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Show Now what fate will meet the seigniorage seigni-orage bill in the senate? Let us have something tangible to the benefit of silver soon. The way things have been going for the last few years silver has been put under a eeneral ban, and by the most insignificant majorities. It does seem that it ia high time that congress and the government should consider the great majority a little. There is not the slightest doubt but that eight tenths of the people of this country are in favor of immediate re-monit'zition re-monit'zition andbut two tenths oppose. 61 a'l tbis insignificant minority govern the country? Not this, only, but reduce re-duce the eight tenths to absolute penury and want? This democratic congress and national na-tional administration dare not refuse statehood to Utah. They are pledged by every consideration of honor, and are forced to disregard the religious opposition op-position developed in the east. It is only a matter of common justice and were not the democracy so pledged it would be bound to admit the territory, terri-tory, republican or democratic. The democracy cannot listen to the sectarian sectar-ian prejudice which has been injected into the discussion. Utah is ripe for admission and there are no legal objections. ob-jections. Let her in. The shortage in India continues.The distress is growing rather than abating. So much the better. All these things tend to force the opening of the Indian mints. That means free coinage all over the world. Let the demon of unrest un-rest do bis best and plague tbeni into it. While the slaughter of silver has been ruinous the world over, yet India has suffered more than any other country. England ha3 never been distinguished dis-tinguished for her sympathy with the distress of her colonies, yet she ia so pinched by the distress in India that she must change her own policy. If the courts were to close their doors while trying cases like rape, divorces, etc. public morals would not suffer. It is enough for twelve men, the lawyers, court and clerks to hear the evidence usually offered in these cases without the public having access to them. Corbett has been acquitted of the charge of breaking the laws of Florida by fighting a prize fight among the frogs and alligators of that 6tate. The governor gov-ernor ought to sell out and move to Kansas, or Maine. Why can t Provo secure the Warde-James Warde-James show? We are not in favor of giving it up. Let the opera house authorities and Manager Graham try again. We ought not to lose this opportunity. op-portunity. The Utah and Los Angelos Air Line has been organized with general offices in Denver. Why not have the general offices in Utah? Provo for instance. |