The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-01-29
AVOIDING THE ISSUE.
MIR. Baskin Proves a Very
Artful DOdger.
STARTLING FEATS OF AGILITY
for the COMMITTEES and "The
Herald's Readers.


Especial correspondence to THE HER
AID. The House committee of Terri
tories met at 1 80 this afternoon, think
ing that by O'Clock Mr.. Baskin and
Judge Wilson would be through wi b
their arguments, and the Mormon
question disposed of for the present;
but the gentlemen opposing Utan's
admission are evidently unwilling to
spare the com mittee as at that time i
was found necessary to arrange for an
other day, and Tuesday morning was
gained. The clerk of the committee re-
ported that gentlemen against sdmis
sion had consumed seven hours aud
gentlemen for admission three hours
and fifteen minutes. with Judge WIlssn
to 60 down. That gentleman had OILY
fairly commenced his argument when
the adjournment was taken.
BAsKIN AND REVELATIONS.
Mr.. Baskin, as q starting point main
tanned that the only psrson authorized
to receive revelations 10 the church was
the head of the shurch; in matters I
abstract belief he did not object to this,
but just a. soon as that belief practi-
cally asserted itself he fled his protest
The gentleman then read from very
old sdition of the Doctrine and Cove.
nants . revelation directed to Isaac
Merely and T. G. Williams respecting
the disposition of their private proper
ties. Mr.. Tanlbe0 raised Q laugh by In
Quiring if it fixed the price. Mr.. Baskin
read this for the purpose OF showins
the committee that the Lord had au
thorizsd Joe" Smith to act in temporal
as we'll as in spiritual affairs and held
that the Lord had exceeded his jurisdic-
ton. He also declared that the priest
hood does dictate whether the
people shall sell their proper y
or not, and Whsre they sh II
locate, and he vtntured to say
with respe ct to Idaho, their going there
was done tor the purpose of gaining
political control. The speaker con-
tIpued to read a revelation to Ezra
Thayer mentioning the conditions upon
which he should live on certain land in
Missouri.
Mr.. TAULBEE, of Kentucky-Did they
used to send man to Missouri as pun
ishment?
AEswER.-That's what they did
| (Laughter).
Mr.. Warner, of Missouri-But they
never sent EN- to Kentucky
| The CHAIRMAN. The merits of Ken
lucky were, perhaps, not know j at that
time. more laughler).
Mr.. BAsKIN here reminded the com
mittee that his time was short, and the
chair requested his brethren TO do their
level best to restrain themse selves.
Mr.. Baskin had no sooner commenced
to read about the building OF the
Nauvoo House, when the facet1ous
Mr.. Mansur
STARTED AEoTHRR GIGeLE
by inquiring if that was not in Illinois
the chairman's district Mr.. Baskin
had chased the cooperative idea tina
had developed itself in Utah ana
brought it to bay, is origin was in The
building of the Rauvoo House. MIR.
Mansur wanted 10 know tue very
latest revelation on business matters
The speaker could not inform him, as
it hsd been the order of the Church
since Smith 3 death not to publish them.
JUDsE WILsoN-Rave you any evil
d nee that such revelations are re-
ceived novP
AHsWER-Yes, I have heard them say
they receive regulations constantly for
their guidance. He quot Orson Pratt,
on the Kingdom Of God and L. W
Richards on theocrsey, also ," q. G..
epistle," in which the heads Of the
church say they did not reveal celestial
marriage and they could not Withdraw
or remove it. All this went to show
the Mormons, so believing, would, il
admitted, amend the constitution to
suit themselves. Here
THE SPEAKER wAxKD ELOQUENT,
Was it to be wondered, he asked, tina
he and his fellow American gentlemen
should fight such q system! They
would prove recreant to themselves
their families and their country il
they did otherwise. Then the speaker
taxed the patience of the committee il
his endeavor to prove that the Nor
mons had legalztd polygsmy: in
fact, this was the first thing they
did. He quoted statutes of 1856
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