Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-01-27

polygamy law will be honestly oboyed,
aud tina, Mormonlsm's first act rs a State
will not be return 10 it, former evils in
aggravated fashion"
The New York ddrertiser says:
at Is to no hoped aud believed that
Utah ia approaching the point when she
will be properly qualified TO become
State Tho polygamy objection has been
ovcrraied. A creator objection Island has
boon the command OF tho Church author
tiles has oyor voters. Making state
government out Of a hierarchy is not a
wise thing to do. a little further delay
In the case OF Utah is advisable"
The Baltimore Sua talks very plainly
In this wise;
"sonator Tellcrs bill TO admit Utah In
TO the Union as state n a surprise.
Utah has the population TO justify ~ adj
mission. It had that many years ago. II
ought N have been admitted IN prefer
enco TO most Of the six States created by
the last Congress lts misfortune Is ;hn;
Il Ia reported 10 be Democratic In sonu-
ment. This has kept II out, together
with New Mexico. It is alleged that
Utah il unit for statehood because some
small percentage Of lts people have more
than one wife. That IL insinocfc. ~ II
we're n valid reason for keeping Utah out
Il would bc valid reason for wishing TO
put Now York and half.dohen other
States out. Tue records Of the 0urts Of
these States show a larger number Of mon
with several wives than Utah has. II Is
politics, not polygamy, that keeps Utah
waiting. The Republican policy has been
to keep II out Of the Union because u
would probably add two to the strength
OF tho Democrats In the Senate. iIcncs
tho surprise that Senator Teller favos
utah's admission. Docs ho wish to 70
inforce tho silver contingent or, Ia Utah
turning Republican"
The Boston Herald has a long editor.
lal on this matter In which this Is the
most pertinent paragraph:
"rho especial danger Of Utah as state
will he at once recognized as tho instltu-
ton Of polygamy among her people. II
tho proposition had come from Demo-
cratic senator. we should have expected
to have soon II treated as wicked DO
ylco TO corrupt the virtue Of the Amorcqn
naiioni but, as It l. we presume that poo
pie will DO allowed to lislon to argument
upon tho subject. This argument, a'
offered by senator Teller, Is thRt poly
gamy Il dead In tho Territory, and that
1t need not, therefore, be disturbing
element In forming tho state. We as
sumo also from Mr.. Tollor's action that
there will be Republican votes In tho
Senate In favor of It, admission, and
this symptom seems to indicate that there
aroRapublcnn hopes oftwo morosonators
OF thoir party faith from Utah. Yet It is
possible that the Colorado Senator has
| finance rather than politics In mind. He
showed In the late Congress that no
cared moro for silver than for party"
The Detroit, Michigan, Sun thus
touches up the inconsistency Of certain
papers that object to Mormons being
endowed with political power:
"Thc Boston Adrcrii'er oditorlally oh.
iocts to tho admission Of New Moxicc
and Arizona rs States on the grounds o
tho influence they would have on silyoi
legislation aud the fact Of their having
too many Mormons aud Moxlcans TO be
eligible sisters In tho Union. The laitoi
objection comos with poor grace from .
paper which advocated comforting The
voting franchise upon nearly $1,000,
blacks, % pcr cent. Of whom could no
read or write"
The Philadelphia Press has Ions
correspondence from Washington II
which this paragraph appears;
"Whilo tho Mormons are thus unite,
In one solid body the opposition Is dlyide'
among Democrats and lIcpubllcans
Until within few months thoro hnyi
been only two parties In Utah, th'
Mormons and tho Anii-Mormon
Hut tho Anti-Mormons have recent
~ split up. aud organized into Repub
lican aud Democratic parties, while thu
Mormons hold together. Tht danger o
giving Utah statehood under such cir
cumstanco, is seli.evident, aud no it'll,
surprise was caused today by the fac
that Mr.. Teller proposed 70 admit utai
~ a state without any restrictions. II Z
said that other free silver Senators are o
the same wny Of thinking on this matter
The Mormons on national ISSUES are al
democrats, probably because tho Demo
cratic party has always been friendly Il
them. A bill to admit Utah MS State
along with Now Mexico and Arizona, Il
almost certain TO pass tho House at Thu
Senators, on the Republican side, mr.,
going To vote with the Democrats for tn
admission Of those now States, the bill
will also pass the Senate.
"Sena tor Faulkner recently Introduce,
u hill giving the people OF Utah all tn
privileges ~ local solf'government with
out admitting the Territory to statehood
Senator Teller says that this Is u mer
mskeshift, aud he il In favor ofadmiuinl
tho Territory to the Union OF the Statca.
Il Ia evident thst the press Of tn
country, and correspondents at the sea
Of government still need con
siderable enlightment on the Utal
situation, which they seldom get exact
~ rlght. II IL the "Mormon" peopl
who have divided M Democrats an
Republicans, while the masses Q
"Gontiles" In Salt Lake CITY ar
holding together aud opposing bot
. the "hOmc rule" anu stRtehoO
, measures, for purely scliish purposes.
, IL IL very significant that the publ