Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1897-05-27 | Page 4 | Utah's Senators

r 18 UTAHS SENATORS Remarkable Fat That Both Are Natives Na-tives of the State New York Tribune Utah the young est state in the Union ha two senators sena-tors who are both natives of the state I is rather a remarkable fact as none of the new states have been represented sented by men born within their borders bor-ders Senator Cannon and Senator I Rawllns were born in Utah and both are young men But new states have I been represented heretofore by young j men At the same time It I indicates I that Utah was settled long ago and it is a fact that the early settlements were previous to 1S50 Senator Rawlins I Raw-lins was born in 1850 and must have been among the early white children I born In the territory Senator Cannon was born in 1859 Besides Utah only four states west of the Mississippi can boast of a nativeborn senator They are California with Senator White born in 1853 Oregon with Senator McBride Mc-Bride born in 1854 Missouri with Senator Sen-ator Cockrell born in 1834 Texas with Senator Chllton born in 1853 All of I these men with the exception of Senator Sena-tor Cockrell are under 50 years of age I and a senator under 50 Is regarded as a young man