The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-05-23
THE DEBATE.
Continuation of the Cam n
Campbell Contest in Gar
House.
HOrr's Argument.
Mr.. Horr said:

general discussion of this question. l car
state all wish to say on the subject in q
very few moments. I shall vote against
seating Mr.. Cannon as q delegate from
Utah simply on the ground Of ordinary
common deeency. He comes here before
US and states unquslifedly that he Is liv.
Ing IN open. notorious violation Of law.
In direct violation of the solemn enact
ments of a former Congress, with total
disregard for the common usages Of mod
ern civilization. unmindfuI Of all the
pure and ennobling principles that should
adorn the society of this country, he
states that he is living with three or four
different women and raising family OF
children by each one of them. What
more do memb ers of this House wish to
know of any man? For myself, after
such an acknowledgment, l shall not
bother my head about constitutional law.
shall puzzle my brain over DO legal
bubbles. 1t makes no difference to me
whether the same law applies to dele
gates that obtains as to mem bers or net, l
simply won't vote to seat any man in this
House, as member or delegate, who thus
comes and 1aunts his sOiled garments in
our faces. 1t makes no difference to me
that he comes trying to cover his shame
under the guise of religion. The in
spirstien dodge is too thin to cover that
kind of iniquity. Neither the bullet OF
the lasciYious can be- in that way hidden
from the sunlight Of day. The cry of re-
ligious federation, of freedom Of consci-
fence, has no application in this case.
Let US suppose, to illustrate this mat
ter, that some man should be elected &
member of this House from some dis
trict, snG the charge should be made
against him in the press of the land that
he is a murderer. When standing here
at the bar of the House, suppose some
member should object to his being
sworn in and should confront him
with the charge. And in reply be should
say, "Yes; l kill people. l belong to a
church that believes in killing and eating
people. It has been my practice for
some time past to murder and devOar
my neighbors. l know it is in violation
Of statute law, but my church has new
light on this subject. know the GENTLE
world call us murderers, cannibals, but
they do this on account of their lack of
inspiration. It is one Of the ways we
have of worshipiDg." And you must not
forget that there are tribes OF men still
living who slay and eat their fellow men
simply as a religious ceremony. Now,
is there a man here who would vote to
seat such q monster? Would our demo-
G attic friends, who are so noted for their
constitutional convictions, commence
their usual WORKOUT phrases on that
mueh-abused instrument in defense of
that kind of religious liberty, the right to
kill and eat ones neighbors. Of course,
not man in the sound ofmy voice would
do anything Of the kind. Still, every
argument used in favor Of seating Mr..
Cannon would apply with equal force in
favor of seating that kind ola man. This
plea for freedom of conscience, religious
liberty, all this hue and cry, applies with
just as much force to tie one case as to
the other.
Can any man afford to worry his brain
or waste his time investigating and de-
batting such case? Far from it. Life is
too short and time too prec Gus to be thus
wasted. Hence it is say, Constitution
or no Constitution, law or no law, will
never vote TO seat any such man in this
House. 1t seems to me an insult TO ask
that such a thing be done, s3d waste OF
time to debate such proposition.
If there has been anything for which l
hsve admired the average democrats of
the past, it is for their ability TO swallow
doses, to gulp down with
out winkiDg OF blinking any mixture pre-
pared and offered them by their leaders.
l am just now watching with gres.
interest to see if they drain this cup with
smiling faces. You, gentlemen, can do
so if you will; l utterly refuse to taste or
even touch it. As for me too have
had an inspiration on this subject After
these election cases we're taken up yester-
day communication, clear and distinct,
came to me, and trust it came too from
the skies. This is what it said: "In
voting to seat or unseat members drop
politics, and see that only such men re-
ceive your support as themselves received
the majority Of votes actually cast at the
polls"
That closed the Campbell end Of this
controversy at once. The next celestial
ntterance was this: "Do not permit any
man to cover up assassination, lust, or
lechery under the plea Of inspiration
That kind Of afiatus never comes from
above. Men who claim that it dues are
always frauds"
And thus ended with me the Cannon
part of this case. Thus you see the gen
tleman from Utah and myself approach
this subject from q common stand point
We are both impelled by an outside
force; have both received "neW light"
His Inspiration leads him to violate law
and live in hsrem. Mine compels me
to see to it that all Isuch imposters are
kept out of Congress. Neither of US be
lieve in arguing the case, because we
both admit that inspiration speaks with
authority; that where it begins debate
should stop. Hence he and I can have
no quarrel, for surely, while he claims
such immunity on account Of the recent
revelations made to himself and the Lat
Ter Day Saints, he will permit nae to be
governed by this supernatural light that
% surrounds and compRsses me about.
Of course 10 me it is gratifying to see
that in this case reason and revelation,
common sense and Inspiration seem to
run in such parallel lines. But to Mr..
Cannon have only to say, that having
received this "new ligRL" my conscience
eompels me to follow it. Z Laughter and
Mr.. MoULT0N,
Mr.. Moulton-Mr. Speaker, if can
have the attention of the House I shall be
able to state in very short time the
views which I entertain. shall confne
myself exclusively to what I conceive to
be- the points in tho neao ond IN tha lon