Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-08-24

the cry Of alarm was raised. The TIL
bui.s said the game was statehood and
"a Mormon statehood or theocrncy
would be the result Of the division.
From this on the campaign wa. wnped
by the Liberals on the musty records OF
the Mormon Church, with the scare
CROW OF statehood dangling before their
eyes. The one worked upon In.
prejudlcea Of some aud the other Affect
ed the timid.
The divisIoni-ts, AZ the Democrat.
aud Republicans were called, showed
conciusiycly that statehood was not an
Issue In the campaign. The history OF
the admission Of all Territories for the
past twenty-five Year, was proof Of
this. Those who would listen were
made aware OF this fact, and they
knew that unless there was Presi-
deut, n Senate aud House Of Repre-.
sentntives nj Washington of one politi.
cal faith, aud that this Territory could
show by more than one election that
she was Ia political sympathy there.
with, there was no hops " Statehood,
and that this condition Of affairs
could not possibly exist for years 10
come; yet the 7fibHo kept up on that
line, Publishing such articles M the
following;
Here follow some extracts from the
"Libcral" orgau.l
Every candid, reasoning man, who
gave the sutJec, any thought at all, at
once saw the ab.urdity Of such an ar.
gument M tho above, tut II won many
a tlmld man over to the ranks Of the
Liberals.
There l. no evidence 10 believe that
the Mormon people dcslre statehood
for any sinister purpose, and nothing OF
the kind appeared during the campaign
or appears from the result Of the cleo
ton. on the contrary, there appears
every evidence TO convince anyone
who IA uuprcjuilccd that there l. an
earnest desire upon the part Of the peo-
pie 10 emerge from the stain that has
30 long rested upon the Territory, aud
10 take rightful aud honorable posi-
ton IN this country, 10 become an
American citizen la fact a. well as In
name,
Another evidence IL this, that In
stead of "buildiug walls around the
Territory 20 thick and 10 high ~ 10
forever keep the GentlleH out Of the
/ Territory" the present generation OF
MormOns are huilding different kinds
Of walls. They are bullding walls In
the shape Of brick aud stone and mortar
In the shape " four. five, six and
seven story buildings In Salt Lake
City and Ogden aud are inviting Gen.
tiles 10 come In and occupy them.
Let me illustrate few instances Of
what they have done In Ogden alone
within the past two years. The Utah
Loan ana Trust company have built n
magnificent seven story cut stone
block, the finest building between
Chicago and San Francisco, at
scost Of s250,OO1. This Il
Mormon institution. The First
National bank has erected n
handsome five story stone aud brick
block at n cost OF $4,000. The Boyle
Furniture company hns built n large
brown stone front four stories In height
Mt n cost OF 100000. These two con.
Germs are exclusively Mormon. Mcssfs.
wOodmansec a Marsh, two Mormon
gentlemen, have built handsome four
story brick, with four large store rooms,
Mt cost Of $4,000. w. IL. Wright *
Son, Mormon dry goods firm, a large
three story double brick store room ut n
cost ofS6O,0 900, The Grand Opera house,
costing si25, 900, said 10 10 the finest
west OF the Missouri river outside Of
Denver aud Sau Francisco, WIS built
entirely by Mormon mon and Mormon
money.
These aud many other instances are
cited Ia show that the Mornona Of 20.
day are not the same ~ the Mormons
OF twenty years ago. When "a sub
scription was taken up two years ago
for n bonus 10 lie given Mrs. Reed to
assist In the building oftho Reed hotel,
tho M0rmOns contributed ~ freely aud
as lavishly NJ did the Gcntiles. At the
recent school election 10 vote sl00, 900
| In bonds 10 erect school houses In the
city, with over 500 Mormon votes In
| the city, the proposition received less
than score OF opposition votes, and
/ these were known 10 come mostly from
/ the Gentiles. In four out Of seven OF our
banks Mormon aud GENTLE capital com.
.minglOa. In our largest wholesale estah.
ll-hments, with one or two exceptions,
MoTmOns and Gcntilea have combined
their energies aud their money, while
/ In the retail establishments OF the city
the question Of whether n man IL a
Mormon or Methodist never enters
In the formation OF a partnership for
the transaction ~ business.
This state 81 affairs exists IN Salt
Lake City ~ well ~ Ogden, aud also
In other localities where Gentilcs have
congrcgated 10 any extent. The
financial and material interests are the
same, and any move upon the part Of
the Mormon Church 10 take any undue
advantage Of the Gentiles would react
upon the members OF the Church rs
well. Let them drive out the Gvntiles,
ss Mr.. Goodwin claimed they
would, AMI what would be-.
come OF their properties? No
sane or unpreIudioei man be-
lieves that such an attempt will ever
he made. Brigham Young has been
dead these sixteen years, and with
him lies buried all the Mormon church
that the Gentlles Of Utah or the United
States have need 10 fear or ccnsuTe.
| Let this movement proceed should he
the deyout wish Of all friends OF pro-
grcss and.reform; lot the people Of Utah
become thoroughly educated on the
principles Of our government and liz
political parties, 30 that when State
hood does come her people will he pre-
pared To accept and perform the duties
81 citizenship 10 the credit OF them.
selves and the nation at large.
j. d. HuRD.
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