The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-01-15
IDAHO STATEHOOD.
Bishop Bulge Answers Delegate
Dubois Charges.
DELEGATE GAINES REPUTATION
OF the Charges Against the People of Utah
What Ex-Governor Stevenson Had to
Say About POlygamy.

WASHINGTON, Jan. IA Special telegram
to THE HERALD. The adjourned hearing
before the Senate committee ON territories
on the admission of Idaho was continued
this afternoon. Delegate Dubois having
yesterday made some personal allusion TO
Mr.. Bulge, of Idaho, who is here in the in
terest of the Mormons of that territory,
that gentleman was granted an opportunity
to reply, which he did. In a very frgnk
and lucid manner he explained his marital
relations He said he had never been in
dicted for polygamy as alleged He had
been indicted for unlawful cohab-
itation, upon which charge he was
tried and jury of non Mormons ac-
quilted him without leaving their
seats. He showed wherein Mr.. Dubois
had made erroneous statements calculated
to mislead the committee, relative to the
Mormons in Idaho. He was asked many
questions by members of the committee
relative to the organization of the Mormon
church, and as to the nature of his duties
as president of stake, which he answered
readily. His answers anG explanations ap-
peared to be satisfactory.
| Governor Shoup and Ex-Governor
Stephenson, of Idaho, who were present,
made some explanations relative to the
charge of eXtravagant salaries and other
expenses contemplated by the proposed
constitution.
Judge Jerry Wilson, in his usual forcible
manner, answered some of the remarks of
Dubois made on Monday. He commented
upon the extraordinary decision recently
made at Salt Lake city by Judge Ander-
son and read some extracts from that de-
clsion showing that men who possessed all
| the qualifications for citizenship were de
MED that boon solely because they were
connected with church some members
of which, it was alleged, had thirty years
ago spoken or written against the govern
ment of the United States Just such rul-
ings as this might be expected from the
Idaho judges under this constitution, if
| Congress approved it. Indeed, he frankly
| stated before the committee that the OBJ
| ject of the social test-oath clause was to
disqualify all Mormons. He warned the
committee not to permit such dangerous
power to be given; it was impolitic, I'M
wise, and I'm American.
| Delegate Game, of Utah, was the last
| speaker. He said that the statements made
by Delegate Dubois relative to the Nor
mons of Utah were quite as untrue as those
concerning these people in Idaho. He said
THAT he had been for nearly forty three
years a member of that church. He had
lived In Utah over thirty-seven years and
claimed to know something about Mormon
ism and the Mormons. The trouble with
Delegate Dubois was that he accepted as
gospel truth all the stale SANDERS which
had emanated from apostates and Other
enemies of the Mormon people, and haC
never investigated for himself. He sale
the best answer to these stories and tx
the political harangue of Judge Cradle
baugh OF thirty years ago anC
of Judge Anderson of a few weeks ago
was the work which the Mormon peopl,
had accomplished in Utah and the adioin-
ing territories. He said he had the honor
to place in the hands of each member O.
9he committee the history of Utah by HUI
bert Howe Bancroft, of San Francisco
This was not written by Mormon, but BY
a man who for himself had investigated tn,
whole question. In those pages they woult
learn what the Mormons of Utah had ac
complished under the most trying circum
stances He said many of the Senators be
fore him had been in Utah ant
seen for themselves what had been done
The men who build cities and towns, VIII
open farms, plant orchards and vineyard
are not thieves, murderers and cutthroat
as the Mormons were accused of being b.
Delegate Dubois. Referring to Judge An
derson's late decision, he related the Gil
eumstances under which it was given an
characterized it as political decision. H
said he presumed that the committee ha
heard of such decisions before. On
Senator answered that he had.
In conclusion, MIR. Game read in a yer
forcible manner the official declaration i.
sued by the leading authorities of the MOI
mon church, which was listened to wit
marked attention by all present.