Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1889-05-18
PROCLAMATION BY THE GOVERNOR.

torial government little better than a
colonial system under foreign rule,
whereby they are debarred from par
ticipating in any election for Presi-
dent and vice-President of the United
States, have no vote in either house
of Congress and have no voice in the
selection of the most important officers
of the Territory, executive or judicial;
and
| WHEREAS, The people of Idaho are
DESTROYS of exercising the rights and
privileges guaranteed to free and
loyal people under the Constitution of
the United States, and to organize a
State government preparatory to adj
mission to the Federal Union, beliey-
ing that they have sufficient popula-
ton and wealth to justify such an
undertaking; and
WHEREAS, Gov. f. A. Stevenson
did on April End, 1889, issue proc
lamation calling for an election of
delegates to a constitutional conven-
ton to be held in Boise City, Idaho,
on July 4th, 1889, to make a consti-
tuition for the State of idaho, to be
submitted to the people for adop-
ton or rejection;
Now therefore, /, Geo. L. Shoup,
Governor of Idaho, fully recognizing
the advantages that Statehood pos
sesses over our present system of
Territorial government, do issue this,
my Proclamation, recommending that
delegates be elected to said eonstitu-
tional convention on the first Monday
in June, as proclaimed in said call
issued by Gov Stevenson. If for any
reason the citizens of any county pre-
fer to elect their delegates by some
other equitable method, l am satisfied
that the delegates so chosen will be
recognized and admitted to seats in
the convention. The manner of choos-
ing delegates is of less Importance
than that they should be representa-
tive men, of character and ability,
whose work win be satisfactory to
Congress and the people.
Objection to Statehood has been
made by few of our citizens on the
ground that the cost of government
will be greatly increased. There is
this much of truth in the objection.
that State government sufficient in
all its departments for the needs of a
growing commonwealth; afording
means for the prompt administration
of justice in the courts, providing a
teacher for every child of school age,
and an asylum for every helples s.
blind, dumb, or idiotic dependent,
will cost more money than a govern
ment which delays justice, turns out
the feeble to the charities of the world,
and rears the young in ignorance
But every good thing is worth its
cost, and no people ever bore just
burdens with greater patience than
the people of Idaho.
A brief statement of facts in con-
nection with this question will be
useful for reference. The General
Government now pays for the salaries
of the Governor and Secretary and
certain other contingent expenses, in
Guiding rent, $4,000 per year; for
salaries of Judges $4,000; and for
biennial expenses of the General
Assembly, including printing the laws
and journals, $4,000 Reducing the
latter item to an annual expense, we
find the General Government paying
for the support of Idaho the sum of
| $28, 900 per year The other Terri
torial expenses, met by our own tax
payers, average annually the sum of
| $4,000.
The Territory now pays in full, the
salaries of the following officers to wit:
Acknowledgement, Controller, Treas
urer, Superintendent of Public In
struction, employees Of Capitol build
ing, Directors and Attaches of Insane
/ Asylum, Prison Commissioners, Lii
brafian, portion Of the attaches of
the Legislative Assembly, incidental
expenses attendent on the same; and
to each county attorney in the Terri
tory, 100000 per annum.
note these facts as it is supposed
by many that some of the above nam
ed officers are now paid by the Gen
eral Government.
AS moderate as our tax rate now is,