The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-09-10

hood matter. He has done yeoman
service, and we believe that all the
people of Utah rejoice that this mat
ter has been placed in his hands.
49,
We can't see how Mr. Rawlins can
very well withdraw from politics. His
countrymen need him at Washing
ton. His brilliant repartees to Morse
of Massachusetts show that his mind
is trained in logical discussion, and as
a debater he is able and inciSive.
If honor is to be given where honor is
due, MIR. Rawlins, in view of the SPLEEN
! did service which he is doing Utah, will
certainly be elevated to the Senate
He has discharged his duties with
earnestness, steadiness, intelligence and
courage. Three cheers for Joseph
RawlinsI''
The Washington Evening News of
Dec. 18th, 1898, concluded long article
with the following:
''The Delegates time expired as he
was in the heart of his plea for his
Territory, but unanimous consent was
promptly given for him to continue the
speech that will be a historic docu-
ment, to be referred to by everyone
who may in the generations to come
write the history of the admission of
Utah into the sisterhood of the United
States of America"
The Patriot of Jackson, Michigan,
under date Dec. 23rd. 1893, said:
Barely one man in the present Con-
gress has made a reputation for him
self on the floor of the House in de-
bate. and this one is Delegate Rawlins
of Utah. His speech on the admission
Of ia. rTT1,,,, !,
mendation and his name is already sug-
gested as one of the first Senators from
the new State"
Quotations to like effect might be
multiplied almost indefinitely from pa
pers published in all quarters of the
Union
Mr.. Rawlins was the recipient of nu-
merous letters and kilograms all ex-
pressing the highest appreciation of his
services.
With such record behind, with the
long prayed for and devout wishes of
the people Of Utah consummated
through his efforts, in the autumn of
1894 Mr.. Rawlins was brave enough to
make the race for reelection as Dele
gate to the House of Representatives.
His temerity was rewarded by an adj
verse majority.
After his defeat, upon his return to
Washington to complete to the best of
his ability his unrequited services, he
was still greeted by his congressional
associates of all parties with full
measure of respect
But some staunch Republicans sug-
gested, in no mild phrase, that "the
majority of Utah's inhabitants must
be race of ingrates."
The last Congress gave Utah more
than eight million acres of land-more
than twice greater than any State be-
fore had obtained.
1t gave a University site. 1t forgave
some 100000 of indebtedness charged
UP on the Treasury books. 1t appro-
priated 100000 to carry out the En-
aiding Act, while to other States, Mon
tana, Washington, the Dakotas, etc.,
but $4,000 was given.
That none of this is left is due to Re-
publican extravaganza.
Mr.. Rawlins procured plenty of
money for setting up the new State,
but the Republicans have wasted it.
After such a record as Mr.. Rawlins
has made, the penny whistle blasts of
such political paper as the Tribune
would be laughable but for their male
violence. And this suggests that the
attack was inspired from endangered
political ambitions as we'll as from per-
sonal and petty spite.