| Show WHAT IS patriotism every true american la 18 a devoted lover of his hia cuu country its glory and grandeur its ite past present and future are ever absorbing topics of inte reng tu u him he is patriotic patr lotio to the core although the oc casious may bevery be very few wuen an expression of that is 18 timely or when hla his services can be ut oi special value men are so BO constituted that hat way they have bave to localize themselves they we are citizens of a state bbate as aa well as aa citizens of a bation and it is IB not uncommon to bee a person blatant an I 1 effusive antho in the assertion of his Ameno anra and yet oe of little value lu in a local sense utah bas baft been nauseated with this xiam patriotism with men who maw aw more jt federation edera ilou thiu they did of nome rule and lecal liberty and progress their endeavor was wag to destroy dea to reduce to sert olom and political wani tiou those who made the d sort blossom and paved the way for even evea tr altora to partake I 1 that mat which toll toil aau sacH fIce had flo 80 diligently crest creates eQ the pioneers Pion eera and their appreciative bad already put pui themselves II a record fur for loyalty and patrIo Lisin no more enthusiastic celebrations ever lo lon rifled fled a etian those which a generation ago and many a time ince then in utah testified at the appointed time to the keen appreciation ot of their country ad and that criticism or of which at umea limes was waa deemed to out we the otin stinging sing rebuke of true patriot lam iam to traitorous action to usurpation to malfeasance and to tyranny which wais as an far removed from the spirit oi 01 constitutional privilege as aa light from darkness or heaven from six times have the people of utah appealed to the magnanimity of this ibis nation for the right of self government for the privileges of fud citizenship for abe opportunity of taking part in ill national affairs six biz times have abay been dented denied they zekeil for bread and were given a stone atone for lash fish and were given a serpent and dd even now but little warmth is 18 felt fait toy by the people in regard to ultimate statehood and the he rights so long with jbell they cannot help but see eee that abe present move la Is made by the politicians by aspirants for office to meet the exigencies of party rather than that the people should have jus JUB because it is in justice and right it il la 13 right the convention now assembled in ab bia Is city tor for the fraet framing ng of a Cona titu tion is far from being an ideal one partisanship to is without disguise and crops out in all ail contributory direction th and aad unless these incon crocus elements are under more restraint than they are at present the work will be an abortion the people will reject the whole con concard one of ibe be first contributory sections ions was waa that referring to our future judi so glaring wore were its tuat gnat even the convention hardly the aRgest tons therein 70 be sure courts will be needed and oil U the auxiliaries thereto but have we re concluded that the state into is to be overflowing with chronic Is S crime again t property and ufa life to be so 0 o rampant to is contention to be so that a laric largo proportion of the suture allure revenue is in to be absorbed by the to say may nothing of the vast lana implied for counsel which liti will have to meet to la far too high and un reach fible art now professional fees are vastly tr hoew of what they should be more is 18 needed and less 1688 taconi hoarty less jaw and more equity cir mud and verbiage need to be abt aside ide fur for statements ot of fact and rachi presentation of cases that the tote rested parties way may know what bilat beery very document and process mean and ancl unless men illon get back in these aneti to first principles some day resolution will sweep the whole fabric from beneath our feet the new state should aim at economy and justice between man and man even it if old methods are to be set got aside by some ig original more speedy and less what little has been said in the convention as an to the remuneration of IU it Em members embers and mileage combined lum 1 not had bad a good effect upon the observant massee while thirty thou anci dollars was appropriated for this works work many people believe that a sel eel c blott from lie best men mea in utah could awve been made of those whop who for the bodor banor thereof for their own good and that bat of their posterity for patriotism al love of utah which is not even secondary dary to that of country would bave done this work without pecuniary consideration or hope of further lard not mot but ut what the laborer Is worthy of bis big hire not dot but what offices have to be filled not but what ability should abound be a as aa to fitness for all positions position but if utah now DOW or as aa a state la is only to be of officered floored for fees and boodle as are some places elsewhere eleew bere let her bar remain in utter insignificance until a veneration generation oan can be raised so ao imbued with interest that they would be as aa unselfish as aa the missionary missi who goes out in the spirit of the he master to redeem the abe world money seems today to be so go much of a power that men stoop to anything for its ita acquisition it is in so BO much de aired that the world barters for it bonor self respect and every prine ciple of manhood th at hits one above another and the expression is gieely used nay believed that if you were to take money out of prominent things to in the world like politics or religion there would be very little left of either if rivals were as aa active in effort tor for progress pro gresa as aa they are for office and position who what a victory that would mean but as aa long as the latter la is the reward tor tar political services vices and intense partisanship go ao long will loo a groan under every species of corruption bribery will determine lawa law und and affect their vindication until this all unseen but potent power determined deter mines our civilization and finally gives it to the winds the way for a man to he be a true patriot and to exhibit the highest type of efficient citizenship to ia to take pride and part in the building up of big bia ow own a village and town cown to set first arst an example of industry thrift and improvement pro to beautify his hia own home borne and to 9 train hla him family to preserve prea erve around it order cleanliness and convenience veni ence to make an attractive farm and a desirable orchard then to encourage his bis neighbors aud give them tromm th be benefit of his bis experience and to take bis part in building and sustaining the school and the meeting house bouse for the mental moral and spiritual education of the rising generation to do big bia snare share in securing good roads and sidewalks and to wk thu the question tion often can we accommodate anu and utilize an increase inore aee of then aiu aid in securing them and in making them a permanent part of the thrifty whole it if agricultural and water facilities are but moderate what other resources are reachable can we adopt and maze maae a access of auy industry as aa yet untried such a man will be always engaged but it if he be possess capacity beyond big bia local surroundings hla bin county and then bio big state abate will command his hia attention and his bia pride personal interest will attach itself to every good talog from the founding of a now new settlement td ta the building of the capitol from the raising ra lainiE of wheat to the manufacture of sugar from the last arrival in hla hie own family to the swelling numbers in his bis preferred and favorite state nor if he never says a word about his bis country irom one fourth of july to another can he be charged wibb lack or of patriotism or it if new york pennsylvania massachusetts or even arizona or wyoming close by receive but little of big bia consideration what has that to do with his bis americanism or his loyalty do not GIs a man d actions speak louder than words and would you not an aa soon trust him in an emergency as the an one who to is forever prating about his hia pae love for and interest inan in hr country and its starry flag shakespeare said raid of one of bis big abar steers IMet binks he be adrith protest too much and president young said aid ur me same thing abing in other phraseology of one of bombastic governor govern orp who after oba charging the people wit with havery every crime in the political calendar run up on his bia own residence the stare and stripes sri aa much as to say gay that he be only was waa an american and every other man was wag a traitor the flag is the emblem or it represents the ibe nation as a whole but a man way may wear it in his hat bat or have it folded around him at bin bia demise and yet in his big heart be untrue to the grand conceptions ions of sacred liberty and union signified by it much of what we have board beard said b baa as been u unadulterated nod u iterated buncombe much that we have seen has baa demonstrated the lowne of pretense and much that we have experienced perien perlen ced has proved to us UK that 1910 it la possible for tyranny and oppression oppre ion to find and excuses for arbitrary methods in the proudest et land beneath the sun and so 0 o the unostentatious mangov man moving along the lines of duty may cherish within him love jove of family of bf village or city love of big hi state where destiny or choice has baa placed his bi faik he may comprehend the genius of chat nation sI life 1116 to which he conforms bah thought bought and set act and after all his bla votee may be silent client in the caucus on alie iDge or in the convention at he to IB a patriot his life belong to wh ola country coultry try and big hi locality if it itta to with the thousands bravery f soul has baa led ehlow in that direction lie would meet intelligently an iroemy either in the torum forum or on the tatt battlefield leMd at the name ame time he be to satisfied atia fied shut thousands have acted from lew less goder gener oui one impulses from questionable loyalty and because of the motives im aa varied as aa are men he questions quee tiona much that love chica claims the spoils of office because of chances taken a quarter of a century ago or more bet bat one man in our convention rose to the dignity of refusing only one man here and there refused oon tj sinuous remuneration from the government for services in the war such men are heroes and their heir patriotism is beyond dispute ds money cannot buy service like to that |
