Show in about a month the constitutional convention should meet and caiti of election have not yet reached the members they are still in doubt as to their election and many may not therefore be giving their office elect the attention which they should the press of the territory is also devoting its time and space to the regrettable wrangle over the attempted steal by a recount and altogether the statehood prospects look a little discouraging it seems to be the attempt of some to purposely delay that boon the fed deral officials are doing well enough now drawing a handsome salary and we imagine they do bot like tha pros poets of giving up their office at the end of the year which they would have to do if statehood were secured the republicans have everything to gain and nothing to lose by statehood so it is folly to excuse them of seeking its delay whatever the commission may do the people of utah will go oa and draft a constitution next march regularly if the utah commission will act honestly honest lv but perhaps somewhat irregularly if the lemo crata insist on reversing the first count and thus steal the regularly called atie constitution ution by delegates seated on the fraudulent count will be rejected by the people by a biff majority but tha constitution of the peopled convention will be adopted by an equally large majority the constitution ratified by the people may not suit president cleveland but it will suit the republican publican Ke congress and the next president of the united states which will surely be republican instead then of becoming a full fledged state at the beginning of utah may have to wait a few months longer but it had better do that than go into the union besmirched with election frauds the people of utah are not so anxious for statehood as to countenance dishonesty to obtain it if that is the price sat on it by democrats they will get left |