The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-12-14


gency, or the amount of securities we
have to offer or our ability to pay. We
are permitted to contract no bonded in
debtedness above narrow limit, save
and except for charitable and educa-
tional institutions. To illustrate this
the city CT Ogden desired, on
account of increasing her water
supply to issue bonds. Congress and the
! senate passed & bill recognizing the ne
cessity and propriety of it. but the bill
was vetoed by the president.
UTAH's ENDORSEMENT AS A STATE.
To sum it up in a word, we will with
statehood have all the privileges and adj
vantages that are vouchsafed by our gov
eminent to all the states, and we will
have representatives in the Congress of
the United States to voice our needs and
/ legislate for our necessities. We are al
ready standing on a firm commercial
basis, and the people will flock in to share
the advantages that are sure to follow
our admission into the Union.
Uncle Sam never endows his children
until they enter the union and then al
ways makes liberal endowment as a good
father does to his children upon their
marriage, setting them up in business
and enabling them to care for themselves.
On the admission of Utah he would make
an endowment of land for capitol build
ing, for schools, and a handsome appro-
priation for government buildings in the
principal cities.
! During last year alone the state of Idaho
sold $500, eco worth of lands that were do
mated to her by the government on her
admission to the union, and Utah would
derive great revenues from this source for
many future years.
Colorado, on the east, has been enabled
by reason of her senators and representa-
tives in Congress to dump her Indians
upon Utah and thus cucumber our valu-
able lands with a worthless and unpro-
ductiye class. With reI resentation IN
Congress we could prevent any unjust
discrimination against us as community.
FEDERAL. APPROPRIATIONS.
1t is an extremely difficult matter for
any territory to secure appropriations for
federal buildings. Congress is largely
Influenced by the question of political ex-
pediency in these matters, and territory
is looked upon as having no standing in a
political sense, and is not worth consid-
Grafton. With three votes in the cleo
toral college, with senators and represent
tatives to urge our claims, it would not
be a difficult matter TO secure handsome
appropriations for public buildings in
Salt Lake city and Ogden. at least
The New York Life and other large in
surance companies would erect large
buildings here, as they do in other states.
If for no other reason in the world than
to have senators and representatives to
take care of our mining interests, Utah
should be admitted. In an emergency
two senators might decide the silver in
tsrests in our favor.
1t was early statehood for Nevada that
gave to the silver industry its two great
champions. Senators Jones and Stewart,
the latter being one OF the most infiuen-
tial members of the Brussels conference.
and now advocating the demands of the
miners before the most celebrated fnan-
ciers of the world and educating European
nations up to the American idea.
GROUNDS OF OPPOSITION.
The opponents of statehood base their
objections on two grounds. One is the
pretended fear OF church influence if the
control of local government is placed in
the hands of the people. In other words
the people cannot be trusted to govern
themselves. The events and results of
the last campaign fully demonstrated the
absence OF truth or reason in such a line
OF argument.
The second objection, and one which in
the hands of cunning sophists has been
used with some effect, is that statehood
would add to the cost of government and
correspondingly increase the burdens OF
the taxpayers. This is an objection that
has never before been seriously enter
tanned by the people OF any territory. The
preponderance OF benefits has always been
SO readily recognized that the question of
cost was not thought worthy of consider
alton.
But what will be the amount of this
great burden which has given the schem-
ing opponents of statehood so much con-
Germ? Figure it out and see what it
amounts to. We would be called upon to
pay the salaries of the governor, secretary
Of state, attorney general, surveyor,
judges OF the state courts and expenses of
the legislature. Leaving salaries the same
as they are now, and assuming that four
district judges viii be sufficient, this ex-