The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-01-25
SENT GALLEY WEST.
Our Honored Soy" is Severe
ly Gained.
HE'S BAsKIN' IN REVELATION.
"AIr. West. a Simple Patriot, One
Who Wants an Office, Nothing
More

w AShlN0TON, Jsuudry 1oGn, 1908. -
Especial Correspondence of The
HERALD delegate Caine, in taking the
floor to resume bis argument. thiq after.
noon, said he would not for obvious
reasons, attempt.to reply to the remarks
of the Delegate from Idaho. The
animus he exhibited spoke for itself.
Proceeding with his argument, Mr.,
Caine claimed the Mormon Church to
be the most Democratic ecclesiastical
organization in the world, and that from
the character of its underlying prin-
ciples the one man power, so often
decried by its active opponents, could net
exist. The people themselves were
well informed, and the percentage of
iiliteracy in Utah was less than in any
of the other Territories, and some of
the New England States. They had
ANARMY OF ACTIVE MISSIONARIES
in the field; these missionaries were In
all the civilized nations, they acquired
the various languages and became in.
formed as to the manners and customs
of The peoples of all lands, and the
knowledge they obtained abroad they
garnered home for the benefit of their
own people. The natural disposition of
the people. was independence of thought;
the disposition to accept others views
as their own against their own reason
was foreign TO them; and common
consent, the vote of approval of the
whole was corner stone of Mormonis m
The great difference between Mormon
ism and the many other religious
denominations, was its Democracy,
every male Mormon being eligible to
the priesthood, and all Church men,
bers having the right to vote on Church
questions. The speaker here read
extracts from the book of Doctrine and
Covenants, in which the views of the
Mormon Church pertaining to govern
ments, and allegiance thereto were
fully given.
Mr.. Warner desired the revelation ON
Celestial marriage to go IN the record,
and it was so ordered.
Mr.. Baskin here arose and informed
the committee that the extracts read by
Mr.. Game were not revelations. The
fact is the doctrine therein set forth is
SO clear and strong, so sound and
grand, that Jefferson himself, had he
been present and heard it, would have
declared it revelation of the highest
order. But because exception cannot
be taken to it. because it so ably and
fully sets forth the Mormon position,
and because 1t is above the criticism of
even America s law-makers, Mr.. Baskin
would have the committee know these
extracts were not revelation. This is
pure and simple a begging of the ques-
tion-a sure sign of weak case and a
sinking heart. The speaker closed his
argument by quoting the language of
John Quincy Adams, on the admission
of Arkansas; and claiming that as
Utah was in every respect qualified for
State hood, and as she had conformed
to the only Constitutional requirement,
namely, presented her Constitution
Repuu,can in form, her people were
entitled 10 the rights of free men. which
Statehood alone could grant and
guarantee.
Just before closing, Mr.. Game paid
his addresses to Governor West, and
thinking that it might prove interest
ing reading matter to THE HERALD
readers, l reproduce his remarks IN
full, as follows:
Our Governor is here and l under
stand for the special purpose of oppos-
ing Statehood for Utah. He has kindly
had himself interviewed in order, |
suppose, that we might not be taken
by surprise either by his appearance
before this committee, or by the argu-
ments he intends to advance in support
of