Show THE LIBERALS PROTEST petition in circulation protesting statehood immediately after word was received from washington stating the result of tho democratic caucus respecting utah the tribune urged upon the liberals the necessity of prot etling against such a measure and that too immediately in accordance with these admonitions judge powers chairman of the liberal committee sanda tha following protest to each precinct with the accompanying letter of instruction protest from precinct NO STATEHOOD FOH the gentilee Gen tilea of utah although thy represent a minority of the leopla of the Territory are loyal to the institution lawa and traditions of tasir country and believe that they have a right to be heard upon the question whether utah become a state polygamy perpetuated and a commonwealth surrendered to a priesthood polygamy is not dead the treasonable features of mormonism leavo not been eliminated and to give utah statehood would ba a crime A common peril unites Us and therefore without a dissenting voice the bentile republican and democrats of utah PROTESTS against the admission of utah aa a state is the letter of instructions LIBERAL COMMITTEE salt lake city dec to the chairman of the precinct committee the democratic congressional caucus at washington has decided to support a bill for the admission of utah as a state we are confronted by a common peril and we desire to forward a protest to congress signed by each contile man and woman in the territory we must act promptly will you at once hand one of the enclosed blanks to each of bour precinct committeeman divide your precinct into dis and leta each committee raan caness the district assigned to him at once for names write only on one aids of the paper if the blanks will not contain all tha names attach sheets of legal cap make a thorough canvass and return as soon as possible in the enclosed envelops do bour full autv and at once 0 W chairman |