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Show j rii it i: ion nun. Till' New York World of Feb. 14, I S3.', has the following editorial on Utah's claim: " 1 lie ilsinsnd of t't ih for admUvlon lo tlm I iilouaa n Statn Is iiiikIi loo lurilo-t nnd pressing tu be Ignored, It inuvt bo oonsldsict snd decidinl by the ptoiuiit Collvtriti. ' lly the ci iuii of IHU Utah bud a n.il'iilull.iii 1 1 JOT ml llilalsiiiKrlj luir li uliiihiigilil ns the Jiopnlatlon of I loll a an , iiioru tliiiu half ua iiiiuh iigilu us llml of ilouuiii, iino third more than Hi ll nf North lukoti, tuo and I half lluie tlmtof Iliho nearly four limes Hut if -omliigund neiirly itvo ttmes thai of Ni Mi In. "I Ish'a l c illation Is a lui.lly In criiuslng one, loo, mid la found! uhiu snditllug Industry, i lilvfly ui,rlciiUiluil. It is a imputation of strong ineti and womrii who have ooiiquuriHl uuiiauul illllKiiltli-ilnionviiiltigailoe'rlwIII .-noss .-noss inti u jHipulous and pioliiLtivo Oiminomvosltti "i lungas lliot liuriti to wi i li mr filths ot ibo ' moil Ih! ti I .ii. j taught and ns II t I polygamy there wsal .an n ug ' duly In the Territory Terri-tory Ilin aiitonnniy of Htalehood Ho ling astlistt'hurch iisierla Its Indcpen Iflilio ssagovernlngh nrsnliy anpsrlor in au lliorlty totlierltil ower, Hie admission of If tali waa out of 111 question, ''Hut those i ran ii'loits of the Mormon Ihurrh have Isvn utterly abandoned ll onlclally niBiltate Hygauiy as a doctrine and Ua members hsro abandoned aban-doned iolygfttiiotis racitces. It no longer lon-ger pretends to civil powor. As for the soundness or unsoundness of Its religious lietlefs, that Is a question of no more seculsr cebcem than Is eDy other In theology. theo-logy. "Here, then la a populous Territory whose eople sra sa clearly entiils.1 as any oilier In ill" country lo Hie self goleriiinelil which can only, come Willi Mlsuhoml t'nlesisnuld vail 1 reas.ni can I e urged for keeping Itiolorrltory longer under tutelage Its furlhsr exelusl n from the Union of -u e mutt becountcxt a vi rang an Ian InJ itle 'Iho New York vria comiueutlug on thetamu sulfrct is. "Iho Uulte.1 s a ss tejeral odlclals In any glieu tcrtltory know a hood Job whin they see It -none lt'.er. 'Iho Hnliivl rita'cs I cUral olllolsla In Hie Territory of Huh have fit place, good salaries ant au xillenl chance to lm ruvo their llliaucial condlllons, an 1 It Is nut their luloiillon lo lose any of theo Hi they ha-e mrt In ivnvinll in, and resolved re-solved Hut Utah doesn't want lo boeomo arstste, but wun to remain a Territory, anl to continue to be governed by the United "-laic 1 ederal olUclala. Hut, all Iho asms, II would aotiil lo lie a good thing for Iho f)iiiioorllc House of ItcpteecitlntlvestogWo 1). iinKMllo Tir rltorlvs as good a chance lo hooumo ti' itis as tho last Urpuhlk-'U Congress gave to the liepiihllcan'lorrllorUs." Thu aunexeil are extracts Irom an editorial In Hit HI 1'iul. Minn... .. "Iho proposlllon origin iling with Senator Teller f ir tho admission of Utah lo Ms'ehood I received with favor arid opposition In Inth branches of tongres, und the sitljecl I ilrlltlng Into a iollllial Isatle which Is likely lo eaulo iutereal throughout the country." "President Harris in lourkod upon His math rill hi I last Inenags, Hie s Irll of his allusion Mng recoil menilatlon Hut iho 1 trrllory shcul I not be a linlllld until un-til Iherewas 'tallsfuclory evidence' that after admission tbo Mate would 'make, enforce an 1 maintain' cllrctlvo laws ngatnat iolygauiy because, as a Terrl tory, tho lavvs nf Congroia cau reach and punish olygaiiiy there, whlloasabll o Hey could not do so." "It la In Id by those Inside of politics thai the hlut lonvcvcd lu Hie meisage was more iijion i-ilitloat grounls than umiu ootuxru regarding kiI gamy, und that under tho vague term "satisfactory ovllenee" iho 'territory coul I tie kept out ludillnltely, i r until such time as 11 might sppiar Hi" I'ltsllcnl's parly would 1 11 find by the admission admis-sion " Aside from !ygamy Utah la bitter ulped foratitihuod lliauany of the Teirltorita reciutly found eligible, Juttke dimauda that the way le found for Ha admission. |
