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

isp,dali 10 me Herald
WAsu1SuToN, d. g., March, 3lst.
Mr.. Perkins, o; Iowa, acting for the
pepublIcan nfembefs Of the House ter
rltories committee, has prepared n
minority report against the Home Rule
I'm The report beglns IA follows;
,rThe minority OF your committee
dissenting from the majority Of the
committee ON the bill here reported,
directs attention
ul-TO the anomalous character Of
tbs hill. phfastd Home Rule bill.
"s-ro the conditions existing In
Ifiah necessarily offered IN excuse for
such u till, and
"8-rO the Fundamental arguments
for the necessarily laying tack Ut the
measure here proposed, ~ other words,
the real purpose the legislation sought
a. intended to promote"
Some space Is devoted after the fore.
going paragraph to the Mormon hegira
from the east aud tine Democracy cs,ah-
Il.hsd by Brigham Young In Utah.
The report continues:
aiSURrY vIEw OF THE MORMON QuEs'
giON.
"rhe Church Of Jesus Christ Of Lat
ter-day Saints established II the Ring.
dom OF God, acting under divine HuthO.
rlty, NJ revealed through it, priesthood,
owing no allegiance TO law otherwise
proclaimed. There N no evidence that
that the fundamentals OF the oTcod
have a. yet changed. The faith Is
founded uuon direct revelations from
God, In that faith, 10 far as II IL un.
broken, the presidency Of the Church
holds power over the people. A. tho
tide u population spread westward I'M
der the impetus Of gold discoveries on
the Pacific coast, and In stronger vol.
June under the influence OF the con.
stiuc,ion Of the Pacific railroads, the
Issue between the authority OF the gov
eminent Of the United States ana the
authority Of the Church grew In inten-
atty. rhe Mormon question then be-
came one Of the problems Of our AatiOn-
al government The contention CEN
tered on polygnmy. The novel propO-
bltion embraced In this bill has IT,
explanation In this long contention. II
h a confession ON tho part OF the promo.
tiers Of the measure tuat the people Of
the United states are not yet ready TO
remove the barriers COiLgteEH has been
controlled to set up In Utah In conhe-
ou.nce OF tho resistance Of this dominant
Church 10 the laws OF the county,
supported, rs they are, In this instance,
by all the moral influences OF our civil
izstion.
"It Is alleged In support Of this bill
that the particular cause Of difference
has been removed by the Abandonment
OF polygamy by the Mormon people;
that they have accepted In good faith
the decree Of the Supreme Court aud
that they forswear resistance TO the
laws, and that the support Of plural
marriage will not bo made or encour-
aged. The bill Is evidence, however,
that n further period Of probation
IL not an unreasonable request on the
paft OF the government, or on the part
OF the people on whose moral sense tue
government has proceeded. The mi.
nority OF your committee call particti-
lar attention TO this Judgment ~ eX.
pressed by the bill itself. IL may well
10 urged that II Utah Is entltled to the
Home Rule here proiesse'l, II Ia also
entitled TO statehood. Indeed, II IL
urged that Its passage Will speedily
prepare the way. II this be the con-
tention Of the friends Of the bill, then
II Is not wise TO demonstrate that 1T.
mes. under existing foundations 10
which the people are adjusted, rather.
than % enter now upon an unpatlsfac.
tory form Of Abbreviated statehood, for
which thors IN no precedent In the
history Of the country. But let ~
make CASUAL examination Of the ex.
islinR circumstances Of the Territory.
IAN anomalous condition OF gov
eminent has oxisted In Utah since the
Inst settlement OF the country. In
general way the history Of the Terri
tory Is sufficiently wellunderstood TO
render unnecessary anything like
detailed review OF II here. IL Is also
Understood, and nowhere disputed,
that the Church has fought to the last
ditch Tor the preservation Of lts pc
culiar institution, and the authority
under which that Institution has been
40 stubbOrnly upheld. In political
sense the Territory has been divided
into peculiar parties, organizations not
elsewhere known the Peoples
party, the party OF the Church, and
the Liberal party, the party H. oppo.
elton to Church dictatiOn, and sup
porting the authority OF the general
government. These two parties, not
10 20 luther back, contested the elec-
ton OF 1890 for the delegateship In the
House. The candidate Of the Peoples
party received 1888 votes, the can-
didate Of the Liberal party B,0l2 votes.
But last year the Peoples party |
formally dissolved, the reason
alleged for such action being |
that the occasion for further
existence hal disappeared. In the
election following, involving the Ter.
filOtHl Legislature, y, 1850 votes were
ca6i, 10 500 Democratic, 67S5 Repub. |
leans, 1896 Liberals, aud few scat.
teriug. II viii be- noticed that the
Liberals gained less than 500, while !
the Democrats aud Republicans to.
gtther gained more than 1000 votes.
The igurps indicate that the abandon.
ment " the Peoples party left the real
political situation In Utah practically
unchanged,p
HlE MANIFESTO AND LOCAL FATTY
DRsoLuuOS.
The report next refers to the mani.
ieslo Issued by President Woodruff In
September, 1890, and CONTINUES;
Eat the general conference OF the
Church IN October following, the man.
iiesto was accepted ns authoritative
and binding. At the general confer.
enco year later, viz, In October, 1891,
the manifesto was again introduced,
congregation of ten thousand or fifteen
thousand people, II Ia said, being pres