Show 0 STATEHOOD IN UTAH Judge McXnlly of Salt Lake Speaks lu Praise of Mormon I J McXally a son of the councilman I from the Ninth ward Allegheny who left hero for the west four years ago and has been back on a visit started Saturday Sat-urday even ogJttn tho Chicago limited for Salt Lake city says tho Pittsburg Commercial Com-mercial Gazette of July 2S where he is probate judge of Salt Lake county and I exofi cio chairman of the county commissioners commis-sioners Previous to starting he said to I a reporter The enabling act was passed allowing I us to make a constitution to govern the new state of Utah A constitutional convention con-vention convened and drew up the document docu-ment and we are now awaiting the result re-sult of its ratification by vote of the people peo-ple in November About twothinls of the convention were Mormons and the rest gentiles The only objection to the a option op-tion of the constitution is the women suffrage clause giving to them equal franchise with the men I am in favor of unlimited coinage of silver in the ratio of 15 to 1 either with or without international agreement Any party that favors in the least degree re < toration of silver to its proper place will carry all the western btates Many western west-ern Democrats and Republicans favor the nomination of Senator Cameron for the I presidency think In the east a good many people the Mormons are not fitted for statehood by reason of reports that they are indulging indulg-ing iu polygamous practicis Polygamy In Utah is dead and the Mormon people are industrious and progressive to a marked degree Among the leading professional pro-fessional nen the Mormons rank very high A small faction is llrhtiug statehood writing articles to the New York Times but the Mormon people are now ready and anxious for statehood and our sifter I states need not > > e ashamed of having taken Utah into the category The west is now a littie dull owing to the price of feilver Judge McNally is a Democrat but a hearty admirer of Quay le says western Republicans are watching the pi rf ern Pennsylvania with interest ent light in and hoping the senator will win |