Show TEE FOURTH There ought to be nothing in joyous the way of a wholesouled celebration of the Fourth of July in this city a celebration in which all American citizens can take part without thoughts of offending or fear of being insulted The Fourth is Americas bravest and best day the anniversary of tae birth of the republic of which all are proud as being the freest broadest and best government on earth The day belongs be-longs to no class or creed There is no party politics or religion in it It is not even sectional but extends from the Atlantic to the Pacific and is the property of all parties all sects no sect and everybody It is the day of the American people and the man who would deprive anyone of his rights in it is unworthy unwor-thy respect on the occasion and entitled en-titled to no share in the day or the event that will then be commemorated commemor-ated At times in this city on the recurrence of the Fourth all has not been harmony Distinctive parties have thought the day was their special property and that only through their generosity and sufferance suffer-ance could others be allowed any interest in-terest in it Happily if any such feeling does now exist it does not appear on the surface sur-face and it is hoped it will never again manifest itself to the bhame of America and Americans Ameri-cans It is not necessary for men to be of one faith or one party in order to remember and duly indicate their appreciation of the event that we celebrate next Tuesday When it does come to that condition then there will be no occasion for Jlny Fourth of July for what the Fourth achieved will have been lost and the glory of the republic departed A most appropriate celebration has bean arranged and while we all participate earnestly and in sincerity sincer-ity let us hope that the occasion I will prove doubly dear to all here in marking the beginning of a broader and better era in Utah an era in Which all will work harmoniously for the advancement improvement and material and social progress of Utah and not as has been too much the case in the past labor against each other thereby retarding the forward march of the whole At any rate let us have a genuine Fourth whatever the future may be |