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Show NOT LAUGHING. The Tribune denies the soft impeachment. impeach-ment. It is not laughing at Provo's pretentions in regard to becoming the ,' permanent capital of the new state of Utah. The astute Tribune is endeavoring en-deavoring to throw the discussion into : trivialities, drawing imaginary lines running in all possible as well as impossible im-possible directions and then directing public attention to the ridiculosity of the proposition. No, the dig-nilied dig-nilied but charming old Trib. is not laughing, but ehe induced our inexperienced and unwary young coadjutor to follow it oil into boggy Sugar House wards and the like, and away from the vital question of the geographical center of the territory which, after all is entitled to the main consideration. The question is not so much as to what the present reveals, but rather as to what the future development de-velopment of the territory may exhibit. Taking Salt Lake county and city, Weber county and the city of Ogden, and we are ready to admit that the question of population, as it is today, is about solved. But they have done their -do. The future has little to I promise them or they have little to ex pect from it. The future development of this great territory must occur on lines far to the Bouth and east of Salt Lake. The Tri-bune'a Tri-bune'a east and west lines are better arguments for Provo than for Salt Lake. Central Utah is the nearest field today, but the time is not far distant dis-tant when to the centre will be harnessed the glowing and rapidly developing de-veloping south, and southwest. The marvelously rich mineral regions of Cedar, Beaver, the Sevier are all to be heard from. Then we cress over the WaBatch and we find the Uintah and Uncompaghre regions within whose bounds ie ample room for two or three rich and populous counties. All these are to be counted for Proyo and against Salt Lake. Now if the cood Tribme were to give us a few figures on geography it i would see less of the ridiculous in this Provo move than it now does, albeit we insist that in the matter of population, popula-tion, Provo holds her an even brake. "We build state capitals of the permanent perma-nent order rather upon geographical than present population lines. What has the future for the Salt Lake region in thiB way? Absolutely nothiDg. What has she for Provo? Practically everything. The Tribune ignores all the wide region which lies between the eastern base of the Wasatch and the Grand river, and south of Green river. The day is not for distant dis-tant when this region, vast as it is, will be Glled by a rich, prosperous and progressive people. No pent up bit of L tica, like the present capital of Utah, will satisfy this coming population in the character of state capital. Now that the Salt Lake papers have found out that Provo can't be laughed out of the race it would be rather entertaining enter-taining than otherwise if their papers would try to give us one solidiy based argument against the proposed removal of the capital to Provo. We confess we await it with some interest. This sort of jug handle fight is not what we relish altogether. The first Brazilian revolution which drove good old Dom Pedro from the throne was, it has been fully demon etrated, a huge mistake from a Brazilian Brazil-ian stand-point. But that was accomplished accom-plished and instead of the imperial government under that enlightened and progressive gentleman they have set up a republic a government more in touch with the genius of the Jnited StateB than even Dom Pedro's was. Da Gama's revolution is simply to re btore Dom Pedro's family to the reigning reign-ing function. The Countess De Ue may be a great woman, but we cannot under the Monroe doctrine look with indifference noon the effnrtq mada lw -.- " vj her gallant admiral to so seat her. If the worst comes to the worst the United States must indicate her dissent in Brne efficient and noteworthy way. We do not want any more imperialism anywhere on this western continent The defacto government under Piexoto should receive the strongest kind of moral support from our government. |
