The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-01-31
HE ANNEXATION OF UTtH.

Inc ifEliila lily correspondents OF
the san Francisco Chronicle goes after
the proposition Of annexation in the
following style. Her solution of the
matter has, at least, the meri. of
originality:
The State Register Democratic organ
at CARSON discusses the subject with
out exactly iavoring il. The Enter
prise, of this city, favors il strongly,
and assumes hat the Register does
likewise. The population of Utah i
fixed by the Register at 10000, and by
the Enterprise at 5000. i do not know
which Is right. Nevada has now about
5000 population Utah has been run
economically, aud owes nothing. Ne
vada. both a. Territory and State, has
been manage. eN'lavaganliy, and IS
largely in debt. The taxable properly
of Utah is much larger than that of
Nevada. The advantage offered TO rs
is that Of saddling some of our debt
upon n neighbors, while To Utah the
inducement held ont j. that of a State
Government. The admission of new
states il not so easy now as 1t was
when n measure could DO carried
through Congress 10y saying '.sccesh'
w w. olf"ftt'ilAC NtitAfh'tR 80
1 experience some difficulty in getting
in. These are facts, a nearly as ] can
make them out. Now for the deduc-
tons. ] believe the whole scheme is
m effort of the bank ring 20 regain the
political power they lost % the last
election. 1t has always been known
that valuable mines existed in Utah,
hut the Mormon authorities nave here
toforc thrown every obstacle in the
way Of their development. These diff
icultics sc IN now about to he with
drawn. and several of the active mem
bers of our old Ring have recently
made pilgrimages 70 salt Lake, with
the ostcnsiblc object of cNaminingthe
mines. ami there j. every indication
that thev contemplate transferring
their interests rom this section tothaf.
one advantage claimed for Utah is
that miners wages there are only so
per month, while the proposed intro
duc,i0n OF cheap labor here was one OF
the cauSes which led to the defeat of
the Ring in this. IL may also Ice re
memhercd that Fitch. our defeated
Congressman. was i'm close communi-
cation with Brigham. and made a
strong Mormon speech toward the
close Of last session. Brigham does
no: desire, in his old age, 70 70 again
into the wilderness. and il would
doubtless suit him very well to fra
ternizc with n party who, although
defeated and rcbuked in Nevada. arc
still supposed to WELD some i~nflunce
in Washington. should ihc anncxa-
ion take place. the oidtyrantS.t through
Brigham's influence, could control the
state in 1872 and elect a United State,
senator. VINO would be. as the present
incumbents are. in the interests OF the
Ring" The Enterprise SAYS: .'The
cesSion will bring the vcXed question
Of polygamy within the scope Of oui
State laws and thus quietly dispose ot
it, Judging from the manner in
which the old Ring ..quietlv dis.
posed Of our State laws in the dav.
gone by. 1t is more probable tina.
polygamy would quietly dispose Of n,
than we Of IL. In short. there j. verN
little doub; that this whole scheme j,
imply n desperate effort OF tho-,
whose management of affairs has al
most ruined the state and made us
rCproach in the eyesof all honest men
to regain a control which has beet
wreSttd from them bv an indiguau
and wrongei people. II j. not lIkeil
that the project would gain n voteii
ten in this state II Submit to the teS
of an election We don't want Utah
nor polygamv, nor cheap labor
neither 10 we want among us tn
Ring" which we have defeated.
they ike Utah and its institutions. IL
them 90 there. and we viii thank Go
we are rid of them. Nevada car pa
her own debts if left alone, and TIA
bride j. not sufficient "a induce rs I
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preston we have so happily throw
off.