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4 THE SALT LAKE HERALD TWENTYSIXTH YEAR SALT LAKE CITY UTAH TUESDAY JANUARY 71896 NUMBER 158 00 i LU 1 1 no The Crowning Day In The History of Utah The Inaugural I rcn rzv1 Heber ra I TT ii i Participated In By Many Thousands Rejoicing Citizens Nc i RI ro KF TH I OF iE I I OC Ii 1 From All Parts of The State The Parade a Magnificent PEAC BORN STATE 4 I PageantAn Immense Throng at the Tabernacle Where I ThE 0 SiitliSjisgffidaSj 1 IIfnruJ 4 lI I The Impressive Exercises Were HeldActing Governor Richards Surrenders The Executive Office To a rtii Governor Wells Story of The Long Struggle For Statehood Told In The Inaugural MdressThe Legisla 9 s1 4j 1 ture Convened In Special SessionInaugural Ball Last NightThe Theatre A Scene of Dazzling Splendor 7 iJ 1i New Era Dawns Upon a Happy and United People With Prosperity Smiling Brightly Before Them I I 0 fair young mother on thy brow Shall sit a nobler grace than now Deep in the brigntncis Of thy skies The thronging years in glory rise And as they fleet Drop strength and riches at thy feet Thine eye with every corning hour Shall brighten and thy form shall tower Ii And when thy sisters older born Would brand thy name with words of scorn Before tfchie eye Upon their lips the taunt shall die Wm Cullen Bryant i INAUGURAL PARADE Brilliant Pageant on the Streets Yesterday nlJrning The parade yesterday morning was one of the most striking features of the Inauguration and made a fitting pre Jmmary to the Impressive ceremonies that followed at the tabernacle Tt was a complete suwess and under able direction of Marshal Turton and his aides VHS conducted without sin trror Every organization was in If place when the command Forward was given and the line of march was completed without a hitch RDER OF THE PROCESSION Sixteen of the finest maching ui ast made up the firct platoon vUnch cleard the way for the two bat tatuons of the Sixteenth infantry vhich headed by its magnificent band had the right of the line General Pros was In command The Six trerth materially assisted in making thf parade a success and for this of fiii1 and mel are entitled to the iiiiks of all Interested Th DenhdJtcr band was followed bs PnKederGeneral Young com mjnalng the NationaJ Guard and his staff The signal corps under Captain iv Hall was the first state organi sation Colonel Henry Page with the field and staff of the First infantry I headed the first battalion of that organization Captain Saunders of Farmiogton with his company were also in the parade The militia made avery handsome appearance Captain Saunders and his men were especially admired for their precision of move Jment and military bearing icnltz 1 i The officials and retiring officials in I carriages were escorted by troop I First cavalry commanded by Captain Naj lor Carriage No 1Governor Heber Wells and exAotlngGovernor Charles Richards Carriage No Secretary of State John Hammond exSecretary Elijah Sells President Wilford Woodruff and Dr lilt Carriage No 3ExDelegate George Cannon exDelegate Joseph Rawlins and exDelegate John Caine Carriage No 4chlef Justice Charles Zanc United States District Attorney I Judd and AttorneyGeneral A Bisboo Carriage No 5Assistant Justices I James A Miner and George Bartch exJustice William King of Provo 4 i and District Judge Rolapp of Ogden i rrloge 3o 6Stat Treasurer Jt James CWpman sT rrltorial Treas I ci urer Whitehead jr and Hon Morgan Richards Carriage No 7State Superintendent of Schools John Park exCom missioner Lewis Mayor James Glendinning and tatMayor Robert NI Baskin I Carriage No Meiribers of Utah commission Hons Albert Norrell Hoy Sherman jr and George Thatcher Carriage No 9Senators Chambers A Evans Snow and Representative James Andrews Carriage No 10Senators Abraham Zundel John Barnes Glen Miller and Hiram Booth Carriage No 11Senators Reuben Miller John Chidester James Driscoll and Candland Carriage No 12 Senators David Mc May and Allison jr Carriage No 13Representatives Peter Thompson John Lowry sr Orville Thompson and A Condon Carriage No Representative Presley Denny Tom Ferguson Bolltho and dishing Carriage No Representatives A Smoot Clark Ferguson I and Thorn Carriage No Representatives William Gibson Aquila Nebeker I Radditz Peter Maughan Thomas Scavy and Hyrum Lemmon CarTlae No Representatives I Joseph Monson Mansfield Shafer A Sorenson Lewis 1 and Bernheisel i Carriage No Representatives Gibbs Stevens Egan I A Curtis Harris and A Taylor Carriac No Representatives Nebekir Snedaker Joseph I Robinson Daniel Heiner Larson and William Howard Carriage No Representatives I George Beard A Caziar Charles Mor rm and Wilson Carriage No 2L Hon A Smoot and Bishop Jacob Weller I HEBER WELLS i First Governor of the State ol Utah original pioneers of 47 George Crls mon and Weiler Carriage No 22Apostle John Henry Smith Apostle and Mrs Francis Lyman Carriage No Presidency of the Salt Lake stake Angus Cannon Joseph Taylor and Penrose Then came the pride of the guard First battery commanded by Captain Glbbs The battery attracted a great deal of favorable attention Helds band headed Maxwell and McKean posts A The old vets marched as proudly as they did when they trod down the valleys of Virginia In the dark days of 61 and many an old fellows heart beat quicker and his eye grew brighter as the music reminded Wm of the day when with Sherman he mardhxJd From Atlanta the sea The veteran firemen eighty strong Ii drawing the old hand engine made pretty display in their bright red shirts and helmets Chief Pratt Captain Donovan Field i I Marshal Jim Adams and a party of Ja rHq8caroe next in tlie vjjairol wasonf I which was handsomely decorated 1 The fire department followed in the order stated Chiefs Devine and Donovan I Chemical engine Hose wagon Steamer No2 Boys brigade I Hook and ladder No 2 I reel The coach Utah loaded with Union Pacific officials and employees I filled the next place and was followed by McDonalds float Salt Lake division No1 I was next and made a fine showing The traveling men forty strong with grip In hand each man wearing I a jaunty cap came next and were warmly greeted along the line The Select Knights A with I their neat uniforms and showy chapeaus I succeeded the traveling men and were followed by the three lodges I of this city Salt Lake Turnverien headed by a band represented the German citizens There were sixty In line Behind was a I huge float loaded with apparatus upon which expert gymnasts performed to the edification of the concourse Then followed a goodly membership of the Scandinavian societies and succeeding this came a long line of citizens in carriages and sleighs WITNESSED BY CROWDS It seemed as though the patriotic citizens of Salt Lake had turned out en masse to witness the parade and a great number of people from neighboring towns and settlements swelled the vast crowds on the streets The utmost enthusiasm prevailed and along Main street hearty cheers were given as the parade passed When the procession reached the tabernacle the battery proceeded to Capitol hill and just before the oath of office was administered to the governor the salute of fortyfive guns commenced Thousands of people were unable to gain admittance to the tabernacle which was soon packed to its utmost capacity and for hours the streets remained crowded with happy citizens of the peaceborn state who expressed their joy by shaking hands blowing horns and cheering I I Xotcs on the Parade The Germans and Scandinavians made a good showing The military display was an imposing feature of the parade Rawlins got the biggest applause of the day at the tabernacle The militia boys were not one tittle behind the regulars In their soldierly bearing and appearance Marshal Burton was a striking figure in the procession and rode as gracefully as any of the young fellows The militia were very much admired for the excellence of their appearance and the perfection of their marching The Union Pacific boys had their drag decorated with a shield the roads trademark and the words The Union Is Pacific What was the matter with the Infantry antry companies of the militia in that they nearly delayed the procession through lateness In arriving at the up I pointed rendezvous Every department of the National Guard was praised yesterday and the showing made by the militia as a whole under command of Brigadier General Young was very creditable General Penrose and his excellent command formed the chief feature of the parade The citizens appreciate the kindness of the United States troops in turning out to help celebrate the great day The signal corps of the militia did itself proud in conveying to Captain GIbbs battery the Information of the introduction of Goernor Wells so quickly that the first gun sounded before the governor took his seat INAUGURAL EXERCISES the Great Tabernacle Packed from Floor to Ceiling STATE OFFICERS SWORN IN AMID TIlE GREATEST ENTHUSIASM FROM TUB MUIriTtrDE Prayer by President Woortrnfr Hon Rairlina Rcnil President Cleveland Statehood Proclamation Acting Governor Richards Surrenders to the New State Officers Governor Wells Proclamation to the Legislature and Inaugural Address The people began flocking to the tabernacle an hour before the time fixed for the commencement of the exercises About llSO the doors were opened and streams of humanity poured In through each until the vast building was packed from floor to dome as probably it had never been packed before and the grounds were thronged by eager citizens unable by any means tQ effect entrance On the platform were noticed among others President Wilford Woodruff Governorelect Wells Acting Governor Richards Rev I lilt Chief Justice Zane Judges Bartch Miner Powers King and Judd AttorneyGeneral A Bishop Secretary of State Hammond Hon John I Caine exMayor Baskin Mayor Glen dinning Hon George Cannon I Colonel Tatlock James Chipman Hoyt Sherman Hon 3 Rawlins John I Henry Smith BrIgham Young Lyman Joseph Smith A Cannon Whitehead Jr Hon Chambers General Young Frank Jennings Penrose Bliss A Smith Major Downey General Pen I rose Sixteenth Infantry John Cannon Captain Hall George Thatcher Clayton Booth Captain Morrison Lieutenants Buck Simmons Castle Spencer Erwin Major McLaughlin Colonel Coats Captain Whltell Lieutenant Woodward Lieutenant George Captain Richards Lieutenant Sorley Lieutenant Dunning Captain Allen Lieutenant Palmer Lieutenant Cowles Lieutenant Lassiter Captain McFarland Lieutenant Carey Captain Noble Lieutenant Steedman Lieutenant Preston Captain Woodbury Lieutenant Wright Surgeon Major GIrard Lieutenant Deshon assistant surgeon State Treasurer Chipman State Auditor Morgan Richards The decorations were gorgeous and elaborate as befitted the most porten tious occasion that Utah has seen Hanging in midair above the great auditorium was the mammoth flag spangled now with fortyfive stars The flag extended over 150 teet In length and was 75 feet wide On it was the new star that silver tongued men were eulogizing and the populace were saluting with storms of enthusiasm In reality It did glitter as if in honor of its newness and greatness for behind it several Incandescent lights were suspended From the end of the great flag long Ines of bunting floated to the upper part and lower angles of the organ Between the two towers of the piping giant an electric display of Utah in variegated colors was hung and just above with his claws clinging to the national colors was the bird of freedom The inscription 1847IS9S stood out In burnished letters on either side IdeThe The large pulpits occupied by Utahs statesmen were hidden in the stars and stripes pinioned in the center by the national shield All the ball us trade at the west end of the hall was swept by draping in red white and Jjluo andj in pleasing relief to th pre lQ J4inatlnfj colors tropical plants were stationed in front Of the high stand The banner of the republic also hung opposite the pulpits on the east side of the gallery From here around the rotunda were swung the favorite colors bedecked in turn with small flags countless elmost as the row of eager faces above them CALLED TO ORDER At 1230 Secretary of the Terri toryjC Richards the acting governor called the meeting to order He said he felt the honor conferred on him in being asked to preside in the capacity ofacting governor over this vast assemblage on this auspicious occasion For nearly fifty years the people of Utah had waited and hoped for the blessings and privileges which today they enjoy equally with the most favored citizens of the United States There are aniong the people assembled here not less than three generations of voters reared in Utah who have not hitherto cast their votes for president of the United States who will next November for the first time have a voice in the election of the president of the great republic Applause I This said the speaker is the proudest day of my life and in saying so I but eoho the sentiment of a quarter of a million of people who rejoice at the placing of the new star on the flag Our happiness today is in laying aside territorial bondage and exercising every right of free born citizens I The Sixteenth Infantry band was I introduced and rendered a musical selection I I lection very pleasingly PRESIDENT WOODRUFFS PRAYER Mr Richards stated that President Woodruff was not in sufficiently good health to permit of his delivering the Invocation but the aged president had prepared a prayer which would be read by President George Cannon Mr Cannon was received with applause and read the prayer as follows Almighty God the Creator of heaven and earth thou who art the God of nations and the Father of the spirits of all men we humbly bow before Thee on this great occasion and recognize Thy wonderworking hand in the liberty which has come to the people of Utah We thank Thee and praise Thy holy niame for Thy mercy and Thy goodness and we worship Thee as the Ruler of the Universe When we gaze upon these fertile valleys with their abundant products of field and garden of fruit and flower of milk and honey their flocks and herds their swelling streams and flowing fountains their pleasant ihomes and prosperous inhabitants upon the grand mountains which have yielded vast treasures of useful and precious minerals upon the marts of trade the hives of industry the houses of learning and of religion and upon the signs of progress In art and science In taste and refinement and contrast these with the barren und silent wastes which greeted the eyes of the pioneers when they first looked upon these dry sage lands less than half a century ago our souls are filled with wonder and with praise While hardy hands and skillful brains have worked unceasingly the enterprising minds have directed I the totters who labored to bring about this splendid transformation it has been thy blessing and thy guiding spirit which has inspired both the leader and the followers and to thee we give the glory And now when the efforts of several decades tosecure the priceless boon of perfect political liberty often appearing to be in vain have at length been crowned with glorious success we feel that to thee our father and our God we are indebted for this Inestimable blessing Through many years of estrangement I from our fellow citizens afar off wiho know us not we have struggled for the recognition whldh is given to us today Thou knowest all hearts and art our witness that In the the misunderstandings and differences that have occurred the people of these mountain vales have been loyail upholders of the constitution of our country and those republican institutions which thou dldst Inspire the fathers of the nation to institute and establish We desire I our Father to maintain them inviolate And now that we have acquired through Thy blessing the power to aid in their preservation we pray Thee to bless us so to do and to secure that liberty to others which we prize for ourselves We pray Thee to bless the president of the United States and his cabinet that they may be Inspired to condui1 the affairs of this great nation In wisdom justice and equity that Its rights may be maintained at home and abroad and that all Its cit zens may enjoy the privileges of free men Bless Thou the legislative and judicial branches of the government I that wholesome laws may be enacted I and administered In the spirit of II righteousness and equity Bless the army and the navy as the defenders of the right and as a terror to those who would break down the bulwarks of our liberties So shall the nation flourish and shine as the beacon light of freedom to all the world We pray for the officers of fair Utah now wait ing before Thee for Thy favor clothed with the spotless robes of newly en dowed statehood In her allotted place among her sisters of the union Bless we pray Thee the governor the judge the legislators and all who have been chosen to occupy official stations in I this commonwealth that they may understand the grave responsibility which rest upon them that they may be true to their official oaths and that under their administration this young and vigorous state may move forward gathering strength and greatness as it grows until It shall be the pride and admiration of all beholders May the legislative assembly about to meet be directed by Thee In preparing a code for the regulation of the state I and In choosing men to represent the people in the Senate of the United States Bless the Inhabitants of Utah I in every part of its domain that they may dwell together In love and peace and unite to promote the general wel I fare develop those abundant resources which await the skill and enterprisE and labor of the thrifty and industrious to make this a place of richness and beauty unexcelled throughout the land Our Father we rejoice before Thee with full hearts this glorIous day We invoke Thy blessing upon all who are present and those who are absent upon the rich and the poor upon the strong and the weak upon the healthy and the sick and pray Thee to remember and bless them each according to their needs and just desires and may all partake of the spirit of this joyous occasion and of the benefits which have come to us And may the privileges of free government be ex tended to every land and clime until tyranny and oppression shall be broken down to rise no more until all nations shall unite for the common good that war may cease that the voice of strife may be hushed that universal brotherhool may prevail and Thou 0 God shall be honored every where as the Everlasting Father and the King of peace We dedicate to Thee this new born state Be Thou our guide our strength and our de fense forever we ask all In the name of Jesus Christ our Redeemer Amen The chorus lead by Professor Evan Stephens sang The Star Spangled Banner in a manner that stirred the souls of the assemblage and elicited cheers STATEHOOD PROCLAMATION READ oJ The president then called upon Hon Rawlins to read the proclamation of statehood Mr Rawlins was received with prolonged applause and read the proclamation as published in The Herald of Sunday After the reading of the proclama tion Mr Rawlins turned to Governor Wells and said I now have the honor I to present to Heber Wells the first I governor of Utah the pen used by I President Cleveland at ten minutes to mIdnIght on the 16th day of July 1894 in signing the bill under which Utah became a state I present it to you in order that it may be preserved In the archives of the state Great ap plause Music by the Denhalter band fol lowed GOVERNOR RICHARDS SURRENDERS Acting Governor Richards then ad dressing Governor Wells said in pursuance of the constitution of the new state and of the terms of the enabling act the time has arrived when the federal power withdraws and yields UP to the native son who has been chosen as governor of the state of Utah In conformity with this I now have the pleasing duty to surrender to him the executive power on his taking the oath of office to be administered to him by the chief justice of the new state the Hon Charles Zane Governor Wells then came forward and subscribed to the oath immediately after which the same oath was administered to the other state officer James Chipman treasurer James Hammond secretary A Bishop at orneygeneral Morgan Richards auditor The form of oath was as follows You solemnly swear that you will support maintain and defend the constitution of the United States and the constitution of the state of Utah and that you will discharge the duties of your office with fidelity The song written specially for the occasion by Prof Stephens entitled Utah We Love Thee was rendered by the chorus of a thousand voices inmost pleasing and effective mnnnpr after which Secretary of State James Hammond read the proclamation of Governor Wells calling a special session of the legislature as follows HIS FIRST PROCLAMATION By the Governor of the State of Utah Whereas The constitution of this state does not fix the time for the commencement of the first regular sessian of the legislature of the state of Utah by reason of which an extraordinary occasion exists Therefore I Heber Wells governor of the state of Utah by virtue of the authority vested In me by the constitution of this state do hereby convene tho legislature of this state special session to commence on the 6th day of January A 1806 at 2 oclock pm of that day at the joint city and county building in the city and county of Salt Lake for the purpose of fixing a time certain by legislative enactment for the commencement of the first regular session of the legislature of this state Done at Salt Lake city at 12 ocloclc noon this 6th day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninetysix and of the independence of the United States the one hundred and twentieth and In the first year of the state of Utah HEBER WELLS JAMES HAMMOND Governor Seal Secretary of State INAUGURAL ADDRESS Governor Wen then read his inaugural address as given verbatim elsewhere in this issue of The Herald REV ILIFF CLOSES The reading of the address occupied fiftyseven minutes after which the audience sang America and the pro ceedings closed by the Rev IHfC giving the following prayer Almighty God we present unto thee the profound gratitude of our hearts for the occasion which has assembled us here at this hour and all glory be to the Father and to the Son and lo I the Holy Ghost May the unclouded sky of this high noon be a fitting symbol bol of the increasing lustre that shall shine upon our new state forever and may the purity of all hearts enter a glad acclaim today that will rest upon us and our children In all the future And now may the peace be a glorious peace which has come to Utah and niter long years all conflict be undisturbed by the passion or prejudice of brother man forever more May no one ever have reason to regret that the fortyfifth star was placed In our counts fag the stars and stripes May all the people purnose and determine to make Utah the brightest star of the whole nation naton God our Father by whose hand thy peonle still are blessed be with us through our pilgrimage conduct to the end and all honor be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost Amen As the assembled multitude Cia versed the combined bands played the familiar strains or Hat Columbia and the Star SJpangled Banner I which were intermingled with patriotic shouts and cheers from the departing i throng I 1 HIS POINT OF VIEW Rock Savage claims the honor I awarded to someone else of having hoisted the first flag in Utah after the receipt of the news that the statehood proclamation had been signed He is prepared to defend his claims against allcomers I The Sego lily the flower of the new state of Utah is being used In various ways One or two of our enterprising jewelers have made stick pins Will Calder of Tree Tea fame has adopted it as trade mark having had one specially ially painted from nature and Ernest Williams the wellknown boot and shoe man is also using the emblem In his business No matter to what uses the flower may be put It really deserves a place in the crest of Utah No more beautiful wild flower ever grew on the mountain slopes and besides its beauty the pioneers if history be correct found It useful as well The Knights of the Grip made a most excellent showing and nothing could be sweeter than some of the smiles received by them en route Each carried a grip either borrowed or otherwise acquired The boys 0 the road were very much pleased to reach here in time to take part in such ian important event Good luck to i them one and all I Colonel Trumbo has a horseshoe over I the main entrance to his mansion I Does i mean good luck to the man who goes in or the man who goes out at II Even nature was propitious My dreams ot thirty years have been fulfilled said an old un as he I vIewed the procession No territory ever entered the Union I under more auspicious circumstances I No wonder there was rejoicing Of all Uncle Samuels daughters Utah Is the queen The signal corps and tire boys of the battery did grsat work yesterday and we are proud of them Many people who were in the tabernacle grounds watched with mudh pleasure a Interest the conveying of the signal from I the tabernacle There is no truth in the rumor that Captain Dobson fell from his horse The police boys made a fine appearance but they would have done bet ar duty had they kept some of the cheap advertising fakes at a distance 3 The boys from the fort made a mot most all excellent showing Heres to you The great flag in the tabernacle aroused the most intense admiration I failed to learn the names of th mak cr5 but they deserve the thanks of the tea thousand people present The Sixteenth Infantry and Peer ens bands never did better street work Both are entitled to warm praise The Inaugural ball well those who were there could scarcely describe it and a I was on the outside I shall not attempt it The appearance of General Burton in the parade reminded me of and in the times of the long ago dentally of the fact that I am not as young as I used to bee Will Calders home In the Twentieth ward was lavishly decorated and it is not giving away any state secrets when I say lie was right proud of i Did you see Dinwoodeys star Leslie Boyden came in from Coalvills Lele BOJen to celebrate but left for his home early in the evening The veteran firemen made a most magnificent showing and as the old fellows marched alone I recalled the dangers they had run the clothes they lad spoiled and the sickness they had suffered through exposure At their head and where he has a right to be was exChief Ottinser a man whom very vet loves as he loves his own brother a man who never faltered whoever asked the volunteers of the olden days to gO where he was afraid toad and he knew not what fear was Far be I from me to detract from the regular firemen of today but when I saw on a wagon of the fire department the rather ostenstatious sign You create wealth we save it I could not help but think such a display was In very poor taste As a fact was I not an insult to the veterans who for years not only created wealth but saved it as well Who bought their own clothes Who worked at a fire all night and at their regular vocation nil nigt Who went down deep Into their own pockets to save wealth many and many a time Who contracted disease and suffered death while in the volunteer department Whose only motto in the days gone by was We aim to aid and work to save It would have been Just as appropriate had the platoon of police borne a banner Inscribed You get on a jag we take care of youl I INAUGURAL ADDRESS Read By Governor Wells at the Tabernacle WAS HEARD BY THOUSANDS CONGRATULATIONS FOR THC PIONEERS NEERS TTIIO BLAZED TIE WY A Review of All the Attempts to Secure Statehood Clulmlnntlnj In tIle Scene IVltneiietl Yeutor Uay Cause For Felicitation I Wealth of the Nci State The Future Will Be What We Miikc I I Following is the full text of Governor I Wells Inaugural address read by his excellency to the vast multitude at the i I tabernacle yesterday INAUGURAL ADDRESS I is an Important occasion that has brought us together today under the spacious roof of this historic building We are here to join in the ceremom attending the birth of a new state to the Union The circumstances surrounding the birth are most happy and auspicious I is proper therefore that we indulge In mutual congratulations tions and rejoicings First and foremost let us congratulate the Pioneers that heroic band of patriots who blazed the way for western civilization who built the bridge and Killed the snakes who turned the waters upon the burning soil and I wrung from desolation the bounteous harvests which we are reaping who I planted the Stars and Stripes on yonder peak and In the name of freedom I begun the work which we are consummating now I Is nearly half ja century since with tired feet th Pioneers first entered the valley of the II Great Salt Lal end many of that i lustrlous 143 whose courage and prowess I beat down the barriers in a thousand miles of trackless wilderness overcome at last by the fatigues I added years have lain their weary bodies down to rest where sleep the I brave and the Just We turn our I thoughts to them today and with I hearts bursting with gratitude speak their i esw and tell anew their I valorous deeds In hallowed reverence To those of the Pioneers who have survived those early hardships and are here to participate with us In the general Joy of this occasion let us yield the place of honor as the founders of I our glorious commonwealth and pay I them the homage due their noble work As for those of us who followed In I their wake whether we came to Utah in the slow moving prairie schooner of I frontier days or In the lightning express train of mara recent years or whether born upon tnV soil let us clasp hands upon this nata day and congratulate each other upon tt fcoi py solution of all past contentions and our succession to the full rights and prlvllegea of citizenship In a free and sovereign state of the grandest tc public the world has ever seen And while felicitating ourselves and our state upon her admission into th union 1e us not omit to congratulate the union upon the acquisition of another commonwealth of magnificent proportions and superb possibilities The grandeur of wealth with which natutv has endowed her the intelligence industry and thrift of her people enr gized by the vigor of her wonderful climate give assurance that Utah WIl be a tower of strength to the national fabric supporting with sturdy might her share of the public burden and forming an element of national greatness which can but redound to the tle honor and glory of the republic UTAHS WEALTH I So that both state and nation have cause for exultation upon Utahs statehood I the state because of the great I benefaction of constitutional government i ment bestowed by a wise and generous Congress tha nation because of the addition of a new commonwealth I pledged to the perpetuity of the union I and possessed of infinite treasures which the state whICh upon her admission I lavs at th feet of the nation I I I were asked to enumerate i mor specific terms the riches that Utah affords the country as recompense for lid statehood I should say she offers I the gold and silver and lead and copper and iron of her mountains tar luxurious soil of her valleys a match I less life saving climate a most efficient I I public school system and the gratitude I of a happy homogeneous patriotic I people She offers homes to settlers I Investments to capitalists work to I laborers health to invalids attractions to pleasure seekers opportunity to I fortune hunters Utah today stretches forth her arms and beckons to the densely peopled districts of the east to come out and share her glories She I lifts up her voice in loyalty and love of country du to the support and perpetuity of the union of which she becomes I an integral part with a firm I reliance on the protection of dlvino I providence her quarter of a million i people pledge anew their lives their fortunes and their sacred honor I I Is usual at such a time a this marking as It does an epoch in history I to permit the pertinent incidents of the past leading up to the fruition I of the present to be reviewed anr I contemplated The long period of I Utahs probation covering a period of nearly half a centurly strewn as it is with thorns and roses invests her history with a charm and interest more than usually inviting and so I shall proceed to a brief recital of thw events which may be said to constitute the evolution of Utahs statehood THE FIRST EFFORT The first effort of the people to secure constitutional government was in 1349 eighteen months after the advent of the Pioneers and one year after the sign ing of the famous treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo by which the soil they occupied was ceded from Mexico to the United States A call for a convention conventon was issued to consider the political needs of the community It was ad dressed to all the citizens of that portion of upper California lying east of the Sierra Nevada mountains The convention assembled at Salt Lake city In March and decided to petition Congress for a territorial form of government and to organize pending congressional action a provisional state government A committee appointed ap pointed to draft and report a consti tution for the temporary state of Des eret consisted of Albert Carrinston Joseph Heywood William I Phelps David Fullmer John Full mer Charles Rich John Taylor Parley Pratt John Bernhesel Erastus Snow The convention continued its deliberations on the 8th Olb and 10th of March and adopted the constitution reported by the committee tee Its wearable was a follows Whereas A large number of the citizens of the United States before I and since the treaty of peace with the I republic of Mexico emigrated to and.