The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-12-13
1.-THE Herald" and Statehood,

The Provo Enquirer seems DESTROYS of q
tilt with The HERALD. We have nc
wish to engage in any discussion with
that paper while it grovels in the mire OF
its controversial methods. But we notice
it now because OF a gross misrepresenta-
ton of THE HERALD which appears in
an Enquirer editorial.
It is represented that last October THE
HERALD objected to statement in the
Nel0s to the effect that neither the Nor
mon priesthood nor the Mormon people
desired statehood under present condi-
tions, and that now The HERALD says
in reference to recent news from WASH
ington: $50 far as Utah is concerned
there will be little or no disappointment.
She can afford to wait while longer.
Her people have become used to wait
ing''
From these two expressions the En-
Quirer endeavors to convey the impression
that THE HERALD has changed its views
to those which it objected to, and also
that ''the people OF Utah need not expect
statehood very soon from DEMOCRATS. y
What it means by Every soon" appears
from its further rash assertion:
If no move is made by the Republicans to
secure the admission OF the Territory. we
fear Utah viii have to remain out of the Union
for at least three more years.
THE HERALD holds now as it did in Oc-
tober. that the Mormon people of Utah
want statehood and that they want it as
soon as it can be obtained. They have al
ways wanted it. They commenced to
work for it as early as 1S49 and they have
renewed their efforts to obtain it at inter-
walls ever since, until very recently, when
they have made no special movement in
that direction, but they desire it all the
same.
The latest news was to the effect that
the Republican chairman of the Senate
Committee on Territories and others of
his ilk were still opposed to Utah's ad-
mission, and that the Republicans were
not favorable to the immediate admission
of any of the Territories. THE HERALD
said, therefore, that the people of Utah
could afford to wait little longer. Is
this practically the same thing as the
NeagS said' to which THE HERALD OBJ
jected? We think not. waiting a lit
tie longer" simply means delay until the
Democratic administration takes hold, as
we explained, but the Enquirer carefully
refrains from mentioning the explanation.
1t is useless for any Republican papess
to pretend that Utah's chances for state
hood depend upon Republican move
ment for that purpose. 1t is Republican
hostility to Utah that has kept her where
she is and that now stands in the way of
her immediate emancipation. The En-
Qairer need not pretend to urge Hon. JOHN
t. GAME to Crush his bill through Con-
gress." 1t is Republican obstruction
alone that stands in his way and, if The
Enquirer does not know that, it is far
more ignorant of the situation than we
have had any reason to suppose.
Utah is ready for statehood Utah
wants statehood. Some of her people are
opposed to it. They are chiefly Republic
cons or persons who claim to be Republic
cans, and it is from them that hindrances
come. And it is the Republican party in
CONGRESS that now blocks the path to
Utah's rightful place in the Union. But
we shall only have to ''wait a little
Ionger.''