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Show (03PUUS OS TIM. Ul VII llll IX Tin: dlacuMlou over the Faulkner and Teller bill promliea to do much toward jlftclng Utoh In a roper light lfure the country. Thu facta nnd flguna brought out will tell a far big geratorythan theaciucatlonaandthto rleaon either tide. And the report pf the oppONltlon to old fablta, garbled aermona fiotu a. quarter of a century U forty years old, and wild irognostl tatlous of Imaginary terror, Is strong eTldenceof n very weak cause. It ! IMlL!ethat neither bill will )aiathla aTfslotiof Congrtis, but In any evunt, tho work done by Loth tho Deinr rAlic and Itrpubllcau delegations cannot fall to be productive of good, and we aroglad theixauili atlou baa been to wide and fret-. Bover.il inj-ers, In addition tothoae from which we have given quotatlour, have tiki n up the aulject favorably nnd wohcrenpi'cnd some of their re mirks. The Trey, JJ. V., TtmtM says: "Tho homo-rule LIU will pa-i tho ouoan IkMiiorratlauioiMurft. It will rcvehetheaupportof all Hie Dernocrata In the Henate aa well m aome of the Weit-tru Weit-tru Itepubllcaii senators who fvd that the tlma haa arrival when Unngreaa iny deal fairly with the Utah quc-tlnn, al though uot prepared to go to the ex treme of admitting tho Territory as a Stale. The Mormona era now on their ftond twliarlor. they bare renounced polygeny, ami tho (ientllea In tho Tcrrl tory, whonilaleaa a year ago were arrayed ar-rayed In flcrco ci poililon tn the Mormon eleiui nt,aro now aalUfled of the sIikyi Ity bflhelrlntonllona and arenrgltig upon lunitreialbo (atiage of the homerulo hill. Should tW bill !-, u- U probably nil), and should tho Mormon n main on their good he harlor, It la quite likely that tho next CongrcM wilt pa a bill bring Ing Utah Into the sUlerhood of Miitoi." The Philadelphia, 1, Jnuinr describe the movimeuts of the three I at tit, and referring tn tho Home Hule measure remarks: "At tint glance Oils looks like an at teint to awuru Plata autonomy by Indirection In-direction but It wdl l seen that the pUn dm not i on for atl the privilege of atata-hotxl. atata-hotxl. Tor luiUtixf, the reprc-HinUtlon hi C'utigrr" would ronthiuo to 1m that of a Territory, nut of a H'atc, Tho government, govern-ment, too, would atlll bo under tho control con-trol of Cungrosa, which could cbnngoor abollthltatwlll, and the United hlataa statute would remain dominant, with theadvuulsceof a cvurt to enforev them. "The plan has revel red the tmlornc-tocnl tmlornc-tocnl of thoTeriltnrtdt LegUUturo and really aecmt lo have much merit In If, It pmjeihira can at leaat claim that It I hi aci-ordaiH-o ulth tho great Ainerk-aii Idea of aelf'gorernmrnt, which li at tho bottom ofthe Impatience alnaya shown by the pooploof a Territory to hnvo their ro Inco erec (xl Into a Htatc, nd w hat-ever hat-ever may appear on Investigation, thore are no dcmertU apparent on iho aurtace. A a p pi let I to Utah It might he suppfitv thut It waa a tcheu.o to reUtn tho got cm inont In the interents of the Mormon j but thU I met hy tho fact that theantt polygamy law will not bo atrocled by It, and,bcMlde, tleulllu tf the Territory aro ijnUo a much In farorof It as tho "The proposition looks like n Judicious compromise buUtceu the Inferior rendition rendi-tion of a Territory and the commanding one of a Mate, and would, perhaps, bo an ciccUeal jlau to ado, t In case where It I not dcoratd adrUablo to confer full rlbU of ktuUhood. It Himtd make a kind of I m pro red Territorial government, govern-ment, aud that Is something to bv de-she de-she I." The Harrlsburg, Pa , &i't has this note of warning to the "Mormons" of Utah: The theft of Utah U going bravely on, and before another decado the iirogrelng Urntllewlllowu every building In Halt Lake City and tho Territory which waa erected by M or mo niton money, l.tory thing N being awept by tlio moral crua lo azilnnt the blgamoui Mormon hoathon, who wilt be made to sullar tho tortures of tho dimnct altar the rroriur Imvo made a sucrctrul theft of the State. Itepiibllcan and DeiiiixTailo politician ttro engaginl lu ll o work that uo 1 to be monoolUcd extlusUely by the Inllau traders. Home of thote Hue morning the Mormon Iamb wlllanuke to the foci that he haa been hoH)Usly vrall iw h1 by the political Hon, whof.econclenco Is aa dull a a piece of pig metal when Itcuinoi to rostorlng the property of the bonlghte 1 enemy ut our truly boantlful Amurlcan yntftil of Kllllcs." The nuuvxed Is clipped from an edl-t edl-t oi 111 In thu Tuli do, Ohio, Jke: 'Tho i rooiiltlou to tako a slice off Utah to prop .NevadAUphito a semblance of worthy atatthond which It noer po-ova. po-ova. I, U unwarranted elTrontrey. Utili has a larger jtopulntlon tlmu Montana, Wyoming, Idaho or .North I)akoUhl at tlu tlmu oftholr a ImUalon. Thu troublo with I Uh Is, not the four uf Moruinulstn) tlio Mltntllo' pojulatlon of U (jiko City and the Territory wdiiM cupo with that, a U haa done, auras fully. Iicul cloitlon, moru than nu other cauM, ha o lu I the offa t of ump-lugoutpol) ump-lugoutpol) gamy ttiil tho puwir of the Churih. isliorn uf theso uaiure the Mori i mi i religion can hum uot tho most dttvoied member If It wero certain tint Utah would march Into tho Union with a majority of tpubllcau ntts, lurilig floull soou ttu lining In tho proiomfon " This la from tho r.lUubeth, X. J.. JUraM. "Utah will sooner er later secmoad-lulvalon secmoad-lulvalon Into the lftteihoml of HUti, Sho ha demanded It before, ami at ilif prohtii.t inoiiKtit threo ddrgatlonifrom tho Tirntory arc In Washlnniou urging Ihu rdiiwthey hao so dearly at heart, not m r lormoiia, hut at V nu nrau rltlxeus St fvr ns their religion goui, nut-hi nut-hi lolls fiumru of polygamy the Tederal (iociuinont ha nothing tod i.wlth thai, unless it Is of ii sort to hurt tho nation ui a whole, In nh I. U ciiso, luUng list ulji llnuihlo ami dangf rou U ature-. re . I tho dlttnliy nj,h i ji 1 n t Siatrhooil could uo ii'y lo r ft I Utah It it not nly hi mi i- I to to facl r lulioriiiUir , but . t0 nearly t1lel out, and will doubtloM aoon lomo naturally lo an rod 'In addition It must ho taken Into consideration tbat out of the 30,004 otcr In tho Territory there are IS.fss) nearly onoba1f who are net Mormons, Of tliio 1V Mornim. li,0U are Dsmo erata and tVMJ It1! labllcRns, while uf tho W,MJtntil, xiouarn bemocrat, taai are Itepubllcana, and Tf0 I.llicraU, the last named class liatlng more than a ten dancy towrd the Democracy on national Issue. Tht Is lo say If the T(XtO ItlUrnl are removed thu total number of democratic demo-cratic uter exceeds thnl of tholtepubtl ran by IC-iO, while If the TtXXj Liberal go Uetnoirutluun national ls,u the g o. p. will lo Ml Il.ouu in tho minority. "rutting nsldtlhe dlsulons which exist among tlio delegate nl tho charge rnnde axlnt the fulontolllclals In the Territory, the mere fact that It would undoubtedly go Democratic at tho emulug rresldt-otlal i lection would if Itself beauMcMit to cause Vub application appli-cation to bo frultles), sofaraa regards the treatmont fltrtnt application by thoCotnmlltooonTerrlmrlo during the present oIon of Cotigres. Hut that niatu will aoon crown hnr endeavors to bo admitted Intn statehood and toaocure a placoon tho aurry banner Is a foregone conclusion.' Wit have spi today for one more extract. It I tram the Denver Iitpub iioin: Iho only part of the United States In which tho 0"crnmeut has pursued a policy closely reaembling perocullon is tho Territory oft tah How far ibis hna lcenJutltl1ilo wlllj rolxibly alwaya remain re-main a matter of dispute. I udor ll the eople of Utah ha.e for several jmra bcindof rlvrnt of a great nmny uf tho privilege nf self gmcrnmcut. The question or whethtr Utah houUl le Hllowed to Irooomo a Hlate may soon cuiue up In a wity that will furtolt.lf upon the attention of Cotigres and the country. Tho Territory hu xpuIatlon ml wflnlth aumcltmt to maintain a Mate go.trnn.sut, aut If It wero tmt lor the Ixdygiuny question thcrowoul Iprobnbly lo but Utile opiosltIiu t tho ritinago of nu enabling net I. ut the drcti I thut If Utah wero a State the Mormon would If Cidlie t-olyij uuy, cunnot le got rid of on I It rut. irany person lu oppose aUtehood. "1 his home-rule rehemo prownta what lsKslhly a goodcutnpromtno. Un lor tl tho peoplo would bo glteu many of tho right of elf'goveriiinoi.t wlthouttholn-dei-endenuo or Ptato clllicnshl. A a State Utah would potaea certain attribute attri-bute of ao orclgnty, and It could, within the limits or the rights which belong lo State, pursue whatMcr course tho lun-torliy lun-torliy f the people might prcferjunorhig public si-nilmiMil In the ri'St of the Unlou. lint tin lor Iho profiled ays'im It wohll alltl bo aa inuca subit to Con rest a any other Territory, although tho people would, by prmllou of Cougr, enjoy and oxarclao many or the prltllcgo or actf-governnirnt which the ctllwnaof the Ntaloa hold of right In it end of by porml-a porml-a Ion." . |
