Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-08-26
CONG RESS.
The Mormon Pardons Resolution
Again Called Up.

Anc mormon Far0Oms resolution
Again Called Up.
WASHINGTON, August 25.-Jn the
House Rogers, of Arkansas, from the
Committee on Judiciary, reported res.
olution as substitute for the one offered
by Dubois, of Idaho, calling on the At
torney- General for information as to the
number of convictions made for the Of
fences of polygamy. adultery and unlaw-
full cohabitation in Utah and Idaho, and
as to the number of pardons granted to.
persons convicted.
Dubois, of Idaho, who originated the
resolution, advocated its adoption, and
disclaimed any intention, by offering the
resolution, of refecting upon President
Cleveland's action in granting pardons,
though he regarded Executive clemency
as encouraging violation of the law.
Caine, of Utah, thought the original
resolution had been offered for political
effect, but supported the substitute for
the reason that it would show that the
Administration had enforced laws most
rigidly. He then commented in
eulogistic terms upon the industry, in
telligence and ability of the Mormons in
Utah, and declared that polygamy was a
dead issue and that the Mormon Church
no longer gave permission for plural
marriage. The applications for pardon
which had been favorably considered by
the President were in all cases recon-
mended by the United States District
Attorney and generally by non-Mormons.
EFFORTS AT sELF-ADJUsTMENT.
He briefly reviewed the efforts of the
people of Utah during the last two years
to settle the so.called Mormon question
and to bring that much-abused Territory
into harmony with the rest of the Nation.
He said the Mormon community was one
with less percentage of foreign-born
population than other Territories, and
the. general morality, industry, sobriety
and thrift OF the people excite the admi-
ration of every unprejudiced trav-
eler. He showed that it had
proven in judicial proceedings that
the Mormon Church no longer
gave permission for plural marriages, and
called attention to the fact that the Terri
torial Legislature had declared in favor
Of just, humane and impartial enforce
ments of the laws of the United States.
and had enacted most stringent marriage
laws. He showed what very small per
centage of the population those who had
been in polygamy were, and that this
class were forever disfranchised bv the
laws of the United States; that before
any citizen of Utah could vote he had to
swear that he had not violated the laws
Of the United States against bigamv.
polygamy or unlawful cohabitation, and
that they did not mean to.
THE CRY AGAINST PoLYGAMY.
He referred to the fact that their oppo-
nents were reluctantly compelled to
ABANDON the cry against polygamy which
had served them well in the past, and
were now insisting that the great danger
was the union of Church and State. The
Mormon people are united because there
1as been, and there is, settled purpose
IN the part of small but persistent
unity to deprive them of the right of local
community self-government.
IL have endeavored," said Caine,
thus briefly to show what the mono
yamic Mormons of Utah have done to
place themselves and the Territory in
lccord with public sentiment and to
'olve troublesome problem. Enter
ming, as they do, the highest venera-
ion for the institutions of their country,
IS we'll as due respect for the opinions Of
he majority, they deliberately deter
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ue. They put their hands to the plow:
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will not look back"
The resolution was adopted.
LEAVES OF ABSENCE REVOKED,
A motion to 60 into committee of the
whole on the Deficiency Appropriation
ill disclosed the fact of no Quorum.
Sayson, of Illinois. offered resolution
evoking all leaves of absence excent
hose granted on account of illness. this
evocation to take effect Monday.
A long political discussion followed. in
which each party endeavored to shift the /,
'lame for the delay in the transaction of
BUSINESS on the shoulders of the other.
'!naily, after being amended so as to
llrect the Sergeant-at-Arms to notify alb
entees by telegraph of the action Of the
1ouse, the resolution was adopted.
BEFORE THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEES.
Representatives Thompson, Morrow
nd McKenna, of California, appeared
efore the House Judiciary Committee
o-day to give their views upon the
memorial presented by the citizens of
an Francisco, asking for the impeach-
lent OF Judges Sawyer and Sabin for re-
ewing Chinese from arrest by writs of
abeas corpus. The meeting was secret.
he California members confined their
tatements to an exposition of the con-
ition of affairs which resulted in the
resentation of the charges, being called