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Show THE UTAH AMI .11X11)1 SCIIKJIli H.VIIUberi have revlvid Iho old aud musty propoaltlou hi annex UUh to Ismail. They suggest thlt too wllh nu air of wisdom and orlgluallty that Is very amutlng, The stock "leasons" fjr the aiinoxatbn are trotteiloutattage and atateemanllko tuggcstloni und Lhe whole "Mormon" qutstlou It lo be suited by aUortloii Into the "bnnkruit rtlale." Pome of Iho IjadlDg peiwts, however, have learned lo look upon thlt tchedulo with sensible disfavor. Among them 11 tho WashlngUn W, which, In a recent cdltorlal.after aUtlog the J reposition aa aduocaled by the Chicago TrJiunt, wanU lo know why Iho union of Utah nnd Wyoming would not a Well answer the professed rfP0- r'"' Jj conclude a follows: "Hot we are b)ld that lb cnneolHetlon of Uuh wllh .Novada woold reaoue tho litter from lu 'preacnl decaying condl-lion' condl-lion' At our eaieein.il wnteniiorary remarka. In alimnl Ihe sltno breath however, how-ever, that 'apparently Ibe decline caunol In) arro-led expept by soma lulracnloiis dlacovery of water, whlru snail ttr.t and hold settlers,' II la not altogether ilosr how Ihe 'rescue' Is lo be brought about by annexation. "On lb whole, at long aa Ihe organisation organisa-tion of Ihe several Mtt Itwhst II la. It la probably better In let It alon If Ibe Hinatorhd representation Is Inequitable, aa claimed byeome, II can be changed by constitutional amendment alone, but the ihtoenaretbalaalongas Ihe Constitution Constitu-tion endure Ihe Hunt will reintln equal InthtrJentle, wllh Iholr relsllve strength In the Itotlae apportloeel by population. Tbs better course would be to admit Utah In due course and In Ihe uauil w sy ami with her present limits. I'olygimy has been harried pretty nearly to death already, lutho fftre of Ihe pronounced change of Bontlnitut that list taken place In that Territory with reactto th ecu-liar ecu-liar Institution, rapecUtly among the younger men of a new generation, Ibe Irrealatlbleprewture of anll-polgsmou tmmlgrsllonfrum without jnd Ibo renunciatory re-nunciatory dccUrstlou of Ibe I'hnreh Itself, there U quIU aa little danger of the perpetuation of Ibe plurality wife tyslem there, aa there la of lb restoration of slavery In Ibo Hiu'.h. I'olygimy It nothlagmore lhan a potttlclin's scarecrow scare-crow ami compered with Ita former aelf I but an unsubsUntlal ghost." |
