The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-10-18
OUGHT TO TAKE
PART IN POLITICS
Z. 0. Lee, in Address to Young
Men, Urges Them to Do
This.
TO REMEDY THE EVILS,
ATTEND PRIMARIES
Is Every Mans Duty to Study
Political Situation and
Act Accordingly.

L. q. Lee, a prominent attorney OF
The city. was the speaker at the Young
Men s Christian association meeting
Sunday afternoon Mr.. Lee spoke on
''Civic Duty Of Young Men. His
address was listened 10 with close at
teution. particularly that part of it in
which he dwelt, at some length, on the
duty of The Young citizen with respect
To taking an intelligent part in the
politics Of his community.
Next Sunday A. @. Adamson who Is
on his way TO Foo Chow, China, for the
Y. NJ. c.. A.. will be the speaker. Mr.,
Adamson is we'll known in Salt Lake,
and Sundays S meeting will be in the
nature of a sort of farewell gathering,
At the exercises yesterday two beau
tiful solos were sung by Mrs. Corrlnnc
Harris Hammer. Claude j. Ncttletoa
played violin solo. Miss Marjorie
Mulvey was accompanist
After a few Introductory remarks,
Mr.. Lee, in his address, said;
The Ballot Box.
We make society better OF worse ny
the conduct of our lives, but the ballot
box is the crystallized expression of that
society
At the election November ., you vote
perhaps either one ticket or the other;
without considering the character and
ability of the candidates named on that
Ticket: perhaps you do not know anything
aoouJ ,le personnel of the respect
which You are TO choose; Perhaps
YOU win seek knowledge OF the capabIl-
ties OF the men who are named as can
dIdatcs for the respective offices. but. II
YOU 10. your choice is then limited to
tile very few whose names are before
YOU. They. probably. are all good men.
but II is possible that none of them
mon OF your choice Nay, under our
present system il might be possible that
each and All are wholly unit for the
office for which they are named. IL that
should obtain. whose fault Is 1t?
Where Fault Lies.
1t is the fault Of those good people
who do not attend the primaries and
who refrain from taking an interest in
politics. Many OF our good people decry
politlcs-look upon IL. as IL were. with
contempt--wash their hands OF political
matters. and say they will have nothing
70 do with polItics-hold themselves above
1t, as 1t We're; will not attend the pri-
maries, nor do ANYTHING TO remedy the
evils, whether imaginary or real. they
so much dccry against.
II there is evil in politics (and ] don't
say there is not) whose fault is it? II
Is the fault of the good people who
either, through carelessness or indiffor-
"nce. or perhaps through pretended fear
OF contamination. fail 20 attend the pri-
marics. or 10 take part in the preIimin-
ary political moves that are necessary
10 formulate the ticket Of any narty. 7.
the candidates on your ticket don't suit
Nou. IL is your own fault. unless YOU
have attended the primaries and unless
You have done what YOU could to have
TIC candidates YOU wanted placed on the
ticket
Not Dishonorable.
Il Is not dishonorablc To engage in pol
itics. IS many would have you believe OF
1t least as many pretend To believe
ON the contrary vou can do nothing more
honorable than TO take An active and
lively interest in the politica! matters
Of your gity. and Of your county. state
aud nation Nay. IL is your duty II is
every maE's duty TO fully and thoroughly
arauaini himself with the politics OF his
city and of his country and thon. with
an enlightened conscience. do all In his
power. manfuily ana honestly. 10 bring
aHuEi what n" DEGREES is best.