The herald., 1896-01-05
THE PROCLAMATION SIGNED
Which Makes a State of Utah
Territory
THE INAUGURAL CEREMONIES
Are Arranged to Take Place on Mon.
day Next
All the Public Business of the Territory Has
lf~
THE INAUGURAL CEREMONIES
All the Public Business of the Territory Has
Been Closed Up In Readiness
for Statehood

Associated Press. Special Wire
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1.-The president at
o o'clock this morning signed the procIa-
nation admitting Utah to statehood. The
proclamation is as follows:
BY the Pres dent of the United States-A
proclaInatlon:
Whereas, The congress of the United
States passed an act which was approved
on the l 9th day of July. 1894. entitled,
IAN act to enable the people of Utah TO
form constitution and state government
and to be admitted in'o the Union on an
equal footing with the original siates,"
which act provided for the election of dele.
gates to a constitutional convention to
meet at the seat of government of the ter
ritOry of Utah on the first Monday in
March, 1898, for the purpose of declaring
the adoption of the constitution of the
United States by the people of the pro-
posed state, and forming constitution
and state government for such state;
Whereas, Delegates were accordingly
elected, who met, organized and declared
on behalf of the people of said proposed
state the adoption of the constitution of the
United States, all as provided in said act:
and
Whereas. Said convention, 80 organized.
did by ordinance, irrevocaby, with the
consent of the United States and the peo-
pie of said state, as required by said act,
which prov dee that perfect federation OF re-
ligious sentiment shall be secured. and
taat no inhabitants of said state shall ever
be molested in person or property on ac-
count of his or her mode of religious wor
ship, but that polygamous or plural mar
ranes are forever prohibited, nd did also
by said ordinance make other and various
stipulations recited in section of said act;
and
Whereas, Said convention thereupon
formed a constitution and state govern
ment for said proposed state, which con-
stitution, including said ordinance, was
duly submitted to the people thereof at an
election he d on Tuesday next after the
hrst Monday of November, 1895, as di-
rected by said act; and
Whereas, The return of said election has
been made and canvassed and the result
thereof certified to by me, together with
s'a ement of the votes cast and a copy of
sa d constitution and ordinance, all pro-
vided in said act, showing that majority
of the votes lawfully cast at such elec ion
was for ratification and adop ion OF said
cons tuition and ordinance; and
Whereas, Tie constitution and govern
ment of said proposed ate are republican
in form, said constitution is not repugnant
to The constitution of the Uni ed )
and the Declaration of Independence; aud
all he provisions of said act have been
complied with in the formation OF said con-
tuition and government.
Now, therefore. |, Grover Cleveland,
president of the United ates of America,
in accordance with an act of congress.
aforesaid, and by authority thereof, an.
nounce the result of said election to be a
| so certified and do hereby declare am
| proclaim that the terms and coniitior.4
| prescribed by the congress OF the Unite.
| States, to entite the ate of ah to A.
mission into The union have been duiv
complied with, and that the creation of
| said state and its admission into the union
ibU tryith a
is now accomplished.
In testimony whereof ! have hereto sci
my hand and caused the seal of the United
States to be affixed. Done at the city CT
Washington this fourth day of January. in
the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and ninety-six, and OF the indie
pendence of the Cnited states of America
the one hundred and twentieth.
GROVER CLEVELAND.
By the President.
RICHARD OLNEY. (Seal.)
Secretary of State.
The signature Of the proclamation was
awaited with great interest by Governor
West and Delegate Cannon just outside OF
the presidents room. The instrument
used was an ordinary wood penho!der with
a eel stub pen. This was banded to the
governor, who will take it to Sat Lake.
where it will be placed on exhibition and
then preserved as q historical relic. Ac-
cording to promise Private Secretary
Thurber also cent a telegram Immediately
upon the signature of the document 10 the
government of the stale of Utah announc-
ing the fact and the exact moment of
signature, which was 10 o'clock. The
people of the new s,a,e had made prepara-
tions in advance to celebrate the occas on.
The proclamation Itself, after being
shown 10 Governor West and Delegate
Cannon, was sent by special messenger to
the department OF state. where it was
placed among the archives of the Unrted
States government. Notwithstanding its
importance il j. by no means an imposing
document in appearance. being written in
Mr.. Pruden's handwriting with a stub pen,
upon one large double sheet of plain white
paper, stamped with the great seal of the
United States.
THE NEWS IN UTAH.
SALT LAKE, Jan. 4.-Manager Brown of