Salt Lake Tribune | 1904-07-03 | Page 8 | Dr. Utter Here for Brief Visit

OR. UTTER HERE FOR BRIEF VISIT REV. DAVID UTTER of Denver, the first pastor of the Unitarian church of this city and one of ablest ministers who has over occupied oc-cupied n pulpit here, arrived yesterday from his Colorado home and is staying for a day or two on his way to California Cali-fornia to visit his father, who is now ninety years old. Dr. Utter will occupy oc-cupy the pulpit of the First Unitarian church this morning and will speak on "The Lame Leg of Progress," the subject sub-ject of an address he delivered at tho commencement exercises of the University Uni-versity of Colorado a few weeks ago. It is almost fourteen years since Dr. Utter first came to Solt Lake, and yesterday yes-terday he said that he found many changes here changes for the better. All the splendid public schools have L'l-f' ... : il Rov. David Utter of Denver. been erected since he first came here to make his home, several churches, hospitals, hos-pitals, business blocks and private residences res-idences without number. No streets were then paved, and there were but few sidewalks. After a residence of eight years in Denver, Dr. Utter, returns re-turns to find Salt Lake improving in many directions. In the old days Dr. Utter was wont to .ay that Salt Lake was the most beautiful place that he knew anything about and he has traveled much and yesterday he had not changed his mind. During the years he has made his home in Denver, Dr. Utter has been pastor of the Unitarian church at that place, and the church has prosepcred with the prosperity of the city. Two years ago they paid off a debt of $10-000 $10-000 which had been hanging over the church for fifteen years, and now the church Is- free from debt and everything is in a most satisfactory condition. The old pastor of the church here said he was more than glad to see the progress the Unitarian movement was making in this city and delighted to learn that, the congregation had at last secured a church of Its own. He considers Salt Lake one of the best fields for the liberal thought in the country, and thinks that in a few years more the Unitarln church will be one of tho strongest In this city. Asked as to his opinions of the. recent re-cent labor troubles in Colorado, Dr. Utter said: "Oh, yes, we are making a great reputation for lawlessness in Colorado, but something had to be done. So far as my observation goes, such disturbances do not usually end In a strictly legal manner. I think that the Western Federation of Miners Is a criminal organization in this sense, that I am sure a large proportion propor-tion of its membership would shield the persons guilty of that dynamiting outrage. And this Is the reason for their belnir deported. "As to the articles In McClure's and other magazines that sided with the miners, recognizing that they had a grievance in the beginning, saying that the people voted, by a large majority, ma-jority, for the eight-hour day. this Is fallacious. The people paid little attention at-tention to the amendment, and any one who noticed It, was one who wished to vote for it. In my opinion there has never been a lime when the eight-hour day. fairly presented to the .people, could riot be carried. While Gov. Pea-body Pea-body may not have done the thing In the "right way, sllll I think he did about the only thins that could have been done under the circumstances. Those miners Have learned at least-one -thing, and that is -that they cannot have a nest of lawlessness in Cripple Creek and carry on their depredations as they have In the past."