| Show today witnessing the opening scenes and ceremonies of a magnificent celebration by the state of california of her golden jubilee it Is eminently proper that the anniversary should ba gloriously signalized signalizes that the bands should play that the orators should charm the multitude and that red and golden lights should illuminate the sky it Is fifty years ago to today day thea that marshall found the bits of metal that set the world aflame and drew as if by magic a population great enough to found an empire let the celebration be worthy the event it ft commemorates all utah la is to in sympathy with it for she basks in itai ita i reflected glory because some of her bort founders uncovered the gold that made v california what she it today no oi op earth can deprive utah of a shay in the honor which flows from tho events that made the pacific coast a rich and populous portion of our national dominions the congratulations of the world may well be showered upon our sister state by the western sea her climate her resources her affluence of all that man desires and the progress she has made entitle her to universal felicitation but let it be remembered that had not the Mormon Battalion appeared above her eastern horizon in the nick of time she might have been a british province instead of a soverign member of the american union let all californians celebrate let all forty biners be honored let max mar ahall be given the place in history that belongs to him but let the men who dug the ditch in which he found the gold cold be given justice too they belong to utah lutah and their names and memories axe are dear to every Ut onlan the youngest state in the union sends greeting to her sister of the golden gate and wishes her many happy returns of the day 0 |
