Show UTAH AT THE WHITE HOUSE saple constitution presented to tho the president spools Spool 1 D 0 dec dee under smiling Bin iline skies and mont most a surroundings the delo gallon gation of utah citizens headed by GOT caleb W west laid before president cleveland oreland Cl today in the exe executive C uh ve mansion the const constitution tu of the boon soon to admitted he be state of utah and received the presidents felicitations upon her approach icy advent the delegation consisting of governor delegate cannon utah commissioners J it letcher and hoyt sherman Shor maa jr J audgo U ago J IV W burton and isaac trumbo mot a at t t the he KIRKS riggs house at 11 and shortly before 12 iu in accordance willi with arrangement arrangements made on ou friday d ay by governor Gorer nor west proceeded to the white house they were received by private secretary sharber Thi Th irber arber and after an exchange of COM climento mento were at once us ushered hered into tile Pree Prein identa dentis private 0 office V 1 ce mr Cley cleveland eland stepped forward from behind lie his desk and was pro pre dented by governor west to tho ilia delegation governor west rud mid mr president Pre aident I 1 havo have greab real 1 pleasure leasure in introducing to you A delegation from utah who will present to you the new Coob titu tho the incoming state of utah it the tile sun was shining brightly aly through the south sauth windows of of the the room aa as commissioner letchor Lc speaking for the delegation made he tasteful and brief speech of presentation lie he slid mr president in company with tuy colleague a mr sherman I 1 como conio un on behalf of the utah corn com rais aion on to lay babore a you the con ution of the proposed state of utah pursuant rit to the order of the IIA w lite h framed it 16 gether with a statement of th the e cast on the question of ha ratification or rejection and tho the certificate of our board as to the result in compliance with the provisions ion of en an act of congress Congre aa approve pro ved J by aou a july ift 1891 authorizing the people of utah to form a constitution and state GOY gov and to be admitted into tie the union on an an equal footing with tte original states an election wae was held in the several count counties ioa of the territory on the sixth day of no vember 1894 to select delegates to a cei cot vent bention ven tion lott which met on the ton fon i it day of march and continued in session until the eighth day of may aray of the present year at I 1 which h tinn they unanimously adopted this instrument in accordance with tha the further provisions of the same act and the ordinance of the convention an n election was held hold on the fifth day y of november but for the ratification or rejection of the Cons titu lion tion the result of the returns thereon being in fa or of and arid against ite its adoption this is tha the Fie timo time that people of utah bare have asked admission as a sovereign eign state of the union first in the day days of 1849 then in the decade of 1850 again ia the sixties and seventies twice ia in that of 1680 and finally la fa 1893 1895 the doe clog ns ono of the century con tary we trust that you will find the provisions of law bare halve been fully complied with and that conr proclamation cla mation declaring utah a is state may boon soon ideue CM ELANDS OONG 4 mr cleveland took from commissioner botcher the handsomely bound engraved copy of he con and after raking whether a printed copy for two nee in coave chent reference accompanied it saidi 41 4 1 am enre sure gentlemen that it corda words mo me much paa eure to receive front rom your hands han dathia this copy of constitution I 1 congratulate you upon the outcome and upon the tha near tear approach of statehood for your territory it will be my doty duty to examine whether the con tito tion fulfills the of the baat bedfor issuing the of baa bata the matter shall have bave my immediate after tho the presidente td was accorded governor west remarked I 1 our delegate to congress Congre ae mr frank J cannon was born in utah and mr cannon replied and now nova in co ninion with all the citizens of utah I 1 feel that we w are about to bo be born into the united states to an informal ox chanKO of courts U rt a sies followed foll omd td during which the president bald said that ho lio had not thought that it would bo hie lite privilege to aisla asai it in in tho ilia admission of utah when previous oue conditions were taken into consideration but he lie was much pleased at the changed situation rendered action on hie his part possible FOR SALARY tho tile delegation topped stopped for a moment on oil ita ito return in private secretary Thur bere room haro here mr letcher I 1 loft ft lebuf ua its from the territorial auditor and treasurer that tho proclamation should be delayed until january let in order that their accounts might be properly erly settled and acom from judge Ic that duo notice be giten given of approaching statehood ai on that tho tile courts might be bo prepared for or tho tile clip cheneo tice |