Show editorials professional politicians hebbert herbert tho the eminent philosopher deep thinker and elegant writer hab has been interviewed concerning his impressions of america its people and institutions we do not propose to reproduce his utterance utterances 3 on oa this thia extensive subject but will make a quotation or two from his remarks our opinion bear upon questions affecting our local pol politic itice and are therefore worthy of attention in utah at th the present juncture mr spencer sayo saye 1 cc within the form of your constitution there has grown up an organization of professional politicians altogether at the outset which hay has in a jarge large measure become tho the ruling power the fit nesb nesa of men for free institutions la Is dependent chiefly upon character and only in a secondary degree upon education the truth of this must be apparent to every intelligent observer of political affairs in a the united states the professional politician represents not the science of govern ment but the arts of trickery 2 per pen pershal isu suai sual al defamation bribery lobbying and conru carru corruption p the object in view with his class ia not the elevation of the people and the application of eternal principles to secure liberty justice and union but to gain eminence power wealth and cont contina inu anc i of control for themselves thoms elves elvea and their fellows of this class are those men now striving to gain the mastery of this flourishing territory to achieve their thein ends enda icey will ie r 8 sort eort to any measures gen gea how however ever opposed to the genius trilus of our national institutions or in violation of the supreme law of the land every citizen who has tife the welfare of the community at heart ia Is in duty bound to do all that is lawful and right to defeat their schemes and preserve pre fre berve Borve the liberties yet left to the people mr spencer eaas says on this point cl institutions can be tie maintained only by citizens each ench bachot of whom is in stant to oppose every illegitimate t t act every a asumption assumption of supremacy s every official excess ot of power however trivial it may seem heem anthe the american pauses to consider whether he can afford the time and trou brou trouble troubie ble bie and BO so abuses creep in all these t lapses from higher to lower jower forms begin in trifling ways and it is only i by incessant watchfulness that they can ba be prevented this clearly sets forth a great evil that exists in every state and territory of the union dema denia bogues go aes ues and corrupt schemers are permitted to accomplish their nefarious ends because of the apathy of the masses and the disinclination of good and uncontaminated men man to step a tep top forward for ward in active antagonism to thu politicians in utah if a man bho sho blows ws his willingness to aid in auy positive manner in meeting assumptions the of supremacy the scoff iclal official excess of power and the gil cIl illegitimate legitimate acts of the enemies of free institutions he ia Is twitted twisted with being a politician in times like these every citizen should become a politician in the higher sense ile he should make himself acquainted with the true principles of human government the rights guaranteed under the institutions of our country the limita dimita eions of official authority and all that relates to popular r sovereign sovereignty ty and legitimate rule ruie and then be willing and ruady ready r cady ady to tu use his information in gha tha most available manner 0 or the b benefit hefft of his lis neighbors the attempts now being made to degrade utah be lowthe political lex lev el of the masses in european monarchies should bo be met b by determined aud united efforts on the part of the citizens whose li bertles liberties are assailed and each ono one ought in the tha language of mr spencer to be instant to oppose those encroachments encroach ments and by voice vote and every legitimate influence to defeat the plots of the pro esal esai onal ocal politicians now striving riving at to grasp the territory by the throat and lay jay it prostrate beneath their heels that they may enrich themselves by plundering it at pleasure the truth of the remark of mr spencer cone conc concerning eming character and U education ia Is illus ft here as well weil we 11 asin aaen as in other parts of thia this great country enero professional politicians are at the discerning tho character of these those persons shows through the varnish of their st education ho he that only looks at the latter Is i and angwill will bodec be deceived eivid elved they talk well so far aa as studied sentences and catching illustrations are concerned they have stud atud studied led in the school of the degraded politics of the time but their character stands revealed by their record and their endeavors to enslave enclave and obtain power over the people of utah any man who advocates the entire destruction st of local self government and the establishment of a commission to govern a hundred thousand souls contrary to their thein the irwill will and consent no matter what may be his title or education is a charlatan and a usurper an enemy to american institutions and a foe to human liberty A YOUNG UTAH ARTIST our oun readers will remember notices that have appeared in relation to a youth named dallin of springville spring ville utah who developed a taste for sculpture and was sent by generous friends to the east to study under a i celebrated artist specimens of his skill have been received and ad mired in this territory the following notice of one of his latest productions duct ions la Is taken from the boston transcript of october ath angwill and will gratify uhe the iho young mans friends everywhere the little bust at the entrance to the west art gallery at the institute which catches the pleased glances of all entering tho the door ia is the work or oi the tho youthful sculptor dallin who came to mr bartletts bartletta Bart letts modelling mo delling school in this city from a utah mine a year or two ago its sweet naturalness of pobe and expression vIca cious clous yet not overdone oyer oler done in ness nesb but simple with all the mod modesty es ty 0 of f nature 3 gives it distinction and value aa as true artistic work though it gas waa executed as a portrait ait Alt since it is much praised as a likeness mr dallin ia la to be congratulated as well as tho the possessors of the bust and the little girl on being able thus to mingle artistic subtlety and charm with faithful portrait work tho the modelling mo delling shows an easy freedom of execution and style as well as correctness and knowledge THE TEM WYOMING tim THE democrats democrat of wyoming like their political friends in montana embody in their platform a declaration of the rights of local seif self gov ern ment in which thoy they are in accord with the Fo fotoplos oplus party of utah here is 13 tho the plank of the wyoming platform relating to this subject thai we demand that the right of the people of territories to self government bo be recognized by the nation BO so that the execute executive I 1 ve and find jud judicial iclal off omm meers officers of territories be selected by the people thereof the following al niso also sao lao from the same platform haa has the right ring and will commend itself to the people of this territory who are struggling for the rights lights ot of freemen that the utmost personal liberty and the freemane freemans fre emans right to the ballot are aro sanctified by democratic principles and wa we are opposed to any proscription thereof whatsoever and believing that all persons who ex exercise ercisO the night right of suffrage should be able to read and write we unqualifiedly favor the extension of the public school system by the fo fostering s aid cf of the national government MANDAMUS anu THE unu decision in the mandamus cases before chief justice hunter was given this morning aa as appears elsewhere in this paper it turn a entirely on and does doea not reach the main que question atlon 11 the points made by his honor however are doubtless correct and this we think will not be disputed by any one but the parties immediately interested in getting improper control of the local of flees the effect of the dech decision lon ion Is to place the attacking attaching party hors du combat of course they will up and ai at it again it is a cabe case for the lawyers ca as much RS for the tha bogus appointees and they will take every crook and turn and twist of toe law to try and oust the peoples peopled elected officers ceis cels and install the persons appointed by the Gov governor erncr under a violent wresting of the hear hoar amendment emen dment the demurrer to the ogden case caso was overruled by judge emeron emerson and the peremptory iv writ alt ordered on what grounds we have not yet heard arguments wera to be heard in favor of the respondents this afternoon A COMMOTION IN LIBERAL WATERS THE facts and figures set forth in the list published in the innas NEWS ou saturday evening have made quite a commotion and act na so many boulders cast into the dirty ditty waters of tho the so called liberal party they cannot be led lied away nor covered up by ridicule or sophistry over and over again men who have shirked the payment of taxes have boasted as onu ono of them did on sat bat iday evening in e meeting I 1 vve vye wk pay oam third of the taxes 1 and it was to meet this baseless boast that the were collected and given to the public it is useless t to 0 pretend that the gentle gentie gentleman mari marl wh who 0 examined t the ile tax llata ILAs and furnished uhe iha data or the dear ET NEWS makes any tion of poverty against these thes 0 non taxpayers nothing of the and ind has been done we vve find no fault aitu any man on the ground that he has no property W e depute no mans right to discuss the questions of the hour to attack what he thinks toi to be error or to advocate what he belleve believes 3 to be truth be audo aube daute daube he is not a taxpayer we accord the bame same right to the poor man as to the rich mu man to freely proclaim hib hia views on any question affecting the public welfare but we deny we the right of any man who pays no taxes to proclaim in order to deceive the public that thai he is paying enormous sums into the local treasury without any voice in the distribution thereof this is what those persons thirty three ot whom combined do not contribute as much to tho the local revenue by several hundred dollars a year as on ong a member of the rod Poo pies plea party pays paye have been from the over jn in the first place atis mot sot frue truo that they pay the proportion of taxes as they claim in the second place they have just em much urich voice in the distribution of the revenue as any aay other citizens that is they have an au equal ballot no man has two votes because he pays twice as much taxes as he that has one each citizen of the proper age and rest residence has ii a vote under the laws of utah regardless of the amount of his property but these liberal Ll JL iberal beral deceivers may complain our votes amount to nothing C against the large majority of the party earty well what of that Is that trea son la Is it 19 nullification 2 11 suppose the great majority now called the peoples party were republicans and the few li bellers falsely called liberals were do democrats moc rats would not the republicans elect men of their own party to the local offices of course they would and would the handful of democrats have the right to complain on the ground that their votes amounted to nothing that they had no representation no voice in the mma management gement of public affairs we think thin lenot JEnot not of course coupe they have the right to try and increase their numbers and if possible to become the ma majority i arity but not by improper in means eans not by lying about the amount of taxes they pay and declaring that they are deprived of representation Not b by y scattering falsehoods broadcast not by plotting to deprive the majority of the common rights of citizens when they take that course they deserve to be exposed and ought to be shown up in their true light for yeara years the people of ti tah have silently borne abuse and slander from a set of advent adventurers frers who want to obtain control of this territory and handle its finances at plea piea pleasure a mure eure these political tricksters trick have had carte blanche in furnishing famishing fictitious stories about the majority of the citizens and there has been no attempt at retaliation and very little at defence therefore when a mormon begins to talk back a little it is looked upon as the height of presumption p and ond it he speaks of some petty bede fede federal ra I 1 ofil official c at and hib his nefarious acts the language is s con to signify rebellion ly treason conj vj nullification as though the popinjay officer wag wai was waa tho the whole government in all its departments per pen Boni soni flod magnified and he held heid id up for worship there are things that might profitably be sot set forta for public consideration concerning these li bellers and plott plotters ers ets that would cause a greater commotion by far than the casting of thesa few tax list pebbles into their filthy pool popl if the policy of silence and quiet contempt on our part should be broken there woul wouida goulda bo be such a shak their dry bones as would wake the echoes of the wasatch Va satch mountains and make those heathen rage like suddenly awaken pd ed hyenas they had better eh chew e over the few facts and figures we have haye bet forth aa calmly as they can moc moderate lerate their boasting and get down to the basis basla of truth and common sense bense the taxes they have havenor havener not paid will do well enough for the present A SPECIMEN TAXPAYING nion ITON LIBERAL liberal WE wn give placa place to today day to a 8 scurrilous cur eur rilous communication from one james F bradley whose name appears in the list compiled by and published in iii the EVENING NEWS of oct 28 as one of the liberal no non n taxpayers it is evident tb that at the writer of the letter is a hit bird his rage and flutter ings show that the shot has touched him in a soro sore place all right let the braggarts brag garts wince and frev frel and fume all kneir lnell epithets and illogical lu insinuations will not alter the tee facts which make them so uneuy let us look at the question to be considered si fairly anu and rationally certain persons calling themselves ves 41 liberals have been asserting I 1 in n public meetings among other ather atrocious false salse falsehoods hoodes that they pay a 8 large proportion of the taxes aud and are denied representation the alleged proportion ranges all the way from one third to the chief part of the taxes paid in the terni terri territory tory tony to meet one part of this boastful assertion i repeated with that brazen effrontery that comes of custom and storytelling story telling a gentleman of this city not connected with this paper examined the te cords records and I 1 round found the proofs of the falsity of the claim the figures wre were furnished us for tor publication the tha fact Is apparent that james P F bradley Bradl bradi eyone eyono owe one of the liberal assailants of tho the peopled peoples party one who as appears by nib his letter con cou considers Ciders it to be the duty of bf loyal americans americana to attack everything morrn Morin mormon oWl with the venom and bitterness common to his clique one of the public screech ers era about taxation without representation sen tation pays no taxes at all now what does doea he offer in refutation of the facts and figures chiefly epithets and the abuse with his tribe mountain meadows wholesale priestly 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