| Show JUDGE ARTICLE mention has already been mado made irk in ae ge columns of the taro two leading arti art ples olt s in the current number of the utah thomas I 1 cne M written by ex governor land on the Ev Abject if f the he ariu Pov the ahe otter by jurgo 0 W tha he were feri pa partly artly in reply to a puder pacer in may cumber on the nubi fAub lOCA eci of oil arbr or gutib butali from the pen ol oi HOD george Q cannon article yme waa only referred rel erred to be ause and did not the then its 14 space ad admit of AS being treated at as aa great bengt tk and carefully as its nature and the lin Jp ortan ce of the subject itself de dein it Is ia only fair to the magazine writer and we ourselves have to say at the outset that no ho words of opposition or criticism because of his antagonism to immediate sovereignty for utah he is entitled to his bis views on that subject and being su ou entitled enjoys the additional privilege of giving them to the public jhb position or of the NEWS egg statehood has not nhan ged we are in favor of it he heanley ay and sincerely believing such condition to be the territory i a due and more inore conducive to the gen general erdl welfare than the present or any n l other political status boutwe do not 1 believe e alieve in and will not even for a moment so BO far lose sight of the equities obtaining as ae to either demand or look with favor upon others demanding the great boba the protest of a convicer able element in our midst we would not it we could have them thein dragged forcibly and into statehood a condition which of itself implies neighborliness and good will among other things and while completo concord and unanimous consert are not to be expected at any time it is proper that the voice of a respectable minority be heard and considered with so much understood we will say of the article spoken of that it is in in the writers beet and in one sense hie strong estwein eat est vein being from the standpoint ol 01 a liberal Ll oeral another name for noo non pro gre gres selet slat it could not be more moderate in its tone and contain anything vigorous at all there are some new features presented but not many and considered consider edds as an argument these are not the strongest or most cogent parts of the article the lurden of it anti and the portions which to i the he reader lu I 1 ii search of information will command the most moo attention are what are recognized by the initiated as more or less incon aruo 9 fragments of the ammunition used in old time campaigns undoubtedly the newest ne and thereby the most refreshing blaas in the article are the admission that the mormon people are honest and truthful and that conditions have greatly changed here so much that the statehood flower is budding and ready to bloom in aue season while with a amounting to rashness he be has bag strenuously before and after these admi anions labored to show that nothing nettling in the peoples people a antecedents antecede nta or present characteristics justifies the risk of thena them at all alil what can this mean does he intend to say eay that they are honest and trustworthy as ae neighbor orV as merchants lp as professors seora as artisans arti saus ar an laborers us as and yet utterly and ana boie hopelessly lessly als ais honest bonest as to politIc cr 4 that they keep the word of promise to the ear 0 or oter filer ling citizenship only to break it to the pope hope of the politician CiAL they might do so anu and not vary so eo much irom from the P same km e ab claes s of veople keople elsewhere b but u t jt it 1 beeme that the ju judge ige aou would id bave 11 1 us ua tar far and awa away ahead hea d of all other stople as to oui our P political practices and ad in our assumed failure to occupy that ena em I 1 at the only reason why we 6 should be held back to in the great national nasonal race he will say aay as to thip ao ash be baa already eadi that we are a peculiar people but that we are ta to become so decidedly different from everybody eve else that politics and purity are nere to blend as indistinguishably as oxygen and nitrogen la ii really a little too much bueb he dog us more liduor by even suggesting thai such ething a thing than our capacities our experienced experienc ee ep and our ct acta 3 war warrant r tit let us ua give the judge J u dge the benefit such as it may be ot of some ot of his own cordt A people thus obedient would not fail to vote when occasion required it as they pray and they always pray for the church of jesus christ of latter day saints they look upon this matter of statehood differently than L I 1 they look upon it as a means of obtaining by strategy the power which they cannot retain by force with an overwhelming majority in utah they would indeed be of different clay than ordinary humanity if when utah became a state they did not seek to nil fill all ail the offices and create all the laws so that they would harmonize and blend with the teachings of their faith they are sincere hence I 1 expect that they would make use of their power which they would only faveto have to reach 0 out ut and grasp grap to obtain it is not teco rued that people who are civilized and prayerful and whose prayerfulness extends to invocations for others are prone to either obtaining or holding power by means of strategy meaning treachery or force undoubtedly the cormons mormons Morna as an stated are in the majority lu in utah and will probably remain so for some time unquestionably they would vote with the expectation of filling offices that being the usual object of voting and we are glad to be able to fully concur in the statement that they are sincere sino ere but can it be that a people whose die position habits anu and faith inculcate sincerity are sincere jn in but thing as relates to their follows fellows and that thing treason to them Is that the kind of compliment sought to be corive by saying we are sincere if dot what plaes baoe does such lai lot guage fill the same authority the same rule tha the same prec precepts opts which prompt the people to be true have sed it upon them their entire independence in political affairs mind and judge powers says bays in effect he be believes them sincere until they reach reagh this point then all al at once their sincerity van vanishes tabes into thin rill ail that this would be if the opportunity were giver given that is ie facts facto and recorded vows of a sincere ppe people tol toi I 1 amount to exactly nothing when in the scales against a few fer mens bellef belief a belief founded upon nothing that is tut but prejudice and having havi I 1 ng an existence only by reference to contests contee tB had and scar acerbities acerbi bitle ties engendered in a time by the natural order of things Is in in and of III the e past t a and nd by the he diurnal action of he be globe glabe Is ia steadily pushed further and further bick back into IMO the shadow of obscurity but for the one prevailing which exhibits itself continually in fall radical liberal writing or speaking the utter inconsistency of professing 6 rema remain in in bliesa blissful ul ignorance of tile tidier grand march and the force or of ever present and all pervading recognizing zing that nothing has improve improver Z as to one phase of human chai character a any conduct while claiming that eve every thing alad all athinis otherwise have I 1 proved abo judges article by 16 itself iff would be a masterly statement by a grand master in then the art rt of special pleading As it stands Is equivalent to bome bead we read of in ourt wb air tile thead alicc voc te tc knowing that the ilk itta tz and the facts are against him I 1 around his case if it is the desire to postpone statehood a state stater mei t to that effect is proper but it is absurd to occupy several sevi ral columns colum fis in explain explaining tok that such postponement should be had because a sincere an honest and it a progressive W gres sive people w woo 1 I oat at the same ow e t wa are not M sincere honest or petg are in the majority here herb AA a literary diversion from groua which no anotn ing in the way of edification Is ia sou boub k the article la is worthy of careful reading blended with the repast of cold meats withered vegetables vegetable and tale stale bread are occasional relishes and dainty morsels which are passably benj isable on the whole the nual will prove unsatisfactory to those who venture to partake quite indeed ta lu view of the ingenious chefs pst pet |
