Salt Lake Telegram | 1928-12-17 | Page 6 | Know Utah

K rf By ALBERT L r F. F PHILIPS PI V I j Thirty five last TI Thursday y S S' S Salt it ral Lake e an and Utah held hold a 3 jubilee The one no thing which th the people of tho territory had fought for from 1847 1841 to 1893 1393 was wasat wasat wasat at last realized for tor on December 13 1893 congress passed the tho enabling act under which Utah was was' to be bo admitted to tho union It Jt was a memorable day doy for Utah and for tor her ber people e. Tho The bill had ad been Introduced by Delegate afterwards Senator Joseph Joeeph L L. on September C G. G 1893 It did dd not however become a law until July 16 1894 when It was approved by President Tresi- Tresi dent Grover Cleveland nd d. d Six attempts had been made In previous years to secure secure le legislation to admit Utah to statehood While tho the bill In Septem Septem- her ber berand and was afterwards referred to the commit commit commit- te tee tei on territories it was was not reported b back ck to the house until Dec Dee 11 1893 1803 when it was reported with an amendment bitter delato for fot two days e o Elijah A A. Morse of Massachusetts in the course oC of debate debut on tho the amendment med made an unwarranted unwar ranted and bitter attack on the tho people of the Beehive f tate denouncing ng them as criminals and vagabonds and applying other epithets equally as a's bitter Ills His at attack at t. t tack answered l promptly by Delegate nawl ns who tho the Massachusetts representative le and tiM reminded him that conditions had changed in Utah Ther There is is less polygamy H. H Ila declared as shown by the record for fOl the tho last ten ton years In n proportion to population than there thele has been at the same some time Inthe in the tho state of Massachusetts When U an entire people is arraigned by any gentleman gentleman gentleman gentle gentle- man continued he lie certainly ought to be prepared with some evidence to justify what he says And when a a. a gentleman arises upon the floor foor as pas has as the gentleman from fram Massachusetts l and makes the as assertion assertion as- as with respect to the people of Utah that they I Ire are re murderers polygamists thieves and vagabonds and anti is is- not able to produce one syllable of evidence to j Justify his statement nt ho he ought to hang his hla head hend headin hendin in shame He is not worthy to represent a civilised d people His His' excoriation of the member Massachusetts was Indorsed by the house by the vote given for the passage of the bill S. S Il If Sat Salt L Lake le City the passage of the enabling act was waa received with ith the wildest enthusiasm The Tho manager manager manager man man- man man- ager of the Western Vestern Union Telegraph company had been granted permission by the mayor to fire a gun gunIn gunIn gunin In the street when the first news came It was 10 O ain am when he became came rushing out from his office with a shotgun in hand an and l on reaching the edge of the sidewalk sidewalk side side- walk fired a shot After the bill had passed the house it was at once sent to the tile senate committee ee on on territories and arid there It il remained lf for r six months until May 17 1894 1 when it was reported out of committee with amendments and in tJ this ls form pass passed U d by the senate on J July ly 10 1894 S On T July 10 th the house concurred in the amendments and the measure was sent to President Grover Cleveland Cleveland Cleveland Cleve Cleve- land who ho approved it Q on July 16 16 1894 Later the call for a constitutional convention was Issued The convention convention con con- was to const consist t of ot delegates who were to meet in Salt alt Lake on the first Monday in March 1 1895 Delegates Delegat s were Wele to be elected on November r 6 C 1894 at which time a delegate to congress also was to be This election resulted In the re return u n o of sixty Republicans Republicans' and seven forty Democrats