Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-01-11
PRESS COMMENTS.

San Francisco Chronicle; A new star
has been added to the flag OF the Union.
That which we have known for 40 many
year. ~ Utah Territory IL now the state
Of Utah, endowed with all the attributes
Of state sovereignty possessed by her
elder sisters and entitled 10 govern her-
sell In all RESPECTS, provided tho Consti.
tutitn Of the United sia o. and the acisoi
Congfess DO doemed the supreme law OF
tho land.
some fear has beon expressed tina, the
old leavon " polygamy aud The domina-
ton Of tho Mormon Church may still be
a source Of danger 10 republican instilu-
tons, but we prefer TO believe that the
people OF Utah have framed their Consti-
tuiion and accepted their statehood In
good faith, and that tho reasonable and
thoughtful people, among the Mormons
Themselves, have seen and will 500 that
polygamy aud ecclesiastical rule are out
worn Issues, which IL would be hopeless
10 attempt 10 revive. Tue people OF Utah
know the situation and the sentiment Of
tho pfoson' epoch, aud there seems no
danger Of their attempting to ovorturn an
order u thiBgs to which They have vol
UNFAIRLY consented.
In one respect Utah IL an enormously
valuable accession to the family Of
states. She IL sound as dollar on the
no matter what his political affiliations
may be. Ia not to be persuaded that silver
IL not true. genuine, historical and nec-
osaary money metal, or that the prosper
ity ~ the American people II not to be
promoted by a return 10 free coinage.
Tho advocates OF blmotallism will well
come u their ranks two Senators aud
Representative from Utah, by whatever
political name they may DO known, for
II there be any question on which Ulah
IL unit Il IL the free coinage OF silver,
which il only an equivalent expression
for blmotalllsm.
San Francisco Call. Now that Utah
has become state and today will enter
upon tho practical business OF conduct.
ing It's own affairs, II assumes an impor..
anco which N A. much the product Of It's
history as IL suggested by It's future.
When it, pioneers, tho Mormons, He'd to
IL for refuge and planted their colony on
the smiling plain OF the Great salt Lake.
they never dreamed Of the vas stores of
mineral wealth which lis formidable
mountains held, aud failed to fofcsoe tho
westward surglng OF the civilization
which they had fled, They established n
patriarchAl government OF their own
which was unique on American soil, and
being frugal and industrious thoy pros
perod amazingly.
The bitter struggles which followed tho
efforts OF those not IN sympathy with
their religious Installations need not be
recountod hero. Gradually they yielded
to the outside pressure, were brought
under Federal discipline aud tho opera
ton OF laws compelling thom TO conform
10 tho general usages OF tho country.
Thenceiorward they were no longer
aliens, but were n part OF the great people
from whom they had Withdrawn them
selves. From thaito complete fiillatlon
In tho relation OF Statehood was natural
aud inevitable step, and today there II no
barrier between any Of the people OF
Utah and those who compose tho nation.
Tho future will DO merely the further
development Of this spirit. The sdmls-
sion Of Utah as Stale would have been
impossible had not the past been guar
aniy OF the future. In tho actual work
Of preparing for Statehood were seen the
atrongea. evidence VI unity Of purpose,