The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-02-18
A LIBERAL INNING
Judge Powers Opposes the Home
Rule Bill.
A TICKET-OF LEAVE AFFAIR
Is What He Terms Local Self Government for
utah-Paddock Introduces Bill to Amend
the Tucker Edmunds Law.
HERALD BUREAU.
Cor. 18th and G Streets, n. w. :
WASHINGTON, D. c., Fec. II.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Fec. II.
The Liberals had their innings to- day.
Their cause was represented by Judge
Powers, ana he spoke not only to a full
committee, but TO numerous audience of
spectators as well. His argument was
FULL OF soPRIsTRY,
addressed to the credulous OF MS audience,
in which he carefully avoided stating
single objection to the enactment of the
Home Rule bill, or for that matter to the
admission Of Utah. That was not the real
trouble, there, but it was the domination of
the church in politics. He referred to
Governor Vests message OF 1855 to show
that the Mormon church maintained a
political party called the Peoples party,
ana he attempted to make great dramatic
display before the committee by pretend
ing to feel grieved that reflection upon
the good faith OF the Mormon people
was imputed in the introduction of this
bill. he said the government created under
it would be a kind OF
TICKET OF LEAVE AFFAIR,
that if it should be abused Congress could
say so back TO Australia. He pretended to
offer TO stay in Australia rather than live
in this state of affairs He read letter re-
Gently published IN the Tribune written by
j. &. Barton to E. NJ. Phelps, in Chicago
in May, 1890, in which it was proposed
that Democratic candidate for DELEGATE
from Utah be elected in 1890 and then had
the audacity to declare that this had been
carried out to the letter Notwithstanding
he knew that Delegate Game had been
elected by the Peoples party. He claimed
that the election frauds perpetrated in
/ Utah were the result of bad law and not
the result of illegal practices by the Lib
eral leaders. He attempted to mako a
point by reference to the election in Salt
Lake city on the Sth instant. He also
read kilograms from Ogden to the effect
that Judge Miner was a moral and
upright man, thing that has not been
questioned so far by anybody. He re-
terred to the Tt-ibune's figures as to the re-
ceipts of the secretary, and then in answer
to Mr.. H. w. Smith admitted the uniform
charge Of IS for recording articles of incor
poration and issuing certificate as shown
by these figures was less than one-half the
amount actually paid. He declared that
division on party lines was only
TRICK OF THE CHURCH,
that not more than one hundred and fifty
gentle Democrats and one hundred gentle
! Republicans had left the Liberal party to
join the new movement, and for the truth
OF this assertion called on Brother Allen,
who sat in al obscure corner of the COM
mittee room, who nodded approviugly. He
! concluded by asking the committee to re-
port both bills adversely.
At the conclusion of the hearing of the
Liberal side, it is expected that Governor
West and possibly one or two others will
reply, and the hearing will be closed.
Judge Jud returned to Salt Lake yester
day and MIR. Rawlins followed him TODAY.
Senator Paddock, of Nebraska, intro.
duced bill to-day to amend the sixth sec
ton Of the Edmunds Tucker act, which it
IS found is a stumbling block to the am
nesty by the President of DISTINGUISHED
| polygamists. The petition to this effect was
CONSIDERED AT THE CABINET MEETING
yesterday, and the President and Secre-
tary Noble decided that the sixth section
OF the foregoing act prevented the Presi-
dent from extending wholesale pardon to
offenders against the law since 1882. The
Paddock bill extends the Presidents power
down to the present time, and in view of
the fact that it both a just as well as ad
ministrative act, it is not likely that favor
able action upon it By both houses will be
long delayed.