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Show Pennsylvania and Massachusitts; and our cities should rival Chicago, San Francisco, New Orleans, "Gotham" and others in rottenness; this people should depart from present ways and should live such lives, maintain dives, schools of erime and seminaries of debauchery would Governor 'i'homas still say wait until you are invited? Yes, he undoubtedly un-doubtedly would. No other construction construc-tion could possibly be placed on his veto of the memorial bill. It is well that this person is a liberal. Members of either of the two great parties will hesitate to accept him into fellowship, will shrink from the contamination con-tamination of his presence. He had to veto it. Hjme rnie or statehood means his speedy and permanent retirement to private life. Then why should he not veto a memorial asking relief fiom his tvranny? FOR WHAT GOOD? Guided by tbe lesson; learned in this session of the legislature well might the people of this territory ask, why should we try ' to enact laws? Every effort to better local conditions is sneered at; attempts to enact such laws as to this people seems best are met with derision and insults. There are two pathways open in the future, slate-hood slate-hood or home rule, or giving to Gov ernor Thomas absolute authority in making the laws. It must be palling to that official that he cannot crack the whip of taxation. One can easily imagine, like Olive Schriener's dream of hell where men and women are drunk with the juice of grapes coming from the wine press into which their children, their brothers, and their sisters, their fathers, and their mothers have fallen, and are crushed and pressed how the czar of Utah and his frieds are frantically crying cry-ing for more wine, more power. He pictures it this way. "A little patience is not unbecoming." "If delay is necessary, it will enable them to get better fitted In the new conditions," con-ditions," "It will in tho end be more just and grateful to the people of Utah to be called and welcomed to the association of states than to be received on probation, and with a partial confidence confi-dence grudgingly given." By means of oppression, and the readiness readi-ness with which he scatters his hatred for this people, his contempt for their feelings, bis defiance of their expressed will, he can hardly expect this territory to readily receive his advice. -A little patience is not unbecoming." This foreigner c olonizid into Uath's gnbernatorial chair, or the voice of an immense majority of this people? Oa.y God Is perfect, and must the inhabitants inhabi-tants of Utah arive at that splendid mental and moral condition before they can govern themselves? As this gentleman gentle-man recognizes in himself the power of judging this people, will he kindly continue his lecture and let ns know just what kind and quality of people It is necessary to become that they may be "better fitted in the new condlttnns?" Sapposing that the people independent independ-ent of Mr. Thomas suggestion, should not ask for statehood, and Utah remain tbe territory, and she contain equal to the wealth and population of ths state of New York, the selfishness of Ohio, |
