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Show HLf ' Bl TO THE STAItS TIIHUUUII 1)11 FI- HJj CULTIM. SUtah now baa not far from quaiter of a million of people; we think acorn- pleta count would ehoir fully that HH number. Taking the very large ratio HH ' of one out of every six as thu votlug HH strength, we thus hava upwards of Hi 41,001) voters In Ibe Territory, of whom Hi 40,000 should be registered for the next HJI election, and of those registered nluety HJ flvoper oent. will vote If the occasion HJI Is Important enough to bring out so H great n porportlon. This would mtan HJ that, allowing nothing lor Increase of HJI poulatlon and corresponding voting HJI strength, Utah should ole fully SO, HJJ OOOvotos. It has a male opulatlou HJJ over twenty-one years of ago HJI equaling tho total ctpltatlou of Kovads, HJ three-fourths ai large as Wyoin- HJJ Inn's entlro pojulatlon and HJJ tho samo as to ArlxonaV, and moro HJJ than hall of all of Idaho's poo-lo. Out HJJ cftbla vast army less than 6 te-rceut. HB are unable to nad and write and HHt unitedly they own nearly a much HHJ roperty as all thu other common- HJjJ wraltha uamol comllned. This would HJ cot seem to be so Insignificant a tec- HH tlon of tho nation as a handful who HJ have prospurtd In our midst nnd who HHt are greater nud of mora conseijueuce HJJ) here than they uver were anywhere HHJ also would make It appear, HJ Occasionally from the rtalme outside HHJ there come a man or gatborlng of men HHf wliu appreolate tho situation above tet HHJ out. They have, no doubt, In Jays agoau seen fit to look askuut upon HHt our Territory and the people HJB who wore delving and plodding hero HJB In order that It might bo niadu first HJtS habitable, then Invltlug, and Una 1 1) HJM Irresistible to others w ho could uotund HJBJ cannot ste as tho colonists saw unit HJBj see. The ruae,utt whltli tho taller HHM created, honeter, was at work; the HJBj friction of contending ldias win hav, HJH log way, tho tliarp corner w ore belli), HJH knocked oil from nulagonUms uud HJH Jetlousle engendered by ttuni of HJH dlvergtut sentiment and measure I HJH estrangement, and Uttlu by Mltlu tlio HHI cumuilngltng through toclul coulaol HHb nud business Interest liti nooom HHJ pllihid It purtteo riioeo visitor HHfl sjuUen of havu also uotud an 1 under HHI ttood this, uud a thu mute for oppo HHb tltloti dlseared tho op;o HHJ tlon Itself naturally rollout I, HHI Boclal evolution, from a condition In HHI hloli marly all uru woiker unti HH mitt all uru of one mind has wrought HHb Its natural outcome In u cosmopolitan HHV commouwtaltli ontalnlng every form HHV of lolltlcat and religious doitriui, HJHJ builuib ullalrs In which nil cf tine HHH havo liidlscrlmlnatu representation, HHH and common school I u which no ri- HHH Union of any kind Is taught. If, ml- HHH alleged, the visitors spoken ol hav HHV leen a new light, Is not wlnt tiny a HJHJI lomtthlug tuoiv thuu a llgineut of tin H I HHH'1 PflHkv HHHfsH7 "yHHk. HHHMHJk 9HHHHHHHBBflHI Imsglnsllon or an aparnce without substance? The other and obstructive class reside re-side here. It Is their open boast that they control moro rl"n,8' '" on county of Utah than the President dois In the whole Territory, and Ihli Is irobably true, It aln eiKxn their hands, shows up their case as It Is, revtals the milk lu the cocoanut. When It comes to n question of spoils, then principle or the duo and full recognition cf what belongs lo others Is not a factor In the casv. I,very time a step In advance Is takon It Is thn duty or at least tho action of the spoilsmen to cast discredit upon It, to attribute ulterior motives to thoio who bring It about or cngago In II; they admit nothing and deny everything, Ilka a nest of ettlfoggers, nil 1 Itli a braienncssiecmlngly born of soulless mendacity and consclencnltsi greod b-and truth oi n llo and make of honesty n slnlitsr n.'J scheming knave, .Nothing satUflea them so long a It brings anything that Is reposeful, profitable or advantairoout to those without whom tha woulJ-ba autocrats would In many cassi lis removed from profltab'a desk and easy chair nnd nt work with soma Implomout ol mtiiutl toll If they did any wor'c at all. In many caies coming here with nothing, notavau a reputation, and making thimselvr comfortable by takln? J-vantsgucf J-vantsgucf opportunities which they had no hand In creating, they are evin unwlllln that tlioio who did create them shall now receive so much as a word of ere lit or encouragement nt home or abroad, while every eten In advance ad-vance taken by tho original toller I an Indication of hypocrisy, every dollar subscribed to a public enterprise I a measure of policy having In view the furtherance of Church end and the eventual overthrow of the American Ameri-can lttpubllcl That I the way they talk, and for fenr that by lbemelvca and with only one et of hand to ln-gle ln-gle the rusty old bell the sounds may become tiresome to even themselves, any corner loafer, any unnrlncli led vagrant who Is too Isxy to work and too cowardly to (teal. If able lo compose vile nnd suggestive trulencee, Is Invited In-vited an 1 arbap even occasionally paldn mtserablo stipend to contribute to tho Infamous mini Undoubtedly Undoubted-ly Utah's priseut statu should be determined by ust such a gtng; of course her rcUtatlona It Is should be gauged and given out b) them; and whenever (UNIIEMKS see nt to reoognlio lacta a they are hire and speak accordingly, It lslhroer thing for tho whele licit of awaih-bucklers awaih-bucklers yelping lu unison to make the welkin hideous lecausoof III Luckily the situation Is bettor understood under-stood everywhere than it was a few years ago, nud It ontlnues to Improve with the advance lf time. The merit that exist here I recognised and will continue to lie rccognlted by all whose wprdsor opinions count for anything, nnd that Is encouraging enough by Itself. |