| Show TBEE1t1LIcA n r 1 PU1PO 3 1 J 1vi beei 1 suggested Jtljat 1i schem JJjr j the Republklkn IderCof Ufa t fmfcft thaCttnetitutioiml d Mit < > 4 j en nj5isanbdy p bbfia1nP a partlsaa ConstttutIoi r ws stork s-tork utah out o f h tTlor 1wi t Jsanbl iadmitte Y ii1 Republic si j j rt v tate f < W J fir jjhe plan J Dropdfea tttear id > > l this DLf the C1Jl tIon tan > r place llY contrql of the Rpiicanthentc fix tlw CoftitJttttloirCsc that the ygr t bQ f lO jOI ilt Ot 7 eTte i for It or fo r ie4tli iiwtitoryn such a way that lJ fRemlrficansJtcan be < j pu trl fo eenteoIjOfAihe first state Ileg1 ft slMure The oj ructtye pclicis the mor ppjttifc aii nffflbrme Liberals 119w l JWbHc g j3 b ue they donot n Utaif admift d fis a state just i d I I I I19W now v 1 l There sees 7tHUy Y promifaent Republi1 < can who d > iiM VM sitateN to avow 1 = t ii their opposition to jjtatehobd Bunder preient OHdlSons jl is known l1 tit t-it two yettrVyfego it JnasJamiounced by i certain leading 3itepublltns on the tum that they would rather Utah sthoiild stay out of the Unfon for an i indefinite p erida than to go iri asa Democratic state > I The present htle and cry about the Utah Commission Is all in line with the Scheme to prevent statehood tlni Democrats should happen have a majority in the convention The in sinuatlon that theCommissiont < tffant to > stwiror intend tc Mel the convention is aa absurd alt Is Alllainouso Nobody No-body really believes that either o Commissioner Com-missioner Ltcher Norrell ot Thatcher would commit any fraud And it has not been shown and cannot be shown that they have attempted to do anything any-thing but > what they believed 4o be their duty under the law The Democrats of Utah were the first to join with the dlvisionlsts in the People s party to bring1 about the liberties lib-erties of the people They have con slstently worked to that end from the beginning of the movement The Deniocratio party bad given Into the i hands of the people of Utah by the I Enabling Act Ihfe power to work out their own full political salvation That party will take Utah into the Union whether as a Democratic or Republican Republi-can state if the people themselves do not throw away the boon now within their reach If the Democrats should control the convention no matterbyhow great or how small a majority they will not attempt to make the Constitution partisan par-tisan in form It will be such as all patriotic people who look to the welfare wel-fare of the masses can endorse They are earnest in their desire to give Utah full liberty and a fundamental law that shall secure to all the people their just rights and privileges If the control of the convention shall be in the hands of their opponents the Democrats will strive to curtail every measure that looks to the benefit of one class above another and to prevent pre-vent the Improper redistricting of the territory But it the Constitution framed shall prpve to be such as will not be inimical to popular rights and will fairly apportion the representation representa-tion according to population and contiguity con-tiguity of territory then yit will be found that the Democrats will support that Constitution and help to take Utah Into the Union no matter which party shall elect the state and congressional con-gressional officials The whole course of the Democrats of Utah from the organization of the I present local party has been in this direction It will continue on the same lines But their opponents or a great many of them do not want Utah to become be-come a state unless it be a Republican Republi-can state and that is well known to people of all parties and persuasions It Is a miserable design and we hope and believe will prove an utter and miserable failure i 6 |
