The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-07-02
IDAHO GETS THERE.


when the measure had been gotten fairly
before it. The bill went through on Tues
day, on the cut and dried plan, and oul
northern neighbor will be a sovereign stat,
IN the course of a Very short time. 1t is as
samed asa matter Of course that the Presi
dent viii sign the bill, although when ht
was member of the Senate few years
ago he was opposed to the admission of tht
territories. Now, however, it is party pol
icy to take in the dependencies which Civ,
promise of staying with the G. o. D., anC
right or wrong, Mr.. HARRISON must obey
The admission of Wyoming and Idaho
narrows the territories TO three, not count
ing Alaska, Indian aud Oklahoma, which
will undoubtedly remain as territories fol
many years to come. The politicians mus
have some place in which to turn the
broken-down hacks and hangers-on who
have to be provided for. The three dis
tricts named will be held as political
dumping grounds until it is thought that
better use can be made of them by taking
them into the sisterhoed for the partisan
votes they win supply. Arizona and New
Mexico will certainly be admitted within
the next two years. The Democrats are
committed TO this and the Republicans can
not consistently resist much longer We
apprehend that the census enumerators
will make sach showing as to New
Mexico's population that an admission bill
in her behalf will be passed next winter,
and early in the first session of the next
Congress Arizona will be emancipated.
The Democrats will be in control of the
House, and we believe the Senate will con-
tain enough decent and fair Republicans
to give the bill majority with the Demo
cratic votes.
And Utah also is in the direct line
OF statehood, notwithstanding many
would have it appear otherwise
1t is true, there is not much eagerness on
the part of the people to get in. There is
less anxiety in the matter than has existed
at any time for the past twenty years. As
the masses here learn of the struggles and
distress of The new states there is less
clamor to escape from political serfdom by
accepting financial slavery. Utah is better
prepared for the duties, responsibilities
and expenses of state government than
any territory admitted within the past
twenty five years. The extraordinary
burden would bear less oppressively here
than ii has borne during the early wears of
any Of the western states. Still the tax
payers are saying that while citizen
ship is worth all that it costs, even in
Idaho, Wyoming and North Dakota, the
deprivation of political rights can be borne
WI Of
as it is accompanied by freedom from ex-
orbitant taxes. In other words, there is
growing sentiment in the community that
the people can endure statehood as long as
the general government can afford to nav
two or three hundred thousand dollars a
year for the sake of being mean to the local
community. We say that Utah is in line of
statehood, and it is our opinion that within
two years she viii be admitted to the union,
not on the petition of the people, but at the
solicitation of the ambitious and office hug
cry politicians, and because Congress will
discover that it is compelling the federal
government 10 pay enormously for little
fun. 1t VIII dawn upon statesmen one of
these days that Utah has as many people
as two or three of the states combined.
when these statesmen will question: them
selves about the propriety of longer Dur
suing this great big prosperous community
with vindictiveness andipettiness that
cannot be excused.
But Idaho is a state, made SO by partisan
ship, pure ana simple, and without ATTEMPT
to conceal or excuse the motive. The Re
publcans needed strength in Congress and
in the electoral college and they
saw what they believed TO
be chance to gain some in
the dependency. To do this, one-third of
the population with Democratic leanincs
had to be disfranchised. The schemers did
not hesitate at this, but went ahead with
the disfranchisement. They think they are
safe, but we hope the Democrats will show
the schemers that they miscalculated as to
their own strength and as 10 the number of
the opposition. Notwithstanding the den
rivation Of the Democratic Mor1nons of the
right to vote the Democrats of Utah have q
splendid fighting chance, and we believe
they can win the first election under the
state If they will be wise and work har
moniously. Two years ago Mr.. DUBOIS, Re
publican candidate for Congress. had a ma
jority of only $50 in total vote of 16.O l3.
There was discomfort in The Democratic
ranks. The regular nominee of the,party
was opposed on TIE stump by some infiu-
ential Democrats on the ground that he was
in some manner allied to the Nor
mons. There was absolutely nothing in the
charge. Judge HAwLEY had officially and as
a citizen been prominent in the pursuit of
the Saints. However, the allegation was
put forth, and it had its influence and eff
feet Numbers of so-called Democrats
voted for DUBOIS, while not Republican
voted for, HAwLEY. Alleged Democratic
papers openly espoused the cause of the
Republican nominee. 1t was an ugly and
contemplate fight that was made against
HAwLEY, and yet DUBOIS majority was
but 2S9. it is believed that double that
number of Democrats voted for the Repub-
lican because he was outspoken and vicious
in his opposition to the Mormons.
The Saints viii not appear asa factor in
the coming contest. They have been elimi-
mated from the politics IA Idaho, where po-
litical battles can now be fought on iegit-
mate and clearly defined party lines 1t
is known that there is disselsion
in tie Republican ranks. The ambi-
tons of men are leading them to
knife each other in their endeavors to