| Show ESSENCE OF PETTY MALIGNITY THERE thene have been many exhibitions of a desire on the part of I liberals l in ogden city to insult and wreak petty vengeance upon the mormon part of the population since the I 1 Ube liberal ral party by shameless fraud and vile corruption obtained control of the city government the changing of the names of the principal streets was an arbitrary exercise of temporary power that exhibited innate meanness of soul and a disposition to abuse abe authority wrested from the majority so with the closing up of a public spring that had for many A many years been prized by the peo ale in its ite vicinity at a public meeting which by the courtesy of the mormon ecclesiastical authorities of the place was permitted to be held in the tabernacle smoking was indulged in contrary to the desire of the people who owned the building and one representative liberal we are informed sat on the pulpit and insolently blew the fumes of his cigar in the face of a gentleman who mildly and respectfully requested him to desist he was not taken by the neck and hurled into the street nor disturbed in his contemptible temp tible liberalism in numerous and nameless ways 1 the supporters of vice and declaim ers against its suppression in the junction city who have gained the upper hand have shown that they are devoid of magnanimity and tiie the instincts of the gentleman and have sought to annoy and humiliate and demean members of the peopled party who represent chevery the very large majority of the actual inhabitants of a similar stamp is the act of P F T dubois of idaho who represents in congress the republicans of that territory he hd has succeeded in effecting the following changes in the names of post offices in bingham county the at rexburg Rex burg to Hain kaintuck tuck and the retention of mrs IN mary M dye as postmaster the at wilford to berry and the retention of charles A gordon as postmaster the postoffice Post office at brighton to edmunds and the appointment of wm coxson as postmaster the spirit that prompted this petty malignity can be easily discerned these places were named by the people who settled them and who form the bulk of the population the names were of respected afsa and prominent citizens honored by the inhabitants nothing but a desire to insult them and prostitute the power afforded by a little brief authority could have actuated the insignificant and paltry soul that worked for the change the usual rule in postal matters of this kind is to consult the people who inhabit a place to receive a postoffice post office name but in these and other instances that could be named the evident purpose has been to annoy arid and do violence to the wishes and feelings of the inhabitants simply because they are mormons cormons Mor mons kaintuck is substituted for Rex roxburgh burgh to plaster on the place a reference to the unscrupulous person who framed that test oath which will yet figure as infamy I 1 berry is a sop to a democrat who as a judge on the bench has played into the hands of the republicans edmunds is foisted on the town because it would be distasteful to the people who look upon the laws popularly known by that name as a stretch of congressional authority and designed to deprive them of both political and religious rights to rob their church and obstruct its law abiding members in the exercise of the franchise these axe are straws that show which way the ILl liberal berall wind blows it reminds us of a remark made by a prominent liberal to another at the city hall on the last election day wait february said mid he cand and well make these mormon of lofb b s bite the dust 12 we omit the profanity that accompanied the expression it is the spirit that moves behind these contemptible temp tible acts that we desire to direct attention to it should warn every mormon as to what would be the consequence if the crowd that supports such detestable specimens of the genus homo and such spiteful and petty meanness should obtain the balance of power in this city and territory |
