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Show IJtUi: AM! lAIAl. 101 lilt". In dlicuitlog favorably tho proposition proposi-tion for the admission nf Xew Mixlc) aaa state, Uol. llsnrl Watterson of tho tVurfer Journal struck n snag In the lersouof an Irreconcllabloof vvlJcntly bucollo rcelJeuci-and the most extreme partltiusblp. Thu etar-eyoJ Journtl-1st Journtl-1st was madu to sen that that territory Is n very doubtful quautlty In tho polltlotl scale, the majority for Joseph ( Democrat) for dclegste to Congress ntthelate ulectlou belli onlynbotit 60', and the leglslaturo Is Very close with a slight Demtcratlo ascsudancy. With statinood It mlgnt ur n ht 'lot go Hist waj again, but n few iln.ngis In the legl'laturu would have thu effect o! sending two more lteubllcans to tho United Hlates Benato an 1 thus would the irotetitly prospective nm-jorliy nm-jorliy the otber way be ntutrallted er wlod out alto jotbtr; under vthlihsol of circumstances theotjector thinks It too risky a pnqiosltlon to tamper with. This brings the stalwart ICentucklau "up standing," and hu proceeds to rial the objector such a Ittson as, it Is to be 1 1 j 1 1 J , he will long remtmter and uvmluslly prullt by. lie lulorms him that tho qjestlon of whither New Mexico Is llinw-crstla llinw-crstla or Itepubllcau lias nothing whatever to do with thu matter; his ndvocKcy of that territory's admission to the Union vi at not conceived lu the light of a ptrtlsan tdvantage, hut because It hai the neciaiary qusllflos. tlout for statehood an I de.lrln ( It was entitled to be gratified, no mailer what the political leaning thereafter might be. This Is the attitude of n patriot and the language of a statesman, both of which Mr. Watterson has repeatedly shown himself to be, but novir more so tbnu now. Anybody can be a narrow. mlndoJ, lucjmlJerate, lut-heided bigot In polltlos as well ns in othir departments of life; bit It tikes a man of Judgment, of dl.c:lmlnUuii, of breadth of view, of tolerance, of experience and of learnUg to rise above mere parly behests Is dealing with great suljects. It Is not that a political man should bo fickle, Inconstant or permit tlio ra. ment nf any arty he may elect to train with to alt to loosely and un comfortably upon him that no one can determine what ho Is, will du or may bt; not at all. No one la lurlhir from such a condition of things than the nan spoken uf. JIu la a stalwart In Democracy and whin it comes to a question of maintaining or sacrificing a rlnclple he It uncompromising. Ho profuted, during the Tlldcii-linyis controversy, toraUoand arm 10(1,00 J Kentucklsnsand march them to Washington Wash-ington to see that Mr. Tlldeti was In ducted Into thu I luce to which Ken tucky billeved tho people had elicted him n propotlllou which, by tho bye, found but a fteblo echo anywhere and was droppid, thu irlnclpal reaon thenfor being that thu iioplo had Just emergid from one great sectional passage pas-sage ut arms and did not particularly care to get into another. Wo mention this luoldent as Illustrative of hou sturdy, and if ncula bo extreme, n Democrat Mr. Watterson Is; but when lie dials Willi audi a matter at tho rendering of even-handed Justice to a community or an InJIvldual, lie doea nut recognize tollllca In the matter. Ho cauuot, In n word, atlord tochuator defraud apolitical enemy, iieclully when thu roult sought Is thu securing of tfolls for political friends. Can a man be truly great and act other wist There la a lesson In this which should be reptntid from tho house-to pa III Utah, It all classes csuuot be made to hear or acculio It any other way. Komu few there lie who, through lust of gain and yearning1 for a llttto brief authurlt), have no more regard for thu rights, the principles, thu feelings or the social position of others who op cso or who they think uru opposed to them, thau they liavu for thu condition condi-tion of tlilugs on tlio planet Mars. Everything Is subordinated to politics, and pjlltlca of the most selfish nud narrowmlnded kind nttlut. The mitt regntful part uf It all It tint such uiun hiirulnjuuei others not so sklllni In the arts of the doiiafoguo to Join them and by re.noil of ttii'h things we aro nonfriutcj with a grievous spectacle- Taom who once wironud ouglityetto bu friendly and tolerant tJWiird each other are hj greatly nt varlaucu because of tho pot house school of pollllci hiving boon Inculcated that they either do not "ipeiku they puts bj"iuall, nr do so us coldly and mechanically as If they tnd been liitroiueel tmly yesterday and that In the most cituil manner. Now, this Is nil wrti and tboru It rusllynocallforll. l'noro , lufacl, no call for It anywhere, much lis-bcroaiuoug lis-bcroaiuoug a psuple who huvo cou stnntly boon taught hotter tilings. Union haven bent or n fuuoy that nay let them bo politicians, aud study up the political history of tho country aud familiarize themselves with the rilnclples an I prnctloet of all tne parlies, then thiy can ally them selves with whlchover ono may appeal most strongly t their better Julgment. This is In the line of progress and the leit good for all, and should not be decrleJ or ills-oouragcil. ills-oouragcil. Hut they should remember In the midst of It all that some very great men hsve declined to be mou birsof any organisation whatever, ns well as that thore are hoitl who give full and sltalfast allegiance to the patty ef their choice. Klthcr cou no Is honotitble If It It honest, and no one has a right to ceutcire another for being or not being ono or tho other. It is well fur us all to remember tlut everybody can't see through our eyes, and wu must not bo to arrogant, so igotlstlcal, so Insolent wo may say, at to detnnnd that they accept our ipie thrt In the tcmlin without qui-.tlonln?, Tho pelllfogor or quack In politics la as coutcmptlblo aa tho former lu law or the latterlu medlelue, and sensible men will steer clear of him at all times and everywhere. |
