The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-08-02

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| unique and noteworthy-that deserve
passing thought. 1t has shown that
| IN less than two years from the arrival
| Of its first settlers, Utah declared her
self ready for statehood and anxious to
resume its responsibilities-an instance
| of precocity for government that, when
all conditions are recalled, has no para
llel in American history. If this was
mot an example of state being built
in day, ii represents as nearly that
phenomenon as the movement of man
| kind and the course of communities
have vet been able to do it. We have
seen that not only once or twice, but
six times, where our requests, present.
ed with all attendant form and cir
cumstance-and as many times denied
la history that is almost without
parallel in the history of American
Congresses before which these several
petitions were brought, reveal that in
deed few at any time were the cham
pions of the new state-feeble and scat
tering the voices raised in its favor;
circumstance which, taken in connec-
ton with all the conditions, is hardly
less remarkable than the other Incl
dents noted. But by far the most eX-
traordinary compartments it also the
most infinitely neutrality-suspicious. to
be drawn. With a unanimity that was
scarcely ever witnessed upon a propo-
lSlllOn VI eiIly SllulQQG, luuCU 1CoS up-
on so important a question as the ex-.
tending of the federal sisterhood by adj
hitting another member into the fam
lily circle, first the committees of both
houses of Congress, and then the
houses themselves, gloriously carried
UtahS enabling act to its consumma-
ton. Hardly voice was raised against
it, either in the receSses of committee
room or in the open publicity of con-
greSSional session. Indeed, sentiment
throughout the land was turned over"
whelmingly in our favor; and the
movement was so marvellous and ire
sistable that human explanation can
scarcely be found for it. Brief as my
remarks must necessarily be, 1 would
be guilty of ingratitude did [ fail to
mention, as would the people of Utah
did they fail TO appreciate, the unre-
fiuential friends, not resident of the
territory, who felt that the time had
come for her emancipation, and who
ardently and untiringly labored TO eff
feet that end. On an occasion of gen.
eral rejoicing like the present, their
friendship should be remembered and
their services properly estimated in the
realization of our and their endeavors.
So that, if on this day of our gladness
we can think without reproaches of the
delays and disappointments of the
past, with how much more satisfaction
and pride can we regard this record of
the present! Surely the people of Utah
are to be congratulated that, among
all the anomalies and peculiarities of
their history, none is more remarkable
and eloquent than this most hearty in
vitation, this universal welcome to an
honored place at the national board.
: Renaissance may now give way to
grateful consideration of the duties
and responsibilities about to be as
sumed In the governors proclama-
ton which has just been read, we note
the first move toward the realization
Of the boon that awaits US. The sue
! ceeding steps are not many, but they
, are important to the last degree. We
must enter upon them with earnest
ness, with thoughtfulness, with pa
triotism l plead for the revival and
. manifestation of the spirit of ITS; for
the courage, the charity, the eXaltation
of character that marked the fathers
course, and which have made these
: United States of America the greatest
nation on the earth. I would rebuke
and Danish narrowness, sectionalism,
! intolerance and trickery in every garb
2 and form. Upon the shining robe of
, the fair new state there must be nei-
t Their patch nor stain. Time enough has
/ been given, and enough still remains,
for the calm study of all the questions
charity toward one another; in loyalty
to the pattern which is given in the in
spired national Constitution; in ambi-
: ton to follow the right, whose path
may sometimes be stony but is always
straight; in devotion to our prosperity,
, our country and our God, let US pre-
pare charter which shall be a credit
to us, a comfort to those who may here
: after live under it, a delight to all who
! shall scan it.
/ This is the duty of the PRESENT. If
t one today might know how we shall
: fulfill it, the telling of our future were
an easy task, for effect follows cause
:, with precision as unerring as the sun.
= But, knowing as we do the honesty,
2 sobriety, sturdiness, and loyalty of the
people of Utah, we need allow no fear
to cast its shadow upon the enthusi-
asm of this moment. With its match
i less resources of nature, it's treasures
of mountain aind valley, its clear water
. and invigorating air, it's thrifty and in
dustrious inhabitants, Utah's lot is in
; deed happy, and her future is sure.
Who knows but that a later historian
), describing the wealth, progress beauty
and intelligence OF our state, shall play
upon the words of an earlier phrase
T and shall exclaim: Westward the star
! of empire took it's way, maintained
-
: deserts Of the great basin, mirrored
f itself in the dancing waves of the Great
b Salt Lake, and remained there fixed
e forever"
5 The reading was interrupted by fire.
S quent bursts of applause, and it created
d great enthusiasm.
y REV. T. C. ILIFF
e was next introduced and he said: I am
S here at the request of the committee to
= join with my fellow citizens to say All
2 hail to the State Of Utah 1t is most
: fitting that we should do SO. We are to
O celebrate the event and we must do it.
: have a word or two to say about the
f elements necessary in making a, great
: state. We have those elements and we
: have reasons to rejoice. Our resources
n are bounless, large enough to sustain a
: great population. Utah is unparal-
lleled in the possession of all the ele-
u ments that go to make a mighty state
{ She has the most magnificent climate
5 ION earth. 1t is tempered by the Great
{ Salt Lake, and the lofty mountains pro-
= tect her from the storms. There is nc
> such thing as a harvest failure; when
4 the farmer sows his seed in the spring
4 he is assured that he will reap the har-
:. vest in the fall. Her fruits are the
: finest in the land. Her mountains are
e ribbed with Lodges of gold, silver, lead
o copper and iron. She has so much that
: when our children's children have
d worked out their careers they will have
: just as much left.
o Patriotism is one of the elements tC
: make great state. Utah from the first
d has had a profound regard Tor the
e STARS and Stripes. Was not the symbo