Show TO STATEHOOD wo aro much inclined to the belief that were democrats not opposed to statehood utah would be admitted in tho union at an early date their opposition ioD through means of the home rule bill has created much mischief and may result in scratching tho scab off the old sore causing Uta hagain leod for yeara we aro sorry to note that the hot words of the delegation to washington in attacking federal in again stared the of tho country on a tirade of abuse against the cormons mormons Mor mons we give an example from tho new york press they have charged the federals ollis bials with committing illegal acts in le discharge of their duties and with dia unjustly against the mor mons in all their official actions but when to name acta where such transpired were unable to do so they haye charged the utah commission uth ignorance bigotry and prejudice and when inquiry was recently made if by this statement they intended to rea ecton the character for integrity honesty and fairness of such members of the commission as the present senator PADDOCK of nebraska and of ex senator and RAMSEY who are still members of the commission they an livered in the no one will believe auch charges unsupported by proof and no proof bas been produced these delegates wre altogether to bombastic in their because they could present no e ar ia favor of home rule they had to paint the present condition as very bad in order to show ap in a favorable favo able light tho faulkner caine bill la fact in our estimation our condi would have to be very bad indeed to make home we fail to see anything more in home role than the spoils of office reaped by the democrats oar opo bents need the offices as fortresses and 0 because huoh slaughters on their ranks ara barns made these days by republicans that not many months may sea utah captured by the party of morality and home industries oar friends the enemy can see this ands they think abo best for them to do is to get the present offices of the terri 1 tory with a few mora added as i means of protection to their faltering phylan phy lax that 13 all in the world why they want home rule aad not statehood the former would give them abo offices the latter would give the people freedom and between the two the democrats have chosen the offices with a perpetual mortgage on them in tho bands of the democratic congressmen and senators in washington are ahe of utah willing jo ali us mortgage themselves to a party they have never in matter by che democrate politicians have framed the chioe bill sent it to congress and ii e now trying to get it a law by saddling upon ua hundreds of thousands of dollars taxation in v aich the of utah bavo never had a voice it is purely avarice that hag prompted tad democrats in all thi fur aheu statehood was proposed by the republicans which would most burely give to the people what the democratic politicians were claiming for home rule these same office boekers began to jeer at it the chief organ of offida the salt lake herald abo teller enabling act was all political buncomb introduced for effect and in this way our friends these lovers 0 freedom havo continued to oppose statehood and work for the faulkner came measures moa now had they baba the true frends of freedom had they heaired 0 o eso the shackles removed from the ankles of utah and to see her march on in the pata of prosperity Brity they would have said camo OD republicans we believe country is above party mr arso is hero excepted we believe in arte dom and not the of office if you are in for wo are with you now had this babeu done we inform adly we would today have awo on a fuir ro id to statch 30 L As i hive gorio bauk to u m themselves down squarely in the rood of the en ebling act in this way J tae have ia tho first place made ol 01 tl D an c e party issues of the utah bills dem brats must favor home rule it is democratic republicans will favor statehood because it is republican if you bring the two together then there is a conflict in other words democrats will oppose statehood and republicans will oppose home rule As usual the republicans will be right and the democrats will be wrong utah democracy do you pee your mistake T |