The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-06

Barrett ono day: L want to support your rcso.
luton whom IL comes up to the senate 'Whatr
said he. Yes, l want to show that New Eng
land, 80 fond Of her great sons, produced nearly
81 OF our Utah pioneers, among them Brigham
will you build any more railroads In Utah
81 think we shall build some more in time.
all tho Territories and States except Utah no had
to spend money to be rid Of opposition; to hiro
Should Altoona nU"S and tho othor Territories
come in as States T.
81 think they should, I know there Is OPPOSE
people that 1t is not our fault. The Constitution
was made long before our time and provided for
admitting new States into tho Senate %nurneri-
cally with moro Senators than Representatives.
Of Utah when admitted. Il Is true that New
York, Mt the present time has n great population,
Snt INC PURPOSE ct the Scnnt9 WAS TO rccoKniSe
Under that organic instrument we have done
no more, than iulhl the conditions required OF
discipline We obtain In tho Senate promotes tho
science Of solf.goyorn,nent and hastens our II.
thrown up to us that we have not tho popula.
ton Of some other States. Utah has double the
p pop la ,m,o of D Del Srorsn has am more Ts Then Nevada ,o ada:
three OF the Sew England States in population
before long. We arc safer in tho Union to tho
what arc your associates from Utnhr'
the Representative is Mr.. king. Mr.. Rollins is
not q Mormon. though his father Is eminent In
Hebcr Wells OF tho family of our pioneers. Ibe-
lievs, though l have not investigated II. that
sn,iro is st shs oniy ONE Mss OF no tho new 10 ,h states ststS whSse
Rollins Ms BORN Pm in Utah tab, tn 1850 myself in 1882
"What is the party politics of Utah r.
the silver Republicans. who gave their votes to
the clear Populists cast some 1000. votes only
viii Bryan be the eandidats, think! you. of
'n %T Tl'Sff IS iR harG to s nsx' ' n Sn OF can ant tsf that. Re-
alignment is generally predicted. Idonbt IL any
ca can politics. iii ssS such a. the "s war o or tariffs" A'"''
Why do you think tariffs will DO elimi-
"Becauso the Wilson Tariff bill broke up
nominated md elected and s%ustains Mckinley
Democrats shifted the issue from tariff to silver.
than they, and It is. still the centre Of the new
alignment and Is dividing the Repuhllcans, who
f RSna msnSSed or in ths S,asr s yoS n by the So silver re-.
member that upon this question with Others
left the St. Louis convention without any pas
sion, merely seeing for ourselves and our con-
stitucncics what The vote proved. Ali the States
but two west OF the Missouri went for Bryan.
and they were old Republican States. Colorado
going as sixteen to two"
What wcrc you before that schism T.
James G.. Blaine. His commercial and indus.
trial views fitted our State. where we protected
SHs SeTs' % prac sissff' illustr lIaa OF one ss sHtso% GP:
ence, for we took nothing whatever with us and
had no other base Of supplies than the cannons
tations we had made in Missouri, Illinois. and
Iowa. No other colony that I ever heard Of
had no Mayaower.' So our leaders took
and mnnufactHres and vary production, and so
we planted the mulberry tree and still raise
prize for !" silk at the Chicago Exhibition. We
also took the worlds prize there for sugar. our
first attempt at raising the beet going back forty
sugar in Utah last year. and arc going forward
with it as a standard crop, our acreage. yielding
have Observed that I introduced a Hfi
for an export bounty on AGRICULTURAL pro
very successfully. The irrigation OF Utah
was in the nature of q mutually protective law;
pascal Sc L espV to n neishbor; and see Wha, We &C.
complishcd compared to Nevada, which had
money while we VI had ms nGne IN They 6sfnn made h. a , few
sion. Now the population of Salt Lake City
alone though, of tn, direct RAILROAD line. Is
probably equal TO all the people in Nevada"
Your pioneers went to work like Hamilton to
develop all the resources Of a nationr"'
We even introduced the arts. Did any other
stage. is fun OF Utah. actors and actresses
Msads ADAMS, . w an1, PLAYS With John Prev PRE- a., IN
delegate in Congress from Utah. John T. Caine,
is our old theatrical manager; and the Indian
passed for art. Music was started Immediately
IN Utah by an Italian convert, and the Salt Lake
Chicago: OF course we think it ought TO have
You raise cotton, too. in Utah T.
YES, at ST. George, on the desert near All
IONA. 1t is yet a hundred miles from a railroad
but we expect to come into the worlds markets
yet from our desert. like Egypt with her cotton
ibid You ever think" asked Senator Cannon
civilizations began IN ralnlesS countries
Thebcs. Syria. Arabia. Cashmere, &c. Now
raw men who went there from the Eastern
S,Ssss made ri6sd9aH mors fb trustworthy trsinaS rain ths than sno MA
and aat@A canals. Both for agriculture and To-
like fatalists or oilers; they stir themselves nc
cording to the caprices Of natures showers
the lord OF the rain. Neither he nor the priest
Of Bnal need pray for a cloud when they hols
Nevada, having had fifty years Of mining opu
lence. has turned back TO agriculture. is cult
yating her valleys by Irrigation; and VIII nov
Of the civilization of the American desert is L
be- directed by water in the hands Of a c p ~
get taught us TO be rain makers"
you were speaking of being logically q Re
My father would always have been a Itcput
lican II Utah had been allowed to consider ma
party pUHy' but Utah; so he found nothing to 'obiec
to IN the economical views Of Samuel J. RaT
dali. and. ms Mr.. Randalls friend. was mistak
emily classed as II Democrat. AS soon as tn
hand Of pressure was taken off. father, becam
n protection Republican and was q McKinle
Republican In the campaign. while !, as a silve
Republican. supported Bryan
"Mr. Cannon. when | visited Utah only twer
ty.fve years ago the sentiment Of the Mormo
authorities was holly against miners and mir
ing. How comes 1t that silver and silver mine
are now tho basis of your political parties T.
The agriculture Of Utah required the Who'll
care OF the peoplc at home, and the first infiu
OF miners threatened the stable occupations 9
the people. But Mormon miners were sent 10 M
vada and California and shared in the discover
/, OF gold. We had to have some money, and tho
mined II. In due time tho restrictions wer
taken off mining and added q new resource an
expansion to the State. We have now very larg
mining interests. and take the mining and nor
r etary views OF similar societios.'
/. What nIe your thoughts about agriculture
, protection !"
1.-THE country has acquicsccd in high prices t
, establish the arts, and manufactures. and on
pOriums and cities. whose success Is seen b
/ their beginning to export iron, steel. ,imnl,
. mcnts, machinery, shoes, cotton. &c. All thl
n tju,c rho fornor hnd M Rall In a frnp-trado NM