laws that made
for The rights OF corporations and in
divIduaIs alike, they would not now
have been IN the plight in which some
Of them find themselves There can
be no doubt but that capital has been
senselessIy and unjusty assalcd in
many quarters. II is not mete on prop
CT FOR Utah to follow ia this wake.
1t has not done so to amy marked ex-
tent. We do not believe it VIII do so in
the future. Conservatism, Hike indus-
try, is a vital part of our public as
Wen as our private life. When the
smoke OF legislative battle shall have
cleared away in the different states,
and the monied men OF the country who
have large interests in them shall look
over the field with a view to additional
investment. we think they viii conclude
that i'll Utah they will be protected
from tho dangers OF the wave OF eS-
treme socialism that Is sweeping the
land FROM shore TO shore and disturb