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Show THE CHARACTER OF A STATE. IflBfflBj Utah is a great State; the beginning of one of fslilBSH tho greatest of States. When all her resources fSllBB shall have been brought under subjection, her tuBBHI newly-created wealth every year will be something HUflM so marvelous that attention will be centered upon BB her. But it is as needful that a State shall estab- fHlB lish for herself a character as it is for an indi- Hjl iflHBH When people contemplate a change of residence flHSSH and are casting about for a spot on which to make JBBIwH new home, there are certain essentials which must HHHI I bo met in order to satisfy them; climate, soil, mines, if a mining State is sought for, but above all the nature of the population is the first inquiry. in-quiry. Politics often give the standing of a new State; that is, the political methods which the people accept and employ are taken as signs of the character of the people themselves. When it is told that the Legislature of a State is corrupt, the ii' JJKi W thought instantly follows that as the Legislature is In! mJ I a refloction of the People, the people that elected Kf r H r sucn a Legislature must likewise be corrupt. Thus H' I 1 fi tne crime 0l tt Legislature is a taint and reproach BIIirl' upon a whole people. When it is told that tho H$fjjn head of a dominant church of a State stoops from Hvrfw?' nis nlgn Pmco tP sell for money the offices of a HjkI!j State and that such superstition prevails that ofll- K I'.Tl cers' in obedience to that head, will violate their f fy I? oaths to obey him, then such a taint is given to a K$. 'V people that men hesitate long before moving their Bf.VTvt'" families to such a State. S 'iujt' TllG tnitn is that nothinS. after all, counts so SU',' Ki? much for the people of any State in this Union Bt I' '$'$ as their Americanism. When it is known that B "M1!l they are Americans through and through; that BNu.j'Uf their highest hopes and thoughts are for their aj ij 1 S i country, and that anything which is a reproach to Ht HHI' I their country is held as a personal insult to them- L'r il selves, to such a State people like to go, with such fc''" fii a PePle men love to mingle. 1 ' ll'li' Jt is an mPression which is steadily growing 1 '1 ll that wthin a very few years this city is to have a HI?!- h population of 200,000 people. If it does not it will i i 1 1 I e because of the character and acts of the present ii 'i'lllj population. If they go on electing legislators who f If '111 wil1 sel1 Jlgn oflices to the highest bidder or who, fir 'I' forgetting their oaths, will permit their votes to be (Lra) I if coerced into the support of unworthy men or meas- mlt !'iffjl ures, the State will soon be known as a rotten Ij!1 ffiil' borough, and there will not be enough attraction Hjpj IjPl in the climate, in the mines, in all the manifold R9''"''f advantages of the State to induce decent men to K :Ii bring their families here and establish homes HI' ' -Iw "'f here, for the conclusion will surely be that when a j '4 l State is politically corrupt, all the people need is Ht Iif'l tuo 0PPOrtwaity to be corrupt in other things. Hm'' i No State ever had fairer prospects than Utah Hk n ' jjf has today. No State ever offered more in a mate- HTi; ifi! rm sense to her people. But if those now here Hh " ' lf!l desire that others shall come to help them carry HiiK 1 1 on tuo 1TliS,,:,y works of the State, to develop it H ' 'i'l' I and bring forth its latent wealth and splendor, it H''1? if I must be understood that such comers must have a Hi " ' (I r"1 falr sllw; that their souls must be free; that no Hi' f ' 1 'iP amalgamated church and disreputable political Hit j U f 1 machine is to dictate to the people and degrade the Hlif& 8 politics of the State. It rests with the people now Hi nfrl' nere wat reputation the State shall bear in the HTK- Silt coming near future, and all that they need to do to Hlr '4 1 VG ne State a high standing is to remember that Hfif ' they are Americans, that their highest allegiance H p I ' is to their country, and then to have the courage of H I1- j j ''' their convictions. |