Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-01-06

duty IVES Immediately fulfilled, but
met with no response by Congress.
The seventh Statehood movement
vas In 1857, The convention met IN
The Guy Hall, Salt Lake City,)n June
B0tb, Sixty.niue delegates were lres-
ent. Permanent organizaiion was
efiroted by the election Of H. Juhn
N. Caine. president; l.. u. Wooller,
nfst vice president; james II. Ham
mond, second vice pTesiientj Hebef
n. Wells, secretary.
Daily meeuugs we're held, SUNDAY
excepted, until july 7,h, when tue
CunstttutlOn was adopted and The oon'
vention adjourned.
Tbe ConttIlutlon contained a section
which feadi "Bigamy anu p)lygamy
being considered incompatibie Vito a
republican fOim OF government, sach
OF them 10 hereby forbidden anu de-
clared a mis1tmeanor. Any person
who ,halI violate this section shall, on
conviction thereof, be punishsi ny
fine o. not more thAn Sl,OO0OO aud
lmrrtsonnient for term not less than
liz months aud not more than three
yeatt, In tho discretion OF the court
This action shall be construed AZ
operative without the AID OF Legisla'
lion. aud the ollenses prohibited ~
mis- section thall not be barred by any
tatute OF limitation wiihin thfeo
year. afler the commission OF the
,tlense; nor shall power VI pardon TX.
and thereto until such PATTON shall
he appfoved by the President Of tnr
Uuiiod States" Ulah was tue name
chosen for tho new state.
Hons, Franklin 4. Richards, II. q.
WooIley and WV. Rner were elected
ielosates from the Convention TO pro-
iced 10 Warrington, and with Hon.
Iohn II, Calue, then Delegate 10 Con.
,tess. present the Constitution TO the
Ptusidsnt aud Congttsl, and urge the
oassage Of an act admitting UtAh into
he Union.
The committee appointed 10 prepare
lhe memorial 10 accompany tue Coz
,Iitution, consisted OF Hons. J. ~.
Booth, q. &. Richards, James bhAr9,
4. n. Wells anu Andrew Jensen.
Later the Constitutioa was adopted
az the people, the vote being 1870
ior and 5Ui against, but ~ IA
inc preceding instances, Con-
yr,ss turned a deaf ear TO UIan's
sppraI. anu the Statehood qusshon
uisoliealIy dropped out OF elght, until
.ftsr the division OF the people on ma
ional party lines IN ls9O'9l
Issuance OF the MANIFESTO.
The leading events intervening be-
tween this point aud tue pfosent are
matters Of current history. Ihe d.
vision of the people on party lines, the
Issuance by President WOodtuu Of
lhs Io-calltd "Manifcsto," In which he
laid;
"And now publicly declare that
my advice 10 the Lat1er'dAy saints IN
10 refrain from continuing auy mar.
tlage forbidden by the laws OF the
land,0 and the aoiion Of the Mormon
propls In their General Conference oil
Ooi. 9th, 1890, anu again OF Oct. 9th,
1891, In adopting by unanimous vote q
fenoiution declaring that awe consider
MIN (Wilfotj WOodrufi) fully author.
lied, by virtue VI his position, TO issue
the manifesto which has been read In
our heaIing-and that as a Chutoh In
general conference assembled, We &C.
cent the declaration concerning plural
marriage NJ authoritative And bihd'
ing"
Then the granting OF amnesty by
President Harrison, and afterwards
the dissolution OF the Liberal party.
IL Ia related Of Tamerlsne, tho cele-
btated warrior, that on one occasion,
having been utterly routed and defeat
od by his enemier, he sought refuge In
an old and cfumbling ruin, and yielded
himselfu up TO the most p0igngnt drsI ond-
rncy, While there he esplod an ant
struggling TO carry q kernel OF corn up
A cfeyico In the wall. Sixty-nins times
the ant struggled TO reach tho top, and
each time fell backward upon ths moor,
hut the seysntieth time u succeeded
in crossing the difficult part OF the
ascent and bore away the load In tri-
umph, The warrior was 90 moved by
the lesson In patience and persovef-
eucs taught by the little ant, that he
caught now courage from that mo.
ment, ana rallying his warriors he
made q fnAl onslaught on his foes,
with an energy blrn OF renewed hope,
and came of victorious. DO u was
with Ulah's Staten the
anaiAgy Ia not complete because utAh'a
final and successful enlTt for
Btntahood was no moro energetic than
several which preceded II, tue success
OF ~ being jus TO the changed condi-
lions rather than to Increased endeav-
or. To make the record com plete, u
oaly remains 10 be said that Congress
passed tho enabling act for Utah's ad.
mission, which was approved by Presi-
don't Cleveland July l0Ih, 1894. The
Constitutional Convention was held
In March, Aptil and May, 1885, when
the Constitution Of the Stale was
framed. The people ratified II on
November 9th, 1895, aud the day be-
fore yesterday, January 4.h, 1896. the
Presidsnt proclaimed Utah \ State on
an tquAl footing with the original
States Of the American Union.
NO UNION OF CHURCH AND STATE.
The Constitution which forms the
fundamental law OF our State contains
these provisions;
There shall DO no union Of church and
State, nor shall any church dominate the
state or interfere with Its functions
Perfect federation OF religious sentiment
Is guaranteed,
be mOlested IN person or property ur
account Of his or her mode ~ religious
worship; but ploygamOus marriages. ar,
forever prohibited,
Tho act OF the Governor and Logisla,
tive Assembly Of tho Territory OF Utah
entitled. An Act to punish polygRmy
aud other kindred oiiensos; approved
February ith, a, ID, lsy1, In 80 FAR Us the
same defines and imposes penalties fol
pOlygamy, In hOr0hy declared To be In
force In the State Of Utah.
From this brief resume Of the main
Incidents Of history connected with
URh's struggle for Statehood, it will
DO patent how earnest have usen the