Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-12-19

Men who do not live under that form
uf government little know the dlBad.
vantages "a der whict no people Dor.
Men are sent g. them 10 rule over
them who 1--WE Thorn no responsibility
anu vino little uudtmiaud thc'r char
setter or their suuatoH; aud however
bal may he the conduct Of these
fulers, u to Indeed difficult TO make
meu 300 mills away understand or
appreciate the situation. How iililU OF
suli.govcrumout is zoe oioud taday by
the 81 o, le OF Utah g. uisClOatd In a
memorial, thu STATEN uts 0f which, Or
they Hre drafted by mystf. 7 know tp
be- accurate. cali attention 90 some
q the statements contained la this
memorials
The governor the secretary, tbc members Of
The lulIUlhfy. except lusuUyH 90 Che peace sue
mlrs1tI, Che public pro.ccuigr and his a'sIsi.
uuis. thy board ui cummi. h.uurra, WIN appoint
Nl rCgistrhuunilnd election unUcrsAut cuHti1l
tHU u.yCiIuuH,ur selected uE % dIstant appoint
inr truutHrc utterly uuartuluIau.e DO t1o
people Cor tuU uHIuUrHu which they lCrIuiu
Che uuurs uf tUcirou" Ca.
Iuyg0yuu0r uomirai,s che uudlt0r of public
accounts, tHu treasurer, ODE FuNuruluF NuNla
of 900 Uuu.e institutions, Huuh is tuu uuNur.
fityf agricultural r1lipru. reform school and
luH.uC asylum Iuua Soc people have boo voice
in tu3 toIgcHou OF p.rauns Geo maussU iho ruu'
iue rrntorIai school yommIisi1ncr la sc.
lceicd 10y Che supreme court, aud oWcs uu
tiorls selected Iy iue disIuci Judges and tho
probate Judges appointed Uy lhu lfrgsiduut. uy
amt Win lhu n4N.ue of thu senate, bg. ott quo
regular plnt.s Cor jurors Tue regular uauut
D. Huup gmUutgd ny persons summoned ht enc
diattCuuu OF the lnuCi Htatra mutsill,
lhc determination OF uEhb OF lfc,
u.uuuila, u1 p6u Co. which owe any
account Ibl.ltY % tu0.u muat vitality concerned
in iuo Atiliul performance uf tucif uuNg.,.
tlH MOST far. reaching Authority, under which
tIUY may uHufp uU fuuUuuUH uI hI tUu IUtal
,ouHiHuu'Hy and police uf tho TERRITORY.
Liuu inn luaIcta 20 GOO peace ore Hhuru ui
uUir uHItcI Jurisdiction uy DUmmI.sIouurs
appointed by ilG supreme count. auu whose
iuutdiatpn d. made clscAiuutWu with ihat ot
suoh lusugcs.
And 90 we might 40 on uuumcra,ing
the different oiilcufs concerned in tie
administration Of the territorial guv-
eminent, which would ditCl 10 the TACT
that the 100000 people living IN the
Territory OF Utah have scarcely vrB.
tige Of the rights Of self government.
Now, I am not going TO dotain
gentlemen longer upon this question.
B1ih OF the national convention, IN
their platforms, have declared la favor
Of tuo admission Of the Territory.
BIth the parties in the Territory Il
Utah have declared Tor the same thing.
There h no opposition from that source.
Every body most familiar with She
iuctI believe that the time has arrived
whom tho people OF the Territory OF
Utnh GhUuld DO admitted into tho
Union.
Ast blated before, I bolIoyo there
10 hOHolululy no plril, % far a. any
apprehension entertained by anybody
on the subject OF lolygumyi that THAI
| practice viii over under amy citcum'
stances Uu revived DO that Territory.
Mr. Wilson OF ohio; May / ask th1
| gentleman nquCaluut
] Mr lilwluE NUs, 1Ir
MIR. VIII OF Ohio. have cnnvassod
| this bin, aud sec in % largo appropria.
/ lions Of lnnd amounting 10 something
] liko l.ilO.uJO acres. / desire 20 ash
] whether Congress hus heretofore, when d
| row state has boon admitted, granted nny
such donation OF land uH that disclosed III
! this blll2
Mr.. Rawlins ON glad the gentle
| man has asked thn question, because u
| enables mo % state some facts upon tina
| subject that will Boo ~ use 90 this liousI
in voting upon this matter. There are
M stated by tho gentleman from Texa
mir. kigorci in the opening argumen
upon this question, o. 100000 acres o
land In the Territory Of Utah. The lanl
omc0 in that Territory was established h
! lsI7. From 1907 down 90 tho present tim
there has boon disposed Of 100000 acre.
Of land. Tho total area OF the rorritorl
which has boon surveyed 90 about T.,
OOOC00 acres. Tho total, covered by
grants for railroadsnnd other purposes, q
the surveyed and un.urycyed lands which
have been appropriated amount 20 les
than 22UlO,O0l acres OF land, leaving 80,
100000 acres of land wholly unapproprl
aiod and uudispos0d Of
These lands have during the past thirt,
or forty years boon oiorodb by the govern
mont ~ tho United States 10 nnyb0d.
who will willingly go upon thOm AM
appropriate thUm aud pay Tor Thorn at ga
rate ~ st.9j per acre. The people of mi
| country have boon clamurIug Tor land.
but tho TACT 81 that those lands 100
mountain or doEor, lands Some OF thor
AFRO lands which might DO useful II the
| could be irrigated, but thOrO r. no wAtn
supply. In tho Territory Of Ulah lnnd
are wholly useless without wafer. Thos
! uuupprupHntrd lands would not todA
soil for 10 cents nn aero. The 100000
acres " land which hay0 been Cutcrr
unl0r tho land laws wUf0 settled upo
prior 20 tho extension u tho public sur
yeys over those lands. Under tho Ia,
whore tho settlement Is mado prior 20 III
extension Of survey and the settlemor
happens TO be made upon a school sui
division, whom it comus TO tho solecIio
of the school lands, which only take
place upon the admission Of the Torrilor
into tho Union, other lands must i
selected.
II we take the 600, 900 acres, very It'll
Of these lands N available Tor school pun
poses. N we lake tho 100000 acres IN
same ~ also true. My friend from All
bama (Air Whcolorl states that there
granted ouc-uinth Of tho $1,000 coo aero
which is abou, 100000 ncruH, for scho,
purposes undOr the provisions OF this 80
Now, that IN not true. Tho grant e
school purpose, only takOs effect ~ I
the surveyed land or 90, tho IandB ~
surveyed. Ouc-nluth " 1900 600 woul
be 100000 GrrUs oftho surveyed land
That 10 all that could be available az pTi