Show WHY IS WEIR ASHAMED OF UTAH editor truth the speech of mr thomas weir at the american party knockers convention oo on sept 20 was very remarkable for its vency slid and it certainly showed be WM was an apt dadeo his teacher and pili ir also thit that he be was a strict lol fol I presbyterian articles art lolea of 0 aali mr weir said that when he be POT awny arm home he be is ashamed ta to frum from utah the best friend the peter ever had bad was CIri ciriot ht yet illier of 0 Cir iiii and awed lin ird blin three times aliu lt l mr fr We irever Is B aoh tic the tale mil and her have leave anade mr ir weir very wealthy we iulia glebas a fine home good gaud heal heally th thanks to lu climate and everything that heart could P ish and be obtained it all from utah but when he ha la Is away from rom home and stands in the presence of UL some august hotel clerk his vanity or his pride or hii big religion overcomes overcome his gratitude and like peter he denies ills file benefactor sIs la ashamed of the grandest state stale in the union mr weir why are you ashamed of utah la Is it because it Is different from any other state except vermont and has never resorted to lynch lawo law Is it because utah has a greater percentage percenta gp of stud bots in her soheyla and a less percentage of illiterates paupers haupers pau pers criminals and inebriates than any other state la Is it because it alabdi third in aduca alth all liui the ibe youngest of 0 the st sia ate tei 1 1 it t lecausi lic canso 90 percent of 0 its ht anuw uti and 89 69 of item hem are free frim mm debt Is it b riu ciu atit majority of tie the pe peo of U i h do not noi c nance race buical tuillie e bud aad b are pot unwelcome INCAS IB 18 it because women li liine been given their entire rights and enjoy nil all the privileges privilege ot of state and I 1 tue be pursuits of lire life that only the men enjoy in nearly every other othera stale tate la Is it beca because e god hai given the people I 1 nf rial a goodly heritage look it her gretat 1 rem aalt lake aud the lie jordan of the ibe dead sea and its dordin river where jesus whom mr dvir erida to worship was baptized look at her wonderful health mineral springs look at her wonderful wonder tul mountains mount alna for or you can see sec in their rough and rugged furma forms beat beauty ity grandeur poetry music dl di and peace you can sea a beauty that ho no artist can paint a grandeur that nu catoria can describe disirio poetry y that c can an only be written on the heart music that echoes the anthems ot of eternity a divinity tor for they are emblems or of immorality and seem to reach from nature up to natures a god and are a peace that basseth all understanding Blan dlo these mountains stand like giant senti sentinels cels and during june july a sad ad august they seem to hold bold up their ahelf everlasting white while i caps as an olive branch beckoning the people of the torrid eastern st si ates ales to get un d shadow sno stroke and beat never come caw louk look at her ber wonderful farms in all her rn valleys brok ciok at them in tile the summertime when they are cover eo ea with natures of the green the yellow and the gold more beautiful aud and resplendent than any axminster or smyrna that ever coterel the flour floor of nt a kinds pa pala dalae lae awl everywhere they ate are decora decorated teil with great stacks of hay and grain and the clang of the yankee reaper through the wheat fields fieldi Is to the soul look fit at her law largo variety and great abundance ot of mirie minerals rals that have been hidden in her mountains ever since god bald let the dry laud land appear and are are now being brought to light ba b which mr weir has been beena so greatly blessed mr weir did yali you ever stop to think of the great sacrifice that these mormon people made in early days tor for you and every citizen of utah did you ever think of 0 the weary march across tho plains in my minds eye I 1 can see them now I 1 can see the hand handcart oart brigade ot of tired women on the crest ot of the continent chissum this sum continued en cn page five WHY IS WEIR ASHAMED OF UTAH continued farm daae aie three tb ric fulti tulti lu L lautie buor women k biegi 41 lu r alie dividing line between two la runt of them was the great unknown them was the peaceful s of old england and the bonny highland of pleasant vat val irya 0 of liae the hennekee Kenne Henn bce ebee the mahank blo baski the and the beautiful blue juniata the homes bomes they had bad left behind bebi be bi ad the ma mother ther the father the sisters and brothers the dear old farmhouse with ice irs grant woodbine creeping over tho the door the hollyhocks the four our oc looks locks and the johnny jump uti in the front yard and then their hearts beans grew faint from homesickness and and the weaker boned ones said lets bolets turn sack but the stronger repeated the words of longfellow let euthim not him that his bis hand band plough look backward though the ploughshare plough share cut through we tife lowers flowers of life to its fountains though iti it pass oer tile the graves of at the dead and the hearths of 0 the living it Is the will of the lord and his mer 1 cy en dureth forever to rever at night many 0 of these poor women bare lain down by the side of their bando arm and buo blurs UJ their course the heavens till their sunken eyes were glassy their emaciated cheeks became livid and their tired and workout bodies were still and and rigid and cold in bath death it was wa this class of people mr weir that blazed the trall trail built the bridges and carved the ro toads ads through the canyons and made it possible for you to live on south temple street in a palatial mansion and enjoy all the luxuries that only wealth can give but bat in your ingratitude which is abhorred by god and wan man you ou said in the be language 0 at a bathroom poet to the other I 1 jp figr grates ates you were addressing lets leti knock eni em out mr weir just east 0 of your mansion to 8 the palace ol of thomas thomai kearn a your I 1 little tin pod izod and political leader the father of the american party of knockers about two decides ago mr kearns also came across aaros i the plains he did not a band handcart eart he be was in too big a hurry he was wanted ID nebraska mr kearns was afraid or of his bis own shadow behind evary object ha imagined he be saw a sheild ready to at out and put goyea upon b bap wrists but bat mr kearns reached utah and bid himself la in a mining camp under an assumed name and there like the pirate nho ho captures a merchant ship laden with gold mr kearns cearna struck pay dirt which made him a millionaire ue ile returned to the name hla his mother gave him at lifs hi birth came to ito salt lake city built him bin a mansion and spent money with a lavish hand the people who did not know mr kearns thought him to toba ba a great philanthropist these people appreciated a philanthropist anthro phit and although uncouth and uneducated they elected him to the united stales abe greatest kid gift utah could bestow on one ol of her citizens hut but la the united states senate he let ingratitude the basest ot of all crimes get absolute control of 0 bah traitorous nature and there lie be commenced to koife knife the friends who unwisely elevated ele hill to the title of 0 11 III hh last act in ate before he be was sent howe home for good was to read a and ribald speech that had been written tor for him before the senate which blackened |