St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-09-29
The Majority Of the Utah
Commission Files It's
Report.
Pretenses Of Polygamists Are
Exposed and Most Emphat-
ieally Denounced.
Gen. Benet Issues a Circular
That Stirs Up Republic
cans.
Secretary Whitney Dismisses
a Clerk Whose Head Is
Swollen.
Special to the Globe.

Special to the Globe.
WASHINGTON, Sept. CSC. L. Cod
frey, A. B. Williams and Arthur l..
Tomas. three of the five members of the
Utah commission, have submitted to
the secretary of the interior the major
ity report of the commiss on on affairs
in the territory during the past year.
They renew the recommendation OF the
last annual report that the territory
should not be admitted to the Union as
a state until such time as the Mormon
people shall manifest by their future
acts that they have ADAM
dOned pOlygamy in good faith
and an amendment shall have been
adopted to the constitution prohibtory
of polygamy. The action of the senate
and house committee on the petitions
asking for the admission OF Utah. the
report claims, is in support OF fhe posi-
ton taken by the majority. The senate
committee recommended as condition
of admission, that there should be
undoubted evidence Oh the part
of the Mormon people of the
abandonment, of polygamy, and
the house recommended the adoption of
the pr0hibitory amendment TO the con-
Stitution. Both political parties OF Utah,
in their convention utteranceS. the re-
port adds, ind0rse the position or the
majority. The report favors granting
to the governor of Utah the power OF
appointing school superintendentS, as
under the present form OF popular cleo
ton, the schools are under the
CONTROL OF TIE MORMON CHURCH.
Reference is made to the act passed
by the legislature last December. but
Ia thfA nrnNIIlnD FIJI
the distribution of the public schools
formulating the public, and public
schools. A letter written in June last
by the president OF the church is also
quoted, which expresses the opinion
that if the children are left to the train
ing they receive in schools, they will
grow up entirely ignorant Of those prln-
cipieS of salvation for which the Latter
Day Saints have made so many Sacrl-
fees. The Mormon people. the presi-
dent adds, generally desire to have
schools where the Bible, the book of
Mormon and the book of doctrine
and covenants can be used as text
books, and where the principles of
their religion may form part or the teach
ing. The report concludes from these
circumstances, that the Mormon church
favorS a policy which il successful,
will prove destructive 10 the public
schools system in Utah. The commits
sioners also renew their recommended
ton of last year, that the governor APP
point county officers. The opinion is
expressed 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 well
performed. and very satisfactory. Dur
Ing the past ear there have been eight
indictments for polygamy and four con-
victiOns: 364 indictments for unlawful
cohabitati0n and 236 convictions. In
conclusion, the commission express the
opinion that an energetic enforcement
OF the laws should be continued, and
also THAT political disabilities should be
continued