The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-01-23

army WltuOub 6uD5toG6uCc. OT'Sndm
issued his famous proclamation "a copy
of which is in your correspondents
possession-a rare thing) Commanding
said army to return by the route
they came. The whole thing
ended not In q smoke. but exec ltive
pardon. Then follows
THE OLD, OLD STORY
about the Mormons appropriating to
their own sweet selves the public lands,
the fight of the United States surveyor.
the parcelling out of said lands by the
bishops. the gobbling up of City Greek
Canyon by Brigham Young, and his re.
curing toll as royalty (for opening up
and keeping good The roads). all for the
moderate sum of $500. and this by leg
islative enactment. Another statute
granted to the said Brigham Young, as
trustee trust. Antelope or Church
Island (now a most valuable property
owned by White d Sons and Banker
Dolly. The luoge = the smooth
Ephraim TO these things TO
show that the Mormons wanted the
earth, and after getting it, that in par
ceiling 1T out the people .egarded the
gift as coming from the Church, and
not from the United States. Return
ing again 10 the unAmerlcan idea, there
was but one reason Why the Mormons
could not harmonic, etc., their sys
tenn was at war with all other systems;
the only system they acknowledged was
the Constitution of the United States,
and they bowed to that because they
say it was given by inspiration. The
Judge complained of the manner of con-
vening the Constitutional Conven ton {:
no press discussion, no public meetings,
the call was without precedent or
authority of law.
Warner here inquired if the Nor
mons believed their Constitution to be
the offspring of Inspiration. mac
did not know. but there was no CUES
ton In his mind extraordinary mind
but what every Mormon claimed it to
be so. The Mormons were told to go to
the polls and vote for the Constitution
and they did SO. There were some 500
votes east against it; they were
THE BALLOTS OF eEN7ILEs,
and some Mormons who refused to
obey orders. This indicated that the
Mormon people were dominated by
one man : controlled by one will. The
judge then told the committee that the
Mormons held polygamy to be one
thing and celestial marriage another.
Questions followed, and Richards was
called upon agaiI to steady things
Mr.. Richards had occasion TO put the
following questions TO Judge Mcbride
If a Murmon having a legal wife
marry another woman, according to
the Mormon idea, understand you to
say that's not bigamy nor polygamy?
Answer don 'tsay that.
Mr.. Baskin, whoIwas watching the pro-
ceeGi0g, evidently with much ankle v
here arose and ast0nished every body by
saying: Il say it," This is regarded
as a Baskinian eye opener, to be en-
larged upon when that busy B. shall
have the floor. At present it is tffset
by Richards Il deny it"
AS rule, anything on polygamy
never fails to interest COngressmeu
ID the House committee on Terrltor-
les are no exce9 ton . 1t seems soo,he
Unem. he Chairman heu 20 suggest
that the gentleman mad better proceed
s, reluc ant were they to leay it.
A little circumstance occurred heI
tnat, III justice TO Mr.. McBriGe, ougL
to be noted. Mr.. Warner had becon.
so interested in the celestial marrlat G
business that he put rather a dific. /.
question to the judge on Mormon doc
trine. Warner waited so know where in
the faith of the Mormon differed from
the faith of the Jew, Singular tos say
Judge Mcbride
MODESTIY FYCUsEn uIMSFTr
from answering, and referred Mr.. W.
to the "other side" II was the streas
of girlish modesty that made the
judges &C untenance so interesting, &C
sweet, when he b eyed to be excused
that broke up your correspondent
Now, Mr. Baskin wouldn't have done
that. He would have answered, root
hog-or-dle fashion. Mac Is smoother
than tbs busy B. Judge Mcbride, con-
Iinuing, said he regarded poly gamy
merely as a symptom, as q scab of Ihs
disease that is within tn system. Tht
disease itself was the power exercise e.
| by the Church over the people; THU
was the fundamental objection. Tht
system was founded i'll treason and az
opposed TO all law. He dld not belley.
the proposed constitution was made il
good faith; thought its provisions c. ulC
not, and, therefore, would not be car
ried out; in otner words, they 9TH,
Mormons) could not he trusted; dion
believe they were fitted for Statehood
As a proof that polygamy was no
dead, Bishop Maughan's case WE,
cited, the bishop, the judge claimed
having been seLt to the 2. n. for com
hitting the naugh y offense OF polyg
amy. (Fhis was mistake, pure anC
simple. Judge Mo Bride is not the mai
TO tiD about little thing like that.
| Here the judge complained of th,
| Church permitting Angus M Cannon
to be chairman of the Salt Lake Count,
comm ttee, and making Rudger Cav.
sor president of the Box Elder Stak,
so soon after emerging from Hotel d,
Pratt. He also felt bad because Their,
was no yielding to the Mormons; they
couldn't yield if they wanted to
history showed them TO b. iaw-defyin,
people. Naughty Mormons! Tn,
judge then referred to lot OF land.
jumping cases, John G. Young's said
to be, among others. to show that NJ
other fellow need apply; also Il
the resort to water stealing to
dry up the few entities tina
did own land in the Territory, inst nc
ing Mr.. Robertson (his law-partner
VINO owned land one-anda-bal mile,