Show THE NEW STATES however widely the ideas of the dele gatea to the constitutional conventions now being held in the four territories that soon are to put on the robes of statehood may diverge as to local pro vicious via ious there ia every reason to believe that the organic lav of each and all of them will sound boldly upon all mant tars of national Nation pl interest whether the legislature shall consist of one or of two houses whether the term of governor shall endure fo two four or six years whether the governor or any other state officer shall be eligible or ineligible for election reelection re whether judges of the court of the state shall be appointed by the governor or by the legislature or elected by the people at large or by the people voting in districts the voters of each district to elect the judge from the district upon all these and upon many other highly important questions the people of the various states must determine for them pelves they are matters in which the independence of the states stands unquestioned and by their decision as to the health of alie national life is not affected but among questions by anich though the states are free to act for themselves tue welfare of the nation affected are those relating to tho qualification of voters on the one hand it is not well for the nation that there should be states in which the right of suffrage depends upon the possession at property erty and on the other hand it is not well for the nation that there should be states in an alien who is ie of the manners and laws and often even of the language of this country should enter upon all the functions of a citizen aiding in the election of congressmen and presidents upon a dimple declaration of intent to become a citizen there is little danger of the new state erring by the imposition of a property qualification and much as to excessive liberality leading to a too easy ibid profuse granting of the rights of cili zenshin to those who are not really citi eus As to lold and unmistakable de cla rations ot eternal obligation by each of the nen states to the maintenance of national unity these ly my ba expected to bs found in ane work of all the constitutional conventions f n idaho the situation assumes a du phase to that in the other territories a desperate effort is being baady by the anti mormon clique to ring into the constitution to be framed by the present convention the tesa oath now on the statute bools of thit territory ai unconstitutional a piece of legislation as ever disgraced the annals of united states history and yet sustained b judges on the bench we doubt not but whit test oath ft ill be incorporated in the constitution but one aing e do doubt and thit ia congre id idaho s claim for statehood with any sudi in instrument |