The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-05-26
and not 10 individuals.
STATEHOOD.

Trace all the objections to the admis-
sion of Utah to the Union. and you viii
find that they centre in one; follow
them all to their source. and YOU viii
discover that thew start from the same
point. The Territory is not governed
by the people; the administration of its
affairs is in the hands of men who are
inimicsl to the people; most of these
men are either political adventures or
bent on personal gain. At least they
care nothing for the state of society or
the general condition of things here.
Chief Justice Zane, all his life. has lived
In a more immoral, a more socially cor
Tupt community than that OF Utah; for
years he sat upon the bench and knew
that society all about him was rotten.
fairly reeking with the filth OF social
immoralihes; but he wasn't an
noyed. his conscience wasn't smit-
ten by the doings of his neigh
bors, his heart didn't grieve
while he was pure and honest. Dis
trict-Attorney Dickson came from a
Stale where the honest man is the rar-
est kind of an exception; where
there is roguery in all the walks
of life, from that of the men
whe make and administer the laws to
that of the miserable wretch who lives
on the bounty of his degraded mistress;
social sin is the rule, and sexual purity
is almost frcwned upon as indicating
weakness or idiocy. There perhaps
never existed a more openly corrupt
government than thai of Nevada, where
every office, from the United States
Senatership to the township constable
is publicly sold ID the highest bidder
for cash or promises of future favors in
the way of corruption, Mr.. Dickson
lived in Nevada for many years and
undoubtedly appreciated. enjoyed and
sympathized with the shocking state of
public and private morals exist
ing there; at least his protest
against the condition of things is no
where recorded, ana II he ever did
aught TO cure the too apparent evils, all
failed to note the fact. United States
Marshal Ireland WAS for years a resi-
dent and citizen of Salt Lake, and until
he got an Office nobody ever dreamed
that he was not pleased with the state
of society here. We don't know that
he ever contemplated making applica-
ton to join the Mormon Church, but If
he ever opposed the doings Of the Nor
mons it must have been very quietly,
and with the purpose of not being
heard Apparently, things were to his
liking. Associate Justice Powers
well, his personal record, as presented
70 the Senate Judiciary Committee. and
detailed 10 the President, tells what his
views have been in regard to social, po-
Etical and business morality.
And so we might continue through
the list OF those who are prominent In
efforts to stave of Statehood for the
Territory, and who are striving to re-
duce the Territory 10 a more subject
and slsvish condition than it Is. While
Utah continues Territory. these men
and Others like them can fatten and
prosper, They have control OF the
courts and the JUICES, which places all
else and everybody at their mercy.
They can be masters Of the situation,
and do as they please, always taking
care to do that which viii most profit
them individually. They are opposed
70 Statehood, because il would
deprive them of opportunities
And privileges which they can
enjoy while the people have no
voice or power in their own behalf. A
Territory provides fat feeding grounds
for those hungry mortAls, and holds
out inducements TO their ambitious
dupes or diminishing followers; while
State would present only barren waste
to these rank and selfish enemies en-
emies to the people.
We assert that individual seifishness
is at the bottom of all local opposition
to the admission of Utah as a State IL
IS the knowledge that government af-
fairs would be administered in the in
terest of the people; that the peoples
friends and not their enemies should
occupy the Offices. which induces men
to fight Statehood. No honest man
who is interested in the general good
and welfare OF Utah. can oppose the
admission Of Utah, and the opposition
Of the selfish adventures who have
something to gain at the expense of the
community by keeping the Territory
ont Of the Union. should be an argu-
ment in favor OF q State government.
THE EAsTEzE papers are all saying
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