| Show THE STATE OF UTAH president cleveland proclaimed it saturday at noo jooa political phases of the question and what milt has received from party organizations organisations has sho shi lieen grateful from the herald of saturday we take the following this day of grace the ath of january 1896 will terminate tho the territorial existence of utah it is 13 expected that by high noon today the last act necessary to admit utah in into t 0 the american union on an eq equal ual bootin footing with the oria original inal states will be performed president cleveland today will issue his proclamation c saying 0 that the requirements of the enabling act under which the constitution 0 of f the st state ate was framed having 0 been complied with on the part 0 of f her people of ut utah ab therefore lie he in further pursuance of that act now declares utah to be a state in in tho the american union that proclamation will send a thrill of joy through 0 the hearts of 0 a I 1 the people of the state the tha thing m so BO long desired will be real izaj six times before this successful attempt have the people of utah tried to pain gain admission into the union once in 1849 two yeats after the pioneers first en two I 1 thai of I 1 n i 1870 in the SOs two attempts were made and both failed small wonder if hope went out of the hearts of some when they saw these repeated attempts to secure statehood repeatedly repeated y fall put but failure was not destined to be permanent the best hopes of best people were to be realized 1 when the fullness of the time should come and that time has now come we regret that so many of the fathers who laid the foundations of this commonwealth haye fallen asleep before the full fall i fruition of their hopes could be ba I 1 realized but while we ne regret their absence we are pleased to know that some of the brave band of pioneers who blazed civilizations way to this intermountain wilderness are still with us to seethe see tha commonwealth of utah take her place in the grand sisterhood of states farewell territorial vassalage we take an eternal farewell of you today the captive by communion may at last look upon his very chains as friends the prisoner becomes so BO used to his dungeon as to regain 0 his big freedora freedom with a sigh but we part with territorial vassalage without one regret except that it has lasted so lo 10 long daiy diy hail sovereign A statehood with outstretched hands bands we greet you vou and with you this day the pe people ople of utah be bein begin in a career which will not end un until til star shall be among the brightest in the old fladd crowded space THE STEPS TO STATEHOOD september 6 1893 delegate De legata joseph L rawlins Raw lina a de democrat 1 introduced in the house of representatives senta tives a bill authorizing the people of utah to form a constitution and government andio and to be admitted admit teul anio into the union ou on an all equal footing with the original states it was immediate immediately lv referred to the house committe commit ee e on oa territories the bill was considered by that committee which was democratic Demorat ici |
