The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-03-04
WHAT ZONE RULE WOULD MEAN.

This is from an editorial article in the
Tribune:
| Home Rule means, then, almost immediate
| statehood. and statehood with them in full con-
troll would mean just such taxation as they
pleased TO impose; it would mean any arbitrary
rule which they might choose to establish; it
would mean the turning back of the wheels of
| progress into the old ruts where they were so
long.
Them" means the Democracy, which
our contemporary is pleased to make the
equivalent of the Mormons, as though it
did not know that Mormonism has nothing
TO do with the case any more than Catholi-
cism or Methodism or Calvinism
home Rule under the Democracy will
mean in Utah what it means everywhere
else in regard to taxation 1t Will mean
the imposition of taxes upon all alike.
How, indeed, could it be otherwise? Who
supposes that with the great preponder-
ance in the territory of Democrats, the
Democracy would have any other interest
than 20 make the government as economi-
cal as possible. Does the Tribune imagine
it is arguing with idiots!
And what are the "old ruts" to which
government improved upon the ancient
regime in Salt Lake in point OF the pre-
servatlon of the peace, of good morals, OF
temperance, Of order: 1t does not mean
that the Democracy would turn back the
wheels OF progress to the days of polygsmy,
for 1t has itself commended the indorse
ment OF the governor, the majority oil
the Utah commission and the JUDGES of the
federal courts of the statement by the
church authorities that that institution NJ
longer exists.
, What, then, can be the real objection tt
home rule, and why should Utah not hav,
1t now: The contention that it would
delay statehood is both false ant
disingenuous, for if that would be its actua
eject the Liberals, if they tell the truth il
, other things, would favor it above all
They not only desire statehood delayed, bu
J they want the hope Of it utterly destroyed
The Home Rule bill is, indeed a step to
wards statehood. If the Liberals were sin
cere in their pretense of desiring that boo
. within lew years, they would cheerfully
r JoyfulLy accept this measure, as providin
: every safeguard which they have professe
d 70 Deem necessary.
l There is no condition Utah can presen
hve or even ten years from now, bearing o
this question, that does not exist right now
Five years hence, if the trend of publ
sentiment continues in its present direction
Utah will be five times as Democratic q
4, II is This moment If we must wal
until the opposition to the Democracy sha
.alt nm
polls, Utah will never be state, neve
y have vote in the councils of the natior
D. never representation in the electoral co
,e lege. We shall see states all around III
40 smaller in population than the territory
: Utah, helping to direct the affairs of go1
= eminent, whilst we-who Will be "doin
is well enough as we are''-remain q despise
ly and derided dependency.
At Or course, whilst there is a considerab
lg number of people here that live only in Ii
u past-Bourbons who never learn. or forg,
Sc anything-who use a former unpopulG
\. condition of affairs as pretext for holuiu
es out against Home Rule or statehoo
the circumstance will DE taken advautae
Of by designing politicians at the ca
to prevent Utah from gaining her right
!. Expressions from Senators and Repr
sentatives at Washington show that tt
preludices against this territory are ia
E. disappearing, aud we know that the
would disappear entirely but Tor the VI
reasonable, unreasoning stand taken /
the Liberals. 1t is wrong to our peopl
1t clogs the wheels of our progress.
Keeps beck much of the immigration thu
30 without ii, would roll in upon US, b
gu which comes, in good proportions, in spi
Of it. 1t is an outrage on the principle
popular sovereignty. It presents a pictu
of the statue of liberty with ball al
es chain.
VIII the Tribune kindly inform the pull
lie what period Of probation it would or
w ciously suggest as preliminary to entran
TO the ordinary privileges OF Americi
citizenship;