Show election 7 is over and the representatives of the peoples party the newspapers lack somewhat for local material to discuss through their columns and consequently take up the question of the admission of utah as a state some of them set up a pitiful wail because abo national congress fails to act upon application for admission into the sisterhood of states looking at the question from then baand point they eviden ll hive and sufficient reasons but eeme the grievance from an opposite side with the full reflection shining upon it we cannot see any cause for complaint one journal recites the exploits of the mormon batalion during the conflict in california and to them principally the credit of saving this country aiom the mexicans we do not question but what they did than portion and in doing it they performed only what other soldiers eis under the united sartes government did at the time hardships and were endured by all soldiers alien and acio no doubt greatti than they could vell bo now but the glory does not all belong to the Bl neither does their as eia give them any more privileges than general premont and hid troops are entitled to bremont might have settled in nevada 01 california with his men received a levela tion to establish a church whose religious beliefs and would be contrary to the established laws of our land and apply for statehood but the question of would be left with the of the people not the minority congress laws to govern this republic and congressmen are elected by the people through them the people speak and the failure of utah to gain admission into the union 13 evident thit the great majority of the people are opposed to it the editors for some reason fail to the cause the greit obstacle to the fulfillment of their wishes they should remember that numbers make no difference with congress when the question of statehood demands their attention the stumbling bline block for utah is the relation of church and state and loiya adv and until abi is removed petitions state constitution and delegates or commissioners Commissi onera to washington will avail nothing here is where the trouble lies komove these great evila and perhaps utah might stand a little show to be admitted it is a well known fact the most emphatically deny that the church has anything to do with political matters but whenever elections are held these denials present themselves unmistakably in opposition to the avowed truth there 13 not a precinct in utah where a gentile would stand the ghost ofa show even if his capabilities as far in advance of tho mormon candidate cand as mans intellect is above the diute creation if congress believes utah and her people a whole will be b blat gentiles and their interests will stand an equal chov with the mor mons and that church and state will be separate and distinct then utah may stand some how to be admitted other wise never paper and auk utilized lor jhb is a foolish waste and the bending of delegates to washington a useless expense I 1 washington it is slid that is placed at houses in the clubs and at the pi eminent restaurant and truth were cnown the army and navy officials aie not tho only men m the government service ho pl |