Show mm m the president signs the statehood proclamation la utah is now proud to say that she has joined the sisterhood of states ot the greatest nation on earth washington jan 4 the president at 10 this morning signed the proclamation admitting utah to statehood the proclamation is as follows by the president of the united states of america JL proclamation whereas lie congress of the united states has passed an act which was approved on the sixteenth day ol 01 july eighteen hundred and ninety four entitled an act to enable the people of utah to form a constitution and state government and to be admitted into the union on an equal footing ith the original ori einal states which act provided for the election of de lecates to a constitutional convention to meet at the seat of government of the territory of utah on the first monday in march eighteen li undred and ninety five for the purpose of declaring the adoption of the constitution of the united states by the v ople of the proposed and dorming a constitution and state government for state whereas the delegates were accordingly elected who met organized and declared on behalf of the people of said proposed state their adoption of the constitution ution of the united states all as provided in said act and whereas said convention so organized did by ordinance irrevocable without the of the united state and the people of said state ag required by said act provide that the perfect toleration of religious sentiment eliell be secured and that no inhabitant of said detate shall ever be molested in person or property on account of bis or her mode of religious worship but that polygamous or plural marriages are forever prohibited and did alto by said ordinance make other various stipulations recited in section 3 of said act and whereas said convention thereupon formed a constitution and state government for alie said prop sed stale which constitution including said ordinance was submitted to the people thereof at an election held on tuesday next alter the first monday in november eighteen hundred and biye as directed by eaid act and whereas the return of said election has been made and canvassed and the result thereof certified to me together aith of the voles cast and s copy ot said constitution and ordinance all as provided in said act showing that a majority of the voles lawfully cast at such election was for ahn ratification fi and adoption of said constitution and ordinance and whereas the constitution aad government of the said proposed detate are republican in form eaid constitution is not to the constitution of the united states and the declaration of independence and all th provisions of said act have been complied with in formation Jor mation of said constitution and eov now therefore I 1 grover cleveland president of the united states of america in accordance with the act of congress aforesaid and by authority thereof announce the result of eaid election to be aco certified and do hereby declare and proclaim that the terms and conditions prescribed by the Oon gresi of thal united states to entitle the detate of utah to admission into the union on equal footing with the original states ie now accomplished in testimony whereof I 1 have hereto set my hand and caused the seal of the united states to be affixed done at the city of washington this fourth day of january in the year of lois one thousand eight hundred and ninety six and of the independency ct of the united states of america one hundred and twentieth signed GROVEE CLEVELAND by the president RICHARD OLY seal secretary of state news received fit salt lake bait lake utah jan 4 manager brown of the beetem union telegraph company fired two signal guns in front of the office at a m as an agreed bignal that the president had feigned the proclamation admitting utah aa a state at noon a salute of twenty one guns was fired by the artillery on capitol lull many flags were dis placed on the public but no unusual demonstrations vi ere noricel no on alm streets en thu thuram iam if being kulil in check until when the inaugural ceremonies lale place all the public business of the territory lias been closed up ready for the new order of things governor wells lias been busy moi of tho forenoon receiving congratulations |