Evening star., 1896-01-04
UTAH NOW A STATE
The President Issues the Formal
Proclamation Today.
he is ADMITTED into THE UNION
All the Prelminaries Were Properly
Performed.
r HE PEN PRES WE'D

The President at 10 o'clock this morning
signed the proclamation admitting Utah to
statehood. The proclamation reads as fol-
lows:
By the President of the United States of
America, a proclamation:
Whereas, The Congress of the United
States passed an act which was approved
on the 18th day of July, 1894, entitled IAN
act to enable the people of Utah to form a
constitution and state government, and to
be admitted into the Union on an equal
footing with the original states" which act
provided for the election of delegates to a
constitutional convention to meet at the
seat of government of the territory OF
Utah, on the first Monday in March, 1885,
for the purpose of declaring the adoption
of the Constitution of the United States by
the people of the proposed state, and form
ling a constitution and state government
for such state;
And whereas, delegates were accordingly
elected who met, organized and declared
on behalf of he people of said proposed
state their adoption of the Constitution of
tine United States, all as provided in said
act;
And whereas, said convention, SD organ
ized, did by ordinance irrevocable without
the consent of the United States and the
people of said state, as required by said
set, provide that perfect toieration OF re-
lgious sentiment shall be secured, and that
no inhabitant of said state shall ever be
moiested in person or property on account
of his or her mode CT religious worship,
are forever prohibited; and did also by said
ordinance make the other various stipula-
ttcrs recited in section of said act;
And whereas, said convention thereupon
formed q constitution and state govern
r,ent for said proposed state, which con-
stitution, including said ordinance, was
duly submitted to the people thereof at an
election held On the Tuesday next after
the first Monday of November, 1856, as di-
rected by said act;
And whereas, the return of said election
has been made and eanfassed and the re-
suit thereof certified to 1me, together with
a statement of the votes cast, and copy
of said CT Institution and ordinances, all as
prC vided in said act, showing that a ma
jority CT the votes lawfully cast at such
election vas for the ratification and adop-
ton of said constitution and ordinances;
And whereas, the constitution and gov
ernrlent of said proposed state are repub-
Lean In form. said constitution is not re-
pugnant to the Constitution of the United
States end the Declaration of Independ-
enee; and all the provisions Of said act have
been complied with in the formation of
said constitution and government:
Now, therefore, /, Grover Cleveland,
resident of the United States of America,
in accordance with tire act of Congress
afors said,- end by authority thereof an
pCunoe the result of said election to be as
certified. and do hereby declare and pro-
claim that the terms and conditions pre-
scrif ed by the Congress of the United
States to entitle the state of Utah to ad-
mission into the Union have been duly
complied with, and that the creation CT
said state ard it's admission into the Union
or an equal footing with the original
states Is now accomplished.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
Set my hand ard caused the seal of the
United States to be affixed.
n q ri nf "a oh =,
day of January. in the year Of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six,
and of the independence of the United
States Of Ameritu the one hundred and
twentieth
GseaD GROVER CLEVELAND.
By the President: s..
RICHARD OLNEY, Secretary Of State
The Pen Preserved.
The signature of the proclamation was
waited with great interest by Governor
West and Delegate Cannon, just outside of
the Presidents room. The instrument used
was an ordinary wood penholder with a
steel stub pen. This was handed to the
governor, who will take it to Salt Lake.
where 1t will be placed upon exhibition and
then preserved historical relic Ac-
ccrdins to promise. Private Secretary Thur
Der also sent a telegram Immediately upon
the signature of the document to the gov
ernor of tine state of Utah, announcing the
1act and the exact moment of signature
Wn1ch was lo o'clock, and as the people of
the new state had G:ade preparations in ad-
vance to celebrate the occasion. it was the
signal FOR general rejoicing, and firing
OF guns and speaking. The proclamation
itself. after being shown to Governor West
and Delegate Cannon was sent by special
messenger to the Department Of State.
where 1t was placed among the archives
OF the United States government. Notwith-
standing its Importance, 1t is by no means
an imposing document in appearance being
written in Mr.. Pruden's handwriting with
stub pen, upon one large double sheet
OF plain white paper. stamped with the
great seal of the United States.