The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-01-22

for ought l know. But I still deny
that either of these gentlemen is in
dicted or even charged with pelygamy.
Mr.. Il. here called the attention of
the committee to the distinction be-
tween polygamy and unlawful cohabi-
MR WARNER-A marriage consumma-
ted since the act of Congress is polyg-
amy? N 81
Mr., RIcHARDs-Yes, sir.
And marriages before that act are
unlawful cohabitation?
Yes, sir.
THE GOVERNORS TIME
had now come, and he could contain
himself no longer. He is not, however,
a Baskin or Mcbride in the role of
anti Mormon, cool, calculating and
mastery in manner, he is blurty, with
bruiser-like expression. and physical
rather than intellectual in force. "What
about George Q. Cannon?" demanded
the Governor in tone decidedly stem
torian.
Mr.. Richards did not know that that
gentleman had been INDICTED for polyg-
amy.
QUEsTIoN-Is it not known that he
has gone into polygamy? And AFRO
Angus NJ Cannon?
Mr.. Richards could not state from
personal knowledge; that such were the
facts. But he admitted that both
those gentlemen were recognized as
polygamists, butsthelr marriages dated
back years ago. ~, ia X.
QUEsTIoN-Is it not charged, persisted
tho GnUarDnr fhat, Mo%fia ur~hos 20
the polygamous wife of Angus M. Can
non? .s.
know of no such charge, was the
answer.
This WAS supreme moment for the
Governor. He was very much excited
and extremely confident. ne seemed
to think the whole question hinged on
Matte Hughes and Angus NJ. Cannon.
Turning to
THE EsTIMABLE Nh. LANNAE,
the Governor was about to prematurely
bring that gentleman forth into promi-
hence by placing him on the stand as q
witness to testify in effect that Angus
NJ. Cannon had unbosomed himself In q
friendly way to him touching the rela-
tionship that existed between him
(Cannon) and Matte Hughes. This
rashness, this nervousness, so to speak,
on the part of the Governor, seemed to
your correspondent all the more singu-
lar after his reluctance to deliver him
self at the morning session. 1t was a
straw, however, in the Governors char
acter that would seem to indicate that
be certainly must yet prove himself
full team and a yellow dog under
the wagon when the time and the
occasion shall come but as yet his hour
had not arrived, the chairman very
quietly intimating to him that Mr..
Ferry had the floor. AS at this momen
everybody was holding his breath; and
as the attention of the committee had
been called to the wonderful whip
power of the Tribune OF which the dis
tinguished Mr.. Lannan was business
manager, and as that gentleman had
made a move to get down from an
elevated position (ehairs being scarce)
at the call of Governor West, the effect
of the still small voice of the chairman
can better be imagined than described.
Suffice it to say the Governor of Utah
seated himself, and further deponent
sayeth net.
Mr.. FERRY, continuing, complained
of the lack of memory or -kuowledge-of
the Hon. D. II. Wells on certain oc-
casions, and the lack of any law on the
statute books of Utah against sexual
offences against women" Referred to
and read section IL of the proposed
const. tuition, avering, as he had been
told, that the priesthood composed that
clause and not the convention;
and he complained of the lack of
kh4
the Mormons, who had taken the
oath prescribed by Congress, to become
loyal American citizens, or words to
that effect. He maintained that polyg-
amy should be declared crime instead
of misdemeanor, and commended that
the peculiar institution was not dead
but sleeping, and predicted that the
time would come again (if Statehood
cnme) when no Gentle would be per-
mitted TO sit in the Legislature, and
when the Mormons would make
PoLYGAMY TIE VERY sHIBBoLETH
of their political system. Business in
terests would be affected; an act had
already been framed taxing mines and
would have become a law had it not
been for the veto of the then Governor,
Emery. He spoke encouragingly of
the advance that was being made by the
Gentiles of Utah, and of the waning
power of the Mormon Church; of the
hopes thst were emit rtained of the
younger Mormon element. He believed
the way to solve the Mormon question,
the only way, was by legislative
commission, and cited precedsn,s
therefor.
Mr.. Ferry's peroration was worthy
the would-be otfice-holder; it certainly
ssvored more of the stump than bust
L ess. Your readers have heard of it
fire quently; it was about the scarlet
robes of polygamy and the pure white
robes Of monogamy, with verse of q
psalm as variation, by the polygamist
David, thrown in.
NR. GAME ....,.
corrected Mr.. Ferry's construction OF
his sons relation with the dry goods
store Mr.. Clawson's), as referred to in
Mr.. FL address to the committee. The
young man, he said, had been engaged
as permanent hand, but had severed
his relations as such with the ests blish-
ment; he was rendering temporary