The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-10-30
Under the Auspices
Of the
OGDEN TRADES ASSEMBLY
MUD.
Little drops of wat,

Little drops of water,
Little grains OF sand.
Make the mighty ocean
And the pleasant land.
But when they're not proportioned;
When you mix them as you would,
You turn the land and ocean
Into nasty, sticky mud.
Little words OF kindness,
Little deeds OF love,
Make the earth an Eden,
Like 10 heaven above,
But when the words get all mixed up.
Lovedeeds by the wayside fall,
IL makes us think OF some place
Not a bit like heaven at all.
Nature, in the arrangements Of
things. certainly displayed great wis
dom, for we have the water and the
sand SO aggregated and distributed,
and yet so fntermingled as to make
a most beautiful habitation for man.
We nnd. however, that the improper
mixing OF these two elements pro
duces very bad results. For instance.
mix little sand, or earth. into the
purest water and II becomes unfit for
use. Mix in little more. and II be-
comes filthy and germ ladened. MI
in vet a little more, and 1t becomes
thick and slushy, nasty and fou
smelling, mixture in which the quad
ruped known as Mr.. Pork" delights
TO wallow. On the other hand, wheu
too much water Is mixed with the
land, we have a nasty. sticky, cling
Ing substance known as mud" very
unpleasant and dsagreeable. BW
the two properly segregated and in
tcrmingled. NC have the perfect clear
semi-trapspsrent blue of the ocean
on the one hand, and on the Other
hand We have the high productive
ness az the land, giving TO us the
trees. the flowers. the fruits, the veg
etablcs and all that go to mako mp the
comforts and pleasures of mankind.
We are told by the good book" tha.
we shall not be known by our profcs-
sions or the amount OF hot air" VIC
are able To dispense. but by their
fruits (or deeds) We shall know-them"
Faith without works is dead Our
professions, however profuse they
may be. and however smooth and
seemingly sincere the utterance, &c
for naught If the action or deed IS
not suited to the word, So. when the
kind word is spoken and the deed OF
love Is done. how like that pictured
place above docs this old world be
come. But on the other hand, when
our words take on the sinister sound.
and the loye-liGht dies ont OF our
deeds. We make OF this world a very
undesirable habltation for both man
and beast
When we left Milwaukee recently
VIC thought we had left behind all the
noise and hubbub, the chickering's
back-bitings. the fault-6ndings and
'hot'air,' and when NC crossed the
old Mlssouri-the river OF muddy
waNers"-wo settled down in our
seat secure In the thought that with
in day or two we would be once
moro in the land of the pure mountain
air and the clear sparkling water;
free from the turmoil and the tur
bid waters. and settle down once more
10 the even tenor OF our ways in one
of the best little cities in the world
but not so. Behold, The air was
filed with dust. and Of a nurid hue
and OF a sulpnuric smell and 10, II be.
came necessary TO Immediately attach
filter 10 the hydrant, as the waters
had become terribly "riled up" and
muddy because OF the daily plunge"
of some of our best CD citizens. o.
ye Gods.
Sing a song of politics, freight car
full OF rye"
A lot OF politicians baked up into
pie:
And when the pie was punctured. the
bunch" began TO ripple;
Now isn't that a jolly mess TO set
before the people?
So when we returned we plunged
into the midst of one OF the dirtiest.
filthiest, most bittor and most mex.
ousable political orgies that ever be.
smirched the fair name of our beauti.
ful city. II one-half or even one.
quarter of the things that have been
said OF Glasmann and Brewer are
true, ] submit that neither one OF
them are fit for the office OF dog
catcher, much less to enter the
sacred portals OF the mayors Office,
All this stuff is rot
Those things are not what the ma.
Jor1ty of the reading public want.
They are not what the union people
want 1t Is one thing TO pass the lie.
but it Is another thing 10 prove It.
and all the bombast and loud talk i'm
Tho world don't prove anything. II
Is said that figures won't lie True.
but don't think for one moment that
liars can't figure" because they can
and do Now. who's IL? What We arc
looking for is honesty in office and
the enforcement of law-of all law
Brothers, be careful. Study well and
carefully the situation. There arc
some good men on all the tickets AMI
some that are not so good. Regard.
less OF your past political affiliations
IL is your duty 10 yourself. TO yonr
children and to tho community a,
large to surrender Your franchise ONLY
TO the man or the set OF men who
In your best judgment. will give tho
people-all the people-a Square
deal" and to make IL apparen, to n
candidate or candidates, or a SET or
sets OF candidates. who may in Tho
future attempt 10 indulge their mud
Singing propensities, such as was
witnessed during this campaign. thai
IL Will be TO the waste basket for
them.