| Show LET US IN FIFTH Al alleah lEAL A 1 FO foll I 1 t I 1 the blahm stated for the file admission of utah into lite hie union luion I 1 to the P president and the senate and I 1 house of I 1 representative ives of the I 1 united states of america in congress assembled GENTLEMEN For tile the firth fifth time tho the people pl ople of utah present tt it your honorable body a constitution providing for it a republican republIc rin form or of government and respectfully ask admission into the union us iia it 11 free frea anti anil sovereign Bove state slate your fire aro delei de levites la 10 11 constitutional convention cho chosen sen by tho the people of thia terrt perri tory lory in mass to which ill all citizens olevery party were publicly invited The constitution presented herewith wai famed by your tile mo morlat hits with it a to efrece elect a of nf the ilia questions ques llona which have heretofore interposed ua as the hola bole alim will ulah has applied for the rights rehta find arl of a 8 I 1 a te it under docant acts of congress no person practicing polygamy can vote or hold ollice in this territory your bro are voters tin and 1 I tile the constitution they adopt adopted ei of on lite ihn sa sove venti Lilli lay or july 1887 was wai ratified lit at tho the general elec alon t lot augsuta lit 1887 by a popular legal leeal voto vote of I 1 only 1 voting a girnat it the boblit number or vo te cast ut nt tho be same earne election lor for product precinct and county officers cero find and mein member tiers 3 of alio tt gain lily was tola this shorts a balance or of 2702 who refrained from voting on tills this question tho the voters or of the minority party hav ing been so dl directed openly by their heir political leaders who do not favor any mover movement neut fo for tho the removal of cheso dl 1 which aro are common to tile Terr itoi I system ny stena unless likely tu to ua ile special y favorable to them T the I 1 to number or of the ilia voting tion has been coni durably reduced by tile tho operal loni statutes mat u tea the act of march sunil all tho act af alarca 3 1887 excluded fill ill women from the pulla polls tile the test teat oatle prescribed by tile wai waa tie so distasteful to many persons of till all a aed who were other otherwise bed that they reona froin rl reg ra lien and aa a only registered tere 45 voters could bait their ballots nl at the hie general election fur for or against llin ilia constitution framed by your fit ins the he total vote in Us its favor w was as ull under der the tha circumstances remarkably mar mr kably large the people who have adopted and ratified this I 1 if aro law abiding united states state si they have not violated iny any low law of congress the special lal provisions they have framed 1 in reverence refe renie ence to practices pracH cea condemned by tile popular voice were mado in good falih falah find and worded that they are unrepeatable in has hai biot Imposed ot unusual requirements upon anew a new state but the hie p people have placed them upon themselves in ili order to meat prevailing objections and secure cat cal harmony with the existing states in ili doing tills this they havo have but a reserved mid and cons titu lional right if utah shall he ha admit led into tho union thebo provi eions will be strictly find fairly enforced your memorials memo riall ts have no tion lion in stating that th it almost tile the entire pitt ent t re population of utah are dail desirous rous oftie comIng fully identified its it a state with the ol of tills great republic and of taking part in national nall omil affairs us its loyal and leacea blo citizens iti zens they thay have demon strafed their fitness for the julies duties responsibilities and privileges of statehood I 1 a t hood they lite are thrifty lom am P borate oro ate intelligent anti anil progressive they 1 hey furro form a vigorous viKor nua stable and permanent community out of debt find and rundy roady to move for ward want in ili step with the iho existing states fatH tod the territory has I 1 a population of not less than two hundred thousand iler her wealth or of mined wh which ich are untaxed unitized and represent unknown W jill otis aggregates not less than ono one hundred and fifty mil lion ion dollars iler her resources product I 1 interests and prospects are concede conceded ton ceded d by fill all to be amply mulli clent to sug fill fain a state government find have so au frequently been presented to con coil gross find the nation with stalls ties that we WB deem it to detail them in tills memorial tho the soil irrigated hv by streams diver diverted letl through canals and ditched over large areas a des ert erl forth grain aud and fruit lit in rich abundance cattle battlo ani elices room ur uron upon on a thousand hilli stint hinl supply both home borne find lort lii alln markets her coolon ind and other bavo become tamma fur for their linquest fill ineil useful product factories I 1 ind and workshops vork work auppl lib lih r to skilled nil and common arti w who to art content with reasonable wages arid among whom strikes and trouble with capital have hither hitherto to b been en unknown the and I 1 many 1 1 tiny of the luxuries of ufa lire arp a abundant and cheap i of all kinds abound within her borders tHi iders und I 1 ahe iti niini nil laing ni output all aLir rega recites tVs f from afo iu couo to 10 annual ly li apart from the precious me litle chere e are valuable deposits so varied in fit and in quantity quana as to afford in themselves hemsel vex un 1111 a aerial for untold wealth tit these ese await but ilia touch of the ilia u it ettlel political Cond conditto itlo n will draw tu to utah to be brough t for ahe benefit of her people and a 11 d tile the enrichment of the he nation natio the great railroads which already have their rill lit in or near her capital city ity with atheni in process of place her people in ili emy easy with tile rest oft of the he country and facilitate U the iha lelo graph t the ho t lo phone the electric light und and other modern improve ments are utilized extensively by tier elti citizens zens iler her business status 9 and reputation in the iho greit bentres centres of t trado rude ro rb unimpeachable tier taxes ar are 0 ill phenomenally 1 low und her ber I 1 internal n t e r n a 1 a armm ird I 1 rs havo have been honestly anil and economically conduct od ed hor school system with ilia iho lest best text books used in the abo foreran foremost it selio ola of the country provides strictly secular education for the children Lh ildren in every city and aad settle blent 11 her er school bear very favorable comparison with oven even the older states nothing now stands luthe way of her march to that proud position to which every thIng just anil and natural ail points as tier destiny but bat those political dis abill ties which only statehood can ro move we appeal to your honorable honor ablo body to rega regard r d the of a people who earnest earnestly ly des desire 1 re to aid in promoting the welfare and glory elory C oatha athe union an and I 1 who from ilia 11 day ay their plo first unfurl unfurled ilin stars and stripes on I 1 lien mexican filex ican soil have looked forward to lo the time thino when they should enter ilia hie union IH aj 11 state I 1 as guaranteed to them in common w with th other red residents denti orinde territory acquired by the throaty of dalgo leask we ask that thu the of tho the proposed state of bolth shill shall ro ce belvo NO the dime close and impartial often atten tion of your honorable body it guarantees a republican form ill government it provides for equal rights and privileges before buford the lit in w v to of all carlies par lies creeds anti anil conditions it la 14 broad and liberal ilia best provisions provis lons to lo bo found in other state bioni it meets the derri demand andi that have been mado made upon the majority of the people of utah tah when they have previously asked lit in it to the lie union what more cin can ho he required of any people the ilia admission of utah will bellevo the government ofa of u question that has troubled it for a quarter ol of acen tura and remove it from natland to 0 o local regulation where it property properly belongs it wit will I 1 add one more star lo 10 lite hie national galaxy inc increase tho alto strength or of the union save gave theroun try many thousands hou gands of dollars an neaily and bind to ilia hie interest of tho the nation it a body of honest patriotic find and grateful crateful eollo who will ho bo found when the ilia mists of it resen resent atlon tation and lity lea co are cl cleared away to boa comman community of which any government might be proud we ask for a republican form of 9 government overn ment and we tto ask that it bo be given us ua now low for geraly forty years utah haa fills been pleading for statehood shall a deaf to a rear ear be ba still turned to tier her entreaties we iloilo far better things in ili behalf of the great majority of the goteri who represent the vast majority of the people of utah we submit that havas havin in broken no law wo we should not dot be de of our liberties on account if I 1 elections raised against of fiers we VIA hk for justice and a fair coast cra ration t ion olour of our CHOW baui with the sol dmn pledge that af uenh ah eli ai it state stala will be fullY devoted to true republic call principles and to ane ne interest and welfare of the government of lie united itea and your me morall 49 win will ever pray adopted in convention at silt like lake city utah territory on the eight lay of October A 1 D 1887 by unanimous vo vole le and ordered to be signed by the president and secretory secretary JOHN T CAr carnei Nii president HEDER al WELLS secretary |
