The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-03-25
CHATS WITH GREAT MEN.
The MORMON DELEGATE GAME
TALKS OF UTAH.
ne tsntiie. Judge Easbin. DcnOunce- tie
mor'nons-Denis Kearney on the Chi
Joe browns Best Year.
lsncclal Correenondence.l

~ th''. iONs NINifi A----J III llVliiitll1
are making a big fight for statehood md
the sandy whiskercd John T. Game, their
delegate here, has appeared a number Of
1 times before the committees. Tie tells me
! that the Mormons are in earnest in their
! determination TO rcnounce polycamy if
\ they can be admitted as q state. and he
| says that the entire population OF Utah is
/ in favor OF this measure. asked him as
| 10 the population Of the territory. lie re-
| piled.
utah has now over 200, 900 people. and
| she has $50, 000,00 worth OF property
/ outside Of her mines. She has, by irriga-
| ton, turned her desert lands into some Of
the best farming country in the United
| States, and she is in the front rank among
the territories Of the west as manufact-
uring center The mining outputof Utah
is over S7OO0,OOp a year, and it some
! times runs as high a $4,000, 900. We
! keep our taxes down, and our schools are
as good as many Of those Of the older
states tell you the people are in earn
| est about this matter, and all that Utah
needs To make it one OF the best states Of
the west is admission to the Union and a
/ settled government"
| Senator Paddock, who was n member Of
/ the Utah commission, and number OF
/ Olher leading congressman Of Washing
/ ton, arc not at all satisfied with the pro
/ fessious Of the MOrmons, and there is no
| prospect that Utah will secure its state
hood this session. The Republicans, as a
rule. thinl, that the state, if admitted,
would be Democratic, and the anti-Mor-
mon congressman say that after such an
admission, the MOrmOns could establish
their hierarchy and rule the state rs they
pleased The Christian people Of the
United states are sending petitions to con
gress by the tens Of thousands Of names,
and one petition which was sent from
New England few days ago was brought
into congress in roll. and it was rs biz
around as a barrel. 1t contained i03 900
names, and it urged, by all means, that
Utah be kept i'm her territorial clothes. a
correspondent Of the Gentle paper OF
Salt Lake. who is looking at the question
from the Gentle standpoint, tells me that
this Utah statehood proposition is q cloak
to hide other designs and that the real
scheme Of the MormOns is TO gain the con-
troll OF New Mexico, and when it Is
admitted as a state next year, 10
elect congressman and senators in
sympathy with the MOrmOns Then,
with the balance OF power in
their hands, which such an election
might give them in the senate, they might
be able 90 force Utah into statehood, and
eventually bring ia Arizona, where they
are very strong, as a third state. This
man says that they have c0lonized New
Mexico To such an extent that they may
he able to control irs vote next year, and
Judge Baskn, If Utah, the judge who
presided over the DANTE trials of the Lee
massacre by the MOrmOns years ago, says
that there is no doubt but that the Nor
mons have large strength in New
Mexico Judge Baskin is here fighting
the MOrmOns He does not at all APP
prove of the George Ticknor Curtis rcsOlu-
lions 10 make Utah a state. "Utah rs
state, -" said he, "would Jump at once into
it's old condition of antaCOnism 10 the GOV
ernment, and we would lose all that
we have gained. ina Edmunds bill
is gradually roofing out pOlygamy
and bigany, and the new generation
which is growing up is in favor of the law
of the United States. \ new sect is
springing up, known as the JOsephites,
who favor only one wife, and who are
headed by Joseph Smith, the son of the
great apostle Gentle capital is fast com
ing in under the stimulus Of governmental
supervision over the territory; and, if It
can be shown that the United States gov
eminent intends to control matters i'm
Utah, salt Lake City will boom and grow
like green bay tree The Mormons,
l.. a.
troll the business OF the territory. Their
"Zion's Cooperative association" has
branches in every city and village, and
MOrmOns are prohibited from dealing
with any other establishment for the nee
essarics Of life They have, in other
words, boycotted the Gentle stores, and
they are fighting for their business lives
as well as their religious ones.
Mr. George Ticknor Curtis who is act
ing as the lawyer for the Mormons, and
who, IL is natural to suppose, gets 4 good
round yearly sum from them for espOus-
ing their cause is the biographer who
wrote the two volume life OF President
Buchanan. and who has also written lives
of Daniel Webster and other statesmen.
He is "a curious looking, mummiiicd old
citizen. with an intelligent face which
looks for an the world as though his din
ner continually disagreed with him, and
he moves about Washington as solemn as
a funeral lie has none of the mixing
qualities which pertain 10 the ordinary
claim agent, and such ends - be accom-
plishud are the result of intellect rather
than GOOD fellowship.
Next To the Mormon question and the
admission TO the territory, the west is in
terested in the Chinese question, and
Denis Kearney has been painting the
national Capitol red, metaphorically
speaking, with his harangues against the
Celestials. kearney is short, thick set,
red faced, blue eyed, honest looking man
of apparently about 40 years Of age lie has |
a physique like prize fighter, ana he IS
no more afraid of Senator Ingalls, or
Senator Edmunds than he is Of a page |
boy of the house. lie dresses in rough |
clothes, wears SLOUGH hat which IS !
usually banged in at the top, and his air |
is decidedly western. lie is full Of good |
nature and he does not lack good sense. |
He works like "a steam engine in trousers, |
and he is packed from his heel TO the cow
lick at his crown with his anti-Chinese |
mission.
/ chatted with him in the rotunda Of |
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