Show As to statehood will the democrats never learn that their false cry of Be publican opposition to statehood for utah will avail them nothing it seems not they began the last november campaign un the issue that a vote for republican candidates meant a vote against statehood and carried the campaign through on that issue unto their own deleat after they had ahna succeeded in vindicating the utter foolishness of their anti statehood cry as an issue their standard bearer of the year previous for delegate to congress mr RAWLINS came home from congress and said he did not believe that the tha republican victory here in utah would have the effect of delaying statehood after that there was a special election in salt L aku oa national issue and again abu democrats bought to make political capital out of the old exploded falsehood that republicans were opposed fab statehood for utah and that a vote for mr would be equivalent to a vote against this Terri torys admission into the union the result of this campaign was about one thou and majority for the republican candidate one would t amk that such experience would serve to teach the democrats the atter foolishness of trying to place republicans in ahe false light of being opposed to statehood far this territory not so for no sooner had the legislature met in fact before it was yet organized the democrats began a lot of demagogic tactics on the memorial to congress asking for statehood trying to show that the democrats were alone those desirous of immediate statehood for utah they have kept up their attempts to place the republican in a false light ever since and the democratic papers are also booking to do the same thing why the Demo orata should seek political capital by beim thus dishonest we cannot say chey know as well as we do that republicans are fully as earnest for immediate statehood as are they the cans have done more than the democrats to evince their desire for im mediate statehood the Ite publican national executive committee has adopted a resolution favoring early admission which is more the democratic party has done still we do not say that democrats are not therefore in favor of the admission of chii territory we believe that all political parties are that it would be a good thing for star to help emblazon the starry banner by ita being added to the glorious field of blue let us in utah show that such is the case by unity of action and not seek to place each other in a false attitude on this important question |