Logan Journal | 1892-03-02 | Page 4 | Local News

in answer to the question if i i you you cannot pet get statehood are arc you in in favor of keeping your people peaple under the present territorial system mr ir smith answer that thai he preferred a territorial form of grovern ment to the home ile irule bill this may seem strange to a good many people both in and out of utah kut but we understand mr S smith T nith to mean that lie considers the home rule 1 bill would hinder statehood and that this i ix the reason for preferring I 1 to remain ap a we are until the full measure of liberty can be obtained another reason perhaps is of P partisan artiman origin republicans Republic ani fear that under cHome thel th lome rule regime the democrats would gain possession of the territorial offices and use tile power thus obtained obtain d to mould the new commonwealth in into to an all undoubted democratic aate dewrel deseret new aeils pel feb 4 1892