The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-02-07
The Advantage Of the
Teller Bill.
THE TWO BILLS
The Republicans Want no Strings
on the People.
NO FAULKNER-CAINB MEASURE.
The Honest and Manly Attitude of the Repub-
Ican Party on Statehood
for Utah

The question of gravest importance for
the voters of the territory is between the
two bills, the Faulkner-C Game bill and the
Teller enabling act The Faulkner Game
oil proposes system unheard of before in
the history Of this government Since the
days of the legislative commission pro-
posed and carried by Jefferson for the
Louisiana territory, no Congress has ever
said to territory that is ready for state
hood, you are unfit for free government
Faulkner proposes to foist upon this terri
tory dependent system in place of the
full rights of state. Utah can elect her
own officers, but her legislature cannot
pass bill that Congress cannot annul
Above all we remain powerless to make
our voice heard by vote either in
Senate or the House. We will have
no representation there beyond
delegate who may get a chance
TO speak once a session, but who counts for
nothing. In the Senate we will be abso-
luteIy unrepresented. In that, the most
dlgniied branch of the government, no
WORD OF Utah can be heard. Above all the
increased expense is over $500, 0OO What
Tor! Merely temporary expedient, which
cannot last more than year or two. Is
the t1ame worth the candle!
These are merely the practical reasons
put let US arise higher. Republicans and
democrats are now divided on party lines
Inc national parties are here to stay. We
nave said to the old Peoples party. ioin the
national parties. Come in and be one of
US And then after some of them have
Joined the Democratic party they are told
FrlFn r,f , lr,L
come IN, but you must not expect
TO be treated like other Democrats.
because you are not tit to make your own
laws" Think OF 1t, ask man to come into
your party and insult him when he accepts
TIE invitation. The Faulkner pill saws ex-
actly this: You people who are Mormons.
We are glad to get, but you see we are not
willing to trust you fully. You may mean
WelL and we will try you on voting for
your of1cers, but there is no telling what
you might 10, so we fix you by keeping
you still territory, which Congress can
Jump on at any time we tell them to'' The
Democrats are careful not to commit them
selves to the propriety of statehood. The
memorial OF the Legislature to Congress
presses the Faulkner bill, but asks for
statehood only when we are prepared for
ii, out does not say we are now prepared
for it.
Compare this with the position of the
hepuoLcan party. We all say that we are
ready 10 recelYe the Mormon peouTe into
our party, and more feasible, we distrust
the auikner oil primarily because IL is
desired, not for permanent condition. but
merely Tor temporary party expedient.
Mormons are entitled to the same treatment
as other members of the body polite. who
are IN their position.
we believe that they are good cltizens
anu therefore we are ready to receive them.
NO man can be consistent member of the
hepuoncan party unless he is prepared To
act as a good citizen. Then we saw the
moment 1t is conceded that we are ready
Tor party division, then it is conceded that
we are ready Tor statehood. WHY should
the republican party cast discredit upon
Its members! Why should we saw to fell !
low republicans that you are not ft to be
trustedl We will not insult men in that
way. We will not ask them to come into
our party, and then, after getting them.
puollsh 10 the world that we will not trust |
them with the power of self-government,
Then, coming further, Republicans az. |
sert that II the people of this territory
are lett to manage their own az |
Ialrs, they can devise better |
system than this Faulkner hill |
The system will be more economical |
is the territory prepared for statehood? |
Yes. Are we not sufficient in point of
number, in resources, in intelIigeuce2 ITtah
is as large as three adjoining states in noint
OF population. In point of resources we |
have a greater present wealth and a |
greater prospect Of DEVELOPMENT than anv |
OF the new states. In intelligence Utah |
ranks fourth in this whole union in per- |
centage OF educated people. Have they |
not managed their own affairs in every.
thing except election of the highest officers |
Tor years! And we all concede that the |
last city government was better than the |
present one.
In point of fact the situation of Utah is
better than any adjoining state. Where |
are Uhe taxes lower, where in the various |
city governments, excepting Ocden's first |
Liberal government and Salt Lakes pres
ent government, more economically and !
carefully conducted? Do not the yarious
local officers attend to their duties as we'll |
as local officers anywhere else? The com
mercial credit Of Utah is higher than that
OF any other western community Tho
great mass of the population is conceded to |
be honest, industrious, Woodworking, far
ehead OF any surrounding commuuity.
We need statehood to give the lie In
those people here who keep asserting that
Utah is dangerous place TO live in, They
keep hurting the territory ana driving
people away from it by their continuous
blowing about the horrible condition. Utah
could well afford TO pay each one of these
men TO leave and take up his abode else
where. 1t is a shame that men shoul6
dare to go around iniuring the territory's
future, simply that they may keep the gov
eminent OF this city in the hands of the
same political faction If we are given
statehood, it will at once become apparent
that these injurious statements are sillv
and untrue. Then the east can see that
Utah is just as good place as, and better
than any other III the west, to live in. 1t
WI! De proven that these men have been
trying to keep up the agitation here simply
because IL 1T should cease, their occupation
would be gone.
The Republicans stand on firm. solid
ground when they insist on statehood
Statehood is sure to come Utah cannot he
kept out OF tie Union much longer. The
@ork IS going on, and let US continue it,
party which believes in immediate state
hood.