| Show aft OS STATEHOOD lster it adems that almost are talking of hpe wr if our leaders are practically doing nothing or if they are doing we the ranks and file know nothing about their doings now I 1 want to say that aaa republican I 1 am in favor of statehood and statehood now it is announced mat the so the house and gone to the senate I 1 am informed that sie teller can get five or eix republican yec torB to support hia bill for statehood which i true will bring na statehood before the present con freaa gos go s out of existence it can be dona way when the biome Rule bill cornea up in the senate let senator teller move aa a hia statehood bill and presuming preau ming that alli the would vote for iriti pass the it would then go back to the house lor concurs con curr ance and it would become a law an I 1 president harrison would sign it I 1 say our leadocia lea doia territorial Co bority rity and city ought to bestir themselves on this matter let them seed cut petitions to Cons reEa to put thi measure through thi ough we have 9 on our rolls cow let them all sign it and as many derno arala a will if we are not in earnest ab out this matter let ua say so II 11 this congress adjo urna without action it will be long time before we are relieved from the same territorial rule we have cow tor my part 1 have bean under territorial ml as long as I 1 car to be I 1 endured about three yeara of it in kansas and a worse rule was never inflicted on buffering humanity now I 1 have had five yeara of it in utah and I 1 am satisfied to quit I 1 claim as we to take a decided and positive tiva aland on thu question the opponents of state hood have dona their beat to scara both the republican and democratic parties the tribune editor did so by his blood curdling curd line atones of chuich rula and the by dancing a war eft ghost danceland dance and flourishing their tomahawks and scalping knives and the out coma of it all is as far as the republicans what they said in their platform they are willing for the Tenito to come in as teon as possible now aa republicans let us act are not in the habit of talking and doing nothing I 1 eay to our leaders get us into line inaba disposition of your forces aai lead us to dead earnest and I 1 believe wa will win one thing is ceatria tRia we cant win if we do nothing A paavo july 1392 the proper ring to it if ear republican leaders do not bestir victory will not bo onra next fall all that ia required is work the democrats are doing their utmost both at home and at the capital here they have their forces at work co notes while their orators end writers are busy with campaign matter at washington they have their hobbyists lobbyists working the passage of certain relating to utah they have forced the homo rule bill through aad now the democrats at home are boasting about ifland ee ekine to make capital of the fact that it will not pass the senate no matter if the measure is a senseless one and weald prove more of an injury than a benefit to democrats are making abu action of the democratic honse appear es a special favor to utah to counteract this mischief republicans public ans ought to work to get the act passed by the senate it can easily be done if democrate Demo crata will bland to their record abr are enough western senators ae quainter quain ted with the true status of affairs in utah who may be belied to vote for tho teller statehood measure with the assistance of the democrats Sea alora can secure the passage of the bill that ig now slumbering with a committee THE has little docu but what this can be accomplished if men are rent back to work for it very few in utah want the home rule form of government and there are very few but who want statehood BO why not labor for what the great majority desire we believe moat of the bemo crata would sign a petition for statehood and wo are sure all republicans would those who love utah are very tired of the territorial shackles which ehe has worn so long they realize that an era of peace and goodwill is upon us and that unparalleled prosperity will come to utah when the robes and honors of statehood are given her if an enabling act is not passed dar ing the present it can hardly be passed by the fifty second congress because thare is no time daring the short session that meets in the winter then the matter would go over until the next congress Con gresa and everything would quite likely not be as favorable for the passage of an enabling act as at the present time auw the housa has committed itself it would not dare co back on a statehood measure sent to it by the senate after ta action on the home bulfa bill so if the toller bill is called up and passed utah can vote on a state constitution this fall and gain admittance into the union next march it this is not done we will have to wait for statehood three or four years longer and statehood ia what we all want |
