Arizona republican., 1894-01-13
ADMISSION,
Republican National EX-
ecutiVe Committee
Adopts Strong and Fa-
VOrable Resolutions.
Justice to the Territories and
Justice to the Nation.
A Temporary Form of Government
Unnecessarily Prolonged Is
Un-American in Spirit

By the Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 12.-At the closing
meeting of the national Republican
executive committee today the commit
tee adopted resolutions in favor of ad-
mitting to statehood the territories of
Utah, Arizona, New Mexico and Okla
homa.
The resolution was as follows:
Resolved, That the admission of Utah
to statehood is now demanded alike by
justice to the territory and justice to
the nation. The present territory has
the requisite mum ber of people to con-
stitute a state, people who are law
abiding and progressive and possessed
of capacity and intelligence to insure
wise local laws and prosperity, and
wealth to support an efficient local
government.
Under the successful process OF Re-
publican legislation finally adopted in
good faith by the Mormon people them
selves, informally and forever renounc-
ing it, polygamy is now as dead as
slavery and the accepted act of admis-
sion which has passed the house of rep.
resentatives at the present session by a
unanimous vote forever prohibits it.
This is now received as true by alb the
people of Utah. The political party
that organized the fight for polygamy
has been disbanded, and its mem bers
have pronounced with other people
there in a general agreement in the
need of statehood. ANY longer denial
of the right to home rule by this terri
tory is seriously detrimental to her in.
dustrial interests, and an unmer1ted
aspersion upon her people, and an in
excusable burden upon the national
treasury. "a,
WHEREAS, A territorial form of gov
ernment as applied to geographical
subdivisions of this country has always
been and Of right should continue to be
a merely temporary form OF government
to be tolerated only pending the acqui-
sition by the territory Of sufficient popu-
lation and material resources to sup
port state government; and
WHEREAS, 1t is obvious that the terri
tories of Utah, Arizona, New Mexico and
Oklahoma, are each possessed of suffi-
cient population and material resources
to support state governments and the
people of these territories now petition
for admission to the dignity and
privileges of statehood, therefore be it,
Reso1ued, That it is the sense of this
committee that a just regard for the
rights of our fellow citizens residing
within the said territories demands
that the American principle of home
rule be extended to them by the ad-
mission of the said territories to state
hood.
These measures were proposed by the
western members and unanimously
adopted by the meeting.
With the sanction of the full commit
tee the choice of a city for headquarters
is left to be decided by the executive
committee at another meeting within a
month. Representative Caldwell OF
Ohio, chairman of the Republican con-
gressional committee and Represent
ative Babcock of Wisconsin, its vice.
chairman, took part in the discussion Of
a party policy and other Repu blican
workers were admitted to the meeting.
The conference adjourned this after
noon and most of the committeeman
will return to their homes.