The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-02-04
UTAH AND THE I0NANS.

ASioSi al ioSuon III uue UerrlIOTy, III may Ue
well to notice its features, with view to
showing how untenable in reason the po-
sltlon Of that faction is. Concerning the
portion which relates to the TELLER bill,
providing for the admission of Utah as
state, HE HERALD has little to do since
the party we represent is not favorlng that
measure, and since there is no great num-
Der of people who advocate its passage at
this time. 1t is to be noted, however.
that 1t is claimed the new state
could not be habilitated before March, 1898,
when there would be very likely in the
Senate one Republican and one Democrat,
and IN the House political hybrid"
Further, that Utah could not vote for
President and Vice-President until 1896.
Accepting this as good argument against
the TELLER proposition, it has no weight
against the other bill, which proposes no
statehood, no Senators nor Representatives
IN Congress, no vote in the electoral COL
lege, no breaking loose from the parental
and supervisory control of Congress-, but
only and simply the right to choose terri
torial officers for the management of do
nestle concerns, in lieu of Federal domina-
ton. The petition recites-
If you will permit US to remain in statu quo, how.
ever, for few years, we will guarantee that we
will be able, through Gentle immigration, to
take care of ourselves without any more legis-
lation, except an enabling ACT, from your hon
orable body.
In the Home Rule bill this requirement.
is fully met with regard to any feeling of
danger, II sincere, of Mormon" oppres-
sion. There are other "Gentilesn who
hold themselves to be equal in intelligence
In patriotism, in honor and in courage 10
these gentlemen from Iowa, or gentlemen
from anywhere, that are ready to meet
such alleged Mormon oppression nop
without waiting the slow processes of lin
migration" for reinforcements 1t is this
feeling of ability to take care of them
selves without any more legislation ex-
cept an enabling act" which inspires
other Gentiles than Liberals, so called, to
yearn for the rights of American freemen
And even though the privilege of suffrage
should be restricted to the question of the
time only OF holding municipal elections,
they desire TO speak upon that without
being muzzled through the arbitrary veto
of a non elective governor.
| We quote again: But for the establish
ment of that military post Camp Douglas |
and the protection Congress has given US
through proper legislation, and the firm
ness manifested by successive admiustra-
lions il asserting the sovereignty Of our
government here, few if any of US would
be in U tab to address you at this time"
The monstrous implication here is that
but for military protection these petition
ers would have been made away with, or
murdered; whereas, on being pressed for
its true meaning, the reply probably would
! be they would have gone away. And vet,
this Is but specimen of the character of
statement and appeal made almost daily
through the Liberal press, in the face of
the notorious fact that all such statements
and appeals are baseless and uumitgated
falsehoods. And of piece with the above
is the reckless and mendacious story con-
corning the abolition of polygamy, and the
ouplicity, as charged, of those proclalming
1t. The absolute and undeniabie truth is
and proof to the contrary is freely chal-
lenged-that there is no citizen of any state
OF the Union who, at his own home, is any
less affected, by contact or in thought,
with the dead issue of polygamy, than are
the Inhabitants OF Utah to-day. There.
fore, when the petitioners say that the
denial OF the rights of self-government to
this people is "a matter of vital i'm portance''
TO the anti-Home Rule ''Gentiles,'' as af.
fectlng either their personal safety or their
moral convictions, they are guilty of send
ing out to the world a deliberate, libelous
and scandalous fabrication, known by them
to be such. There is no question under a
republican form of government of more
vital Importance than the one of free
suffrage The fundamental principle OF
republican institutions is the consent OF
the governed. And whilst our Iowa peti-
TONERS are appealing to the despotic forms
OF military rule, and finding their justifica,
ton in the passions and embittered con-
tention OF the musty past, the champions
OF the new Utah are seeking to make this
garden spot home for those who love to
breathe the fresh mountain air of freedom.
And they will make it so. Congress may,
if it will, throw around US all the guards
which lying partisans may assert TO be
necessary to show the world the
sincerity of our purpose and the
measure Of our patriotism. This will be
tolerated and even welcomed, if al the
same time the reasonable desire for self
government in the territory is accorded. as
in fairness and justice it should be. That
done, and complete Mobilization abiding the
results of time, the Utah question will be
| solved.
| Territorial government at best is but a
primary form, intended for small commu-
mites, and giving the frame work for state
hood. 1t is true, as mentioned by the petit
tion under notice, that many Of the terri
tories possess far more OF the attributes of
statehood than any territory of the United
States ever had prior to the administration
/ Of JOHN QUINCY ADAMS" Evolution is a
/ law Of governments, as well as of worlds
and peoples. The FAULKNER GAME bill
is good illustration of this, and should be
made the model for all the territories now
/ or hereafter TO be organized
IT.
| ELSEWHERE The HERALD comments on
the Iowa petition" to Congress The
Iowa idea of personal liberty, which means