Show DAY IS DAWNING THE claims of utah to statehood under the provisions of the teller bill were presented before tho senate committee on tuesday by C W fi ennett and john henry smith they m made Y de a strong plea in its favor and had the advantage of all that had been said to in support of rule ly bill for the reasoning is clear that if the people of utah are in the situation described by the advocates of home rule they are to all intents and purposes ready for and entitled to statehood with all its rights and powers in answer to the question if you cannot got get statehood are you in favor of keeping your people under the present territorial system mr smith answered that he preferred a territorial form of government to the home rule bill this may seem stra strange tige to a good many people both in and out of utah but we understand mr smith to mean that he conf considers tte the home rule bill would hinder statehood and that this is his reason for referring preferring p tor to remain smaill as we are until the full measure of liberty can be obtained An another oilier reason perhaps to is of parti zan can origin republicans Republic ann fear that under the home rule 12 regime the democrats would gain possession of the territorial offices and use the power thus obtained to mould the new commonwealth into an undoubted democratic state our opinion ji is that if the two parties had bad joined their forces an enabling act might have been obtained and we see no reason for concluding that such a measure after receiving the auction tion of both houses of congress would be vetoed by the president however utah can afford to wait a little longer if necessary but she be is a destined to rise above all mere party quibbles apu factional differences and take her place among the sovereign states of the union which will be one of no little importance and tho the day of her deliverance is nigh at hand |