| Show UTAH IS conservative the lea dinse papers east and west we have had something to soy say regarding regarding utah upon the opening of 0 the constitutional tut ional convention here on the ath instant the references thus made generally evince a desire to accord to tr this territory fair treatment in ite IB mention of the subject the new york which on several occasions formerly has taken up the cud cudgels 9 GIs IQ in behalf of utah when the latter was being imposed upon says editorially in its if issue of march the seventh constitutional convention of utah opened its session yesterday at salt lake city under which renders its admission as an a state into the union practically certain the th bill for its admission passed the house of representatives december 13 1898 ard avas the senate july 10 1894 the bonaut Co tion is in to be submitted to the people fo fop ratification in november the enabling enabling act calls for complete reNg ious toleration and prohibits polygamy or plural marriages forever to rever there is in no question that the constitution will be approved by tile the people at the election the long struggle bior for statehood ends enda with a substantial victory for the mormon church which is no longer longer bolyea moua and with a victory for the republican party pany at the time of the passage of the statehood act both sides claimed utah but at the november election mr cannon was elected to congress as a re pe publican find and out of members of the constitutional convention who have hav received certificates certificate a fifty seven are re pe 1 publicans public ans and forty five are Demo democrats crati A more important point is the tact fact that utah ranks third among the silver pro states coming next after Color colorado and montana her two senators will wilk accordingly be lound found on the silver sido aids in the coming financial struggle in population utah will rank above delaware idaho montana nevada north dakota and wyoming yo ming the world recognizes as ai of greater import than either political oal complexion or other issues which have been prominent in the past the attitude the new sti bt to te presents on the financial ques que tion As the tie third silver prod boer and as aa a commonwealth trainel trai to t look upon local and national affairs with prescient eye there has baa been no doubt bat utah s representatives will be staunch advocates of bimetallism still stil the tear fear oft in the libe east that silver liver advocacy in the west will be characterized by an ultra lem dinger danger ous oua to national brou it need not lot awaken any uneasiness so 0 o far as members of congress from this state are the people here are always la ID a temperate and reasoning Moo moody dADEj and on the silver question as well us as expect and conservatism to in their representatives the very ex ia tence however of this moderation will implant them more firmly la in the they do assume on issues presented so that hat there is no ng danger of we the flou floundering adoring and flopping around so eo often characterizes extremists on jIn financial ancial or other utah may be counted on OD for conservatism and in the ROOM kroom 01 ROY any pul pose |
