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 TWENTY-SIXTH SESSION OF THE_LEGISLATIVE 
 ASSEMBLY OF 'UTAH TERRITORY. 
 
 VISIT 
 
 OF THE 
 
 ' WYOMING LEGISLATURE 
 
 AND 
 
 INVITED GUESTS. 
 
 Proceedings of Joint Session---PiManinie of Entertainment, 
 
 E. TA.Y1-.OR, Public Printer. 
 
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 UBRAPY 
 
 VISIT OF THE WYOMING LEGISLATURE. 
 
 On the 7th day of February, the Legislative Assembly 
 of the Territory of Utah was apprised of the intended visit 
 of the Wyoming Legislature to our Territory, by the fol : 
 lowing communication from His Excellency the Governor: 
 
 Territory of Utah, 
 
 Executive Office, 
 
 Salt Lake City, Feb. 7, 1884. 
 
 To Hon. Wm. W. Chiff, President of the Council: 
 
 Sir. I am officially informed that the members of the Wyoming Leg- 
 islature, with their families, will visit the capital of Utah on Wednesday 
 next, February 1 3, 1884. With a view of receiving the honorable repre- 
 sentatives of our neighboring Territory with a cordial welcome, and to 
 make their sojourn in the Territory of Utah a pleasant one, I would be 
 pleased to co-operate with a joint committee of your honorable bodies, 
 in perfecting necessary arrangements. 
 
 I have the honor to be, 
 Most respectfully, 
 
 ELI H. MURRAY, 
 
 ^ Governor. 
 
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 A Special Joint Committee, consisting of aloys 
 
 < Woolleyand Barton, and Representatives Hatch., Ire snd 
 Morgan, was appointed to co-operate with the Governor in 
 preparing for the reception and entertainment of the dis- 
 tinguished visitors. 
 
 On the llth, the committee reported the following, pro- 
 gramme, which was approved: 
 
 Your Special Joint Committee, appointed to co-operate with the 
 Governor in welcoming to our Territory the members f the Wy 
 Legislature, beg leave to report the following programme: 
 
Gov. Murray, Gen. McCook, and Secy. Thomas and the Legislative 
 Committee will take the 7 a. m. train on Wednesday, Feb. I3th, and pro- 
 ceed east to the Territorial line, at which point they will meet the 
 Wyoming Legislative party, and return with them to Ogden, where the 
 party will be welcomed by the Ogden Brass Band. The Fort Douglas 
 Band will meet the party on their arrival in Salt Lake City, at 3 o'clock 
 p. m. 
 
 In the evening the members of the Utah and Wyoming Legislatures, 
 the civil and military authorities, and other distinguished citizens, will at- 
 tend a concert in the Walker Opera House, tendered by D. Banks 
 McKenzie, Esq., manager. During the evening a welcoming address will 
 be given by Governor Murray. 
 
 On Thursday, I4th, the members of the Wyoming Legislative party 
 will attend a session of the Utah Legislature, at 1 1 o'clock a. m. 
 
 In the evening both legislative bodies, the principal civil and military 
 officials, and prominent citizens will attend a complimentary performance 
 in the Salt Lake Theatre. 
 
 Friday, 2 p. m., carriages will be provided to take the party to Fort 
 Douglas. 
 
 Pursuant to the above, on the morning of the 13th the 
 committee and several prominent citizens proceeded to the 
 Wyoming line and met the excursion train containing the 
 Wyoming Legislative party, consisting of the following 
 named persons: 
 
 LEGISLATORS AND THEIR LADIES. 
 
 Albany County Council W. H. Holliday, Preisdent; Robert Homen 
 John W. Gray. 
 
 Albany County House O. D. Downey and wife, L. D. Kennedy 
 and wife, C. A. Barrard and wife, H. V. S. Groesbeck, Leroy Grant. 
 
 Carbon County Council E. W. Bennett, William Daley. 
 
 Carbon County House L. Onesley, J. E. Osborne, D. F. Dudley ? 
 W. H. Weaver. 
 
 Johnson County House E. M. Snider. 
 
 Laramie County Council A. F. Babbitt, Phillip Dater, F. E. 
 Warner, W. C. Irvine. 
 
 Laramie County House W. N. Craig and child, John F.^Coad, 
 Thomas J. Cahill, wife and son, D. Miller, F. W. Schwartz and wife, H. 
 E. Teschemacher, J. H. Ford, A. Jackson. 
 
 Sweetwater County Council P. J. Hines. 
 
 Sweetwater County House H. T. Nickerson, F. H.Jones, Speaker; 
 O. G. Smith. 
 
 Uintah Couuty Council A. V. Quinn and wife, E. S. Whittier. 
 
 Uintah County House R. B. Seaton, Charles Delaney, E. S. 
 Crocker. 
 
ACCOMPANYING VISITORS. 
 
 James H. Burlison and wife, G. Bailey, Laramie; Mrs. and Miss 
 Graham, Mrs. H. Hayes, Fred Landau and wife, Misses Viola Landau and 
 Bella Kustes, Cheyenne; W. Lindenmeier, Fort Collins; Mrs. Caldwell 
 and two daughters, Mrs. Boise, W. H. Wiliston, William Dunne, conduc- 
 tor, Laramie; A. R. Johnson, Engrossing Clerk, Fort Collins; Nellis Cort- 
 hell, Assistant Chief Clerk, Laramie; H. B. Allen, Cheyenne; E. S. Chap- 
 man, Chaplain, wife and two daughters, Carbon; O. C. Smith, wife and 
 three daughters, Rock Springs; Rev. G. C. Baxter, Frank Quinn, A. H. 
 Reed, Samuel Friend, Cheyenne; Mrs. P. J. Downs, Mrs. Tonn, William 
 Daley, MASS Alice Baxter, R. C. Major. Frank Earnest and wife, Joseph 
 Payne and wife, J. W. Gray, E. R. Countryman, P. J. Mclntosh, J. D. 
 Shriver, S. C. Wilson, A. M. Sparhawk, Robert C. Morris, J. J. LeCaia 
 and wife, H. S. Fowler, Miss E. J. Fowler, Mrs. W. A. Hocker, Evan- 
 ston; Rev. F. J. Nugent and boy, J. J. Fisher and wife, H. D. Warrall, 
 President Pueblo Chamber of Commerce, Cheyenne; John M. Faiby, J. 
 C. Dyer, Rawlins; R. G. Head, city editor, Boomerang, Frank Jenkins, Y. 
 B. Keplar, W. Finney, Jay Pattibone, Cheyenne: J. Porneroy, E. S. 
 Crocker, Evanston; C. M. Potter, George W. Hoyt, Cheyenne; Bert 
 Wagener, Laramie; B. Vernes, Cheyenne; H. B. All, Rawlins; P. Y. 
 McNamara, Dr. Webb, M. Quasly, L. Dibble and wife, Carbon; Miss 
 Maggie G. Harrison, Cheyenne; Mrs. J. J. Stevens, Greeley; Mrs. A. L. 
 Bartlett, Cheyenne; Mrs. K. Homer Clayton, New York; T. J. Edwards, 
 Louis Jubelman, Cheyenne; F. M. Foote, Jesse Knight, Evanston; 
 Luke Murrin, Frank Alex. Kemp, Cheyenne; Jno. W. Dykins, A. E. 
 Bradbury, Evanston; H. De Bellier, August Fassbender, E. W. Bennett, 
 J. S. Matthews, R. F. Glover and wife, Mrs. B. Hellman, Mrs. W. S. 
 Hurlbert, krs. S. Smith, Mrs. P. Duter, F. E. Warren, J. L. Ployatt, W. 
 L. Kingkenall and wife, Cheyenne; Hon. Mahlon Chance, Ohio; A. S. 
 Babbitt, Mrs. Mary A. Tonn, Andrew Gilchrist and wife, Miss Allen, E. 
 Warren, Matthew Smith, Mrs. Chas. Smith, Miss E. Smith, Cheyenne. 
 
 The party was met at Ogden by a committee appointed 
 by Salt Lake City Council, composed of Alderman Din- 
 woodey, Councilors W. W. Biter and Junius F. Wells, 
 who extended the freedom of the city, and joined in wel- 
 coming the visitors to the Territory. 
 
 On arrival at Salt Lake City, at 8:30 p.m. instead of 3 
 o'clock 3 owing to delays occasioned by the storms, the ex- 
 cursionists proceeded to the principal hotels; the Legisla. 
 tive Council and its guests to the Walker House, and the 
 Representatives and their friends to the Continental Hotel. 
 After partaking of supper, they repaired to the Walker 
 Opera House, when, at 10 o'clock p.m., a formal reception 
 
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 was accorded them. The President of the Utah Council, 
 Hon. W. W. Cluff. and Hon. James Sharp, Speaker of the 
 House, were introduced, and accompanied the presiding 
 officers of the Wyoming Legislature and other dignitaries 
 to the stage. 
 
 Governor Murray then delivered the following 
 
 ADDRESS OF WELCOME. 
 
 
 Ladies and Gentlemen: 
 
 Before I shall address myself to the honored guests who are here 
 this evening, it is perhaps well for me to say that it is a subject for con- 
 gratulation to the people of Utah, and a subject for congratulation to the 
 honored guests whom we have with us to-night, that they have been safely 
 transported from Cheyenne to Salt Lake City, through a night and a day 
 that I am informed by the railroad authorities was, perhaps, as severe a 
 one as ever encountered since the opening of the road. May I be allowed 
 to say to our honored guests that this delay is not chargeable to the rail- 
 road, to the Wyoming Legislature or to the committee of the Utah Legisla- 
 ture, which went forward to the line of the Territory to give them greeting. 
 It is true the Legislature of Wyoming is a little late, and it reminds me of 
 an anecdote which was told me some years since: A man from Missouri, 
 who left that State and came into Wyoming before railroads had penetrated 
 in Missouri, or across the continent one of those "wise Alecks" whom 
 nobody could tell anything had a ranch some thirty or forty miles distant 
 from the line where the Union Pacific now runs. After a little while he 
 found that he was nearer to his own home than he thought, and concluded 
 to make a visit. Riding some forty miles, and arriving at the station, he 
 procured for himself a Pullman berth. He found the car filled with ladies 
 and gentlemen, and his place was set apart for him by a very polite porter. 
 He wanted to go to bed, but the passengers didn't appear to be inclined 
 to retire early, so he went out on the rear platform and undressed himself. 
 He put his clothes under one arm, and his boots under the other, and 
 opening the door, said, "Look out, in there, you 'uns; I'm comin!" and 
 with that made a straight dart for his 1 berth, and jumped in, to the great 
 amuiement of the ladies and gentlemen on each side of the aisle. Peeping 
 forth from beneath the covers, he exclaimed: "Wyoming may be a little late, 
 but she gets there all the same!" 
 
 Gentlemen of Wyoming, the name of the Territory that you repre- 
 sent, the home from whence you come, is an historic one. The chivalric 
 men and exalted womanhood of all the years of the great future that is 
 before you, alone can add lustre to that name. In the march of the great 
 undeveloped future, you bear the well wishes of our commom country 
 that country which gave you the beautiful name of "Wyoming." Friends > 
 who came from just beyond the borders; from beyond the imaginary line 
 
that separates us I beg that you accept from me to-night, as I extend 
 to you, in the name of the executive, and in the name of the Legislature o* 
 Utah, the cordial greeting of our extended hand. [Applause.] Neigh- 
 bors, you who come from the highlands and broad plains of the Territory 
 just beyond our line, I bid you a cordial welcome to the warmer valleys of 
 Utah. 
 
 This occasion, if I be correctly informed, is the first one in the his- 
 tory of our Territory of a visit paid to Utah by the Legislature of neighbor- 
 ing Territory. You are, then, the pioneers in your coming. I do but speak 
 that of which I know, because I am charged to say it to you, not only for 
 myself, but for all that I may represent, that we extend to you, in the name 
 of the executive, and in the name of the honored Legislature of this Terri- 
 tory, a cordial welcome to the valleys of Utah to-night. 
 
 May I not hope that your coming, and this greeting which it is my 
 pleasure and my honor to extend, may result in great good and better feel- 
 ings between us, as neighbors and as friends; and may be beneficient to 
 those you represent and to those for whom I speak. I do not like the name 
 "stranger." I would strike it from the books and from the hearts and 
 minds of all men. Those who wear the image of the Maker are no* 
 wholly unknown to each other. Those who are men should never.be 
 "strangers" to each other. May I not, then, hope that this, meeting of 
 the citizens of the goodly Territory of Wyoming and our hospitable Terri- 
 tory of Utah may bring results greater, broader and higher than we have 
 looked for. 
 
 It has been said, and I believe it to be true, that our neighbors are a 
 prosperous people, and in that I congratulate them. I know not whether 
 they be prosperous or not; on an ocasion like this I only ask, Are we 
 neighbors? Are we friends? And are we' to be, and our children after us 
 to be, neighbors and friends? If it be beyond the province of a Legis- 
 ture to erase from the statute books, the dictionary, or the hearts of men> 
 the word "stranger," may I not ask, to-night, that, in so far as Wyoming 
 and our own good Territory are concerned, we may erase the recollection 
 for those we represent that we are strangers. 
 
 I am told that that the capital of Wyoming possesses more wealth 
 to the square inch, and to the individual per capita, than perhaps any town 
 of the like size in the world; that every man, woman and child in the city of 
 Cheyenne is worth over $4000. [Laughter.] I am glad of it, and I wish 
 they were worth twice that amount. There is one thing I am not prepared 
 to state to-night, and that is that the people of Wyoming are ungrateful- 
 Without personal observation on the subject, I am inclined to believe, with 
 the knowledge I have been able to obtain on the subject, and which I pos- 
 sess, that if they were that grateful people which I deem them to be> 
 there would be found a picture of a herd of cattle in every household with-, 
 in the limits of Wyoming. If such a picture does not hang there, may I 
 suggest, if I may be allowed to do so, that the Legislature of Wyoming 
 provide such pictures of a herd of cattle. I don't wish them to go further 
 back than that to set up a golden calf, and worship it, as in days of 
 old. [Laughter.] 
 
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 Several years ago, in conversation with some, friends who were 
 citizens of Wyoming, we talked of cattle, their pedigrees, round ups, etc.,, 
 and in the conversation something was said about "Mavericks!" Well, I 
 didn't know what a maverick was, and I confess I was not old enough to 
 know what a maverick was. I went immediately to my Webster's die" 
 tionary and looked but for a maverick; Iwanted to know what a maverick 
 was; Webster entirely failed me there was no such word as maverick. 
 I turned to the American encyclopaedia. There was no definition there. 
 I turned to the greater and perhaps more comprehensive Encyclopaedia 
 Brittanica, and sought for the word "maverick" there; but it was not there. 
 [Laughter.] What is a man to do? Here is a word used in conversation 
 between neighbors and friends that seemed to have a meaning. I turned to 
 a gentleman whom I knew was learned, and I said to him: "Can you tell me 
 what a maverick is?" He said he never heard the word. I said to a lawyer: 
 "Can you tell me what a maverick means?" But he didn't know. I thought 
 perhaps it meant something pertaining to medicine, and asked a physician 
 if he knew what a maverick was. He said he* never observed such a thing 
 in the medical books. I turned to a Wyoming cowboy and asked him what 
 a maverick was, and he told me. [Laughter.] There are some things that a 
 Wyoming cowboy knows, that even Webster's dictionary and the Encyclo" 
 paedia Brittanica do not tell us. I ask the Legislature of Wyoming not 
 to be silent on this subject, and that it sees that the name of maverick and 
 all that it implies shall be understood, so that my boy may not be in the 
 woful ignorance in which his father found himself. 
 
 I may say, in conclusion: May your stay with us be pleasant, and 
 after you have spent a few days with us, may you return to your homes 
 as friends and neighbors. There is one thing yet I desire to say. I 
 could not retire from this platform without saying it: Friendship, in order 
 to be lasting, must be frank and- open hearted; and Utah is not insensible 
 of the honor of your presence to-night; and, however great we may es- 
 teem that honor, allow me to say that there is one thing we esteem higher? 
 above and beyond even the honor of our friends and neighbors, even 
 beyond the honor of the constituted law-making authority of the Territory 
 of Wyoming, and that is the presence of your wives and daughters, the 
 women of Wyoming." [Applause.] 
 
 At the conclusion of Governor Murray's address, Hon. 
 W. H. Holliday, President of the Wyoming Council, made 
 the following reply; 
 
 Ladies and Gentlemen: 
 
 I shall not attempt to reply to the elegant and eloquent speech of Mis 
 Excellency Governor Murray. This is apart in this programme I had not 
 expected to take to-night. It was thought our own honored executive, 
 Governor Hale, would have been here to reply to the Governor of Utah. 
 We, as citizens of Wyoming, must be cold hearted, indeed, if we forget such 
 
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 hospitality as we have received from you here, and even we before entered 
 your borders. We fully appreciate the kindness of your Governor and your 
 representative citizens meeting us in the borders of our own Territory, 
 and sincerely regret the delay which, while no fault of the Union Pacific 
 Company, and is due solely to the severity of the weather, has so tried 
 your patience. .No greater mark of respect to us could have been shown by 
 you than that you have evinced in waiting thus long for our arrival, and I 
 will detain you but a few minutes. 
 
 We visit Utah, her beautiful and interesting city of Salt Lake, and 
 her prosperous business centre of Ogden not to criticise any of her 
 institutions, sacred to her people but to extend the greeting of our own 
 Territory of Wyoming, great in many things conducive to prosperity and 
 happiness. 
 
 We come to see what well directed labor has done for Utah to learn 
 how her valleys are made to blossom and yield rich fruits and golden har- 
 vests; how her mountains are made to yield their untold wealth; to look 
 with wonder and admiration on her palaces of trade, her public buildings 
 and her temples; to appreciate more fully the magnitude of he* railway- en. 
 terprises, and the extent of her manufactures and her agriculture, with 
 the hope that we may light our taper from the same hand of genius; that 
 we may, when we return to Wyoming, be inspired to enterprises of equal 
 magnitude ; that we may make the broad, rich valleys of Wyoming's 
 many mountain streams, that now afford only drink for the countless 
 flocks and herds that roam at will over her vast rich pasture lands, to 
 yield fruits and bountiful harvests; that we may satisfy the world of the 
 hidden wealth of her mountains; that we may open to the markets of the 
 continent her limitless coal fields, her iron mines, her soda deposits, her 
 oil fields and her timber, which must build up marts of trade, and offer 
 means and wealth and sustenance to a prosperous and happy people. 
 Should this be accomplished, we will be doubly repaid for our visit. The 
 generous manner in which we have been received has more than paid us 
 already. Our people will return to their homes with feelings of warmest 
 gratitude for those who have made our stay so pleasant in Utah." 
 
 Mr. Holliday's speech was loudly applauded. 
 
 At the conclussion of Mr. Holliday's speech, an invita- 
 tion was extended him, and the visiting party, to attend the 
 Fireman's concert and ball, to be given on Thursday even- 
 ing, which was accepted by that gentleman. 
 
 The concert arranged by Manager McKenzie then pro- 
 ceeded. It was a most artistic and enjoyable performance. 
 
 After the concert a social hop was indulged in, which 
 concluded the entertainment of the day. 
 
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 RECEPTION AT THE LEGISLATIVE HALL. 
 
 KEPKESENTATIVES' HALL, 
 
 Thursday, February 14, 1884. 
 
 The members of the two houses met -pursuant to previ- 
 ous arrangement, in Joint Session, to receive the honorable 
 the presiding officers and members of the Wyoming Legis 
 lature and their guests. 
 
 11 a. m. 
 
 The Assembly was called to order by the President of 
 the Council. 
 
 Council roll called quorum present. 
 
 House roll called quorum present. 
 
 Mr. Barton, of the Special Joint Committee on Recep- 
 tion, reported the proceedings of yesterday, and announced 
 that his associates of the committee were at present waiting 
 upon our honored visitors, and would escort them to the 
 Assembly hall. 
 
 Eeport approved. 
 
 At 11:30 o'clock the Sergeant-at-Arms announced the 
 arrival of His Excellency the Governor of Utah, the Hon- 
 orable the President of the Council, the Speaker of the 
 House, and members of the Wyoming Legislative Assembly. 
 
 These distinguished gentlemen then entered the hall 
 and were received by the members of the Utah Legislature 
 rising from their seats and remaining on their feet until 
 their guests were seated. 
 
 The President then introduced Hon. W. H. Holliday, 
 President of the Council of the Wyoming Legislature. 
 
 Mr. Holliday briefly acknowledged the courtesies that 
 had been extended the body he had the honor to represent, 
 and expressed his appreciation of the warm welcome that 
 had been accorded them on their arrival in Utah. 
 
 The Speaker then introduced Hon. F. H. Jones, Speaker 
 of the House of the Wyoming Legislature. 
 
 Mr. Jones made the following remarks: 
 
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 Gentlemen: 
 
 The well chosen words of Mr. Holliday, President of the Wyoming 
 Council, exprest fully our appreciation of the welcome we have already 
 received in your city. We are next door neighbors, and this is designed as 
 a neighborly visit. Our interests are in many respects identical, for we are 
 beset by common dangers, engaged in common struggles, and rejoice in the 
 same achievements. The ties that unite us will be strengthened by a better 
 acquaintance with each other, and we shall be very glad if our visit at this 
 time will contribute to such a result. We wish to know more of you, and 
 trnst that you will become better acquainted with us. Being the youuges* 
 of our father's children, the territorial babe, so to speak, we have hereto- 
 fore, with becoming modesty, been somewhat retiring among our elder 
 sisters whose blushing beauty has attracted so many admirers. But we are 
 now in our teens, and propose to put on long dresses and high heeled 
 shoes and look just as charming as we can. Capital, enterprise, and 
 prosperity are our steady company. They came together and seem to have 
 serious intentions. So have we, and hope to learn of our elder sister how 
 to retain the good will of these suitors. It is with sincere gratitude that we 
 accept your cordial welcome, and with hearts as broad as our immense 
 plains, we invite you to return our visit, and that at an early day. 
 
 Mr. F. S. Richards presented the following resolution, 
 which was unanimously adopted: 
 
 Whereas, The people of the Territory of Utah are this day honored 
 with the presence of the Legislative Assembly of our neighboring Terri- 
 tory, Wyoming, whose material prosperity and rapid growth command our 
 admiration and respect, a Territory famed throughout the United States, as 
 the pioneer in removing from women all. political disabilities, and placing 
 them side by side with the sterner sex, as sharers in the rights as well as 
 the duties of citizens a movement in which Utah has shown her complete 
 sympathy, by legislation of almost as early a date as Wyoming's woman 
 suffrage law ; 
 
 And, whereas , The two Territories are bound together by interests in 
 may respects similar, and by ties of common brotherhood and esteem; 
 
 Therefore^ be it resolved,T\\a.\. we the Legislative Assembly, in joint 
 session assembled, desiring to show our appreciation of this friendly 
 visit, in the name of the people of the Territory of Utah, whom we repre- 
 sent, hereby extend to our distinguished visitors a cordial greeting and 
 hearty welcome, to the oldest Territory of our great republic. 
 
 Mr. Holliday thanked the Assembly for this cordial 
 reception. 
 
 Speeches were then called for, and responses made in 
 rapid succession, in the following order, being reported by 
 
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 Kobt. C. Morris, Esq., of Wyoming, and Messrs. Geo. F. 
 Gibbs and John Irvine, of Utah. 
 
 Mr. Peery called for the Governor. His Excellency 
 said: 
 
 I am honored in being here to-day, to stand here with these two Legis- 
 latures, in joint session, representing as they do, two neighboring Terri- 
 tories, and I can but be impressed with the fact that good will result in all 
 the years that are to come from this meeting. This is the first time in the 
 history of our Territory that a neighboring Legislature has ever come 
 within its borders, and I trust that the interchange of kind feelings will 
 be of lasting benefit to all concerned. I hope it will be in our power to 
 give you all that you can enjoy. I congratulate the Legislature of Wyoming 
 in looking so bright and strong this morning, ready for another day's 
 pleasure; and trust you will get it before the day is over. [Applause.] 
 
 Mr. Woolley moved an address from the President of 
 the Council. 
 
 Mr. Cluft* responded as follows: 
 
 Gentlemen of the Legislative Assemblies of the Territories of Wyoming 
 and Utah: 
 
 I take great pleasure on this occasion of adding to the expression of 
 sincere welcome, that has already been given to our friends and neighbors 
 from Wyoming. This, as our Governor has remarked, is an event in the 
 history of Utah, that will long be remembered, an event that has never 
 happened before, and may never happen again. It is a common thing for 
 the two branches of a legislative assembly to meet in joint session; but 
 to-day we witness the assembling together, of four separate and distinct 
 legislative bodies. 
 
 I can only repeat the sentiments of welcome that were expressed by 
 His Excellency the Governor, last evening, and that are expressed in the 
 resolution we have just adopted. I hope that this occasion may result in 
 further uniting and concentrating the interests, the welfare, and good will 
 of the people of Wyoming and Utah. It has been my privilege to visit 
 portions of our neighboring Territory, and I have always found the most 
 hospitable and friendly feelings to exist. The Union Pacific Railroad 
 that unites these two Territories in inseparable union, I trust is a symbol 
 of the bond of friendship and love that will exist between us. A 
 neighlorly and friendly feeling has always existed between the people of 
 these two Territories, and this visit will be calculated to increase and 
 strengthen the friendly feelings between the people of Wyoming and 
 Utah. 
 
 Your present visit here, gentlemen, cannot but prove beneficial to 
 
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 both Territories, to Wyoming by its principal enterprising citizens and 
 law makers coming here and witnessing for themselves the condition of our 
 people, with their agricultural, mining, manufacturing and social institu- 
 tions; and to us because our prosperity must and will increase 
 through our neighbors becoming better acquainted with our financial 
 status. 
 
 As Territories, Wyoming and Utah have many interests in common. 
 There is a similarity in our government and laws, in our climate and soil, 
 in our extensive coal fields, and inexhaustaible deposits of iron. With all 
 these common interests, our relations should be of the most friendly 
 character, and this visit is a strong evidence that such is the case. 
 
 There is another interest which you, gentlemen, will certainly join with 
 me in considering, as mutual, and that is, we are both looking forward to 
 the time when Wyoming and Utah shall emerge from their Territorial 
 governments, and occupy the more glorious position of free and sovereign 
 States. While we may to-day congratulate ourselves on our present pros- 
 perity as growing and prosperous Territories, we cannot but realize that the 
 fulness of prosperity and political liberty can only be reached in sovereign 
 statehood. We extend to you, in behalf of the people of Utah, the righ t 
 hand of fellowship. I might say we extend both hands of fellowship, and 
 trust tnat during your brief sojourn in our Territory you will enjoy a 
 pleasant time. I am sure you will be made welcome wherever you may 
 go, and I hope that you make many friendships that will be lasting. 
 We very much regret the severe cold weather and storms we are having 
 during your visit, which must necessarily detract somewhat from the 
 pleasure of your visit, still we trust that through the efforts we desire 
 to make, you will be able to spend the few days you remain with us, 
 pleasantly, and have a safe and pleasant journey back to your homes and 
 friends, well satisfied with your trip to Utah. [Applause.] 
 
 Mr. Hatch called for the Speaker of the House. . 
 Mr. Sharp, in yielding to the call, said; 
 
 Mr. President: 
 
 It is against the rules of this House for the Speaker to make long 
 speeches; but permit me to transgress for a moment to welcome our 
 distinguished guests. 
 
 Gentlemen of the Wyoming Legislature, allow me to bid you welcome 
 to Utah; and in behalf of the House branch of the Utah Legislature, 
 allow me to bid you thrice welcome to our Territory. Wyoming has been 
 referred to as the yonngest of the sisters in the family of Territories; and 
 as you are out for holiday, arrayed in your holiday attire, paying a kindly 
 visit to the old maid of the family, Utah, you hare found her in her 
 working clothes. We are not jealous of our young sister, though, in the 
 least, at being thus found, but bid you a hearty welcome to our home. 
 [Laughter and applause.] 
 
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 On the proposition to hear from members of the visit- 
 ing Legislature, Mr. Warren, of the Council, was loudly 
 called for, and- responded in the following happy speech: 
 
 Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen: 
 
 When an invitation to make an excursion was extended to the 
 Wyoming Legislature, they were undecided whether to visit Nebraska, 
 Colorado, or Utah, but having decided to visit the latter place, it was 
 agreed that all speech makers should be left behind, barring of course the 
 Honorable President of our Council and the Speaker of the House. 
 They came out on the express condition that they were to make no 
 speeches, and to do very little talking. I was put on the committee on 
 of arrangements the commissary and was no doubt selected for that po- 
 sition as I was known to be one of the silent men of the Legislature. 
 [Laughter.] But I am very glad that the gentlemen have broken their pledges. 
 I have heard it said that even the trees and the rocks would at times talk; 
 and it would be strange, indeed, if we were not moved to express our 
 heartfelt thanks for the very cordial and generous attentions that have 
 been showered upon us yesterday, last night and to-day. Last evening, 
 when I had the honor of occupying a seat on the stage with His Excel- 
 lency Governor Murray and other distinguished gentlemen, I am sure 
 that I could see among the Wyomingites that were facing us an expression 
 of satisfaction and pleasure, a thorough appreciation of your efforts in our 
 behalf. It was an honor to be met as we were yesterday, by a committee 
 of such distinction, (composed as it was of delegates from both branches 
 of your Legislature, the federal and military authorities,) and conducted 
 across the line. 
 
 I believe it is within the recollection of some of the gentlemen who 
 are members from Wyoming, that there was a time when the place where 
 the beautiful city of Salt Lake now stands, was regarded as a desert of 
 sand and sage brush. There are those who can remember crossing the 
 plains in an early time in the wake of an ox wagon, glad to pay for the 
 privilege of walking, and having to fight wild savages nearly every inch of 
 the way. Those who ride in Pullman coaches to-day, and compare Utah 
 of the present with the Utah of that time, can have little comprehension 
 of what has been accomplished of the struggles and hardships of your 
 pioneers. 
 
 I notice on the desk before me a jar of sugar which I am told is the 
 product of Utah. Who of us would have thought of sugar being grown 
 within this Territory, a place marked out in the geography of our boyhood 
 as a barren waste? It never occurred to me that I should be here one day 
 to represent a part of this country, and perhaps it was best, for I didn't 
 know how poorly I should represent them if I were called upon to make a 
 speech. [Laughter.] 
 
 I am now going to make a statement that may be regarded as a little 
 wild, but do not be alarmed, for you can exp*ect almost anything to happen 
 
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 that is wild before the Legislature leaves your city. What I wish to say is 
 this: that the two Territories of Utah and Wyoming contain more 
 resources undeveloped under their soil than any five or six States. 
 
 I see present many of my fellow citizens who can speak, among whom 
 is the godfather of the maverick bill, and the chairman of the committee 
 in whose possession the bill is lodged. They are no doubt wrestling with 
 the bill, and may have something to say upon that topic. 
 
 Before we leave the city, I want say to say, (and I might as well say it 
 right here,) that we hope to have the opportunity of returning in some 
 degree the courtesy to your Legislature, that you are now extending to us? 
 to mingle business with pleasure. I sincerely hope that you will make us 
 an early visit, and perhaps you may be persuaded even now, to corne over 
 and help us wrestle with the maverick bill. [Laughter and applause.] 
 
 Mr. Groesbeck was then called for, and, in response, 
 mingled poesy and prose in the following delightful strain: 
 
 Mf. President and Gentlemen: 
 
 I too, like Mr. Warren, have considered myself one of the silent mem- 
 bers of the party, but I think we should not be silent on the present 
 delightful occasion. 
 
 We have come, gentlemen, to learn something, and hope to take some- 
 thing away do not misunderstand me, gentlemen, not any of your property 
 [Laughter] we have come because we have heard so much about Utah. 
 Indeed, a man must be deaf and blind to not to have heard or read of the 
 struggles of your pioneers, the hardy and heroic men who have done so 
 mnch towards making your desert land blossom like the rose, how they 
 have toiled add struggled under the most disadvantageous circumstances, 
 and how that they have met and conquered the perils incident to the settle- 
 ment of new countries. The pioneers of Utah .have done nobly and well; 
 they are the men that made it possible for me to stand in your midst to-day 
 and look upon beautiful buildings and residences, and witness the 
 evidences of advanced civilization. [Applause.] While, gentlemen, you 
 have done so much in Utah, we too have accomplished something in 
 Wyoming. [The gentleman then said he would take the liberty to read the 
 following poem, which he delivered in excellent style.] 
 
 WYOMING. 
 
 A stretch of dusty, barren plain, 
 
 Hemmed in by mountains grim and cold, 
 
 It thus to wearied limb and brain, 
 Was viewed by seekers after gold; 
 
 To them as pitiless as fate 
 
 As they crept to the^Golden Gate. 
 
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 The school boy droning o'er his book, 
 In study of his country's chart, 
 
 Was told therein to never look 
 
 For while man's land or brosy mart; 
 
 And on his atlas thumbed and worn, 
 
 Appeared this desert land forlorn. 
 
 A railway spans this desert belt, 
 
 And climbs the mountain's jagged side! 
 
 Before it, savage sway doth melt 
 From prairies broad to ocean tide; 
 
 And high up in the continent, 
 
 Are new made homes filled with content. 
 
 And lo, as Midas, miser king, 
 Beseeching gods in days of old, 
 
 Was given the power whence any thing 
 He touched, turned instantly to gold; 
 
 So by the weight of labor's wand 
 
 Transfigured is the desert land. 
 
 Upon her plains the black herds sWarm; 
 
 Where'er her genial sunshine falls, 
 From eastern workshop, field and farm, 
 
 Armed men attack her mountain walls; 
 And earth yields up the key that unlocks 
 Her minly hidden treasure box. 
 
 From babyhood Wyoming leaps 
 
 Strong limbed and vigorous in her might, 
 And jealously her freedom keeps, 
 
 In watch and work on mountain height, 
 We hail thee, land of all our love, 
 Minerva, from the train of Jove. 
 
 Mr. Groesbeck's poem was greeted with applause, 
 amidst which Hon. A. F. Babbitt, of the Council, was called 
 for. 
 
 Mr. Babbitt: 
 
 I supposed I had successfully compounded with those of our delega- 
 tion who had been appointed to keep the peace, and that I should not be 
 called upon to say anything, seeing that I too belonged to the silent band 
 [laughter], and I assure you that nothing was more removed from my mind 
 than the idea of addressing you. And yet I should regret, with oppor- 
 tunity like this, if I did not give expression to the very sincere pleasure 
 which, as a membtr of this delegation, I have realized in the hearty greeting 
 
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 which has been extended to us. The greeting has been so hearty and the 
 manifestations of kindness so cordial, than I am sure there are none of us 
 but feel touched by the same. We come here under very delightful condi- 
 tions ; not the less so on account of the temperature of the weather, rang- 
 ing as it does below zero. On the contrary, I think we feel to take some 
 inspiration from the crispness and brightness of the atmosphere, and while 
 the blood is ebbing and flowing from our hearts, as it ebbs and flows we 
 are thoroughly imbued with the brightness of the skies surrounding us, 
 the good table at our hotels, and something to drink [a laugh] if we are 
 thirsty [renewed laughter] I mean something very mild of course, and 
 a little music, all of which have added to the hearty greeting which we 
 have received. This being the case, gentlemen, you find us in a mood 
 decidedly disposed to gush. [Laughter.] However, I simply want to say a 
 word or two in regard to the peculiarity of our Legislature. I think it may 
 be called a peculiarity. Without presuming to arrogate too much to our- 
 selves, I think we may be called a very versatile body. In the Wyoming 
 Legislature, during an afternoon session, the Council of that body 
 passed two measures of such vast and varied importance, but of so diverse 
 a character, as these: We passed a bill defining the limits of the opera- 
 tions of the habeas corpus, and the same day also passed a bill limiting 
 the wandering of the goat in our Territory [laughter], and it didn't strain 
 us at all [renewed laughter]. And now I want to give you a little of the 
 history of our operations in the Wyoming Legislature. [Oh !] I went into the 
 House the other day, the only occasion I have had of visiting the House, 
 and found my friend Groesbeck in the chair of a committee of the whole. 
 As I sat down a friend said: "We propose to sit down on Groesbeck to- 
 day. We have put him in the chair where he cannot argue" [laughter]. But 
 in five minutes from that time he had vacated the chair and did argue, and 
 in a few minutes after he had finished, he resumed the chair, and from the 
 chair he argued the same question [laughter]. I assure you, gentlemen, 
 that Mr. Groesbeck is not a man who can be easily sat down upon 
 [laughter]. 
 
 We also sometimes speak of Cheyenne. It is true it is not a very 
 large place. But then we are in the habit of telling our friends that 
 Cheyenne is the largest of its size in the world. We have all the facilities 
 of a metropolitan city. We have gas, that is of a kind [laughter], but no 
 gas for domestic purposes ; but we have the electr : c light, a jolly club, good 
 horses, charming women; in fact we have everything that society deems 
 to be necessary for success. And here I might say that Cheyenne is very 
 thoroughly wired and lighted with the electric light, both for public and 
 private purposes, and in this respect we are in advance of many other tpwns 
 of larger size and greater importance. And I do not believe it is assum- 
 ing any unpardonable vanity to say that our population is exceptionally in- 
 telligent. Yet we come out here and find people of the same intelligence; 
 find a people who are making progress and giving material evidence ot 
 prosperity. [Applause], 
 
When Mr. Babbitt concluded, the demand for Wyo- 
 ming .oratory was unabated, and Mr, Teschemacher was 
 called for. That gentleman, however, declined to occupy 
 more time than to endorse what had been said, and suggest 
 that some of the members of the Utah Legislature be heard 
 from. The suggestion was favorably received, and Mr. F. S.. 
 Richards, of the Council, being called for spoke as follows. 
 
 Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen: 
 
 This is certainly an unexpected call, yet my feelings prompt me to 
 respond. I would not conceal the satisfaction I enjoy in meeting with our 
 distinguished guests on this interesting occasion, although there scarcely 
 seems room for a speech from me. 
 
 Our kind friends have said so much in praise of Utah, that one would be 
 vain indeed to think of adding to such encomiums; while to utter words of 
 laudation for Wyoming, in the presence of her able and eloquent represen- 
 tatives, might seem like presumption on the part of one so unproficient as 
 myself. But I would be derelict in duty to an absent constituency were I to 
 refrain from speaking for it a sincere welcome to our younger sister whose 
 Legislature has honored us with this visit. We thank you, gentlemen, for 
 your presence here to-day. Utah is none the less proud of her charming 
 sister because she herself has tripped gaily past the days of giddy girl- 
 hood, and is now the serene old maid of the Republic. To borrow the 
 bright thought of Speaker Jones Let our sister in her teens put on her 
 high heeled shoes, and adorn her graceful form with stately robes; she is 
 maturing in age and in physical power, while her beauty increases with 
 her years; soon will the bright day appear when the prince of statehood 1 
 will come to woo; but the rule of noble families is that the eldest shall be 
 courted first, and when Wyoming weds, we trust that Utah's Senators will 
 be there to give away the bride. 
 
 Wyoming has done so much in so short a time, that our admiration is 
 signally enlisted. We know the natural ruggedness of that long, wild 
 wilderness. Back in the other half of the century, Utah's pioneers 
 crossed Wyoming's barren plains and lofty mountains, to find the same 
 forbidding and sterile aspects. We, therefore, knowing by experience her 
 trials, can appreciate her triumphs. But now that our day of physical 
 hardship is measurably past, we find that a geographical similarity is not 
 our only likeness; our commercial interests are allied; our products and 
 industries are akin, and material prosperity cannot be the handmaid of 
 one, if financial disaster wait upon the other. So, too, in the hardihood, 
 the energy and the gallantry of their sons, the virtue, the intelligence, and 
 ihe beauty of their daughters, these two Territories are most fortunate 
 and happy sisters. But the present, with all its grandeur, is only a dim 
 forecast of the great future. That car of time upon which great worth 
 rides to its appointed destiny, bears upon it in proud array Wyoming and 
 Utah. 
 
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 The brain and brawn of Wyoming are at work; they have in the past 
 created triumphant results from the elements of apparent failure. The 
 nation's youthful ward will continue to progress with steady march to her 
 noble place in the sisterhood of States, and God speed the day when her 
 lofty brow of white shall wear a sovereign diadem. 
 
 Ladies and gentlemen of Wyoming, with your guests, once more we 
 tender you our welcome and our thanks. 
 
 The next speaker was Mr. Hatch, of Wasatch County, 
 Utah, who said: 
 
 Mr. President arid Gentlemen: 
 
 I respond with pleasure to the call, and will promise not to detain you 
 long. 
 
 The people of Wyoming and Utah by birthright are Americans, and 
 as such we inherit these mountains and valleys, that seem to be without limit 
 or boundary. In common with my collegues, I take great pleasure in 
 greeting our neighbor friends, and trust that the associations formed by 
 this friendly visit will be ever pleasing to contemplate, and that from a 
 better acqaintance with each other the interests of Wyoming and Utah 
 will be promoted and benefited. 
 
 In honor of the people of Wyoming and Utah I have pleasure in say- 
 jng that they, through their Legislative bodies, have dared to extend to 
 women the right of franchise, in which they are the pioneers of the nation. 
 We hope that our friends who have honored us with their presence 
 may always have pleasing remembrances of our acquaintance, and that 
 Wyoming and Utah may travel hand in hand together in the march of 
 progress until we shall be numbered among the galaxy of States. 
 
 Following Mr. Hatch's brief address, was a general 
 demand for Hon. Mahlon Chance, of Ohio, one of the 
 guests of the Wyoming party. 
 
 Mr. Chance: 
 
 Members of the Legislatures of Utah ami Wyoming, and Ladies and 
 Gentlemen: 
 
 I come from Ohio, a State that many people fancy was chosen from 
 the bosom of eternity to illustrate the highest possibilities of the universe 
 [applause]. I am here to-day as a guest. I am here, not as a member of 
 the Wyoming Legislature, but as a friend. I do not intend to make you a 
 long speech, but what little I do say will be good all the way through 
 [laughter]. I say that I suppose we in Ohio thought there was no other 
 place; but when I come here and see this splendid city; when I see 
 around me the evidence of this splendid civilization smiting the very sum- 
 
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 mit of the mountains, I am willing to let Ohio take a back seat [loud ap- 
 plause and laughter]. I am glad to be with you. I am glad to be able to 
 say that I have had the opportunity of seeing you assembled here, where 
 even the chilly winter gloom, covering with snow, and hiding the earth in 
 her beauty, has not been sufficient to hide from my eyes the evidences of 
 your mighty power, progress and civilization [applause]. I meet your 
 Excellency, I meet representatives from Pennsyvania; and I see among 
 you my old friend General McCook, commander of your Fort, and he is 
 from Ohio, too [laughter], and comes from a race of men that gave nine 
 swords, but one great heart to the country [applause]. I feel glad to be 
 welcomed by General McCook, and by the representatives of your people 
 here. I supposed when I came here, gentlemen, that there would be 
 nothing but unanimity and kindness; but when I saw a family jar [allud- 
 ing to the jar of Utah sugar] in the hands of Mr. Warren [laughter], I 
 made up my mind there was something wrong. [Renewed laughter]. But 
 after a moment's reflection I came to the conclusion that this was a new 
 way of giving you taffy [laughter]. But I am making a speech. Yet I 
 want to say, like the old lady who attended camp meeting, "Brethren and 
 sisters: I love the preachers. First we have the locust preachers, and then 
 the circus preachers; but, thank God for the exhausters. They are the 
 fellows that make a lunge for your souls." [Laughter]. I am glad to see 
 you, pioneers of a new republic, pioneers that come from older States; 
 and when you came in search of homes, and in search of gold, like they 
 of old, who followed long and weary for the golden fleece, your step was 
 measured slow, where plain seemed lengthened as you go. You came 
 here under adverse circumstances, and you challenge the admiration of 
 the world by the bravery of your splendid endeavor [applause]. How 
 did we come? Twenty odd years ago when the power of this republic 
 with one hand put down a mighty rebelion, with the other it laid great iron 
 tracks across the continent to link the Altantic and Pacific, covering the 
 whole laud, like spiders' webs, with a net work of iron and of steel, and in 
 every part of this vast Territory you see what steel and iron and genius and 
 wealth and energy have wrought. How did we come? We came in a 
 Pullman palace car, with a larder that was satisfactory even to my Falstaff- 
 ian proportions [laughter], and the excellent fluids prepared and carefully 
 watched by Mr. Warren, of the Wyoming Legislature, brought warmth 
 and gladness to our souls, although the thermometer was 157 degrees 
 below zero [loud laughter and applause]. As an inducement offered to 
 me by the Wyoming Legislature that I should make trip at this season of 
 the year, they who had been here before described this as a lovely land a 
 beautiful city with mountains all around. And I saw them this morning, 
 the fallen clouds covering about like blooms from the Gods. They told 
 me of the beauty of the city, of the loveliness of the land, and said that 
 Salt Lake City was famed for the beauty of her daughters. Now, said the 
 members of the Wyoming Legislature, you must come; this is leap year, 
 and, Chance, you are a bachelor [laughter]. It is true I am. I have made 
 love to pretty girls in seventeen States of the Union, and now am making 
 
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 a tour of the Territories. [Laughter and applause.] But it is not my fault. 
 I have said to them, I am willing, like Barkes, or in the language of the 
 old hymn: 
 
 "O Lord, I give myself away, 
 It's alJ that I can do." 
 
 [Loud laughter and applause.] Here I am treading the wine press alone 
 yet. [Laughter.] But if you give me an opportunity I am willing tha* 
 some of your beautiful girls or charming widows and I'm not particular 
 as to age may have an opportunity to embrace the "Chance" before I 
 leave. [Loud laughter and applause]. 
 
 Fellow citizens, it is not the grandeur of princes nor the blaze of 
 thrones that make up the splendor of human history. It is some great 
 deed or some great day that marks it for all time, or some grand and noble 
 enterprise that makes up the dignity of human history. It is your work 
 old men, your work, young men, that has made this land aland of promise. 
 It is deeds of that kind; oh, it is deeds of that kind, like jewels, that God 
 has chosen to light up the dark passages of human history. You are 
 heroes. Your trials and struggles have not been written. The generation 
 of to-day may not do you justice, but there is a time yet in the future when 
 the pen of the historian and the pen of the poet, will, in immortal song, 
 emblazon and glorify the deeds you have done. [Applause.] 
 
 Fellow citizens of the pride of Utah, Wyoming, virgin Territories, 
 now preparing themselves for the federal nuptials, whatever may be your 
 pride as citizens of Utah or Wyoming, there is a higher pride, the pride 
 of nationality, the pride of being a citizen of this great republic, a republic 
 fashioned and existing here upon this continent which will, in time, by its 
 light and brightness awaken a feeling in the hearts of all men, encircle this 
 planet with a girdle of republics, fashioned in the beauty and similitude of 
 ours. 
 
 I have taken up more time than I intended to. In closing I want to 
 say as a citizen of Ohio a State you have heard of, a State that has given 
 to the fame of the ages, Grant and Sherman and Garfield and many others; 
 a State advanced in moral questions, a State advanced in great things look- 
 ing to the best interests of human nature. I am proud of my State, but 
 there is a pride still greater than this, the pride I feel in being a citizen of 
 this great republic, of which I hope to see Utah and Wyoming and all the 
 Territories members, and their stars glittering in the federal constellation 
 with the brightness and undimmed lustre of the original thirteen. 
 
 During the prolonged applause amidst which Mr. 
 Chance closed his eloquent address, which was delivered 
 with great emotion and spirit, calls were made for Judge 
 Emerson, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Utah. 
 
 Judge Emerson: 
 
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 Mr, President and Mr. Speaker and Ladies and Gentlemen: 
 
 The fundamental idea that at least obtains in the common, ordinary 
 mind is that of perfect fairness on the part of the legislature. That idea has 
 received a perfect shock by calling upon me at this time, and whoever did 
 it, if he was a member of the Legislature, has evinced a poor recommend 
 for his being a judge. Really I feel out of place here, because the business 
 of the judiciary generally is after the Legislature has adjourned. [Laughter.] 
 We sometimes review what they have done, and sometimes find a little fault 
 with it, and I am not called upon to participate in the inauguration of what 
 they may do. I do not desire to make any extended remarks. It would 
 not be proper for me to do so. I simply desire not only to echo, but to re- 
 echo the warm and hearty welcome that has been extended by the mem- 
 bers of the Utah Legislature, and by the Federal officers, and the Govern- 
 mental officers generally, to the members of the Legislature of our sister 
 and adjoining Territory, and to re-echo the wish that their visit may be one 
 of unalloyed pleasure, and one that will result in good; because there is 
 even a great deal of good to be accomplished by this friction, this rubbing 
 against each other. In doing so, we are apt to rub off some prejudice* 
 and again there is the chance of rubbing in something of a beneficial 
 nature. On the part of the judiciary, although I speak without consulta- 
 tion, but do not expect any dissent upon it, I extend to our visiting 
 friends from Wyoming a hearty welcome. [Applause.] 
 
 Hon. Arthur L. Thomas, Secretary of Utah, was the 
 next speaker called for. He said: 
 
 Members of the Legislatures of Utah and Wyoming^ Ladies and Gentlemen: 
 
 You visit the Territory of Utah at a time when its mountains and 
 valleys are covered with snow, when the fields and gardens are hid from 
 view. But although you find here evidences of the cold and of the winter 
 season, yet I do not think your visit will be in vain; for after you have 
 driven around the city, and paid a visit to Fort Douglas, and seen the pan- 
 orama that will present itself, I think you will come to the conclusion 
 that here we have a beautiful city and beautiful homes. [Applause.] We 
 are working along trying to do the best we can. We are building 
 churches, building railroads, and establishing manufactures. We are 
 building schoolhouses in which our children can be taught the re- 
 sponsibility attached to the American citizen. We propose to work along, 
 and by and by Utah will come out all right. In the census of 1880 the 
 fact was established that we had in this Territory 280 school districts, and 
 the same census established the additional fact that in the Territory of 
 Utah, there was a less degree of illiteracy than in many of the States of 
 this nation. [Applause.] As one of the Federal officers of this Territory, 
 I am glad to see the members of the Wyoming Legislature here. I did 
 not expect. to take part in this welcome, nor to be called upon to speak. 
 
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 But I think the day in this Territory is far distant when there will not be 
 found warm hearts ready to welcome the stranger within her gates. [Ap- 
 plause.] I re-echo the sentiments which have been expressed here to- 
 day, and as an officer of the Territory I am glad, gentlemen, to see you 
 here. [Applause.] 
 
 Mr. Warren here arose and said: 
 
 Mr. Speaker: 
 
 There is a subject upon which I would like to say a word or t\vo,a subject 
 of a very delicate nature, and one that lies very near the hearts of the mem- 
 bers of the Legislature of Wyoming. I need only refer you to that very 
 welcome resolution offered by a distinguished member of the Council (Mr. 
 Richards). You will remember it mentioned the women of Wyoming and 
 woman suffrage. [Applause.] Now, do not think, gentlemen of the 
 Legislature of Utah, that because the members of the Wyoming Legisla- 
 ture have been silent upon this subject that they are indifferent in regard to 
 it; for we are on the ladies' side. [Applause.] In the Wyoming Legisla- 
 ture we have representatives in both houses who have charge of parti- 
 cular subjects ; but I observe that the ladies' men have passed over this 
 matter, on the ground, I suppose, that that which is of the most import- 
 ance is left to the very last. My friend Mr. Babbitt and others will perhaps 
 respond before we get through ; but I want to bring the subject up here, 
 without venturing to make a speech upon it, because the day is not long 
 enough to do justice to it. I wish to put it to the vote of the Wyoming 
 Legislature in regard to this question, and I wish a standing vote [laughter], 
 that we may know who is on the ladies' side, and who is not. I wish to 
 ask now every member of Wyoming Legislature, who wants to vote and 
 who does vote, and who is proud to vote on the ladies side, to rise up. 
 Laughter, in the midst of which Mr. Warren, thinking the members did 
 not respond quick enough, shouted, "Rise, rise," and when he had got 
 them on their feet, said: "There! I just wanted the ladies present to see 
 .the kind of looking men who are for the ladies." The members and Mr. 
 Warren resumed their seats amid much hearty laughter and applause.] 
 
 Mr. Babbitt here arose and said: 
 
 Mr. Speaker: 
 
 It is very well understood that since the first sitting of our session that 
 a certain lady, in Cheyenne, has been endeavoring to induce various mem- 
 bers of the House to introduce a bill repealing woman suffrage. I do not 
 think there is a member of the House who' has the temerity to offer that 
 bill [laughter and applause]. Most of our people have aspirations for 
 Congress and the Senate. [Renewed laughter and applause, in the midst 
 of which Mr. Babbitt sat clown]. 
 
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 Hon. John Morgan of Utah, then arose and said: I 
 move an address from Hon. Erastus Snow, Utah's oldest 
 living pioneer. [Applause.] 
 
 Hon. Erastus Snow then took the floor amid hearty 
 applause. He said: 
 
 I am the oldest living pioneer of Utah. I saw the first water ditch 
 constructed, and the first stream of water drawn from it over the 
 ground upon which this Legislative Hall now stands; commencing from 
 this point over the gardens to the south, where the first vegetables were 
 planted, the first products of Utah to her pioneers. I have lived to see 
 the growth and development of this great interior country; and the pioneers 
 that followed the Utah pioneers and that developed the golden States, of 
 the Pacific. I have lived to see the time when these Territories meet 
 through their representatives to congratulate and greet each other. I have 
 listened with much satisfaction to tt.e exchange of congratulations and 
 pleasing sentiments which have been expressed here to-day. I know not 
 why I should be called upon on this occasion to take part in these proceed- 
 ings, unless it is because I may be much married, and it is desired that I 
 should be matched against those bachelors of Wyoming. [Loud applause 
 and laughter.] I heartily respond to the sentiments of Mr. Warren, 
 touching the woman suffrage question". If I am excluded from Senatorial 
 aspirations, there are plenty here who possess these aspirations, and for 
 this reason they are jealously guarding woman suffrage. [Applause.] It 
 seems almost a pity that so many bachelors from Wyoming should have 
 remained idle and indifferent so long; otherwise such handsome men as 
 myself might have been saved from the attacks of so many charming 
 women [applause], and from the result which, under the pressure of the 
 times, compels such as I to step down and out. 
 
 Now, gentlemen, we think if it is a little late, if you go to with your 
 might you may save such men as myself in the future from being compelled 
 to place ourselves in this unpleasant piedicament. [Applause.] 
 
 On motion of Mr. Hammond, it was ordered that one 
 thousand copies of the day's proceedings be published in 
 pamphlet form for distribution. 
 
 On motion of Mr. Creer, the Joint Session, at 1 o'clock 
 p.m., dissolved. 
 
 Benediction by Eev. Mr. Rafter, Chaplain of the 
 Wyoming Council. 
 
 On the dissolution of the Joint Session, the members 
 of th Wyoming Legislature remained in the hall, and intro- 
 ductions were exchanged between them and the Utah mem- 
 bers. 
 
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 CALL ON PRESIDENT TAYLOR. 
 
 On Friday morning, the City Council Committee waited 
 upon the members of the Wyoming Legislature, and pro- 
 ceeded with them to the office of President John Taylor, 
 where introductions were given and a very pleasant half 
 hour spent looking at the portraits of the leaders of the 
 Mormon people, and in conversation, there being present 
 besides the distinguished visitors, Hon. Angus M. Cannon, 
 Hon. L. John Nuttall, Territorial Superintentendent of 
 District Schools, Alderman Dinwoodey and Councilor 
 Junius F. Wells. 
 
 After the introduction, President Taylor arose and 
 made the following remarks; 
 
 Gentlemen : jy BRAft \ 
 
 In arising to address the Legislature of Wyoming Territory, and other 
 gentlemen present, permit me to say that I feel pleased at the honor you 
 have done me in paying me this visit this morning, and I also appreciate 
 very highly the courtesy you have extended to us as a city and as a Territory. 
 I am happy to see the fraternal feelings which seems to exist in your bosoms 
 towards a sister Territory. We are all engaged in the same work^ You in 
 your legislative capacity are trying to operate in the interest of your people, 
 and I believe that our legislators are doing the same thing. The Territories 
 of Wyoming and Utah occupy a very prominent position before the world. 
 When we first settled here we were comparatively isolated. This country 
 was then known and described on the maps as the Great American 
 Desert. When we passed over your plains, the buffalo roamed there un- 
 molested except by the red man, and the whole region was uninhabited ex- 
 cept by the roving Indian and a few trappers. Our furtile valleys then 
 abounded in sage brush, and barrenness and sterility prevailed. We now 
 stand on the highway of the nations, and perhaps there is as much travel 
 through here from the different nations of the earth as in any part that I 
 know of in the United States, or in the known world. I meet with gentle- 
 men here from the east and from the west, from England, Ireland, Scot- 
 land, Wales, Australia, France, Germany, Russia, Prussia, and the various 
 nations of the earth. I have been pleased to note the improvements that 
 have been made both east and west, and the advancement that has been 
 developed in science, art and mechanism, and generally in every principle 
 that is calculated to elevate man and ennoble the human family. We 
 live in a progressive age and are very much interested in these matters. 
 I can remember very distinctly many peculiar phases and changes that 
 have taken place since our first settlement here. When we first arrived in 
 these mountain valleys, it used to take from two to three months to get 
 
any word of any kind from the then, to us, outside world. We had no mail 
 at that time, except our ox express, you know, "Buck and Bright." Aftef 
 wards the pony express was established, which carried the mail consider- 
 ably quicker than the other mode. Next in order we were highly honored 
 with the stop coach, which was quite an improvement over the pony ex- 
 press and the buckboard. The telegraph was next introduced,and afterwards 
 the railroads, and now we are in daily communication with all the world. 
 The advancements which have been make in the United States as well as 
 other nations have brought about remarkable changes. These changes, 
 perhaps, are more conspicuous to me and to some of you gentlemen who 
 have grey heads than they are to others. We can appreciate the inter- 
 course that has been opened through the advance of science and general 
 intelligence. We are here, rather cosmopolitan in our feelings. We feel 
 that we belong to the general family of the world, and that all mankind are 
 our brothers, and we are always happy to encourage those mutual feelings 
 of kindness that ought to exist in the common brotherhood of man, where 
 right feelings and proper principles prevail. We are glad to meet them 
 and to extend to all that greeting which is due from one gentleman to 
 another. I am happy to meet you, gentlemen of the Legislature of Wyom- 
 ing, and bid you a hearty welcome to our city. I hope our fraternal feel- 
 ings will continue to increase, and that nothing may occur to interrupt 
 those social and pleasant feelings which your visit to our city abundantly 
 evidences. [Applause.] There is one thing more I would like to mention* 
 I find that you, in common with us, have given your women the right of 
 suffrage. Now, perhaps some of your ladies who have accompanied you on 
 this visit would be pleased to meet with some of our ladies; for we, too, 
 have extended the suffrage to our women; we have fallen into the same 
 error, as some seem to think. But we do not think it is much of an error 
 to confer upon them the elective franchise, and thus elevate woman 
 and place her on a par with man in the social and political scale. We 
 think it an act of justice to the fair sex, and one of those things which 
 tends to benefit and elevate its supporters. Under the circumstances, 
 therefore, I have thought that perhaps it might be agreeable to some of 
 your good ladies to meet with ours, and if so I shall be happy to afford 
 them the opportunity at my house opposite here, to meet in, if your ladies 
 can make it convenient. 
 
 Hon. W. H. Holliday, President of the Wyoming 
 Legislative Council, said that he did not know that the 
 arrangements of the day would admit of the Wyoming 
 ladies meeting some of the Utah ladies, as suggested, but 
 if it could be so arranged, felt sure they would be glad to 
 embrace the opportunity. 
 
 In response to a call, Hon W. H. Holliday then arose 
 and said: 
 
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 President Taylor: 
 
 I feel justified and feel it my duty to acknowledge the manner in . 
 which we have been received since we visited your Territory. I will say 
 that we have been greatly honored by the attention paid to us by the Gov- 
 ernor of this Territory; by the people of this Territory through the com- 
 mittee of their Legislature; by General McCook and his able officers of 
 Camp Douglas; by the City Council of Salt Lake, and by the people of 
 Salt Lake generally. I believe that in legislating for the people of these 
 Territories that knowledge is certainly an important factor; that to obtain 
 this knowledge requires investigation; that the more we look the field 
 over, and get better acquainted with those who are living around us, and 
 within our own Territory, the nearer we can meet their wants. I have 
 sometimes thought that it would be better if our United States Congress 
 should spend its recess in traveling through the United States, and thus 
 becoming better acquainted with the people of all sections of the country; 
 that they could legislate more safely and intelligently for the interests of the 
 people of all sections there of by so doing. I feel it an honor that I belong 
 to a Legislative Assembly elected by the people of a Territory who have 
 taken front rank in all matters progressive in human rights and liberties. It 
 is needless to say that I refer to the question of woman suffrage. I believe 
 it is an honor to our Territory that, during the first session of the first 
 Legislative Assembly that ever met in Wyoming, they granted the 
 privilege of suffrage to women, thereby removing the last barrier to human 
 possibilities in our Territory. I believe it has tended to purify the politics 
 of our Territory. I know, as one having held a position in our county 
 conventions, and having attended our Territorial conventions, that it has 
 made our people more careful in their nominations. I think this will hold 
 good in regard to all parties of our Territory. I am glad that the people 
 of our Territory don r t wait to see what the people of older States are 
 doing. We claim that we are in the advance. I claim that the very best 
 element of the best families of this country is found within the Territories 
 west of the Missouri River. The best young man of the family, after he 
 reaches maturity, feels that he must do something to make his mark in the 
 world, and this western country has opened certainly a magnificent field. 
 We appreciate fully the wonderful enterprise that has been manifested by 
 the people of Utah. We have come to see if we cannot learn from them. 
 If we may not be inspired to enterprises of at least equal magnitude, there 
 are many things, I am satisfied, we can learn from your people, especially 
 in agriculture, that we may make our rich valleys more capable of sustain- 
 ing a heavy population. We believe that we have within our Territory all 
 the elements necessary to sustain a great people; we believe that we are 
 rich in minerals; we know that we have limitless coal fields; we know that 
 we have other resources of immense value that must in time sustain, in 
 our growing Territory and what yet will be, as I hope, the State of 
 Wyoming a heavy and prosperous population. [Applause.] 
 
 After registering their names at the President's Office, 
 
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 the visiting gentlemen were escorted to the Temple Block, 
 where they examined the Temple in course of construction, 
 visited the Large Tabernacle, where they were much sur- 
 prised at the acoustic properties of the enormous building, 
 and to see the immense organ. They also visited the 
 Assembly Hall, and after lunch proceeded in company with 
 the Utah Legislature to Fort Douglas, in carriages provided 
 for that purpose. 
 
 PROCEEDINGS AT FORT DOUGLAS. 
 
 Tlie delightful reception given by the officers at Fort 
 Douglas on the afternoon of Friday, was attended by every 
 one connected with the Wyoming Legislative excursion, 
 and a number of invited guests, who enjoyed the magnifi- 
 cent panorama of Salt Lake City and the beautiful valley 
 between the mountains. The procession, as it left the 
 Walker House, headed by Governor Murray and other 
 Federal officials, drove directly to the post theatre, where 
 General McCook and his officers, in full regimental dress 
 received their visitors like gallant soldiers. When the 
 party had all assembled amid the strains of stirring music 
 by the Sixth Infantry Band, General McCook stepped 
 forward and spoke as follows: 
 
 Members of the Wyoming and Utah Legislatures ', the Governor of Utah y 
 and your Guests: 
 
 It is a most pleasing duty assigned me to-day. In the name of the 
 officers and ladies of Fort Douglas, I bid you a cordial welcome. To the 
 members of these Legislatures, I will say that there is no class who know 
 better than the military that they must be subservient to the civil power ; 
 no class that knows better why such conditions exist. Therefore, so far 
 as these officers are concerned, they have nothing to do but surrender at 
 discretion. As for the ladies, you have stormed the fort, our capture is 
 complete, and the post is in your possession. If they feel half as happy 
 as we do, they are in a most felicitous condition. 
 
 The members of the Wyoming Legislature and friends 
 
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 were then presented to the officers, during which time an 
 orchestra discoursed pleasant music. When the formal in- 
 troductions were over, the ladies, of the post passed sand- 
 wiches and claret punch around among their guests, and 
 many were soon waltzing to the seductive strains of the 
 orchestra. 
 
 GRAND CIVIC BALL. 
 
 The municipal authorities of Salt Lake had expressed 
 the desire to particapte in the attentions paid to the Wyom- 
 ing visitors, and arranged to give them, on Friday evening, 
 a grand complimentary I all in the Salt Lake Theatre. .The 
 following committees were appointed: 
 
 ARRANGEMENTS AND INVITATION. 
 
 Mayor William Jennings, Alderman Henry Dimvoodey, Councilor W. 
 W. Riter, Councilor Junius F. Wells. 
 
 RECEPTION. 
 
 Alderman Speirs, Councilor Romney, Councilor Clark, Councilor 
 Taylor, Councilor Watson, Collector Winder, Mrs. Mayor Jennings, Mrs. 
 Alderman Dinwoodey, Mrs. M. G. Clawson, Mrs. Miner, Miss Emma 
 Jennings, Miss Alice Dinwoodey. 
 
 FLOOR. 
 
 Recorder H. M. Wells, Marshal Phillips, Chief Engineer Ottingcr, 
 Justice Pyper, Collector Hampton, 
 
 In the evening an immense throng of fair women and 
 brave men, representing all classes of Utah's citizens, 
 combining the Federal officials, military authorities from 
 Fort Douglas, the two Legislative bodies, Territorial, 
 County and City officers, and the chief dignitaries of the 
 community, pioneers, citizens, leading bankers and 'mer- 
 chants, assembled to participate in the social ball. There 
 were about a thousand people present, and the affair was in 
 all respects a great success. Dancing was indulged, to 
 the strains of superb music, until a late hour. The refresh- 
 
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 ments, under the supervision of Professor Ball, were of the 
 best, and amply supplied all demands. The ball was en- 
 joyed by all present, and .was freely spoken of as the most 
 sociable and pleasant affair that hid ever been experienced 
 by many of the guests. 
 
 RETURN OF THE VISITORS. 
 
 On Saturday morning, in response to the invitation of 
 President Taylor, many of the ladies of the Wyoming 
 party accompanied by their male escorts, called at the 
 Gardo House, the President's official residence, where they 
 were received by a number of the representative women of 
 Utah, who were introduced by President Taylor. A very 
 delightful hour was spent in exchanging views, conversing 
 upon their past and present experience in Utah, and in 
 viewing the handsome residence. All the visitors appeared 
 to be much gratified with the reception, and went away with 
 impressions of Utah's social condition very favorably modi- 
 lied, where they had been otherwise entertained. 
 
 At 2 p. m. the train bearing our distinguished guests 
 was again laden, and after farewells had been exchanged 
 and hopes expressed that pleasant associations formed on 
 this occasion might be renewed in the future, the whistle 
 sounded and the Wyoming visitors were speeded away on 
 their journey homeward. 
 
 The following resolution expressing the appreciation of 
 the Wyoming visitors of the courtesies extended them was 
 received and distributed to the parties designated therein: 
 
 A JOINT RESOLUTION, 
 
 Returning the Thanks of the Eighth Legislative Assembly of Wyoming 
 Territory to the Officials and People of Utah Territory^ for 
 their Reception. 
 
 Whereas, The members of the Eighth Legislative Assembly of 
 Wyoming Territory, their friends and invited guests, have been the recipi- 
 ent, of many and hearty favors in their recent visit to Utah Territory, and 
 
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 Whereas, It is meet that this Legislative Assembly should properly 
 express its sense of appreciation of such courtesies, therefore, 
 
 Be it Resolved) by the Council and House of Representatives of the 
 Territory of Wyoming: 
 
 FIRST. That our earnest and heartfelt acknowledgments and thanks are 
 due and are hereby tendered to His Excellency Eli H. Murray, Governor, 
 and Honorable Arthur L. Thomas, Secretary, General A. McD. McCook, 
 and officers of his command; to President Cluff, Speaker Sharp and the 
 members of the present Legislative Assembly of Utah, the Mayor and 
 Common Council of Salt Lake City, Dr. McKenzie, and to the citizens of 
 that city for their flattering reception and thoughtful attention during our 
 stay, and we shall ever cherish the most grateful remembrance of their 
 hearty welcome and sincere hospitality. 
 
 SECOND. That the thanks of this Legislative Assembly are hereby 
 extended to the Union Pacific Railway Company, and to Messrs. P. J. 
 Nichols, Edward Dickenson, VV. A. Duel and C. E. Wurtele, its efficient 
 and courteous Superintendents, for their kindness in furnishing transporta- 
 tion to Salt Lake City and return, and in contributing to our comfort and 
 enjoyment. 
 
 THIRD. That these Resolutions be spread upon the Journals of both 
 Houses of this Legislative Assembly, and that copies hereof be sent to the 
 gentlemen mentioned in these Resolutions.