Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-12-16
4 TwO-HEaDEB "L0BBY.,


T. c. Crawford, the Washington
correspondent, states that, 9Th,
He.mon lobby was never so stron.
Is it is now aud in support OF tn,
assertion says: ''Geusra! Murray
the former Governor OF Utah, /.
spending the winter in Washing
ton.
It is quite likely that the CORES.
pendent put the word 'santi'' before
"MoEmon" aud Il is onsitteifn nriut.
II SO, his statement is inteliigihle
and consistent. There is no ''1Ior.
mon LOBBY" al the capital. the anti.
Mormon lobby Is double-headed.
Two ex-GOvetnors are running the
nachine''-Murray and West. One
is n radical Republican, the other
an alleged D-mocra5. Both hail
from the South, both were in the
war but on opposite sides. Murray
was gallant Union soldier.
West was guerilla AMI r reteI,
and now finds i; to his Interest %
affect gGsling veBerstion for the
l az he dr- d al and did his worst to
destroy. They now shake hands
not only over 1.-The bloody chasm. >,
but over the latest scheme to destroy
both repuLiican;sm and democracy
in U an il order 10 crush the Nor
.mous.3
The displl b states:
r'Governor Murray saws TIA. nolv-
samy fOuri>hes ,oday - IL did IN
the pas. The law J. evadei in every
wy;
that polygauey - Ihc snlalie,t obi,,.-
uonable Tea urc al he Mormon
Cnurcn. he SAYS that the over
shadpwing feat ire OF the Mormon
Church J. the fact tlat 81 incul,-,;,..
the doctrine OF che supremacy OF tpe
Church in every Walk q hf,. 10 The
GoNernG-cnI- IL Is q compact orgEui-
II ION, Which = Ia G lu-tsnt reb-iftor
TO the auth prIties. He does NOT belIeve
an disturbing any rziigi ius Organgza-
non IN Mor~uli'iu-. acc .r.iinr 10 r..
honest belief, but when su-a p lief
Secomes he tss-i> II a a.isan q. pol.iic-
al onspirscy, he would 50 adjust
the administration OF u, Affairs A. Ia
make such poiilicai rebellion impo;-
emit"
Murray has not been in Utah f,r
some time. lie was played cut 1
completely Tie bar- room became |
his most frequent resort, ami free
drinks his common consolation. /
They jwindied into inirequency /
and he sought more congeui.I
elimes. He nov turas up in Wash
ington, anu viii, no dOubt flourish
there for while, Is he has MANY
pleasing qualities AMI the reputa-
ton OF dsshiHs soldier. What he
knows OF present "Morn.onv ar
fairs is simply that which comes 10
him by hearsay. he only Repeats
what others tel him. As to his
statement auout the Church b.in.,
in constant rsbe.liUn', and Uncut.
eating supremacy 10 the govern
ment in every walk Of iifz.D ne
simply rUmsncss.
Murray's cnie. acts OF distip.tio,
were brazen official ial>ehoogs. He
certified u a. lie when b. tried bu.
failed TO seat mis- frlegd lamp5siI in
CongTess, and II doing 50 violated =
his oath VI JIiicz as Vel! Is ths. NOR
al Law. He did the same when he
deceived the President VI the Unit
ed States into sending troops to Utah :,
to put dewn an .'upri,ins'' in this il
CITY that never took place, was not
contemplated and had no substance :
Or shadow Of existence. The word VI
IF such person or anything relat- "
ing to the ''MOrm1ns'' IL utterly ami y
VIGOROUSLY unreliable. .
The other head, or tine s.Dsmo. .
craiic'' half Of the head. ofti,e.nti- =
Mormon" lobby. i Of a coarser Il
stripe and ocmmoner grain than TIA. Il
Republican hall, and not n whit III
more entitled TO c-edence. He Ia.
pent much time p. Wasting O.
on in misreprsssntiuc and ftl.i- 80
ying the '-Mormou'' people. While VI
he Governor Of C,ah he Iabur.d ~
Iard 70 obtain the power u a,,,o.nt M
hose local officers, The right 10 elect vi
Fhom Is an essential part # Amer 50
can citizenship and sis evsrywher. n
ested in the people. Hediitsisin 90
iolation of his duty which re- 0!
uired him to be 1t his post, anu We
ecelTed executive information IN no
lat effect. Since his retirement isi
8 has sPeat time for which he was
III To work for material Interest," diu
striving t. bring Political de Del
ruci'on on the majority OF Utah's gun
tizens. He Is a fitting tool for t,,. IN
tan ring, and 70 work The Demo ii'e
attic side while Murray moves the me
publican SIDE Of Congress. aga
The correspondent wins what lie 10"
lis Murrayis "reneiy'' fo- the sold
II alleged above. He saws ilAe
Is Very simpie'' 50 it is. As stu
1ple as 1t is tine-worn AMI stale. the
IL, In one phrase, - Legislative. save
The correspondent choi
cusses this rs though it were a ssoai
v proposition IS T. Uu.h. though oAd
says II was Jried in Louisiana sheii
Michigan anu in priaciple pre- senl
Is IN the cistric, OF Columbia. the o
this"simple'' bat anilquatei and nope
ioded notion We eau oaiy-repeat a' i
Objections formerly made when inad'
as diseased: ia'ae
o r.rrir,r. or So. :. a. Tn
on was er,r r.l..,,.,,i 80 sau,t
Lition proposed in ti.e Lesisla- wa
Commission scheme. The VINO
OF government provided for a : " Ut
] ami scattered community be- ihsy
being lifted 10y hunters and Is "ea
'rtance 10 receive a territorial 0"e :
1izstion, is entirely ursuite,i 70 sce'ie'
that has had that
lization for forty years and Is
anu "e''ilnisr anu more com The
than several sovereign states. transa
as TO the District OF C0iurubia. for.Ju
RES Is Specially e.np7wenei 70 ing tn
n it directly and make all laws the all
esulajons neeaiiul under that In Il
usive jurisdiction. = The Dis vs.. ia
: no, = T.--,,,--- 0s fen
Ell 10
more pLlIIlanl l-tsl OF M1E- Rree,I.