Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-10-04
THE MoRMoNS.
Annual Report Of the Utah Com-ni..to, ,c
the Secretary Of the Interior Reiterated
Recommendations In Relation - the "A.
mission OF the Territory TO Statehood.

Annual Report Of the Utah Coumi..to, 4,
the SECRETARY Of the Interior Reiterated
Recommendation In Relation Il, the aa
mission OF the Territory TO Statehood.
WASHINGTON. Sept. sc. I. Godfrey
A r. Williams and A. L. Thomas. thr-s
OF the hve members Of the Utah Com.
mission, have submitted 20 the secret.rx
OF the Interior the majority report OF m.
commission of affairs in tue Territorv
during the past year. They renew the
recommendation OF the last annual 70.
port that the Territory should no, be AL.
mitted to the Union as a State until
such time as the Mormoa paools
shall manifest by their acts that
they have abandoned polygamy in good
faith, and an amendment shall have been
adopted to the constitution pronibitory o,
polyssmy. The action OF the senate and
House committee on the petitions asking
Tor the admission OF Utah, the report
claims, Is IN support OF the position taken
by the majority. Ths Senate COMMITTEES
recommended, as condition OF aduis.
sion, that there should be undoubted eyi {.
dence on the part OF the Mormon reop,s
OF the abandonment OF polygamy. aud
the House recommended the adoption os
the prohibitory amendment to the con,,i-
tuition Both political parties in Utan. In
convention utterance, the report adds.
lndorse the position OF the majority.
Ihe report urges the granting 20 the Gov
eruor or Utah the power Of appointing
school srperIntendents, as, under the
present plan OF popular elections. the
schools are under the control OF the Nor
mon church Reference il made to the
act passed by the legislature last
December, but vetoed hy the
ecvernur, providing for the distribution
OF the Inblic school fnud for the
support OF the people among the
public schools. 4 letter written in
June last by the president OF the
church is also quoted, which expresses
the opinion that IL the children are left
to the training they receive in schools
they viii grow up In ignorance OF those
principles OF salvation for which the
Latter Day SAINTS have made so many
sacrifices. The Mormon people. the pres
ident adds, generally desire 10
have schools where the Bible,
the Book OF Mormon and the
BOOK OF Doctrines ani Covenauts, can be
used rs text books, and where the princi-
pies OF their religion may form part Of
The teaching The repor. concludes,
from these circumstances. that the Nor;
mon Church favors policy which IL sue
cessful will prove des s,ruc'ive n the pub
lie school system in Utah. Tbs COM
missioners also renew their recommenda-
ton OF last year that the Governor ap-
point county officers. The opinion is ex-
pressed in the report that the work under
the law OF Congress with respect
TO the registration OF voters and
the conduct OF the elections
has been we'll performed and very satis-
factory. During the past year there
have been eight indictments For poly.
gamy and four convictions. 56i indict-
ments for unlawful cohabitation aud
S62 convictions. In conclusion the COM
missioners express the opinion that an
energetic enforcement OF the laws should
be continued, and also that political
disabilities should be continued.