| Show SURVEYOR GENERAL ETC 5 OR UTAH by the telegrams which appear in another column it will be seen that our respected delegate to congress hon win H hooper is at his post and taking early steps to secure for his con those rights to which they are so clearly entitled yesterday the first day of the session he introduced a bill to create the office of surveyor general bidtah of r utah and to extend the homestead preemption fr pre emption law to this thi t s territory last inter winter a bill was introduced in congress contress to create the tho office of surveyor general in the territories of utah and montana and establish a land office in this territory montana and arizona when put upon its passage wo we understood stood that the word utah was stricken out of the bill and the bill passed as amended but on referring to the act as published in the government edition of the acts and resolutions of that session bession of congress we find it printed on page as originally presented the act as printed gives us a surveyor general and a land office for this territory this is evidently a mistake or oy our delegate would not have introduced the bill with which this mornings ings telegram credit credi thIm him we hope that the bill introduced by captain hooper will receive more fa to rable rabie consideration at the hands of congress than did its pre predecessor we hope this as much for the sake bake of congress as for the sake of the people of teela territory it is a paltry palti ry issue for tild the legislators of a great nation to raise il with th the people of a territory whom they dislike bilke blike to refuse them rights which they can not withhold with any ilow allow of justice such a coursens cour course seis sels is utterly indefensible u pon upon all grounds of statesmanship and does not comport wilh that ma magnanimity unanimity which th the e congress odthe of the united states aha ahr should uld evince tk great many pretexts are arg urged for W withholding it holding right rights s from I 1 us which have havo b been e n freely ely f granted to our neighbors but no well founded reason leason can be drought wrought forward for such partial legislation 1 we have given to the iho land we occupy all the value it possesses i mexico who owned it when wes web we settled here viewed it as worthless for all purposes af of betl Beti settlement lemont lement it was territory but its an only fy use in the view of the few persons seen aden it was to hold the i harth barth ba rth together and to serve servo asa as a bridge to cross from the missouri to the pacific we have all confidence that our delegate xie kie will spare no exertion to push this bill through and se secure cureto to his constituents the benefits which will inure to them from its passage the captain is indefatigable in his labors and keenly I 1 bal ill aliceo ve the interests of those whom he rei rep represents resents his position is an unique one in many respects there is probably 4 11 yno no man mau in Cong congress leso idso who bad so bo few opposition oi votes cast against him at his elec election ilon llon as he there is certainly not another member whose constituents pray fur our allm with such buch unanimity as do his the rr reflection that thousands are interested d in his welfare and praying earnestly for his success must nerve a man to faithfully perform his duty and div give bi him im back backbone bono to sta stand led up against a good many odds |
