New-York tribune., 1881-12-08
THE UrlH CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATE

CONTEST FOR THE SEATTLE RELATION OF con-
GEEss To TIE MORMON QUESTION.
IFCoN Al OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRIBUNEl
SALT LAKE CITY, Nov. 29.-When Mr.. Bas-
kin contested Delegate CannOn's seat in the House oI
former Congress- he showed that the latter had never
been legally uaturazed; but the committee reported III
fa~Or of Mr. Cannon 10y bare majority on the grouu
that if the charge it should be shown IN Utan
Court-he Cour la which he claimed to have been natu'
ralized That has now been done. The question was
argued last winter, before Governor Murray ana CON
siderng the showing conclusive the Governc declined
TO certify that Mr.. Cannon was the person tthe
law having defined person In such cases |" mean ct
zep who had received the greatest number oil votes
for Delegate and did certify that Mr. Campbell was sch
nerson Shortly after Murray left the Terri
tory and application made for mandamus to com
No, se setary (and then ActingGoyernor Thomas TO
issue certificate Of election to Cannon. This the Court
Judge Twiss presiding declined To grant, ou the ground
that under the laws II matter In the Governors
discretion judicial instead OF ministerial act on hs
part Cannon then procured statement OF the vote Dy
precincts from the records the secretarys Office and
the Secretary certified to It's correctness
It showed, what has never been denied that
Cannon received vast majority Of the votes
cast al the election and upon the strength Of this docu
ment Clerk Adams placed Cannon's name on the roll Of
the House.
If IL TO DO presumed that Cannon Will he denied the
events, on the gIOuuu lIdt ne II h htH aH"
from his manner Of life incapable Of taking the naturah
zatIon oatb That II should be granted 10 Campbell
does not OF course follow IL would not be IN accord
auce with American though 1t would bc with English
precedent and custom. The circumstances are novel
however and such might justify departure from pre-
cedent and custom, II anything can In the first place
the vote for Campbell not ouefourth OF the Gentle
vote The Geute- 45Is votes for their candidate
In 1876 and the census Of l-SO showed an cN
cess Of 81 900 population and above what The Con
ference returns Oi the year claimed a. the Mormon
population. The Gcntcs Of Utah have at least 5000
votes Ilcy lid not generally vote at the last election
because they considered hopeless Secondly the Gen
tiles are the only element III UAu that holds To the IN
sttutons Of this country. They have rights in UtA1
save 10 pay taxes They absolutely excluded from
all participation IN administration. Their sole prot"c
ton absolute veto OF the Governor They have no
representation IN Congress IL his letter OF acceptance
Cannon explicitly stated that hc would cudeaYor 10
carry out the wishes II elected not Of the people o ah
but those who set him In the field Tie represents
the Mormon Church au Asiatc and not American IN
stitution in any respect and his time aud tue time Of
every delegate Utah had IN Congress has brcn aud
is devoted solely TO advancing the Interests
Of this Churcn. which Is necessarily. from
its fundamental principle, hostile to free IN
s;itutions and dsloyal and trcasonlble to an
existing Governments. It has ttAng iund ~ million
dollars yearly. aud there Is 40 doubt That 1t us' u cor
ruptly whenever II bas occasion and eau do go. u
organized IA the most thorough manner strengthens
uy the -y-ttuauc importation "i oh'crl- iLhu
rant aliens ana - extending itself o. culouilug auliccut
and Icuouts. congress hs given % 'or ppIi
ical training -CLOu one r tie hu.-i aud beet located
Tcrritorcs II la eidrd 'lirty ycare carrying
lts It's usdIoun warfare against all uht the American
people hold dear. J. there aH! code tal Cohpc con
unuautc Ol this policy ol placing weapons 90 lhc hands
vi church people that consider Themselves called
v r,cU to llyc laws 10 Courr aul tp tl tougr...cs
That would rpuru Congress thry were tlrunr enough 90
act tADT policy openly touI,ts ought un
the bruadcst gr0uuus ~ puuND 70 IIrY. tu
TeIusc recognition aud representation until, body
ponuc, CONFORMS Itr lave tu tine laws 90 Congress
such course should De- considered too much Ut
an innovation, u Congress concludes That trrhucautcs
should prevail, and AcTtupou ucCaToa The EcAt ynDI
the least do, sending The matter back, is g. pro
vide b, law tudt person who i- pJlyGaul.t Whu
uuhYldH pulygamy by itH pu1uC advocacy, EuuuIt De-
eAgIbc tue Once Of Delegate IA tuugrrr1 surely 70
much 10 itseli, TO the outraged law aud 10 the
American people. IL ~ IN tFcrJ aspect oI tue cas-,
proper IL 10 take such action aud reasonable uJ
iecon be made 10 H. The motives objects of the
puygduisCs form no feature IN tine lLry say they
teau says oonmauued To Nil Garfield The empu
ness uf such a plea lOT the commission 81 /, only
euuallcd by It's brutal lmpcty. Congress la, rghtJ
felony, aud now u ADMIT a pUyrauist
Gus example possible OF dlsrCspcCt 10 the law the
ldS-mdkiEg power
mi, mucn At ali events should be done by Congress
Let provide that none but native born duly natural
Lcd male ciuZcus O tue United states, resident In Utuh
and OF legal age, shall be quaIucd voters
IN Utah TINS wouI,t exclude aliens and minOr- ana
women from tine polls, 1t might wrong women
though there is room Tor difference Of opinion about
that but could not wrong slaves. POygauiy makes
saves OF women IN Utah. just the same AFRICA.
And while tue women OF Utah choose TO make them
pOygamy a dcsocratIOn Oi the franchise To allow
them vote and also wrong 10 lneGn, Tor places U
their hands power ignorany or passOnatcly per
petuatc their own lsuomnious degradation.