The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-03-18
A CAPITAL SPECIAL.
A Criticism of Senator IN
CALLS Speech.
UTAH ANTI-srATE PETITION.
uErs Tngalps chewing Beetle
uBundIing" acknowledgements
Washington Notes.

WASHINGTON, March 12.-[Special to
THe HERALD The enemies OF Utah
are busy. The entire east has an al
legged virtuous fl on az present, and pc
titious against the admission OF Utah'
sill emanating from one source, are
flooding the Senate day after day. The
greatest addition TO the load of waste
paper now numbering up the room OF
the Senate Committee on Territories
was introduced last week. On cylinder
vas rolled sheet after sheet OF paper
pasted together, each sheet
COVERED WITH SIGNATURES
of men, women and children. Fastened
to the sides of the cylinder were TWO
handles covered with twisted red, white
and blue calico, while on top OF the
huge roll was tricolor rosette, at least
six inches in diameter. The petition, or
rather series OF petitions, contained
over 100000 signatures and was borne
TO the Capitol in CAB accompanied by
Rev. Dr.. Sunderland, pastor OF fresl-
dent CIeveIsnd's church in this city.
Senator Plat was requested 10 intro
duse the petition, but he did not care
TO have his desk ornamented by that
enormous mass of paper and colored
calico, SO he suggested that 1t might be
well to try Senator ingalls,, President
of the Senate, whose petitions can be
presented IN a much quieter way. The
reverend doctor then asked the Kansas
Senator if be would allow himself to be
used as the medium through which the
waste paper might be disposed OF and
he consented:
TIE PETITION
headings are all printed and are pre-
cisely alike. They read as fellows:
To the Honorable Senate and Bouse OF
representatives OF the United states: The
undersigned, cltizeEs OF the United States,
out or love ID their country. 90 heieby
earnestly petition that you Will not apoT
Utah 10 becOms u state. so long as tbs local
civil power OF he erTitoTy remains IN he
hands of the Mormon priesthood and the
people eyade o. refuse obedience to the
present laws Of Congress against polygamY.
The signatures were obtained from
congregations OF the Presbyterian
faith, and although with the large
petition already mentioned there are
fully 200 600 names in, the end Is not
vet, for large number OF churches
have yet to bs heard from.
A singular feature OF thu deluge OF
memorials Is found on examining them.
The greater portion Gomez from Penn
sylvania, and especially numerous are
the siguers i'll Lancaster and Berks
Countias. These counties have long
been noted as being the home OF
peculiar custom, known 10 the world
as
"BUNDLING."
For the benefit of the uniniusted
''bundIing" needs as prerequisites,
Young man, a Dung woman, and q
bed. In theory, the young n.an is al
lowed by the girls parents to occupy
their daughters bed IN company
with the girl. They are separated, III
theory, by sheet, beneath which re-
poses the female, wnlle the young man
has 10 lie on The sheet at the other side
of the couch. The practice and the
theory do not always agree, and 1t
would be mora than strange ii they did.
Yet, these people petition Congress to
exercise an especially watchful care
over the morals Of a people among
whom SUCH q disgusting practice as
s'bundling" could have but an epheme-
raj existence. They imagine they see
motein Utah's optic. but they discern
not the beam IN their own eye.
If Senator ingalls, cares anything tor
public opinion, and if the expressions
of people in this city, members OF
Congress and others, are any criterion
of public opinion. he must feel that his
latest oratoricel effort is by no means
success. On the contrary. it must be
his opinion that his remarks were
LIKE THE KICKING GUN,
which does more damage to the man
who fires it than to any one else. 1t is
the almost universal opinion that Mr..
ingalls, has made an exposure of him
self. As the Congressional critic of the
Senator from Kansas put it, HE made
an indecent exposure of his mind"
The drop Of the very versatile
and learned Senator from Kansas
from the domain of intellectually
into the field of loW-grade vitupera
ton can be appreciated when a
a few words are SAID about his former
position and that which he occupies
now. By a series of speeches, delivered
at appropriate intervals, Mr.. ingalls,
has attained position that was to be
envied. 1t was the position of man
of naturally strong mind, which edu-
cation and bent that way had Guilt
waited. His speech, when the Senatr
was eulogizing the late Senator Hill. of
Georgia, was a classic; his bout
with Senator Brown, also of Georgia
was clean, and dealt only with the gen.
eraI subject. These are types of the
utterances which had given him
HIS WASHINGTON REPUTATION.
Through them was lost the dirty evil
dence brought out when Senate COM
mittee was investigating the charge thal
he had obtained seat in the upper
house of Congress by means OF
bribery. Gentlemen from Kan
sac who knew Mr.. Ingalls,, pre-
Sicsad that he would, like water,