The Washington times., 1894-07-16
.FoRTY-FIFTH IN THE UNION
Enabling Act for Utah's Admission
Will Be Signed To-day
WITH A GOLD AND SILVER PEN
Delegate 1avlins Had 1t Made for This
Purposs-Havlng Fulfilled Its Mission It
VIII Be Laid By with Other Relics.
-. Process Of Being Admitted to Statehood.

Private Secretary Thurber has in his Gus.
tody at the White House gold pen set in g
silver holder. The implement Is, from the
. the artisans standpoint, a hne piece Of work
but II 1t fulf1lls its mission 1t will never be
dipped in ink but once. That will be on
Monday. July 16, 1894, and it will inscribe the
name Of Grover Cleveland on a parchment
headed "an act to enable the people of Utah
to form constitution and state government
and to be admitted into the Union on an
equal footing with the original states"
Delegate Rawlins, OF the territory Of Utah
whose efforts were largely instrumental In
bringing about the passage Of the act, secured
the pen and holder and intrusted them into
tho keeping Of Secretary Thurber until the
time for their use. To-day Mr.. Rawlins, hav-
ing secured the signatures OF Vice President
Stevenson and Acting Speaker Richardson to
the enabling act, will carry it to the White
House for the Presidents autograph. The
ceremony would have taken place Saturday
but for Mr. Richardson's absence from the
city, and it was hoped to have Speaker Crisp 8
name on the document, but the Speaker will
No one doubts that the President will sign
the act, aud when he has done so. Mr.. Raw
lins will take charge of the pen which has
made 1t law. At first 1t was intended to
have solid gold pen and holder but as Utah
comes in as bimetalic state and the west
erners who are making the silver fight in
politics attach some sentiment 10 the white
metal, silver was allowed to share the honors
at the accepted ratio. After the pen has
done its work. Mr.. Rawlins will take possess
sion Of it. and it will be suitably engraved and
enshrined in the state capitol Of the new state
with other historical souvenirs.
PRELIMINARIEs TO STATEHOOD.
The signing OF the act does not make Utah
a state, but merely sets In motion the
machinery by which she becomes one. Decem-
ber. 1895. will probably be the time when
Utah will be entitled to the forty-fifth star in
the flag. The constitutional convention will
meet next March to frame a state constitution
which will be submitted to the people for
ratification at an election in November. 1895,
when the Governor and other state officers
and a member Of Congress will be elected.
II the constitution is ratified and il the
President finds that it provides for "a repub-
lican form of government under the provisions
of the act Of Congress. he viii, issue
proclamation announcing the fact and declar-
inS Utah state. The legislature which will
be elected at the November election will meet
early in December. and one OF its first acts
will be to choose two United States Senators.
II may be safely said that the senior Senator
is likely to be the present delegate from the
territory. whose fight for statehood is ex-
pected to receive recognition il the views OF
his congressional colleagues are shared by his
constituents.
CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION.
h. os . Xbo
territorial convention, as it does Of the terri
torial legislatures. There will be a new reg
istration OF voters upon which the apportion-
ment Of the 107 delegates to constitute the
convention will be made. Each county is to
have ut least one delegate and one additional
for every 1000 Of population. First the con-
vention must declare, on behalf Of the people
OF the state. to adopt the Constitution of the
United States. Several important require
ments for the state constitution are made by
Congress; that it shall be republican in form
and make no distinction in civil and political
rank on account of race or colon except as to
Indians who are not taxed; that 1t shall not
be repugnant to the Constitution OF the
United States and the principles of the Declar-
alton Of Independence.
Ono OF the most crucial requirements of the
state constitution. which was evoked by the
power Of the Mormon church, is that 1t shall
provide by ordinance, irrevocable without
the consent OF the United States and the peo-
pie OF the state, that perfect federation OF
religious sentiment shall be secured. and that
no inhabitants of the state shall ever be mo-
Tested on account OF their mode of religious
worship, provided that polygamous orplural
are forever prohibited. The state
is to disclaim all title to the unappropriated
public lands and all Indian lands are to re-
main under the absolute jurisdiction OF the
United States.
GRANTS FOR PUBLIC PURPOSES.
However, the government comedies liberal
grants Of lands to the state for public pur-
poses. One hundred sections are given for
public buildings at the capital, sc, 900 acres
for an agricultural college, two townships
and ITO, 900 acres for the University of Utah,
for irrigating purposes 100000 acres, for an
insane asylum. for school Of mines, for
deaf and dumb asylum, for a reform school,
for a state normal school. for an in
stitution for the blind each 100000
acres, and for a miners hospital $4,000 acres.
The United States penitenfiary near Salt
Lake City il granted to the state.
Ali granted lands are to be sold at public
sales for not less than &5 an acre, but the
Ten per cent. Of the proceeds of the sales Of
public lands, after the admission OF the state.
Is to be paid by the government to the state
as a permanent fund for the support of the
common schools. Of which the interest only is
available. It will be seen that liberal pro-
visions are made for educational and charit-
able purposes. Ali Of the educational institu-
tons are to remain under the exclusive con-
troll OF the state, and no part of tho proceeds
Of the land can be used for the support Of any
sectarian or denominational school,
These are the principal provisions Of the
contract upon which the government Of the
forty-four existing states admits to statehood
the territory of Utah. Her population is now
at 225, 900. and the proportion of
Ioreign born is less than in thirteen of the
States.
Feats of the Turner's.
ROCHESTER,, N. Y, July 15.-The third an
,ual tournament Of the field contests Of the
Turn verein Society took place at