Arizona weekly citizen. [volume] (Tucson, Ariz) 1880-1901, 1894-07-28

proclamation of admission based on the
result OF this vote can not therefore be
issued until some time in November or
December of next year. AS the fifty
fourth congress will probably not begin
its sessions until December, 1895, and
as the complexion of the senate in that
congress will probably be capable of
alteration by the addition Of two votes
to one side or the other, it Will be seen
that the political control OF the first
legislature of the new state will be of
almost national Importance, and will
involve the two parties now battling in
the territory in a contest of the most
critical sort. Up to the present time the
territory has been almost continuously
represented IN congress by a democrat,
but the republican strength has greatly
increased in recent years, and the two
parties are now very evenly balanced.
But what freightens the democrats
most is the sudden discovery Of the big
railroad project for a southwest out
let from Salt Lake City to the Southern
California coast The building of that
road. it how appears, is contingent on
statehood, capital for it is assured. Be-
hind it will be combination OF leading
Mormons with republican affiliations.
By the time Utah, under the terms of
of the enabling act, is engaged in elect
ing her first state legislature, the build
ing of the new railroad will be fully
under way with 10000 Mormons employ
ed upon it. The democrats argue that
under such conditions the new state
is certain to send two republicans to
tie United States senate, and they
urged the president to make careful
investigation before he signed the state
hood bill.
A Washington telegram of the 10Th
instant referring to the admission OF
Utah as state says:
One of the most crucial tests of the
constitution. which was evoked by the
mower of the Mormon church, is that it
shall provide by ordinance, irrevocable
without the consent of the United States
and the people Of the state, that perfect
federation of religious sentiment shall be
secured, ard ti.a1 TO iUhab tants of the
state shall ever Be molested on account
OF the mode of religious worship, pro-
vided that polygamous or plural marri-
ages are forever prohibited. The state
is to disclaim all title to the unappro-
priated public lands, and sll Indian
tribes are to remain under the absolute
jurisdiction of the United States. How
ever, the government comedies liberal
grants of lands to the state for public
purposes. One hundred sections are
given for public buildings at the capital;
10000 acres for an agricultural college;
two townships and 10000 acres for the
university of Utah; for irrigation pur-
poses; 100000 acres; for the insane asy-
lum, for a reform school, for state nor
NAL school, for an institution for the
blind each 10000 acres; and for a miners
hospital, $4,000 acres. The United
States PenitentiRry near Salt Lake City
is given to the state. All granted lands
are to be sold at public auction at not
less than So an acre, but the state may
lease them for terms of five years. Ten
per cent of the proceeds of the sale OF
public lands after the admission OF the
state is to be paid by the government
to the state as permanent fund for the
support of the common schools, OF which
the interest only is available.
1t will be seen that liberal provisions
are made for educational institutions
and charitable purposes. All the edu-
cational institutions are to remain under
the exclusive control of the state, and
no part of the the proceeds of the land
can be used for the support of any sec
tartan or UNCONVENTIONAL school.
These are the principal conditions up
on which the government of the forty
four states admits to statehood the ter
ritory of Utah.