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Show ture, receive its legislation Trorn the ! i same element that governs its capital city. Nevertheless the gentiles of this county, whether they shall ' hear from the pulpit expressions bristling with the spirit of "malice, hatretl. and all uneharilableness" to- I w.inl them, or whether they shall hear ! HMD the lips of a man in a legislative hall or elsewhere such grossly intemperate intem-perate language as was used by Mr. I Ouol the other evening in speaking ou the eapitol appropriation proposition. I will not regard the people of the other counties as "strangers," nor will they : treat them as such, no matter if the people of this city and county shall be so regarded and treated. For the i people of this city and territory to neg- i lcct or refuse to unito in effort for the I upbuilding of all the communities embraced em-braced in the limits of Utah's boundary lines would be short-sighted, indeed, to say the least; residents of other cities ! and counties may refuse the hand of fellowship and the olTor of co-operation ! in work for the Common weal, but the men of this oily will never do so, nor will they be derelict in tendering the same. Tin. Timi-.s cannot believe that tbe ill-feeling manifested toward this municipality mu-nicipality by some members of the legislature leg-islature is shared in any material degree de-gree by their constituents; if, however, it is wrong in this conclusion, it con-graiulates con-graiulates its readsfs upon the fact that the ill results which always flow from the prevalence of e.xclusiveness and of Intolerance begotten by religious bigotry big-otry and fanaticism cannot much longer prevail here, in the government of the territory anyway. There is not a great length of time ahead of us in which to realize "changed conditions" notmereh in name but in fact as well. NOT HnkAMOMMt Vhen tho logislative authority of the territory shall pass-into tho hands of its American residents, The Timks hopes tht no retaliating spirit will hu shown cm account of the treatment of Salt I.aka City by tho late mormon legislature. legisla-ture. Let the just demands of the people peo-ple outside of Salt L.iko he acceded to tor the public institutions located in the i soveral counties, for bridges and highways high-ways therein, and any for other proper objects for appropriation without discrimination, dis-crimination, so far as tho linaneial resources re-sources of tho territory will hoar expenditure ex-penditure in their behalf. When the good timo shall come that will witness the inauguration of American rule here in local government, let us not reflect, with feeling of bitterness at least, that we have been stigmatized from the mormon pulpit as "strangers;" that our just requirement for a meager appropriation appro-priation for tho starting of a oapilol building was squelched with a showing of bitterness toward our city that could scarcely have been intensified, and, too, after the members from our county had shown their kindly spirit and sense of justice by support of requests for appropriations ap-propriations to be extended la other counties. Salt Lako City has passed into tho political control of men who, as heretofore here-tofore stated, havo been stigmatized as "strangers;" it will forevor hereafter remain under tho control of men who have unjustly received that appellation, and the territory will, in tho near fu- |