The sun., 1893-10-01
UrxH AND xKvzD<.
Conditions Isnueuci.a the Unicu OF the Two
n State OF the Union.

After a divorce Of moro than thirty years.
Utah and Nevada may soon become one again.
On the very day In September. 1850 when Call
iforna became n State OF the Union Utah was
erected into Territory, and much OF what is
now Nevada was included in tho new jurisdic-
ton thus created. The Territory then had an
area OF more than 22O0OO square miles and a
population OF a little over ] 900 Tho Nor
mons had settled In the region three years be-
fore. Brigham Young. their leader. was ap-
pointed first Governor Of tho Territory. Con
tile" settlers In that part OF Utah since In
cluded In Nevada almost INN ediately began
to complain OF oppression at tho hands OF the
Mormons, and in 1859 the Nevndans attempt
cd to set up for themselves by making Con-
stitution and clccting State officers. The Fed
eral Government had already found 1t neces-
sary to send troops against the Mormons and
carly in 1851 Congress was Induced to take
Nevada away from Utah and 10 erect 1t into n
separate Territory. with James W. Nyo ms Gov
ornor The region had by that time become
famous for it's precious metals. and In the next
decade population increased from about 1000
to 42.5OO. During the same decade he popu-
lation OF Utah increased from about ~. 1000 to
nearly $1,000. exclusive o. tribal Indians
Utah. left to herself by the genti!es, went on
growing IN as an agricultural region. with in
attracted all sorts Of people to her mines In
1880 Nevadas population had increased to
90, 260 while that Of Utah had reached 144-
600. The partial exhaustion OF Nevadas
mines ana the rapid decline Of silver reduced
the population OF Nevada during the next ten
years to less than 10000, whlo Utah. al
though she has felt the decline OF silver has
As matters now stand the "'%s State I'U with two
Senators and u Reprosentatiyc in Congress
has II population OF less than $4,000. while tho
Territory with single delegate In Congress.
not entitled to vote. had according to u recent
eS estimate eli OF is E%ppla,2p Of 223
and Nevada combined into n single state 1t
would have population OF about 2l5. 600 and
an area of nearly 100000 square miles There
and Texas alone has greater area. Utah has
property assessed at about Sl2O.OOO. 900 and
less Tho revenue oi ttah is nearly ivS;H S17S6 100.
She has sheep. cattle. horses and mules valued
nass aSpns sna her o T0o sp is 70
less this Year. because S.. 7Goo oou Of ass
mines "f Htah. as those '', q @ Nevads. % Sss hsse
been closed because Of the depression in that
cious metals iron. copper sulphur. Onyx and
several other minerals. Within the past few
years thore have been discoveries Of natural
gas IN the territory and it is believed that this
may become an important product. The banks
Of Utah at las, report had capital Of nearly
AT the same time. in the fiscal yenr OF 1891 -92.
the wages OF workingmen varied from 81 to
for bricklayers and stonemasons, The pay OF
clerks was from $50 to 800 per month"; OF bar
hers from Slo to TO $50 per week. and OF bakers
S2l per week. Tho hours of labor were usually
nine per day, though in several trades eight,
and in only one OF long list ten.
While the peop pie of Nevada havo been almost
exclusively occupied in mining. the people Of
Utah have determi edly set themselves to re-
claim! the desert land in which they live. Not
nuf fIg h.I irft in un. ncfn until
they were green with growing crops. they
have even undertaken to stock their streams
young shad into seyera! Of their lakes and
rivers appafen,iy re- With tho idea that the shad
genial and with the result that. for time.
native snad, weighing from one to two pounds
They have. however. since become scarce.
Practically all political parties in Utah pro-
the eU Se
Mormon Church declared that Uteh ought not
to seek admission to the sdJ IniEn The election
pivot on which the people Of Utah divd ed upon
national issues. and almost imm diately after
made. The Democrats triumphed in that
election. and the Republicans failed to SEND a
singi" member t. the tne LEGISLATURE; sl The Lib
Church and oppose the ission Of Utah into
An important piece Of Legislation. passed
unan mously by that body was a law making
The conventions Of the three parties. the
Democratic. the Republican. and the, Liberal.
In nominating candidates for delegate to the
the o The pe@o
Gratis boldly declared in favor OF the admission
the same thing somewhat alphabetically. and
the Liberals dec ared themselves unutterably
onpoissd to Utsns iso The Democratic
Salt Lake City. now a place OF about so. 700
Inhabitants. is the stronghold Of the Liberals.
1t was here that they long fought the despot-
ism Of the Mormon Church. and they now re-
fuse to believe that conditions are so changed
cal power. even though they ally themselves hen selves
with one @, the other OF the Grent national
parties. The Liberals have counted much
SION a body that has usually preserved an at
titude OF dstrust toward the Mormons. Per
ize the demand Tor Statehood among Rentiles
was, the declaration Of tho Mormon Church
Leaders In sent SeptemSdeEi ad ti lsG that by spesiaI
to discontinue the holy practice OF polyRamy.
The whole body OF the Church accepted this
the Mormon leaders made this the basis OF a
prayer for amnesty addressed to the Federal
year there had BEEN % as lar as they Knew. no
pnra marriages cei iebrated. The Utah Com
mission expressed doubt Of the truth Of this
declaration. but recommended the amnesty.
At the same time the Commissions report OF
1892 showed that the chiefs of the Mormon
I nuTcn unucr DISCRIMINATION nau declared
their belief that. although God had bldden the
Latter Day Saints to suspend the practice OF
polygamy. He had not condemned the prinri-
pie. As one OF them said. truth is unalterable.
The Republican party although 1t has made
some gains since tho disastrous defeat Of the
first campaign involving national issues Is
weak in Utah. partly because Of Its hesitancy
to advocate home rule. and partly because OF
the long struggle with Gov. Thomas. a Re-
publican appontee The indications are. thore-
fore that the Joint State OF Nevada and Utah
would be Democratic
Florida Ants.