The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-02-19

oat1. Judge Powers referred then to the
proceedings had before Anderson in 1889 in
the naturalization of certain Mormon
aliens. He stated that the hearing had &C.
cupied many days; that testimony was
taken showing the
NATURE OF THE oATHs
taken by the Mormon people when init
ated la the temple or Endowment house,
and that these oaths, as shown by the evil
dence, required the Mormon people that
they would visit the death of the Prophet
Joseph upon the American people, and
would teach their children and their chill
dren's children to avenge the wrong, and
that In all things they would obey the die
tates OF the church in preference to the
laws of the United States. Upon
this evidence, said Judge Powers, Judge
ANDERSON, as court. found that a
Mormon alien was not entitled to
citizenship owing to the teachings and
practices of the institution to which he be-
longed. "When," said Judge Powers. chad
these conditions changed2 What gentle
man had the temerity to stand before this
committee or the committee of Justice and
declare the Mormon people have aban-
doned that portion of their creed which an
nounces that it is the duty of all true
| Saints to build upon the earth
THE KINGDOM OF GOD
which will rule in all things temporal as
well as all things spiritual?
1.-THE question of polygamy we are not
now discussing, for that is one of the lesser
evils of Mormonism. We are discussing
the question as to whether the people who
have sought to build up inside of the
nation an independent republic or theo-
cracy which recognized no law but the
will of God as transmitted by telephone
to the head of the church, shall
be given an opportunity to control one
of the wealthiest and most promising
! sections of the union. Utah is territory
IN which free men should live. With it's
magnificent sceneray and mountain tops
that leap into the very face of heaven: with
its
FERTILE SOIL AND MARVELLOUS MINES,
it is land where free thought, free speech
and free press should have full sway.n
Judge Powers here took up the charges
That had been made against Judge Miner,
OF the First district, by kentucky"
Smith, and stated that he would Tile the
telegram of the judge that he had received
denying ali insinuation that had been made
against him. Upon the request of Senator
Faulkner the telegram was read before the
committee, several members OF whom ex-
pressed themselves to the effect that they
felt nothing further need be said in behalf
of Miner.
Thereupon Judge Powers directed his
attention to the speech of Mr. RaWlins, in
which 1t was claimed that serious frauds
had been attempted in the late election in
the Fourth precinct of Salt Lake. Judge
Powers referred 70 the fact that prior to
the incoming of the gentle adm1nistra-
ton, during period of forty years only
thirty whine miles of water pipe had been
laid in the city by the Mormon people.
That on what is known as the north bench
and the east bench there was a serious
need of water; that in that arid country
WATER WAS GOLD
and many people living above the lines of
pipes had been compelled for years to carry
it to their homes in buckets; that the Lib
erals had pledged themselves to remedy
this matter, and after that party had OBJ
tanned control of the municipal affairs at
Salt Lake city it began in serious earnest
to remedy the trouble and in two wears had
laid fifty miles of pipe; that III
the progress of this work between one and
two hundred laborers had been EMPLOYED:
that their names did not appear upon city
directory for the reason that those books
published. ordinarily, simply the names of
business men; that under the law man
residing thirty days in precinct who was
otherwise qualified, was voter; that the
Ryan workmen. to be near their work, re-
moved themselves into the Fourth pre-
cinct; that they were properly upon the
registration lists; that the
REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRATIC JUDGES
by apparent collision had stricken off on
election day, arbitrarily, the names of 12l
voters from the lists in the Fourth precinct;
that IN order to test the sincerity of these
men, the Liberals had procured fifteen
Democratic badges for souvenirs. and
placing them upon the men who had been
previously rejected, these men were voted
by the judges who had said they were not
legal voters. Judge Powers also referred
to the alleged assault upon Arthur Pratt,
a United States marshal, and said that to
his mind the election was proof enough
that conditions had not changed in Utah.
and that well enough should be let alone.
He referred to the charges made against
the governor of the territory and the Utah
commission. He suggested that in the per-
sons Of Mr.. Dyer, Governor West and
Judge Judd the committee bad an oppor-
tunity of personally ascertainlng the kind
of men VINO
RULED THE TERRITORY.
He said that believing that the Mormon |
people were honest and sincere in what
they had done and endured in the past. he
could not comprehend how it could be pos
sible for them to at once throw aside their
teachings and sustain our principle of gov
eminent as against the theocracy.
Senator Faulkner here asked Judge
Powers what position he had held during
the election.
Judge Powers replied that he was CHAIR
man of the Liberal territorial committe and !
also of the Liberal city committee of Salt
Lake.
Senator Faulkner then asked what the
Judge had to say as to
TRAIN RUN TO PLEASANT VALLEY JUNCTION
voters.
Judge Powers replied that that was
mouldy story that was made against the
Liberals in the campaign of 1850. The
committee never heard of such a train
never expended dollar for any such pur
pose, and he had no knowledge of such a