Show encouragement TO NEWCOMERS tim new york world of june ath has a lengthy boom communication from this city it is descriptive and instructive and gives many particulars which will aid irr in correcting false popular notions concerning utah the rho object in view is to I 1 invite n A te deop people e I 1 in n th the e states to become permanent redi residents dents here published in a paper with such a wide circulation as aa the world has it is likely to have some effect in the direction sought 4 the writer however made one mif mistake stake it was a fault of omission he should have mentioned the fact that there is strong probability of the establishment of a political apolitical autocracy in utah that on the passage of the bill reported by senator edmunds as chairman of the judiciary committee on thursday people who live in utah will become as near being political serfs as possible while having the name of amerl american citizens he should have explained that the governor and the majority of the utah commission are understood to have pulled the wires which sprung the measure now on the calendar of the united states senate that it provides for the appointment by the governur governor and the commission of nearly all the officers in the territory which have beeta in of the people and that when it i becomes a law the people of utah mormon and gentile will be shorn almost en of the power of local self government and the commonest rights of american citizenship this would no doubt form a great inducement to prospective settlers in this territory if they understood that the regulation of all the public business the assessment collection and disbursement of taxes the conduct of the affairs of the several counties and school districts and the control of ajl ail the political concerns of the citizens are to be in the hands of persons nominated by one man and appointed by from four to six men none of ahm are elected by the people they would be very anxious no doubt to live ander such a republican form of government if the intending new comers are democrats they will be further encouraged cou raged by the fact that four out of this autocracy of six are rank republicans and only one is a genuine De democrat if they are republicans they will doubtless be stimulated by the thought that on a change of administration they would be uner under the domination of four democrats with such inducements wealthy and ambitious american citizens ought to flock into utah by the hundreds of thousands the new york world and other papers that may be induced by chamber of commerce and other influences to tay ay t a good word for utah for the purpose of increasing its population should publish some special articles on the political lib erty which is likely to prevail in this inviting territory and they should commend corn mend senator edmunds truly american measure to the ad mi ration of enlightened and civilized humanity throughout the 1 world 3 |