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1 GOODWIN'S WEBfCLY. 6 H
PARTY DEGRADATION.
In the Christian Register is a partial review
of his own work by Dr. Edward Everett
Hale. He tells of the stirring work of
1861-65, and in the course of it says: "What
ever I could think of which I could do for
my country, I tried to do."
That sentence gives an idea of the man.
It was that disposition which caused the
men of Boston to rise up and celebrate the
venerable man's eightieth birthday (April
3rd), with imposing ceremonies. Senator
Hoar went up from Washington to make
the congratulatory address, and the best and
brightest of Boston's men and women drew
near to do him reverence.
That disposition made and has more than
once saved this country.
That disposition is what keeps the Great
Republic running on an even keel, it makes
our country the world's wonder and admira-
Ition. All over it, by the humble hearth
stones in the country, in the libraries of
clergymen, in the shops where cars and
ships are built, in the factories where the ;
looms are humming everywhere the real :
Americans are planning how they can do
something for their country and are trying ,
to do it.
This spirit has made of our country a
world's splendor; in a single century it has
advanced from nothing until it is today the
foremost of the world's nations. That i
spirit causes the world's oppressed to turn i
with outstretched arms to us: that spirit is '
the very opposite of the one which is seen j
daily now in the Congress of the Nation, !
and which in the hope of creating a little '
party capital is declaring to the world that
the army of the United States is made up of i
ruffians; that the Government is steeped '
with corruption and cruelty. This has been
a trait of the Democratic party ever '
since 1861. No matter how honorable and
m honest the rank and file of that party may ,
be, as a political organization it relies upon
slander and appeals to the baser passions of ;
men for success. It clings to this too, not- '
D withstanding all its manifold defeats. The
Republican party has held power so long
H because the great mass of the people feared
to give power to men who rely upon success
H through the attempted degradation of their
I country before the world. The Republican
party has made mistakes more than once,
which ought to 'have ousted it from power;
H it has been saved through the debased
H course of its chief adversary.
Progress.
H Russia has built a railroad through Man-
churia; she is making Port Arthur impreg-
nable; she is building a great city, and is
slowly Russianizing the great country.
Periodically there is a great ferment among
the other powers and demands made upon
H Russia of when she will retire from Chinese
Territory. She always blandly replies that
just so soon as conditions permit she will
gladly evacuate the country. We are told
that in London the belief exists that the
right conditions for such a change will
never come if Russia is left to be the judge.
This seems almost grotesque. It may be
natural for France and Germany to keep
their eyes upon the "White Bear," but that
Great Britain should debate the probability
or possibility of Russia ever giving up any
country that she has once appropriated, or
that England should speak in a tone as
though Russia was not acting in good faith,
is comical. What if Russia should answer
back, that she would be ready to get out of
Manchuria the day that England decides to
get out of Egypt, what would Englishmen
have to say? The truth is that England
will not give up Egypt and Russia will not ,
surrender back Manchuria to the Mongo- j
Hans, and neither ever should. There is no i
progress in either country possible, if left to j
the native inhabitants. The inertia of four I
thousand years is upon China; the degrada- j
tion of fifteen hundred years is upon !
Egypt. Both are attended by cruelties that j
should be stopped. Both Manchuria and j
Egypt are great countries, under strong !
modern guidance they will become world's !
granaries; the people will be advanced, I
progress will begin. !
It is better so. Russia has been a bug- !
bear to Western Europe for- a hundred !
years. The fear ought to pass away. It
was the Czar who proposed the Peace Con
gress. The war in South Africa has demon-1
strated that hereafter a gigantic power can
no longer count upon certain victory, when j
at war with a weak country. . :
We look for no more great wars between
civilized peoples.
The dawn of peace is nearer than most j
m.en think. Some barbarous peoples will
have to yet be subdued, but among the !
Christian nations there is not to be very 1
much more fighting. The redemption of
Asia is mostly in Russian hands, that of '
Africa is in great part in English hands and j
both are well.
1
$ s s j
Three more States! Six more wild and
woolly statesmen in the Senate! Atlantic
Constitution.
And against such statements as this, poor !
Utah can't defend herself. , j
A REPROACH. . j
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There have been more diphtheria and i
scarlet fever in this city during the past
eight months than through any preceeding
eight months since the sprinkling of the
streets was generally established. There .
must have been a cause for this. Of course
many people have not been carefuLto keep
their premises clean, but this is not any new .
thing.
Our belief is that the real cause is the
carelessness of people who attend upon the
sick and in the same clothing go about town,
ride in the street cars and mingle with the
crowds in the stores on bargain days, at
matinees, etc. There is no other apparent
reason for the persistent continuance of
these diseases. Some people are thought
less, some careless; thousands of people in flfl
this city are indifferent, other thousands are D
as much fatalists as are the stolid men of HI
the Orient, who are ready to ascribe every- HI
thing to Allah's will and then exclaiming jH
"Blessed be Allah," leave events to drift. Wk
There is no help for this except in a closer HI
quarantine and in constant reminders to the HI
people of the danger of carelessness and in- Bf
difference. It ought to be mixed with the HI
sermons and made a part of the Sunday HI
School lessons. IBl
It is not long since the American army IK
took the direction of affairs in Cuba. Every '81
town was a fortress in which the pestilence 9.
had been so long entrenched that its pre- S '
sence had been accepted as a matter of 9
course. The cities had become a terror to 9
the cities of our own southern coast. Today H
those same cities are more healthy than our 9j
own. H
All that was done was to thoroughly clean M
and disinfect those Cuban cities, keep them H
clean and, where possible, to give the people HI
a pure water supply. ;H
With that example before us it is not only E
shameful but wicked that diphtheria and H
scarlet fever rage month after month with- H
out abatement here, where the natural con- H
ditions are the healthiest in the world. H
Why There? H
The wires say Mr. Bryan went to Cuba H
to witness the transfer of the Sovereignty of fl
the Island. Was he there merely as a H
curious or exultant spectator, or was it his H
intention to, if possible, acquire material for H
campaign purposes. We shall see later. It H
is impossible to think of Mr. Bryan as other H
than a politician, as other than a candidate H
for President. Hence the question, why H
did he go over to witness the dramatic H
scene enacted on Tuesday in Havana? H
But no matter, Mr. Bryan had one good H
chance to be President. He failed. When H
re-nominated he had a great chance to fas- H
ten to him the love and respect of millions H
of his countrymen. He failed again and his H
second defeat involved the loss of very H
much of the prestige he won in the first H
campaign. While shouting for liberty and H
protesting against the tyranny of power, he H
used all the attributes of a merciless boss, H
all the arts of the common demagogue. He ' H
was not only beaten, but he came very near H
committing hara kiri. H
Utah is falling low in the scale. A man H
from Boston was hurling anathemas at the H
climate here only three days ago. ' 1
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INGRATKS. M
There are people who are mean enough ,'H
to complain of the street car service in this
city. Some people are never satisfied! The H
truth is we get more for five cents on our Jt
street cars than can be procured in any other 'M
city. While riding a mile horizontally we M
have half a mile extra supplied gratis in up H
and down tossings. Ingratitude is the basest H
of human attributes. !H