Show A PLEA FOR STATEHOOD lion jin T caino delegate in congress from utah publishes in the wash ington evening post an article which is an earnest plea for statehood the gentleman alludes to the dissatisfaction which exists among alio residents of territories ri tories over the territorial system of government and says the antagonism increases in intensity with the years and the growth of tho population the complaints become louder because there arc more people to complain speaking directly of utah mr baino declares that lie is not coing to quarrel willi anybody because it was not admitted quarter of a century ago when it possessed all alio qualifications a for statehood nor ia ho going to find fault because so many of her and sister dependencies have been taken into the union while slie with more population greater wealth as high culture and with as much loyally and patriotism ai tho best of them has been denied enfranchisement lie insists now however that butali should bo admitted binco all alio requirements have been complied with polygamy having been abolished and the mormon church having in the most solemn and effective manner possible declared against any further plural mar writer baye truly that there is no church rule in politics in utah and claims eliat the demonstration of americanism in this territory has been full and complete and should be accepted as satisfactory by congress and the ration and this being true he bays there can no longer be presented a reasonable excuse for denying admission to tho union or depriving us of our rights and privileges as american citizens beyond the time it will take to secure them by alie speediest possible process but one or two of all the territories af alie timo of their admission had population equal to eliat of butali today mr cache draws the following truthful picture of the territory lier attributes and people her people are chiefly they are almost exclusively permanent residents the floating clement euch as ia attracted by booms and spasmodic excitements of a speculative character comprising but a small percent of the whole the taxable property is greater in the aggregate and per capita alian that of any territory heretofore admitted the people are educated up to the american standard tho community rank ing among the foremost in this respect the official records give her an enviable reputation the west as regard obedience gotlie law and in the observance of ano moral code in short while not say aie it nor with alie thought of phing to anybody I 1 refer to the history of utah as a splendid example of community stability amid and under condi tlona tending to alie opposite that history providing an excellent certificate of character for the people |