Show I INQUIRIES CONCERNING CONCERNING UTAH Probate Judge Blair returned from fro his two weeks trip to the east Bun Bun- Bunday Sus day morning over the Union Pacific railroad having had bad a delightful time tint B- B The judge spent pent most moat of the brief holi- holi holiday bol bolday bolday day at his bis disposal 1 at hr his old home bome I in Parkersburg Parker burg West We t Virginia and di- di divided d vided up the remainder between In- In Ii Dayton Ohio and Chic go CO In conversation con venation with a NEWS re- re reporter porter perter today be he said laid that numerous I inquiries were made of ot him bim concern concerning I tug Ing Utah with special pedal reference to toI t I Salt Lake City in which a deep In- In Int It I t appears appear to be taken by Eastern Easter I people at this thil time When asked by b strangers whom be he casually oa met in ii his bill travels Where do you OU reside he be invariably replied I eel reside in the great the mighty the ever progressing in West in a olty cit situate bard by the banks bank where flow the river Jordan Jordan-in Jordan in a city olty where on of ortha the return of ot each revolving day oo one ODe feels feela an almost irresistible to Co sing Ilog ing the doxology doxology-a doxology a city olty where the th women walk the streets as aa if on spring ot of steel teel and men bold hold their their head aloft as aa it if numbering the stars stall tan the olty Ohl where the Saints do dwell the be bouquet bou bouquet city of America I nee need add Salt Lake City Is the name My My location being fixed the next nex question tion n would be How about tb Mormons Mormon and how many wives wivel hay ha snob of ot them My reply would be- be beof beof be beof of late yrs years tine one only You will perhaps per per- remember that some lome ome three haps bap years ago the Church publicly re- re re polygamy and I 1 am quite sure lure ure that they no longer practice It About the be same lame time the Church with withdrew withdrew drew from politics politic by disbanding their party organization known as ac tot tb Peoples People's People party consequently at an at election lection to be held bold on the be of next month for tor the first time since Mince the or or- organization of ot the Territory of Utah the struggle for political supremacy Will WUI be alone between the Republican and Democratic parties The Mor Mor- mono moni I think ar an are about equally divided between the two parties parti Yes we are all aU Americans American in Utah now and we w not only dwell together it io unity but but- butare are united in ID everything which tends fende to the development of the tobe tb vast vait resource resources of the be Territory or that will add to the comfort and happiness ot of its ita lt inhabitants Inhabitant When will you be fully clothe i with Statehood I was wa asked About the first of ot January 1896 was wai my answer and when fully In the Union Utah will be one ot of t the e brightest stars tanin In the gallery of ot sisterhood states 1 know w no reason why she be should mould not net be one of the grandest ot of commonwealths She has bas within her boundaries every every- everything everything thing which is III p possessed ed by any other state tato in io the Union and I may say laymore more which makes a great common common- commonwealth commonwealth wealth In 10 Utah the capitalists can oan find opportunities for tor safe late ate and profit profit- profitable profitable profitable able investments inv in their money en- en enterprises en which blob will wUl present them them- themselves them selves and the ibe young man who ba has hasan baian an aD ambition to become something will soon loon oon discover that Utah Is I the tha place I I above all U others othen to commence he ha he race r-of r of lire life It will be a bad place place for dron drones as they are liable to get Jun u n over oer It if not killed kUle I This ic is i about the way I answered an questions and talked to the many new acquaintances I made during my trip and who seemed teemed anxious to learn more e about Utah One of ot these will be in our city next month and try to make an Investment Judge JudICe Blair Hk likewise informed the NEWS representative that be he wa was agreeably surprised surprised to learn the feel feel- feeling feeling ing which prevailed back east in the e public mind in ink regard to the free tree coin coin- coinage a age e of silver In native nati place for tor instance they were he might say cay invariably in favor or the free tree coinage of ot silver at 16 to 1 1 In I reference to the business outlook the Judge said laid there bere apparently still till exists exin great creat uneasiness and unrest t among the people though an improvement was looked for tor In the near ear future |