Show catafi AS A STATE THE republican VIEW people commended for industry and thrift the following argument copied from salt lake tribune wag read in tha secret republican caucus and gives the republican position on statehood for utah the proposition to impose apon the of a condition never before imposed upon tha people of a new state is unjust in itself indefensible in principle and BO and direct in its punishment that the peo pie of utah would always be belt to feel an injustice as singular as it was isolated had been perpetrated upon them bv a solemn act ot congress it is the revival of the feeling thac existed at the time the pound act was enacted in 1874 or at a period when there were actual reasons good in the conscience of the nation why unusual conditions should be ibid on the people of utah then practicing tha evil of polygamy for several yeara com hai not been able to lio in jus tice against the people the operations of time the results of national legislation the coercion of public opinion and christian sentiment and the awakening of the mormon people to the falsity and of their position and their final acceptance and voluntary ac putting agaj from them the evil complained of by the nation have made a new condition and made bath unnecessary and unjust thes eyere conditions that were sought to be imposed by the poland act the people of utah have neer accepted these conditions never had the opportunity to audit or control such ex have always and constantly felt that they were unjust have known that they were excessive and have as constantly protected against the injustice of their doing BO imposed upon them aa tny have had no control aa the byj sra 0 o not in any wise become responsible for any such expenditures and it is well known in national as wall as local cir cles that there was a constant protest of the people of utah this condition against the excessive expense incurred incur under it and the injustice of the ace the people of utah purged of all contempt purged of all possible poss iole offense a people aa intelli Reat as any in the union with aa many for the cation of oh ildren with aa many refine menta and ambitions of civilization as any of the new states and seeking only to be in line with the beet thought and best purposes of the best states in iha baon are asking for statehood what ever the offense ot a moiety of the peo pie in the pat may have been that of fence has not only been entirely ob liter atel and ought to ba forgiven but a large proportion of the people who would be burdened with this unjust tax never in any liaa fell under tha censure of or national disapproval the american people speaking through their congress dnoald greet atah if it ia ready for statehood at all and it it can fulfill all the conditions for a state as freela and admit it with as much honor with ai few conditions im cosad with its dignity and its righta as fully protected ax any other state that has coma into the union its people haye not ony accepted that the prohibition of polygamy poly eamy shall be made a condition in the enabling acta for Stale nood but by their own actions haye placed in the lawa of their territory tha game effect and permanent prohibition if utah is to be admitted at all lot it ba admitted aa generously generou siy and be given as cordial H elcome as any other new state and thus be mado to feel not only that it had arnved at the dignity of statehood but that bj the very generosity and confidence and faith of the american people it bad been put apon its honor as a state and a people it would ba ungenerous it would leave something to hankla in the ainsa and memory of the people of utah for all time if after all the wrone has been put away there should be disposition to baill back att a wrong of the aeo which ha been forever put away and fully and freely forgiven by the Aire rican people it ia a principle in philosophy and well as in law that a patt ner admitted into a corporation or a brother accepted into a family mast be given all tho rights and aa full rights in every respect aa the members of the corporation orl amily already admitted here is a state where industry thrift and pati enca bare created a prosperous and wealthy community on what was before a desert a state whose fulfilled any condition for american statehood who have a large a population sa any state has ever had when it was admitted to the union a people who have waited patiently ander the futorm and stress of many tears who have stood under the censure of the nation who have finally fulfilled all national expectation compiled with all the aa mands of civilization and met every requirement and aie now ready to come into the union let no small or spirit anything of the past when is committed to the future give the of atah now entitled to statehood a generous maka it feel the welcome in ovary respect and accept of it as worthy of the association of ai the states and in this way the pride ot the people of utah and the pride of the american people as a whole will be moat jealously guarded and moat faithfully preserved 1 I cannot speak with the certainty of personal knowledge but I 1 do speak with the certainty of conviction as an american citizen knowing the american spirit when I 1 say that I 1 believe if this and unjust condition should ha imposed upon this bill that the proud and independent people will reject statehood under any such conditions it is especially unworthy of any democrat of the democratic majority in this senate representing a party which as always discriminated between justice and persecution between en forcing law and civilization and ing upon a patient people and it would also be unworthy of any repute lican member on this floor with the profession of his party as being always for justice and forgiveness to support this proposition to immoss upon the people 0 utah purged of aIlL Jua en arver been imposed upon abo people of any other new state if utah is to come into the family of states let it acae in before all the world accepted aa being worthy of such a dignity and soch s glory it ia to be baid for the people of utah and thia ia a good time to remind both thia senate and the american people of the fact that wherever reyer they have been able to control their own ex they hare administered the affairs of their territory with thrift economy and constant honesty tha administration of public affairs his been wise far and free from extry agan cea th best proof of this is by the fact that in applying for statehood after ao many long yearn of bervice ea a territory and after haying made 0 o many internal improve ments for the reclamation of the des erta into farms thay come with practically no debt their peo pi no one who has th territory can know the vast amount of wort that has been dona the great amount of money that has been expend ed in the various industrial improvements or in the one item of over thra thousand milea of canala and waterway provided for the purpose of irrigation and over fifteen thousand thou cand milea ot wagon roads connecting the an t remote with each other the american people who alway find a pleasure in thrift and applauding economy certainly not find it in their hearts afar thia splendid example of economy eco nony and thrift and freedom from and aversion to debt as shown by the people of utah to cheat them now out of this record and start them into statehood under a heavy dett which they never had a part either in authorizing or creating the long caare of utah as a territory have shown not only the al american ambition of its casole to bo thrifty economical reliable and honest in the administration of state and financial af faira but asye oven given a of an economy and a thrift by which even other states might profitably follow let not this honor able ambition of this people to care for all of their affairs with honor be stricken down just as they ara ardaine into statehood |