Show J n s Utah 1110 Mourns urns at Bier of I One of Her Iles Greatest Citizens THERE 1 is s any n S subject upon which the IP JF people of Salt Lake and Utah are able of creed reed or political to agree li irrespective 1 leanings it is that in the site death of John JohnHenry Henry Smith the growing g commonwealth loses one of her most able upright and honest citizens citizens citi citi- zens zees and an influence always always al al- al- al ways directed toward toWai 1 the of the state slate and the comfort and happiness happiness hap hap- of her leI people Peg lc He lIe t r numbered among his W friends Mormon onnon and Gentile Gentile Gentile Gen- Gen tile Republican Democrat I and American representatives of all lines of thought and all avocations in the state Summoned in the twinkling of an eye to meet his Maker surrounded by y the relatives and friends with whom the parting parting parting part part- ing handclasp was impossible because of retreating strength and whose straining ears heard no word of farewell his passing pass pass- ing away was a tragedy modified only bythe bythe by bythe the splendid heritage of memory he leaves behind him A review of his career reads like a history history his his- tory tort of Utah and of the west He lIe has been identified with the growth of this commonwealth commonwealth common common- wealth from its earliest inception and at no notime notime notime time during the more Inore than half century which h has s intervened did he permit his hand to falter or his courage b bin to diminish in meeting and solving the problems which confronted the pioneers of the new new state By his leaven of cheerfulness his unfailing unfailing ing good humor and splendid gift of sighting sighting sight sight- ing g the rift in the clouds when others saw only the approaching storm he was a tower of strength His optimism was ingrained in him pessimism had no place in his natu na na- na- na tu ture reo During all aU the factional warfare all aU the bitter hilter disputes that arose between Mormon and Gentile the b great churchman n was able to hold his friends and to add to them In him was as recognized sterling honesty and integrity together with that broad spirit of tolerance that aroused and inspired this feeling in others With a broad grasp of affairs that found no problem too difficult for solution no knot that could conId not be untied untied untied un un- tied in the light of reason he lie was admirably admirably admirably ably fitted for such public duties as he was called upon to perform and they were many and varied With a capacity as an executive which must be he born in men and cannot be acquired in its greatest measure varied and weighty burdens were placed upon his shoulders and he never faltered in ea nir more than his share of the load b tJ Th The m sided many nature of John Henry Smith knew no obstacles in the path of progress that could not be surmounted find and t no difficulties too complex to be overcome t and dissipated The privations and hardships hardships hardships hard hard- 1 ships of his youth in this barren land of the early years peculiarly fitted him both I physically and mentally to withstand such tasks and perform W such labor as would have daunted and wearied one less capable mentallY mentally men men- tally or less of a giant physically 1 It is said of him that he saw the best bestin bestin in men rather than the worst his confidence confidence confidence I dence that every r man had in him some latent latent latent lat lat- ent noble Doble quality susceptible of development development development develop develop- ment that would blossom into full growth if nourished and encouraged was one of his I strongest characteristics and the psychologist psychologist psychologist gist will win find in ill this the secret perhaps of I his success as a leader of men The recalcitrant recalcitrant recal recal- meets with chastened mien and in lep repentant mood the of one in whose kindly charity he lie has full confidence the rebuke of John Henry Smith from his towering height and in the convincing eloquence eloquence eloquence elo elo- quence of which he was a master held no lash to lacerate and bruise because tolerance tolerance tolerance toler toler- ance and brotherly kindness flashed through it as a motif sweet in its harmony Equipped by nature and aud training to bein be bein bein in the front rank of his fellows irrespective of the station of life to which he might have been called he lie took high place in activities aco activities ac ac- o everywhere despite the prejudice against Utah and aud its people which obtained for or so many years Master raster minds saw in him him the twin of their own dauntless spirit and ambition for the common weal they accepted him without demur in that brotherhood broth broth- of energy T and capability which knows neither creed nor politics and is impatient impatient im im- imi i patient of metes and bounds By his life and works he lie was a living argument fo for forthe forthe r the religion in ill which he lie believed and aud fo for forthe forthe r the extension of which he labored b. b Those who see no good in its it'S teach teach- 7 L i 1 ings s perforce admitted that in this man manthe the flamin flaming spark of Christian manhood must and would grow on unquenched Full Tull of years and honors respected by byall byall byall all hated by none loved b by y those who came crone into intimate personal contact with his great and kindly v nature the curtain of life has rung rung- down and Joint John J Henry Smith has passed into the great beyond in in full har bar harmony harmony mony with the poetic adjuration of VilLiam Vil- Vil Liam Cullen Bryant that master of English English Eng Eng- lish lisle diction who wrote Sustained and soothed By an unfaltering trust approach thy grave Like one that wraps the drapery of his couch coach About him and lies down to pleasant dreams The state of Utah has lost a capable and earnest friend the people a wise counselor and the Republican party part a n loyal follower When lien the history of Utah's development is written ritten in those pages embossed and inu- inu illuminated will be found the life and works of John Henry Smith th t |