Show josesa F V smith tho the other night in hla his speech deec stated in substance that the republicans kept utah out of 0 statehood beuse they believed up ir to lust last fam fa M that with statehood State bood utah would tie be democratic that 11 he had been the Ilo publican party he be woud havo have done dona the lh inn thing that he be bell believed eved last winter the democracy arild to keep keel statehood from utah because they feared it would bs be republican A contemporary effects to have a horror of 0 ouch alk alt as that and yet that really ray lini has been the rule from the beginning besl nning rh democrats kept the dakotas out for or years atter after they had all the tha material TOI and ana mat all uit the other k citrona tat for SLIte hood to aesy bemus ll they know that it if admitted they woud ibo be states Stat there then Is 19 not an instance ort on record where either party parly has haa ever given era statehood to a territory with the full ull belief that it if admitted the state slate would east cast its strong th with the opposition party too tae democrats democrat were in a rightful frightful holt hole last sainter after the election ot of ier varlin on OA the one hand there wig was the prospect of 0 ulah being state on toe the other wr were their professions for two years antl they knew thit that when the thins thing carne came to abote a vote they must either cither go dear back on their record or pass the enabling act it made theril them perspire frightfully tor for seven months and they were ony driven to it at use last toy the threat of the to call cal the iho bill up if the he democrats did not report it in the tha meantime the loial local dvm craft assured the authorities in washington mashington washing mashing ing ton thit with the CommIs commission slon remodeled anti and in their hands they aoud carry the territory this lall fall we all know what they have done since the above states precise what was and la Is the ox exact ct situation aitu atlon |