The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-01-22
HAVING LOTS OF FUN.
A Lively Time at the Utah
Hearing.
DUB GOVERNOR rs SIZED. UP.
Pat. LAnLan's Last Opportunity
Disinterested MT Bean Tells
Plain Truths.

WASHINGTON, D. c., January 16. 1889.
Especial correspondence of The HER
AID. 1.-The hearing on the question of
Utah's admission into the Union was
resumed at 100 p. m. to-day.
MR.. E. P. FERRY
on behalf of the non-Mor-
mons of Summit County, Utah Terri
tory, and produced his authority to
represent them In the form of set of
resolutions, which, however, were not
read. He said he was not an Office
holder or politician, but business
mau; had been citizen of Utah since
1,74, and had been the instrument of
investing million dollars in mining.
When he first went to Utah he boarded
with Mormon who was the husband
of five wives; he knew, therefore, some.
thing of Mormonism. He concurled with
every word uttered by Mr.. Richards re-
lating to the area, industries. wealth,
resources, population, etc., of Utah
but that the Mormons were entitled to
so much credit for patriotism in set
ting that country he denied. When
the Mormons first occupied Utah Tin
1S47l it was Mexican soil, and il
was for this reason they migrated there
Their history prior to that was well
known. The Territory was not acquired
by the United States till 1S4S; and il
was one of the points made by the
Mormons before the courts that they
were entitled to the exercise of their
religious rights which they exercised
before the Territory was acquired by
tie United States.
Referring to points alluded to by Mr..
Richards, he said the Mormon Battalion
were permitted to be enrolled to help
them in their migration; that they
never participated in any battle, and as
to the hosting of the flag on Ensign
Peak lin lS47) he reminded that gentle
man of the half-masting of the flag on
the City Hall, Salt Lake City.
WITH REGARD TO SCHOOLS,
he said they were controlled entirely by
Mormons, and Gentiles were obliged to
contribute to their support; that they
had some $500 children ia day schools
of denomlnational character, besides
having to help to support the district
schools; that outside of Salt Lake City
church services were help by the Nor
m n IN the district schoolhouses.
Mr.. WARNER-When you speak oil
Mormon schools, you mean school
houses erected by the people generally
| and sustained by taxesP
ANswER-Cerlainly, and used as
Mormon meeting-houses for religious
services. -
QUEsTIoN-Is it true or not that Gen
tile children attend those schools, OF
are they ex luded?
AEswER-l Know of very few; K there
ars any they are very few.
JUDGE WILsCN-Do they Z jlade Gen
tile children from public SCHOOLS?
ANSWER No more than they exclude
Gentiles from their public services
But neither you nor would send our
children to their schools.
QUESTIONABLE other religious societies
prohibited from holding services in the
schoolhouses? Answer-I have never
known any other religious society to
hold services III them.
Question-HaVe you eve, known
other religious denominations to be re-
fused the use of the schoolhouses TO,
church services? Answer-I know oi
but one application, that was in Heber
City, and 1t was most promptly refused.
Mr.. Ferry, continuing: 1t had been
stated that polygamy is dead. The
gentleman here submitted copy of the
record OF the Third District Court o!
Utah, and of the report of the warden
of the Penitentia"y. Ths reason, he
said, that so few indictments for polyg-
amy were found was that it was impos-
slble to convict parties for the offence
as witnesses foreswore themselves OF
dared not tell the truth.