The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1892-11-25
UTAH AND STATEHOOD.

The Great Falls TRIBUNE says that,
now that Cleveland is elected, the great
monumental wrong will be righted where
by Utah, the Mormon dominion, has been
denied statehood. The editorial leader
closes it's moral sermon with the lnDo-
cent remark; The admission of Utah
means two more democratic senators and
one more democratic congressman"
Minneapolis Tribune.
Yes, good republican friend, and that
remark is as truthful as it is innocent,
and it is its truthfulness rather than its
innocence which supplies its medicinal
effects upon the republican mind. The
republican party has kept Utah out of
the union simply because it knew that a
majority of the people there were demo
Gratis. The democratic party will admit
Utah partly for the same reason. but
chiefly because the territory is in all re-
spects entitled to that recognition. chief
" because it is the just and honest thing
to do. The democratic party has a way
of doing things ON account of the prin-
ciplcs involved.
Many of the great newspapers OF the
country, including the New York Sun
and World. nave come out squarely in
favor Of the admission of Utah. And to
show how silly are some of the obiec-
tions made by green eyed members Of
the republican press we reprint the fol,
lowing letter which was published in the
World the other day.
Permit "a citizen of Utah to thank you
for your kind words in today's World
relative to the rights of that territory to
be admitted into the union as a state.
As you truly say, the objection Of polyg-
amy can no longer be urged against the
territory. The plural wife system Is as
dead as slavery. and IN population.
wealth. and intelligence Utah
stands far in the lead of all the states
and territories surrounding her. with the
one exception of Colorado. Having no
voice in the electoral college. Vtah's
election or the Sth INST. was given little
or no attention by the daily press. but
readers of the World and democrats every
where will he pleased to learn that she
sends a democrat ID. L. Rawlins) to cOn
gress 10y a plurality of from l.tHU to 1000
votes. Mr.. Rawiins is Il brilliant young
lawyer. a On-MOrmon. and no better
evidence of the changed condition in
Utah today could be found than in the
fact that he was elected by the votes Of
! Normons and non MOrmons combined
and against the son of IA Mormon apostle
(Mr. Cannon. who was the nominee of
the republicans. may add that the adj
vocates Of statehood for Utah in the ter
ritory now include nearly every federal
appointcc of recent years. whether
democrat or republican,
There is no doubt that the Mormon
hierarchy under Brigham Young set out
to establish a religious despotlsm similar
to some others that have hecn estab
lished in the world. but they tried the
experiment under the wrong Sky and
great was the failure thereof. Despite
all the objectionable features of his reign
Brigham Young was "A great man and
he did much to build up a great people.
His work that lives after him is far more
his death. and as a people to br Judged
on any standard known to men the PEG
pie of Utah have no superior in
this world today. the amalgama
ton Of various races blended
under conditions Of sympathy and mu-
tual help has resulted even more favor
able IN Utah than il has in most other
sections Of the country as Il period of at
least twenty years elapsed befor" any
thing like class lines we're drawn. and
when the pursuits OF the people we're al
most exclusively pastoral and %agricult-
ural.
The United States Will lose nothing
by the admission of Utah. 1t will gain IA
state that will be a credit to it in all re
spcctS,