| Show THE TER STATE BOOi ISSUE A campaign on an issue to which the opposition is already agreed is something new in politics yet that is the kind of campaign our democratic friends are waging if we are to believe their slat statement ement that statehood is the issue this thia fall tho the republican party of utah has always favored statehood it beran began fighting on that issue two years ago when the democrats were asking for home rule republicans had to fight the democrats on statehood then because their opponents were not yet educated to that degree that they wanted statehood this year it seems the tha democrats Damoc rats of utah for the first time in ther history hate hae become c converted anver ted to the needs of statehood and ure are so enthusiastic that they wish to crowd everyone e else out of the field landmake and make t he e issue entirely their own well lot let the poor deluded damo democrats go on and saw the air for they will find no opposition among the republicans to statehood let them work off the of new converts to a good cause it will do them good and the republicans no na harm we hope however that our friends will be land enough to remember that their enthusiastic talk tor statehood in this silver center of our country will nut not convince a goldbug gold bug Congi congress and president that utah ought to have statehood right way away the silver question will not be settled by tho the repeal bill becoming law tho the present action of our dam administration will likely dose close tho the greater number of our mines in the west the cause of the white metal will continue to grow this growth is even now apparent and it will cause causa tie tho gold bugs to hedge as they never have before evey precaution possible will be taken by them to prevent the triumph of silver utah is known to be a silver state and her two soza t tors with those lacking from wyoming T ya and dakota would almost divide the senate equally on the silver question the president Jent and the gold advocates in congress will never take the chances of such auch a situation by admitting utah the democrats amow this as well as ag we and THE is inclined to think that it is for tb this is reason that the democratic bosses are now permitting the great to ashout phout tor fox statehood 2 V I 1 F those same bosses kept th tb po 1 I in V very ry quiet on statehood state hoad lat fall 0 I 1 hn h n the ahe rich ripe and rude rn ie official ial plum were wera ranay to derp such beir being our carne chance s for tali hood it matter very little dulco co 0 far as that question is id concerned whether we elect a republican or a democratic legislature our oar opponents are trying to frighten the people into being democrats hv by telling them that etith must go democratic this fall or we will lose the goob will of the democratic pary if we rob ourselves of that it will be a great political bunder bander shouts shout sone one of beir their organs in other words borci ae the jemo brats know now what an extremely bad L legislature egi slature wai haq the I 1 thirtieth thir t isih session and bowd bow how diu d ing lloud it id the peo 0 pie became with it they know now the tha present nati national 0 n al administration d in i nis t rat ion with its free trade he reaTea nave cave ruined the great wool industry of utah and they know how and his bis special session ot of an ovar overwhelmingly democratic con haa killed 6 our ur rich mining interests 0 so s o what shall they turn to for a campaign issue but the vain promise of statehood if the next nemi legislature Js is democratic ocra tic the people of utah will hardly cons consent lat we take it to poll cell their better judgment ani and vote against their best interests for the sale sake of cli chasing asing the winged butterfly statehood if they do the arguments will be used before congress that utah one of the areat wool raising sections of the th west eWest favors free frea wool wol and tk that at I 1 it endorses the present single stand nd ard congress in its astion 0 on n repeal of df the sherman purchasing chausa |
