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Show I 1 Uhe 'PeMtmij't, Sarcastic but Rejigned. H m , It may bo a littlo late, but tlio satisfaction that H m comes from saying loudly, "I told you so," ro- H M ' mains. Any ono foolish enough to read what "The m M '" Possimist" predicted concerning the recent olec- H m tion in this magazine can verify the assertion H if that a Republican victory was foretold in the H 'Sj State, and especially in this county, where the m fij Democratic ticket was so incomparably stronger H I than the Republican. And there were foolish B $$ . political virgins who believed the Mormon church K 'I! I officials had no hand in the result. How well -has Hj j Puck declared, "What fools theso mortals be!" It j m - has come to such a pass that if the Mormon m m " church but approve (as one erstwhile active poli- Hj m tician puts it) the Republican party needs but to H sj , stuff overalls full of any old sort of ijefuse and 1 tlien label them and they will be the choice of the people! 'bi a Nor am I forgetting that Jakie Morltz was de- j feated and Mr. Simon Bamberger, Democrat, B 1 elected. Jakie has personally been rebuked, but H i those who " -or tod and backed him by m ' j having 1 . me put on the Republican B I l ticket have been indorsed, because they Hb 1 J have not been repudiated. There has been no mm ) assault against the party or the principles which BE j! made such a nomination possible. On the con- Bl jig I trary, it has, with the exception of the scapegoat, Hi l been overwhelmingly indicated, and the befuddled BI'I I old ladies' attired in male and female costumes BK W alike, are self-satisfied with the great work ac- Bb il I complished in the defeat of one man who could be BB ill1 no worse than those who nominated and supported Bfi m I him, nor so bad as the local principles of a party Bl I that made him one of its standard-bearers. And B jl ij so we pass, from age to age, from reform movd Bq 1 i ment to reform movement the insane mob being HI W- ! led to knock down straws set up to distract their Bi attention, while the hosts of iniquity are still Hfj j more firmly entrenching themselves in their fj n I strongholds. Was it not Goldsmith who averaged H J I us up by declaring that "Some persons think they 1 j i pay every debt to virtue by praising it?" HI Hl 1 ' So far as the general results of the election are Hl ) concerned it would seem that little has been gained Hjlj 'm and little lost. The church has taken possession HI I I ij of its own in the Senatorship it has lost in the HB tjl House of Representatives Mormon King and HM 1 gained Mormon Howell. So far as intelligence is HB M j concerned, the substitution of Smoot as Senator HB 1 L for Rawlins is a distinct abasement but this is Hs I ; a church State, not one where intelligence or su- Hl 1 i1 perior moral qualities are sought to be held up to H! If j public admiration. Smoot will not rank Kearns Hiiift J in wealth; he will eclipse no citizen of the State Bff ji j in intelligence, but he is an apostle of the domi- Hff m j nant church and he will be Senator because it was Hgf M promised him. The angels in heaven will search Hh I !' in vain for any other satisfactory reason. BHnS In 1 BHB M 'i K M "They say!" Ah, well! Suppose they do; HJP m But can they prove the story true? Hi! j ' ' They do say that the relations between Bros. IBffi m i Smoot and Kearns are not as "en rapport" (as HB JK ' Tom gives it), as they were. Thomas demanded jHji m ; an unconditional agreement from Reed that he H BS , (Reed) would support him (Tom) when he (Tom) jHlf jl i , should be a candidate for re-election to the United H m States Senate two years hence. They also say HBj S , that Reed balked. The word "balked' 'is used H$ m I advisedly aa conveying indisputable proof that as KIl If. a Senator Reed will not need to be tied which is H iff I what Tom promised would be found true of Reed kM I for wliere is the sense in tying a horse that is HH IB i balking, and Reed is balking. Now, Tom ques- (BHraj fljl tions whether Reed's reception by the august as- MjBF """ ii i I riminTMniwiwiiwiiiii iinuiMgMiii i semblage at the national capital will be as favorable favor-able to "our interests" as would have been the case had he (Reed) been willing to pledge his two-years two-years hence support for him (Tom). And by such mighty contentions are the interests in-terests of this State conserved and the progress of our great nation watched and her matchlM majesty maintained before all people of the world. One who can find reason for hope on those recitals of fact is qualified for translation. He is too, too good for this life. The recent utterances of President Elliot of Harvard respecting the dangers and degradation of trades unions is naturally exciting much comment. com-ment. With unerring periodicity some of our prominent educators seem as naturally to write themselves down asses as the seasons are to come and go. We have the irrepressible and hopelessly idiotic Triggs inveighing against the matchless heart-reaching songs of Longfellow, and advirfng a board of control for poetry and novels. The contempt for his jibbings has barely passed when President Elliot of- Harvard takes up the cudgel against trades unions, because they undertake to work as few hours, produce as little as possible and in return therefor demand the highest compensation com-pensation obtainable. A mind logically enough construed to see that two and two make four could detect the deduction to be drawn from organizations or-ganizations of capital by the assertion of this dogmatic all. Railroads all corporations that exist for the purpose of making profit on an investment in-vestment have a fixed rule rendering the least service in the most convenient time for them, for a maximum charge. Competition among employees em-ployees as well as the natural desire for gain drives them to secure the longest practicable hours of service, with a maximum of production for a minimum of payment. It is a strange education which teaches that the accomplishment of these results are in the interest of mankind when sought for by capital, and dangerous to the race when promoted by labor. Such ridiculous utterances are what give color and support to the opinion of the crusty old man who was asked to indorse a scheme for establishing a new college. "Yes," he said. "Yes, colleges are good. There's a lot of sense in them, too. Young men, when they go to college, take a little sense with them and they leave it there. THE PESSIMIST. |