Show PALS lightsy the following editorial appeared pearel Ap in sundays issue of the SALT LAKE HERALD be ba honest in politics ios convey no pre tended Mess agos Z and suspect those you ma may y receive and there were many sudden and strange lights appeared but they were false lights luring to destruction those kinds of lights alas are too nume numerous rous they are met with on oil eve every hand the young n especially not only see sec them but often very often tire are deceived b by y them the young 0 man litan who quits the quieter walks of life and the association Focia tion of his family and the companionship of innocent youthful friends for the more boisterous enjoyment of tho the saloon and the billard hall is following one of the these thee e filse lights lialios that ila lias 9 chanced to throw airo w its aay ray athwart his path lie ile is following another when lie ile permits himself to enter the gambling 0 den and either through the banter of his companioni or the hope of winning money in the desperate chances oiven 91 given at the agami gaming n tables ilow how otten olten such a i beginning i iii a beginning 0 C too that commences with no had bad intentions ends in shame and di disgrace jacc in the felons cell what embezzlements embezzle ments thefts and sonic sometimes timos autri outright cements t robbery itself are arc perpetrated in order to acquire means with which t to 0 e court our b the favors of this strumpet chance who smiles but to deceive and destroy ile he follows a 1 fal false 13 light when liis his feet are lured hired into the temples of departed virtue by the vulgar charms of the sirens whose mission it is to destroy mens souls ile he follows false li lits i whenever lie he leaves the pat path ll 11 of honor the old beaten paths of duty and righteousness 0 recognized zed by society and good ale men no and which lead to peace and happiness liap in in this life and the brightest Z hope for eternity nor do false lights deceive indi alone whole communities are sometimes deceived by bv them not always designedly but through mistake through weak judgment or a misconception ot facts but whether it bo be innocently or through design through we weak al ju judgment dament or ignorance ignorance 0 pure and simple the disaster comes and it mends matters but little to discover the reason of it so far as the particular catastrophe is concerned we are of the opinion that false lights are fitting about in utah occasionally casio nally they are of a political cast they chev are not bold clear strong lights but dim and of uncertain t ain color not nUDIe numerous rolls or very generally followed but dangerous nevertheless hence our reference r to them they consist in ill opinions mistaken opinions perhaps in relation to tho the political situation in this territory one of these opinions one of these false I 1 lights ig ailts is that eliat the population tion of the territory should b be about evenly divided between the two great national parties in order that utah might c be favored of both parties sought for and petted and at last secure her ter full rights 0 this scheme very cunning though scarcely even plausible to us is a very da dangerous 11 experiment one of the fal falsest sest of all false lights light its danger consists in this the scheme takes no account of political conviction vic vict tion iop it is a proposition made to a democratic territory to becci become il e well nim nigh Z h if not altage altogether ther a republican k pub lican territory and this to be acco ru I 1 A i shed n not ot by the process of coave conversion arsion but arbitrarily arbita rily by just simply dividing up half and half to do to this many people that are arc democrats would be under tile of acting 0 contrary to their convictions and thus stultify th themselves this is what it means let it be disguised 0 under whatsoever specious terms may be ill invented and we say it would not only be dain damnable in self but must end in disaster instead of blessing 0 instead of procuring n to utah the full measure of rights 0 which we aro are all anxious to secure for her it would result if not in the absolute disfranchisement of t the lie people at leaskin least in such delay of doing loin justice to our territory that it is d doubtful if the present generation would live to r see cc it done but all this is nothing P to bo be compa compared red with the everl everlasting astill g mischief that weald arise from the contempt and I 1 dis distrust of such buell a proceeding it would brand with per perfidy filly the entire community and be a heritage of shame to their posterity it is too commonly believed that in n politics men can call act without rc conscience it is a mistake they cannot do it and build up either for themselves as indi individuals vidia Is or for their party any enduring success in politics as 11 in everything else client cheat may be a good horse fora for a short race but lie lacks bottom and will eventually disappoint those who trust him while in politics as in overy everything thing else the only tiling thing that is enduring and ra ca capable p ab 1 e of bring bringing ing i permanent success ce s s is i s truth ant and honesty JJ c B pay ay to the people of utah irrespective of party you bo be true to your convictions conviction in politics no matter what the they are democratic or republican we ire are fres frea to confess democratic wt as we are in n our own convictions that thai an n honest straight out everyday every day in in the ccok republican publican Ite is a better citizen and a less jesa dangerous clement in our country than a perfidious democrat lt let nien men seem what the they are and be what they seem lel lei us havo have no pa playing a ying fast and loose in politics acs ics no running with the republican hare bare today to day and hunting with the tl I 1 e democratic hounds tomorrow to morrow this talk about getting our rights sooner by 1 trimming between tho the two great parties so is as to be in favor with both is all moonshine if the inhabitants of a great territory cannot bo be overwhelmingly democratic or overwhelmingly republican and still get their rights as an american commonwealth coln dlo n wealth wo we want to know it 1 sot so that hat anew declaration orinde of independence pen dence ean can bs be read by the said C commonwealth omi n W e a it 1 i and all appeal made tc to every virtuous american throughout 0 the land to conic come to its support and we have faith that it would succeed in securing its then democrats dont ile be following 0 any any of these false lights they ire are wrecking lights and will allure you and the people you desire to help to ruin let us bo be honest and all will come out right utah is nearing the goal of her redemption demp tion she is winning golden opinions from all sorts ports and conditions of men today to day let us not by weakness or by stupidity or by over anxiety undo what has been accomplished towards our redemption herald slay ilay 15 13 92 |