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ARTY'S RECORDdone. Hut us remarked before, tb r« in no accounting for tastes,^ j»There are several applicants for tin put-It Inn of nsftist oil Unitd Slate- at*torney, il being understood that who i*i successor to Mr. IJppmnn In appointed in jthont h month tin r will also ho t change In the deputy, Mr Cherrhiiilcin li is for a number oT yearsnblj sinil faithfully IIIU»d that positionAmong those mentioned as a prohnht successor to Mr, Uherrington «r * WilHam McC rea, Willard Hanson an it Uar Badger.So Cilfl^mann really wants lo it postmaster at Ogden Bill wanted tbe United Senator and bo wanted tr lie Congressman. There Ik quite a great gulf between United States sona tor and postmaster at Ogden.W. L Dunn succeeds Calvin s Buckwnlter as deputy In the office of County Clerk Eld redge. Mr, Dunn i a clever young lawyer and will wit hunt doubt fill the position with credit thimself and the service.d* dtTim Republican Auxiliary Ls ached tiled to meed on May x in flu city andcounty building, -—o -— iTHE SOCIALIST UTOPIA.Starting with the theory advancer! In Herbert Spencer that Socialism 1h•be corning sin very,*' David MaelennParry, in a romance entitled TheScarlet Km pi re, describes that fa Id* i h le of Atlantis under the sea, In which ill the theories ho dear to the Socialist ire in operation today. Mr. ParryV *s the capitalists point of vie .v an 1therefore, n cod teas to say, is notfriendly to the Socialist propagandaMr. Parry is a self-made man who IrHgone through the usual sb-ps of clerklag and Uorr-keepi! before attaininglo his present position as a captain oiIndustry, employing over two thoumn 1people, and holding the high Office olt;President of the National association orManufacturers of the United StatesTin* very name of Mr. UnrryV hrmebespeaks wealth; If is Golden Hill,Indianapolis.The hero of The Scarlet Ifimpirt*/’John Walker by name, h n youth in'the grip of Socialistic doctrines who rills- against trusts and the money kiwi r. which drive him to d» spondcu■y In his gloom the onth leaps from i pi* r at Uouej Island and t:nes down,down* l oiding upon the hospitald**shores of the sunken Atlantis. Thelife-saving squ id of the Social I* m-ocruc restores the half-drowned Atie rieati and hencidnrtli le* become-i citizen of \ 11 a it I !h, the moat tidvunc ed civilization in f h» mil verse*. In an111»mpi sit lilies Wrne-lilo* th*s rizlnt,the a at litir tries to explain it uv life continues In the submerged country, liovv fit* we i is kept out by lt;v\ Malthawills «d UrneiotnuH strength findthick ness, and how life and warmth ire supplied bj the force of rad dim, snibiiiiilrtnt in AfUintlg,it nee I Kcarecely he said that the n eM in I Sod dtwm yiiiis |n the young the* idst like some vu I. horrlbb- night mare. Tie citizens of AUmii arc* tressed alike; they htiVe no names, but are known only by numbers; no Mstlnctfon to sp ak or is mad** between men and women; marriages on anranged h\ the stale; work Is assigned by lot, smd the most stringent lawstie emided to restrain personal on-thuvia ni Indeed, an one naseriinvmy thing like the rights nnd prefer on res of sin individual in guilty of tie must horrible crime of all known to Vi Id in Is atavism. Hindi n person isknown as an atitvar/’ and hb pun* shinent Is death by being c ist out in*o the sea to the great monster. thekraken.This damnable democracy/’ cries n certain dud or, the one appointed byhe stale to train tip- yotin.g Nmorlcanfor citizenship in Atlantis, this clrnin-abli* democracy, which like an ncte-pus with a m 111 ii 111 tentncb s is throbtllng the manhood of our entire race,”Is tin ntosf dreadful of all curses Thldoctor. 1 - l( h ilit. Is himself an ntavar:he secretly hates the slavery of So-cijilisin and h- hopes in Up «-od I*subvert ft.Why not cKcupe? asks the youmAmcrlenii, whom the actual sight i f Socialism early cured of his theories A few Ihnus ind fathoms above our heads \b the hind of the sun, the land of life, of vigor. wh« re each man fights Ills own battles and revels In the strife. There the individual h saver elgn and the state his servant, not litmaster/'For the purpose of the romnnci , trie young hero falls In love with a dan gerous ntavar. a girl who has theI courage le announce tb u Me* will notallow the stale to • hanae a husband forImr. but will follow her own heart.That Is the one ray of hope in the life of the American in Mila land of themillennium. Uor otherwise he findstie* hum! of positive equality the moat le idly of narcotic poisons to ids spirit For centuries the race t»r Atlantis had been id an d on the Slime dead level ns that which obtains in penlo utliiricK Positive virtue had disappeared, Indlvudual energy, ability, and ambition had been stifled anddiscouraged by the absence of reward, until they no longer existed. Hympath v, charity, and self sacrifice had become unknown. The spiritual in manhud ceased to be muni rested, and thepeople had sunk to brutish tastes andinclinations, Lost riny of them shouldawaken to (heir dreadful condition, the stat, appointed every evening what was milled the smoke time/’ in which every member of Atlantis partook of n deadening narcotic that, made himforget his troubles.The young man continues to studythe habits of Atlantis and to hope more nnd more that one day he may escape from its clutches and carry the beautiful ntavar of hia dreams with him o» tin upper world of freedom an I icraonnl liberty. He experiences theresults of Hi* Draconian laws of At1 ■ tit is*, and hts suffering makes himmore and more resolved In escape.\ftcr c itizenship is couferred upon him to* is known merely as n n urn her nnd sundry letters, and the work assigned him I that of a member of the Vonink,legislative body of Hie country. It -eem- Incredible to him that any now taws can be passed In n country where II b glniiitlon has been petrified Into • n ancient dry-as-dust system, but his Ainerlcm Ingenuity stands him In ood h!end mnl in lt;f»nsonance with uch laws, for InHtance, as thu one hat no person shall have more foolban another In order lo equalize the weight and stature of the inhabitants, he introduces bills to regulate the 'rimming of the finger-nails, to provide for the equal use of the mavllMary muscles on both sides of the mouth u cle wing food, lo require the use »f Up left arm aft much as the right rip most important law he secured wan one providing for the removal o! the wealth of the ancients beyond the temptation of future generations. In his plan of escape he thought wealth might prove handy.One night he had a clandestine meet*inc. with Aslraen, Ids beloved; they ire discovered, and he Is condemned
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Salt Lake City, Utah, US
Sat, May 05, 1906
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