Show ARTHURS TOUR In the course of a low days PreP f dent Arthur will come west not to i brow up with the country but to sec some of it encourage an appetite I ap-petite and indulge in a frolic and i good time generally It is not likely I that he will visit this city or even Across the borders into this Territory finis proposed mute of travel lying in I another direction All the same we would be delighted to have him I some to Utahwhere things would be I s onade exceedingly pleasant for him t The city has been visited by one Ii i Sfresident of the republic and one j y Fraud with a big F to say nothing l t of those beginning with the lowercase I t I lower-case letter If matters werent t J j l agreeable to Grant while here it h xras because the people didnt know how to make them so for III their i i I it t t 1 ihonest humble way they showed f mow much they respected the I t f President the general and the ill I man Grant went away f iI charmed by his brief visit and ever after was a better friend to SEJtah than he had been On numerous J num-erous occasions since he has been j Iheard to express kindly feelings for I sthe people out here whose thrift t J I industry honesty and general good I saualities made a decidedly favorable favora-ble impression upon him He also predicts a grand future for this Territory I ritory his keen perception telling 1 aiim that our mountains and valleys will yet teem with a powerful sturdy prosperous people the admiration ad-miration and envy of the surround ling commonwealths and a pillar of strength to the nation It was gratifying 1 grati-fying to have Grant come and note these things It magnified him in I the eyes of Utah as it placed this f i Territory in a more favorable lig tin t-in his eyes Hayes followed but 1 that was neither here nor there cutting no figure whatever Res 8ct for the office which he stole forced some to show themselves El on the occasion and others f i went out of curiosity to seethe I ee the monumental Fraud just as we I go to see the tattoed woman who is i merely painted or to look at the I thousand pound pig that we know doesnt weigh 600 pounds It made no difference to anybodyfederal officials excepted they being more or less at his mercyin what light he saw things or whether he saw them at all He was the one man in the White House who had no influence in-fluence with the administration or the country hence his visits as well as his opinions were unimpprtant events There was a marked difference differ-ence between Hayes receptiou and that of Grant The welcome of the latter was hearty enthusiastic aud genuine everybody putting spirit into his shouts and grasping the true Presidents hand with a warmth and earnestness that were felt as well as expressed In tiu case of Hayes all was entirely different People were on dress parade making a display in which they had heart Now if President Arthur will come his welcome will L e as hearty as was Grants Whatever others may think in the premises the Utah community has an idea that Arthur is making perhaps the best l > resident resi-dent the country has had since the demccrats lost their grip about a quarter of a century ago In these times of peace and prosperity when HO great issues are before the people and quiet and plenty prevail from one end of the laud to the other it takes a pretty big man to make a successful or even respectable President Pres-ident It is in just such times as these that a man in his position can be dwarfed and made to appear disagreeably dis-agreeably small There are no opportunities or occasions upon which he can ride to greatness The ordinary man would rust out before he had been in the White House six months Arthur not only holds his own but keeps on growing It is not likely that he will be taken up for a second termand If he were nom inatedthe almost certain probability is that he would be defeated as the country has made up its mind for a change in the politics of the administration admin-istration and having the votes will not reverse its intention even for the sake of paying Arthur a compliment compli-ment or continuing a fairly good chief executive in office Arthur has not been markedly severe in his treatment of Utah and his disposition disposi-tion and inclination being in the direction of fairness the Territory need not look for tho manifestation of harshness that it has counted upon with so much confidence from every administration since the republicans captured the qountry We really wish President Arthur could make it convenient to come to Salt Lake ana give the people here an opportunity for showing how much they respect not only the President but the man who is trying try-ing to do the best he knows for the whole country |