Show ADMISSION OF UTAH report of the house hoube committee on 2 arav flories or on the Ad admission minion of utah as a state owr orri fa springer ringer from the C committee omm attee zories tag submitted the follow REPORT to 0 accompany bill H B R k the 18 on territories to S was referred the bill H B R ofa for the admission of the state abot ft td wh h into the union on an equal avila tug with the original states had the same under con hubn oa have instructed me to alv ta he thereon t tz following report M 1 te is asking to be admitted as a thi th under a constitution some of of which and the ade ces under which it was h ate and by whom made will be er considered Y 0 AS TO THE adit MISSION OP OF STATES ift it az I 1 certainly the interest as it yova icv a 0 the policy licy of the general the lai eSro create states out of eltory em tory belonging to the fed eral government whenever there is a population within a defined locality sufficient to justify a state government ern ment and of such a fixed character and possessing such qualities and interests as to the exclusive power to control local local affairs the admission of new states into the union adds to its strength as a nation and it may be said therefore that it is not merely the privilege of congress but the duty of congress to convert this public domain into states as fast as population pul on and conditions will justify THE RIGHT BIGHT OF THE PEOPLE OF A TERRITORY TO HAVE A STATE government but it is not only the duty of congress to bring in new states state it is tb the e right ot the people to have a state government when the conditions exist when C congress ontress creates a territory and a territorial errit orial government for the people who may inhabit it it is with the implication that they shall have a state government and shall be part and parcel of the nation in evory every respect and especially have a voice in its affairs with this promise held out to them they occupy and develop a part of the public domain and when they have fulfilled these conditions their right to a state government cannot without bad faith be deniel unless there are other conditions existing that relieve congress from the duty that would otherwise be imperative THE conditions AS THEY EXIST IN UTAH in the consideration of this subject Y your our committee have carefully examined into matters relating to the population resources and material development of that territory and the social status of the people the proponents of this constitution as well as those in opposition have been fully heard statistics have been carefully and elaborately presented and considered and the facts about to be stated herein are undisputed they are not only asserted by the proponents but they are freely and frankly admitted admitted by the opponents and are fully sustained dy by record statistics the population of utah is now about 00 the yearly productions may be summarized as follows grain and hay bay products vegetable and other garden products cattle head value 1100 H horses 0 head value sheep head value swine head value the annual yield of farm and garden product sand profits of stock raising and of the wool alt clip is estimated to be not less than the manufactured articles for 1888 aro are valued at about the output of the coal mines of utah last year exceeded in value over the output of precious minerals in 1888 at at seaboard sea board value was the total business transacted in the territory exclusive of rall rail way and telegraphic business amounted to something like 1 the transactions in real estate in salt lake city alone for 1888 as they appear by the records of that county aggregated there are 1140 miles of railway in operation in utah and several new lines in course of construction and projected telegraph lines connect all the principal settlements and the telephone and electra elec electric tri e ight are extensively used in the larger towns the real estate is valued at not less than the aggregate of property is placed at exclusive of mines which are untaxed the records of the land office show that that there have been since its opening in 1869 homestead entries for a total acreage of acres and preemption filings for acres cash entries numbered for acres and desert applications 2573 for acres timber ti culture 1051 for acres acres a total of entries and applications for acres the private ownership of the land in the territory is generally in small tracts the average is not to exceed 70 acres to each owner the territory is conspicuously free from land monopoly the people generally own their own lands laas holding titles from the government industries the manufacturing interests are va varied ried and of increasing magnitude among these are am flour mills woolen coolon mills sawmills saw mills mills paper mills clothing boot shoe hat glove hosiery silk broom brush sash door and molding factories iron glass soap glue chemical furniture cooperage refining fin in and smelting smelling sm elting works foundries potteries machine shops lime ilme dilno kilns brick yards cement yards etc MINERAL RESOURCES the mineral deposits include gold silver lead zinc and copper the finest marbles white and colored granite gran itoe limestone and various building stones there are ano also antimony sulphur gypsum manganese and ana beds of asphaltum besides petroleum natural gas etc the precious metals have yielded during the test last seventeen ayearst years ARM the e sum of which is evidence of their richness and permanency the coal beds and salt deposits ft are practically inexhaustible haus tible and new discoveries of valuable minerals are made every year SCHOOLS the territorial legislature has provided a system of public schools and for the support thereof which is summarized summarize das as follows the particulars being taken from the te statutes of utah and from the report to congress for J 1898 of the commissioners of schools appointed under the provisions of ue tbt act of congress of march 8 1887 there are 24 counties in the territory in which there are school districts and in these districts there are public schools there are teachers and 9 assistants and of these 40 are non mor mons the school population between the ages of six and eighteen years is of which are mormon and non mormon the number of scholars enrolled is of which are mormon and 2267 non mormon corn com report pp ap 9 10 HOW SCHOOLS AIM ABE maintained these schools are supported as follows by a territorial tax of 3 mills on the dollar for payment of teachers trustees are elected by the taxpayers in each district and these trustees are authorized to levy and collect an additional tax of one fourth of 1 per cent for general school purposes and by a 8 vote of a majority 0 t OF of the taxpayers tax payers in any d strict district a further tax up to 2 per cent may be assessed anti and collected for school purposes corn com report p 2 34 the value lafue of diet district brict school I 1 property is is KM IM p 12 the ille amount paid for school teachers and appliances for schools for the year ending june 30 1888 was IM p 16 15 the text books used in these schools are as follows Ban crofts readers Harring tons graded speller Apple tons elementary and higher geographies copy books michaels Micha ePs system of penmanship for fourth reader and higher grades of pupils krusas drawing series pathfinder serles series of consisting consi stin of no 1 fo childs health primer no 2 hygiene for young people and ko no 3 steeles physiology grammars barnes short studies in english reed and kelloggs higher lessons lessens in english barnes primary history of the united states stephens music readers harpers university in addition to the foregoing ng there to is the university of deseret which is in part suppo supported d by territorial funds it JB Is open to all 1 and 40 students yearly are admitted mit d upon condition that they become teachers ch in the district schools p 24 all of the abovementioned above mentioned schools are nonsectarian non sectarian no denominational tenets fire are taught aw arnd p 6 denominational SCHOOLS of these the mormons cormons we haye 4 other denominations 86 85 in the mormon schools the scholars enrolled are mormons cormons and 10 n non on cormons mormons Mor mons inthe in the other denominations the scholars enrolled are 2277 mormons cormons and non mormons cormons AM P 13 it is very apparent from the statistics bics tics above given that the provisions for education are worthy of the highest commendation and the results prove their value these re results alts briefly stated are as follows taken from the report of the united states commissioner of education for the year 1881 the average duration of schools in utah in a year is days only twelve states and one territory and the district of columbia have a higher average viz dall days connecticut delaware illinois Dlin oia iowa massachusetts michigan new jeree jersey J 9 0 new york 1 7 8 ohio pennsylvania khoda Rhod island eIsland wisconsin district of columbia idaho illiteracy the this school system are shown in the fact that the gera percentage of illiteracy is lower than an the average of the country and there are thirteen of the states and territories that show a lower percentage of persons who cannot read connecticut and utah have the same namely leaving out of view persons of color the following table from the last census report kives atves the comparison of illiteracy in utah as compared with the aggregate of the states and other territories age and nationality who utah US cannot write per per cent cent native whites 10 tears years and over 69 59 87 foreign 1 11 12 wh tee I 1 I 1 to 14 years no whites 16 to 21 49 11 72 12 w hites 21 years and ov over 89 94 it can not be and is not bisp disputed buted that the educational fa facilities QS in utah are of a high order of e excel acel lence and the effect to is sho shown wn ii in athe the statistics above presented CHURCHES of churches other than mor mormon anon there are 65 in the territory oryl hold ing church property of th the e val value ue of and having ministers minis these ire are catholic eilf episcopalian ilian presbyterian methodist song rega lional baptists baptista etc THE MORAL STATUS OF TH THE B PEC PEOPLE OF UTAH the population of the terr territory atory m maybe may ay be classified genera generally llyal as 3 fol lows mormons cormons Mor mons i non it to is universally conceded concede that at no locality equally populated with utah is freer from the vices tt that lat a afflict communities than this territory per y it is singularly free from i sale saloons sons houses of prostitution and the like and it Is undisputed that t the ie p people eople generally en berall are moral indest industrious furious and faw law abiang abiding while this is tn true lie as to this po population as an e entirety entire tait it I 1 is s esar especially eci true as to the i mor mormon mon marn atlon of f n it ari rr their i characteristics n in in n these respects are indicated by the follows following nit governor governo r west in his report to the secretary of the interior for 1888 says 1 I shall vot arraign the mormon people as wanting in compares com paris n wit with other people in religious devotion devoti Olt virtue honesty sobriety and the graces and qualities that adot i belluti beautify fy and bless life dr miller editor of the ornate Jf 11 erald says to the lasting honor of the people and system be it said that for io twenty five years such mae machines bines of 0 moral infamy as whisky shops bar fotr es faro fare banks and all ail the a attend ant forms of vice and iniquity we or i totally unknown in utah bishop spaulding in the FOMO for march 1887 says the mormons cormons are sober indu industrious sIrl and thrifty mrs emily pitt stevens editor pioneer a womans comans journal writes utah is the wisest and best arned of any large section of pa 0 PLO io cl the united 8 states tates in great salt t TAO city there is less of bruu draak lc enness gambling idleness theft co against the peace of society a d crime generally than there is isa U any other city of the same population in the country if not on the globe t the tes emony of bayard taylor the illustrious traveler and author 41 S IS la A the mormons cormons as a people are we the most temperate of americans they 1 are chaste laborious and genelay gen eray etie cheerful erful 11 governor stevenson Bt evenson of idaho his hie report to the secretary of the te q I 1 interior for 1888 says paris bear lake county bass population of about 1600 al all faw mons and there is not a salo saloon on gambling house or any other place h wd where intoxicating liquor is sold ft this is ia I 1 am told the case in all t td he j towns in idaho whore where these people deop have exclusive control the governor of arizona be similar testimony and it appe so that the moral character of the baor mono mona is good wherever they gesido THE FINANCIAL CONDITION OF teg aff 1 TERRITORY J that the affairs of this thia territory Terri tog have been well managed in the vt paa t is sufficiently evidenced by the w H that there is no territorial rial indea indebted y ness except which V was as ow ora abed about a year ago under SU an a of the legislature for p public bublic A eions the legislature had appropriate for an insane asylum ia for a reform school for capitol building 0 hr far an for the theof I 1 hibi tion building iver eity building for a abw adf w ik mute asylum for au an agrico aga tural college and the debt of 1 r in 5 per cent bonds was C i 1 l to meet balances due on these appy fapp i privations there has been no ease case of 0 bow j embezzlement or malfeasance j office during the twenty nine ye i of territorial government i from what has now been it is apparent that all the condiff exist in utah in a marked d degree 1 necessary to entitle the pe pa 0 that territory to have a state ern ment and it is equally appah aPP b aj that by reason of her potion tion her immense agricultural and mineral resources her 1444 ted wealth and the general intelli asee and industrious and energetic character of her people it is of national importance that utah should have nave a state government your committee will P present however TOE objections THAT ARE ABE URGED AGAINST aga ADMISSION the ob objections are 1 the existence of polygamy 2 the power and the teachings of 01 the mormon church chunh on that subject tile the facts in respect of these will be e presented in their order it is not denied by the advocates ot of admission on that polygamy is aked ced in aliat that territory but they sm that it is not obligatory upon the uw members of the mormon church that it has been gradually wog dying it out until now there are comparatively ively few who are living in polygamous relations and that this we are chiefly past the meridian of ae they claim that polygamous marriages have ceased ceasear to oe be sol nihed ni zed that in the near future polygamy will have ceased to exist 41 14 ti together ather and is even now abady Y dead and that it is unjust to bb friye ep e the many of political rights se a comparatively few are vio ing the law in this regard your our committee therefore present such h facts as have come to t their heir ow ledge on this subject for the of the house the he utah commission in 1882 when nen both males and females voted that there were persons of i both sexes who were or had been ly 11 polygamous poly amous relations lons of those who 0 o had been but were not then in in jo lY gamy there were leaving 1006 W men and women then 1882 in agamy how many of these were men and how many women cart can only be estimated the esti we has been made that there were an all average three women to one and this is probably a low esti aw and would show that there e not lot more than 2250 men in PO in 1882 and probably less thal nan that number it Is s asserted ak by mormons |