The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1894-07-19
UTAH p STATE
This Makes the Forty Fifth Star Fer
Old Glory.
Polygamous Marriages Are For
ever Barred.

NNN'Ouy oV NhO w hltO hOueo SOlu
pen set in silver holder. The imple-
ment is, from the artisans standpoint,
fine piece OF work, but when it full
fills its mission it will never be dipped
in ink but once That will be on
Morday July 16, 1894, and it will in.
scribe the name of Grover Cleveland
on parchment headed "An act to en-
able the people OF Utah to form con-
stitution and state government, and
to be admitted to the Union On an
equal footing with the Original states, "
Delegate Rawlins, of the Territory
Of Utah, whose efforts were largely in.
strumental i'll bringing abaut the pas
sage of the act, secured the pen and
holder and intrus ed them into the
keeping Of Secretary Thurber until
the time for theiruse Tomorrow Mr..
Rawlins, having secured the sigma
lures of Vice President Stevenson and
Acting Speaker Richardson to the en-
abling act, will carry it to the White
House for the Presidential autograph.
The ceremony would have taken
place Saturday but for Mr. Richard
sons absence from the city, aid it was
hoped to have Speaker
CRGsP's NAME ON THE DoCUM ENT.
But the Speaker did not return from
Georgia in time. No one doubts but
that the President will sign the act,
wheu he has done so Mr.. Rawlins will
take charge of the pen which has
made law At first it was intended
to have solid gold pen and holder,
but as Utah comes III as a bimetallic
state, and the Westerners who are
making the silver fight in politics at
tach some sentimentto the white met
al, silver was allowed to share the hon
ors at the accepted ratio.
After the pen has done its work Mr..
Rawlins will take possession of it. 1t
will be suitably engraved and enshrin-
ed IN the State Capital of the new
state with its other historical SOU
venirs.
The signing OF the act does not
make Utah state, but merely sets in
motion the machinery by which she
becomes one. Decem Der, 1895, will
probably be the time when Utah will
be entitled to the fortyiilth star in the
flag The constitutional convention
will meet next March to frame state
constitution, which will be submitted
to the people for ratification at an
election in November, 1885, when the
Governor and other state officers and
a Member Of Congress will be elected.
If the constitution is ratified, and if
the President finds that it provides for
a Republican form of government un-
der the provisions of tho vet Of Con-
gress, he will Issue a prUclaWation an.
nounclng the l,ct and declaring
IftrAtt gTATE
The Legislature eltcted at the No
veInber election will meet early in
December, and one of its first acts will
be to choose two United States Sena-
tors, 1t may be safely said that the
senior Senator is likely to be the pres
ent delegate from the territory whose
fight for statehood is expected to GER
tainly receive recognition il the views
Of his congressional colleagues are
shared by his constitute nts.
The Government pays the expenses
OF the territorial convention as it
does of the territorial Legislatures.
There will be a rev registration OF
voters upon which the apportionment
OF the IL delegates to constitute the
convention will bemsde. Each coun.
tv is to have one delegate and one adj
ditional for every 1000 Of population,
First the convention must declare on
behalf OF the people Of the state adopt
the Constitution Of the United States
Several important requirements fol
the state constitution are made by
Congress that it shall be republican
in form, and make no distinction in
civil or political rank on account O
race or color, except as to Indians who
are not taxed that it shall not be re
pugnant to the Constitution of the
United States and the principles of
THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
One OF the most crucial require
ments Of the state constitution, which
was evoked by the power OF the Nor
mon Church, is that it shall provide
by ordinance, irrevokshle without th'
consent Of the United States and thu
people of the State, that perfect toler
alton of religious sentiment shall b,
secured, and that inhabitants of tn,
state shall never be molested on ac
count of the mode of religious wor
ship, provided that polygamous o
plural marriages are forever prohibit
ed. The state is to disclsim all It'll
to the unappropriated public landl
and all Indian lands are to remain IN
der the absolute jurisdiction OF to
United States.
\ However, the Government eoncede
liberal grants and Isnds to the stat
for public purposes One hundre
sections are given for public building
at tho capitol, 5000 acres for an agr
cultural college, two townships an
110 O0n aerea for the University q