Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-04-28
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by the Trans. Mississippi Congress
whose session closed In Ogden yestef'
day evening. This for the reason thai
the columns Of the NEWS have daily
contained voluminous reports as TO
what was done, coming from special
agent as well as Ia the ordinary chan
nsls OF telegraphic Information, anu
not at all because the proceedings do
not warrant such review. Some few
subjects arose, however, which may
properly be- spoken of since they point
n moral n they don't adOrn n tale, and
furnish food fora subject which they
impart.
Ono Of these points arose on the dis
cussion OF the statehood resolution.
Thls subject as whole we do not care
to discuss. There are an abundance Of
men In Utah who favor and oppose
admission, and many OF them on either
side do 30, we doubt not, honestly and
intelllgently. Each has an indlsput.
able right 10 his way Of thinking, and
we would not overcome him except by
timely argument II we could. That the
Territory has u right to enter the
Union, judged by the standards which
have obtained In other cases, seems to
US beyond question, and II has been no
shown in these colunps numbers OF
times. The grounds on which the OF.
position In the Congress was based
were that It was not proper subject
for that body to handle, that II
was u purely local matter, AMI
that those people from dis.
lance could not 10 Informed rs those
living here are regarding its merits
and dement's. This Is the subject we
had In view when this artltl, was
commenced; for II the gentlemen who
advanced such arguments were alto.
gether sincere In what they said, DO.
yond all question II Is they who need n
further term In the school Of advance
ment and not those Of whom they
spoke, constituting n majority OF tue
population.
Either Of the speakers referred to
will readily and without opposition
admit that tho press 10 not only
power but ho power In the land; that
Its mission as an iniormer and educa.
tor has been growing steadily until at
last, except for special reasons,
IL 10 no more necessary ~
visit some other part OF the
country than that In which
the reader resides to learn OF the poli,i.
cal and social conditions there than 1t
is for him to plunge into water to be
sure that It 10 wet. Tho press has not
only informed and educated; 1t has
brought peoples and sections together
aud made them as intimate aud well
informed regarding each other at long
range as they could possibly have be-
come at short range, In many cases
more so, for We can observe some OBJ
jects better at q distance than we can
close by. This has been the work OF
the press, and 1t may properly DO
chased as It's greatest achievement !
among many that are more
than great that arc mighty.
But add to this grand work
that Of tho telegraph which doe.
more than bring people together by
setting aside the time anu space Inter |
vening, and such thing rs an Isolated |
or purely local life within the borders
OF the great Republic becomes
wei nigh out Of the question.
More particularly does this apply to
constant and systema tic communicates
Of the press and especially az to mat
ters religious, social and political.
Consider all this In connection with
the notable truth that for thirty years
past the question Us 10 Utah's fitness
for statehood has been discussed by the
press OF the United States, great
and small anu without exception;
that 1t has been the subject
OF numerous debates In Congress
which have reached constituencies In
every portion OF the land; that 1t has
been the theme OF numberless lectures,
sermons and speeches everywhere;
that Utah itself since the civil war has
been the peculiar cynosufe Of the
whole civilized earth but more pnrtI.
cularly the United States; anu then in
conclusion aud the TACT that nearly II
not quite every one OF these gentle
men who spoke In favor OF the resolu.
ton have had the benefit OF that thirty
years OF education aided In many cases
by personal contact ana inspection, and
then say, II you have tho temerlty 10
do 80, they are not acquainted with
the case, that tits question relating
peculiarly to lnhabitant, u Utah, that
II II purely a LOCAL MAT1ERl
Talk about turning buck the wheels
Of progress aud bringing the glowing
present face to face with the musty
pasl Talk about what some other
people would do II given ON oppor-
tunityl Talk about slowneis In golug
ahead and inability to recognize how
other places Gre sweeping pas, u,l Can
anything 10 more subvoTsive OF the
disposition to grow and expand anu
forge ahead than TO 10 constantly con.
lTonted by bourbons and orOakers anu
Olgots anu speculstors who for purpo,es
OF their own INCREASINGLY scold when