Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-04-01

there Is now
NO FOUNDATION or EXCUSE
| Tor the statement that the Church and
/ state nre united In Utah, or that the
leaders " the Church dictate 10 the
| members IN political matters. That M
coercion " influence whatever Ut au
ecclesi0stical nature has been rxcr-
olsei over US 10y our Church leaders In
reference to which political party We
shhll join, anu that we have been, and
are,percctly Tree to unite with any or no
| political party, A. We may individually
elect, that the Peoples party has been
entirely and finally dissolved mud that
our fealty henceiorth will be to such
national political party ~ seems to rs
best suited to the purpose OF Republican
government.
"rhe declaration 40 practically put
forth against the presumption of "a
union between Church aud State,
coupled with the declaration that tue
Peoplo's perry has been entirely aud
nnally Dissolved, IL suggestive, to any
/ the least. The Peoples committee "
siit Lake. Oh the egth OF May, 1891,
declared In favor Of dlssolution,nnd On
The 10Th Of June similar action was
taken by the Territorial committeo Of
the Peoples party; hut " remained Tor
the Saints la annual conference moe
tober to make the matter final"
Mr.. Perkins quoted llbcrally from a
sermon delivered by President Wood.
ruii explaining the reasons how tho
manifesto came 10 be- issued aud addr:
at will be- observed that the relation
VI such revelation / the tempOrni ah
well a. the spiritual welfare Of the
people Is not left nut ol mind. The
unaumity Of the Church IN accepting
this new revelation, II will also bee Oh.
rcrved, IA not les remarkable than Che
unanimity Ot the Conference IN ac.
cepting tile proclamation OF the dissolu.
ton OF the Peoples party.
CONCEDED THAT ruLYuAMN Will Not
M RE-FsrAnLiSiED.
at may be conceded thai the pra,.
tiCu of p0lygamy Will not he re-tstab.
liahed In Utah, by revelation or other
wise, though Il has only been 'sus.
pended Al righi.minded people viii
unite in oncUur ring tho Mormon peu.
pic In u growth Of the better way, bif,
the fact cannot he overlooked that
that this Abandonment Of plural mar.
rage has only been made under the
strongest pressure Of government anu
society, aud that nowhere has The
Presidency Of the Church admitted the
wrong VI confessed conversion frUm the
authority under which the practice
through ~ many years was encouraged
under peril to the soul.
"Thr continued existence Of the
Literal party and eatnestucss with
which that organization realst- the
PROPOSITIONS OF this bill may well ar
rest serious attention. Salt Lake CITY
Ii now dominated 10y tue Gentle pOpu-
lation. That population u OF the pro.
gressive character upon which the
great West has ~ marvelously Hour.
ished In recent years. IL Ia composed
Of the elements that have built the
cities In tho wilderness, opened up
farms In the desert, threaded the lands
with rnilroads aud added States to the
Union. There must he powerful In
ilucnre upon these people Ia Utah re-
strsining them from consent 10 Ilhern.
ton nom Territorial condition. They
ask for time for adjustment TO the new
order, II, happily, the long contest for
u fact il nearing . satisfactory aud
peaceful conclusion"
RAilIS0 DEAD ASHES.
Mr.. Perkins next casts u glance
backward and reviews at length the
efforts OF the Peoples party to iu-
augurate State movement In 1857.
He quotes first the reply Of J. u. Ros-
borough, the chairman Of the Demo
cratic Territorial committee, under
date Of June - Of that year, In which
that gentleman chsracterizes tn. sug-
gestlon ~ suicidal TO the peace ana |
prosperity OF the Territory. The re-
port Of the Republican committee,
which was equally emphatic, IL also
referred to, and following this are quo.
tations from the subsequent reports OF
Governors West and Thomas bearing
upon the same subject. The report
continue;
at is not altogether remarkable that
after many ycars u contention against |
the government much bitternssr Of
spirit should sti.l he manifested. The
desire ON the part OF the Mormon popu-
lation for any relief Is conspicuous,
AMI In measure excusahle. Prudence
would have suggested some delay In
the matter OF bringing forward this
bill, which with such delay might have
given place 10 u bill for statehood out
right, hut the importance has been
such IA TO crowd events; anu the pre-
cannot be avoided that much
TINT has been done has been done In
this way OF rccOrd.making for the
session Of Congress. This presence OF
federal officers with authority; the
the governor and tue
secretary, a. well as the Judges Of the
courts, Il conspicuOusly CALLING 10 the
Mormon mind, anu my plan which
will give the people early control IL
frveflshly desired. The memorial by
tho legislative assembly 10 the Senate
and House OF Representative displays
this feeling In the following paragraph:
The most vicious Interference with
the yesllge remaining OF our local
liberties IL In tue maintenance Rnd
sotion OF the Utah commission who, in
their appointment Of the registration
officers, have often selected
CORRUPT AND IRRESPONSIBLE PER-
SONS.
These have filled the registration
lists with fictitious names and res0fted
10 other devices by which repeating
aud other frauds might be successfully
a