The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-03-24

term, however, there will be murder
case; but, as rule, they are quite small
/ on6nses l believe | have not rendered a
money judgment during the past year and
a half. 1 am told by some that if g Judge
| was there there would be a great deal of
/ business in granting iniunctions and things
ike that do not know that to bring Iiti-
/ CATION TO mans door is any great bless
| ing.
| MIR. Kilgore-W What is the character of
| these people educated in the Mormon
church, Are they law abiding citizens in
comparison win the average Americsni
| Judge Anderson-I think they will COM
| pare favorably with people in any other
section of the country, to their honesty
aud sobriety. There are bad men among
/ tnem, Just as you will lind everywhere else
I The Chairman-What do you think of tbs
morality there, speaking from the stand
! point OF Judge, as compared with the
same percentage OF population elsewhere,
/ and the absence of crime, aside from Do
/ lygamy!
I Judge Anderson-I think they will COM
pare faYora0ly with people in any other
community a anywhere for general conduct
= 1t Is as gOUd as you will ind in any western
territory; and IN fact 1 90 not know out
L would be sale IN saying that it is a little
better than in most of the western terri
tories, and have been in several of them.
Oi course, there Is no way of telling exactly
as 10 how they compare.
The Chalrmau-Can YOU give rs the rom
dltlon OF 1lliteracy in the territory among
the Mormons?
judge Anderson-No; could not. have
seen statements in the papers, and that is
aii know about it. OF course they live in
scattered settlements, as they occupy por-
uons OF the mountains and valleys. Many
parts or the counties can not De inhabited
scattered, and the people must live along
the mountain streams. The great diff
Guilty Is the want Of water. | do not
see but what the people are doing about "a
well as they could reasonably be expected
TO do 10 the way Of educating their child
rem. In salt Lake city they have not done
all they might have done or should have
done II tue way of having good school
houses, but they are doing better now.
There the people are building fine school
/ houses, and L think every thing is in a salts
factory condition.
MIR. Perkins-Ihe judge has alluded to q
Liberal party out there, in naming the 20
Htlcal organizations. Can you tell US how
tnat party IS constituted and to what ex-
tenJg
Judge Anderson-It is constituted of Re-
puOlicans and Democrats, in ABOUT equal
proportions, L should say. l do not know
that there Is any way of telling whether
there are more Republicans than Demo-
Gratis in their party.
The Chairman-It is the Gentle partvI
Judge Anderson-It is the Gentle party,
or the party opposed to the Mormon
church. Until the last year or so the Peo-
pies party and the Liberal party were the
only Two political organization, and the
Gentle party was composed of botn Re-
publlcaus and Democrats, national politics
/ being ignored.
Mr.. Perkins-Then there is a political
division between the Liberal party and the
Peoples party.
Junge Anderson-Yes, sir, and it has
been very hot. One of the most exciting
campaigns that ever saw was conducted
there two years ago, when the Gentiles,
for the first time, elected the city ticket
These gentlemen VINO are here, MIR. Dyer
snd Governor West and Judge Judd, were
very Jealous Liberals; there, also, was
Judge Bennett and almost every other
Gentle there; and, while l did not take
any part, ] sympathized with the move
ment because l thought IL was the proper
thing. But of course it becomes a cues
ton whether there is any necessity for
continuing the existence of this party now.
1t does exist, however, and it carried the
last election there with an increased ma
jori y.
MIR. Perkins-What issue existed be-
tween them TO prevent their assimilation
Judge Anderson-Well, of course their
claim is that the Mormon church dominates
its members in politics and will con tinue to
do so. That is their view of il mainly.
They say that the Gentlles should remain
united as long as the Mormon church re-
mains united. Their claim is that the
Mormon church will have a majority in
both parties if they divide on parsy lines
and that it is not acting in good faith and
will dominate both parties and have abso-
lutte control of the territory.
MIR. Donovan-When the Mormors do
affiliate to what party do they go mostly1
Judge Anderson-I think that majority
go to the Democratic party, large major
ity.
Mr.. Donovan-The Liberal party get
their strength from the Gentiles!
Judge AndersOD-Yes sir. A good many
Mormons thought two years ago it would
be good thing for the city il the Gentiles
could get into power. They thought that
the city would be more prosperous. and it
Is claimed that some of the young Nor
mons voted with the Liberal party
/ The young Mormons said that the church
was v ry good thing for religion, but the
Liberal party was the best for business.
In the main, however, the Liberal party is
composed of Genliles. Last year the Peo-
pies or church party went through the
form of absolutely dissolving that party.
and most OF its members have gone TO the
Republican or Democratic parties, as they
saw proper.
Buchanan & Co., Grain Dealers, Fail.