| Show MEOW DD STATEHOOD it must moat be soothing to the liberal opponents of statehood to note with what silence the democratic press presa of the territory has been troa treating tim the recent agitation for statehood the chief organ at salt lake has ha had d no commendatory comments but whenever a dispatch appeared in the salt lake trianne Trib intimating that the republican caucus was not sincere in its treatment of question how ea eagerly orly those foul f reports were reproduced and commented upon by that democratic organ more than salt lake herald has sought to make prominent tho rich appoint ive offices soon to be filled by democrats indulging in the hope and blessed belief that they will wil I 1 soon be theirs all of this has indicated how the democracy of utah felt towards immediate statehood and TSE E has bas repeatedly stated that tho the only dangers apparent to the passage of an enabling act this session lay in tile tha democratic pathway Wo have looked for determine I opposition position up on the part pari of democrats right here at home so soon as 83 the prospects were plain that an omnibus bill might pass tho senate this winter sure enough that opposition is now being 11 manifest the democratic organ of this city arises arise to be leard the dispatch desires to be ba clearly understood dei der stood it is emphatically in favor of the admission of utah but we do not d desire to t rush so wildly into it as to un necessarily harden burden the people with in increased taxation we are willing to accept the boot best we can get and the subject under now seems to ba not shall utah b bs 3 admitted but ant who do the mr most st for the people of utah the dispatch says we can a at tn fo wait a ittle chile until our fre irenda ada ia i determine tho the question as aa to ia goins boins to do the most fo ar 1 in I wit hone that those who C offer us tato ni will ba tho the most successful cess coss full ful be they ltv wl i they may tiow how profound tries trieb appear ill 10 its pervert eness how ion long since has the question become not shall utah be admitted hut but who shall do tile the most for tho the people of utah men may differ as ag to what doing the most for the people of utah means less than a year a ao ago o 1 democrats argued that their ined moos home rule scheme meant more than the republican proposition for statehood they may argue the samo again or even say bay that the best thing for utah would be to delay statehood three or four more years wo we want no delays by hearkening to deev cratic promises for the question 19 is I SHALL ISHALL UTAH BE ADMITTED V 1 we ane would to gon GOD we could write those v worda in flames of fire across the horizon so even democrats would not mistake their meau mealing ing utah needa her people desire it and those who seok seek to delay the boon should be hold held in eternal execration nothing would so ho lend prosperity 0 to o utah as admission into the union cuthil nothing could more coti conspire spire to the development of manhood ms aa that blessed fra freedom edom there are today in some borne of the wisest and best men of utah eagling beeking to rush along statehood while many of the men here at home ought to pray for their suc success cese they are anra hoping hopin for delay in this important matter |
