Salt Lake Times | 1890-10-22 | Page 4 | Local News

heretofore in opposition to his law breaking constituency. Nothing , but dull and unmeaning platitude and self-glorification. self-glorification. If John T. Caine fitly represents the body of the ecclesiastical organization, of which he is an Inglorious In-glorious member, It hasn't the elements of saving life within itself, and is only fit for the dunghill. One has only to scratch such a People's party man to find a dull clod of very common earth beneath. But surely some of the long suffering victims of a politico-ecclesiastical party have ears to hear and eyes to see the signs and sounds of coming political ' enlargement and mental growth. The ' exultant cry, "I am a Roman citizen," lent inspiration to the soul of the patriot and struck terror to the barbarian, twenty centuries ago. Have the generations come and gone since then lessened the glow of national life and loyalty so that no appeal to the young men of Utah can find generous responsefrom thein? If there ever was a time In the history of Utah when every element of manhood called for independence and patriotio action, it is here and now. Let partisan heat and sectarian venom hide their diminished dimin-ished heads in the presence of a self-assertive self-assertive and glorified manhood. ,i It has been said of the Bourbons of France that they forgot nothing and learned nothing. Judging by the letter of acceptance of John T. Caine, he belongs be-longs to the Bourbon school of politicians. poli-ticians. A man who can sit for years under, the flag which floats from the oapitol of the great republic, unmoved by the stirring events which note the imperial march of a mighty nation, and be so devoid of patriotism that his : nerveless soul cannot respond to a nation's call, is fit only to be a slave and represent a slavish, corporation. In all that screed of his there is no sign or line of patriotic inspiration, no appreciation appre-ciation of the action of a church in ridding rid-ding itself of a curse he has been too cowardly to share a personal responsibility respon-sibility and disfranchisement with. No word of encouragement to the' young and ambitious of his own communion; bo sign of recognition of a conciliatory spirit on the part of his fellow citizens