Show ANOTHER STATEHOOD SCHEME the new york sun opposes the prop valtion to create a 8 general conglomeration of the pacific coast and then divide it up in accordance with a program as novel as 99 disproportionate and unjust the scheme boheme as outlined la is to parcel nevada out among lie its surround ingo and create two new states by JoI joining nAng the eastern part of washington to the northern part of idaho the extreme western part of idaho is then to go go to california and the rest with the exception of a 8 slice blice from ott the north going to idaho to compensate it for the loss 1088 of its pari panhandle handle to b and make the other joined io 0 o utah up the cause for this movement is ie shown to be that nevada after thirty years of existence has lees jose population tio than any other state elate ur or any territory with the possible except exception iun of alaska whose numerical status is ia to a grat great extent an unknown quantity while utai uta having a greater deputation than many of the states and being no do longer handicapped by the practice of polygamy poly gamy JIs is supposed to be entitled to admission especially it ir reunited to its western part the new york luminary thereupon suggests that utah be divided somewhere near the summit of th daluge just east of this city or a little further on all the western part going to nevada and the remainder to colorado the former would then have a quarter of a million people against the highest number it ever had in 1880 and about now it is also proposed that shat the northwestern corner of arizona north of the col rodo rod 0 be added to utah nevada to make the lines natural just what the arizonans Arizo nans would say sav to this is not dot known but a general demurrer would probably be the procedure gis aa that territory has statehood aspirations of its own owl and its population IS 18 a long way below the number required for a congressional district now in all these schemes for substantially ly recognizing merit and claims claim it is not a little singular that suph such a large proportion of them should bould propose tile the reward of the poor christian to be possessed and enjoyed only after death itow and then a statesman broad enough and just enough to pru pr pose and uphold the right thing without any ife or buts arises arisen to the ou s of public c aff affairs lairs but bis bill plan if not dot him melt elf la is soon bushed into a tone gone so low oberes 9 beres nothing lives twixt it and allence il enoe IP and now and then thea an influential ial newspaper has haa the temerity and independence to strike the nail squarely qu arely on the head by de dring unequivocally for statehood for utah without dismemberment or other terms than such as aa other territories have subscribed to as a condition precedent an aa seen it has haa all amounted so far to nothing practically considered of all the suggestions yet made in this behalf that of the sun comes the Is nearest earest to being infamous because after showing how thoroughly qualified and well equipped we are for the burdens as well as the honors of independent dent government it proceeds jn to the most cold bold blooded manner to propose to reward us by annihilating the territory in order that nevada which is shown to be utterly unworthy and helpless leaa may livel jive avery A very peculiar quality of statesmanship that truly our new york contemporary is ia oftener right than wrong and some of its diamond pointed conclusions have had bad ao an effect for the right upon the public mind second to no other similar influence in the land but it is ia wrong in the proposition herein spoken of and we hope it may see it in time to repent thereof and turn from its error utah has twice been shorn in the interest of its neighbors and as it has persisted in going ahead and prospering notwithstanding it ought now to be permitted to retain what it has by its friends because it is a matter of right and by its enemies because such work in the past has filled t accomplish what they expected aud if the reunion re union spoken of must take place whether we will or not then let what was taken away be returned not what was left b ba 3 sent to join the part re moved let lei the name we have had bad from the first also remain if there is to be dissolution let the part entitled to thelast the I 1 consideration undergo it liet let us go into the union as aa the STATE OF UTAH or not go in at al I 1 |