Daily globe., 1883-10-29
WASHINGTON.
EI-EEGEG4TE CANNON TFsER-
WE WE'D or THE MORMON
CUES ZION.
Processes Not to be Alarmed at Threatened
New Leeislation--Candidate for the
Speakecship--Opening Their Campaign,
Especial Telegram to the Globe.
KILBoURN & LATrA'S BOOKS.

which was entered in court late yesterday
afternoon, seems to indicate that the "a
nous books of the firm of Kilbourn &
Latta, for the refusal TO produce which
Kilbourn was imprisoned, are to see the
light. The counsel for ex-Sergeant- at
Arms Thompson moved that the plaintiff
prodaae foc the inspection ct the defend
ant ell IL. rers of the firm of Kilbourn &
Latta fcot, 1873 to 1876. It was theso
lodgers tf. which the Democrats hoped
to prore The .1naec!ion of Gen Grant and
other noted aapublicsns il a1d Gu. @ CON
gress with the ,sal astste pool. IT, frm
proteste.i th2. b2oks would shoz 10Th
ing ot the so.s. Nevertheless lIH1oIrn
refused 10 produce them, and vas sent TO
jail for contempt Of ths Houss, and
was released on haheas corpus -ths su-
preme coart giving congress its fret re-
buff il It's irquisItorisl cl4iDs by ds3ar-
ing that an American ci;iz=n IS euaran-
teed by the constitution exemption rom
search Of his private papers Why the
books should be called for uoR, aad Why
there should be no resistance to the order
by Knoo1-n, is not clear. Theg Go not
seem to have a material bearing. It is
to be presumed that the books viii shog
nothing wrong and taat tasir production
viii BE- lsed as a1 additional arg1nent
that the rights Of citizens we're invaded by
congress without cause.
TIE RREsIDEYT's MESSAGE.
Nothing IS known here IN regard to any
Of the recommendations Ct the Presidents
message. In fact he is but just receiving
the Dri4cipal points of tha reports CT the
heads Of departments, AS so the raport
that he VIII recommend the total gao,. ton
of internal revenue taxes it is noa credlsed
here. There IS a general impression thss
he m3y 90 as far as he did in his message
of last Dacamber, IL which ne advised the
repeal OF all this class of taxes, except
those IL distilled spirits. But this i'm
preston IS not based upon any recent in
formation about his purposes. Those who
have made study OF Tho result of the
reducitoas by the last Congress and the
prob25j5 necessiGes of tde government
for tsa Immediate future do not believe
that TIE president will feel authorized 10
go beyond his recommendation Of last
year.
THE MORMON QUESTION.
Geo. @. Cannon, the Mormon apostle,
appeared in Washington with the Utah
commission. That church closely watches
its interests. In an Interview with tie
GLoBE correspondent Cannon expressed
himself freely. "The result Of the trisi os
the Ejllaads law," ne said, ''has been 10
verify M predictions. I told Edmu1ds
the Law would unite cur people. The
framers Of the bill supposed that the Gen
tiles woll5 join with the apostate uor-
mons AID with the disaffacted Mormons,
and that their combined vote would con
tro'. They were mistaken. The bill
united "a. Young people who have never
taken az interest in religious matters saw
that they would have to take sides, and
they voted With Us. The consequence was
4 victory for the Mormons." 'Was5 10
you think, Nr. C8aaoH," was asked, will
be the recommendation Of the commits
sion?'' 7 have thoaght," he replied, that
the present commission would be coutin-
ued indefinitely" Il was suggested to Mr..
Cannon that the Eimunds Law
permit ID the Mormon Legislature 80 ep-
point commission which should super
sede the cougressio onal commission aud
which soald have the power to prescribe
regulations to continue the enforcement
of the EImunds law
eyes" said Mr.. Cannon 'thsre is such a
provision in the law but the commission
ers seem TO overlook one very important
point. The action of the Legislature has
. be approved BY the governor. The veto
of the governor Is absolute. Gov. Muir
ray is very severe man. It is not prob
able that the Legislature would pass any
law which he would approve. His veto
would continue the congressional
commission. I cannot say what
law the legislature would approys
but 1t certainly would not be as low and
severe as the regulations Of the commits
sion. These regulations are an accusation.
They convict man Of polygamy by
charging him with being o poly9 ouist.
The charge thands unless the accassd
takes an eIpurgatory vote. The legisle-
ture would doubtless pass a lay disfrGn-
chisinS pOlygamists upon proof thst they
were polygemists. This it will be seen
is exacily what the members of tina com
mission fe.r sthst the Legislature will 10.
It will require proof of polygamy while
seeing 10 it that it shall not be possible to
obtain any proof" Mr.. Ca1-
non was asked this. "Wnat
possible objection can your people have
to marriage law which shall require CT
you ths same publicity as to marriage Il
cense from the civil authorities as is re-
quired of American citizens in every
state" Mr.. Cannon said: ''We shoul3 not
so mueh object to the public record if it
were rot to be used as nesns of perse-
cution. Probably the commission will
recommend that and doubtless congress
will pass it. We expect it and We shall
obey it, as We do all laws. There have
been published recently some monstrous
stories as to the endowment house oere-
nony. They are outrngeously false. Il is
said, for instance, that She so1es
were present without their clothing
The truth is no ceremony could