Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-03-31


essential characteristic Of good citizen.
ship. hut the aim Of education In
Utah N not merely 10 reduce the mum.
Der Of those who are teehnically d..
nominated illllorate, but g. rive to
the public the same training anu learn
ing that may 10 had IA the best
schools III the east, aud therefore the
, course OF study includes not only The
usual nud ordinary branches hut .x-
tends TO the higher studies which dis.
linguish the eourats In the schools oi
the older communities"
After showing that the total amount
Invested In educational establishments
la Utah j. 81 1854, the report con.
tinuus;
CAUSE or PROGRESS AID PROSPERITY.
"The results exhibited and the pros.
pefity which they Indicate have been
brought about by tho intelligence and
energy Of the people Of Utah, IA spite
OF adverse conditions, nuI the rule "
u necessarily harsh government which
these conditions Produced. The rrrri.
tory was settled Ivy the Mormon people
IN 1871 and the INST territorial govern.
ment was Otgsni1uI M 1851. The Nor.
mons taught anu piaeticod pOiygatuy
from the time II the settlement until n
recent late. Within this long period
Congress enacted many laws, which
were intended TO meet the peculiar
conditions existing la the territory,
most VI which conditions we're due H.
the teaching aud practice Of the Nor.
a. "a.
sorted 10 10y tue Mormon people, 10 Pre-.
serve their institutions.
THE PEOPLE DERIVED oF All
AUTONOMY.
"Yout committee does not deem Il
requisite 10 review In detail this long
course of stringent legislation, but In
The main 10 coniine this part of iis 10.
port 10 the more recent unrutmenlA
and TO the present status Of the gov.
eminent In the Territory. From this
II may readily DO seen thul Utah la the
Victim Of u system which uepfives
her people OF all autonomy and one
which Is wholly unjust.fied by their
present attitude anu disposition 10.
wards the Constitution aud the laws.
This Territory presents In it, executive
office the last survival IN America NJ
the rule Of onc mans will. The Or.
ganic Act Of the Territory vested In
the governor the absolute aud uuauaii.
fled uut hurity 10 veto every act of the
legislature by whatever majority en-.
acted, and from that veto there was no
appeal. The viii Of the people even
unanimously expressed could be
lhwattCd by the act Of u single officer
and he generally one not citizen Of
the Territory.
"iemarkable as this condition Of
affairs may now appear 10 lhOse who
have been accustomed 10 regard pub.
lie officer rs a mere servant OF the
people, this provision " the law Ia In
force todny, and the governor Of Utah
may now, rs always, defeat any mes-
sure enacted by the peoples Representa-
tives merely by intefpOsing his object
ton, more dangerous perhaps IN It's
possibilities than It's exercise down 10
this time. The power Ia mhnifestly
one which Is wholly inconsistent with
the mosi cherished principles Of free
aud there Ia not wanting
instances fits exercise which iihgrant.
ly illustrate iis pefniciOus character.
Withou, rejecting upon anyone who
has felt Il his duty 10 use this instru.
ment, your committee calls attention
TO the following case In which the re-
sponsibillty has been taken: In 1856,
the governor refused to sign the gem
ernl appropriation Bit, whereby for
two years the whole machinery Of the
Territory was required TO be operalod on
credit.
"rhe act creating the Utah commits.
sion contemplated the dissolution OF
that body upon tho passage by the
legislative body Of proper election laws,
but Notwithstanding the passage Of
such laws the governor has, upon more
than one occasion, prevented their
going into effect, and has thus con.
Iinued heexistenCe Of the commission.
The last legislature Of this Territory
rent It's memorials TO Congress for re-
lief against the effect VI the governors
veto OF a bill making an appropriation
Tor the representation OF Utah ut the
Worlds Fair OF an election law aud
lthers which had boon passed by the
representatives VI the people. These |
,re but Instances, and not catalogue |
u the governors vetooa.
tELATING 10 the UTAH COMMISSION.
"rhe Utah commission, body OF |
I've men, appointed by the President
md confirmed by the Senate, was
treated by the ninth section OF the act |
II March %, 1889, to act as an election
,onrd, and the object Of IL creation |
vas the enforcement Of the laws ex-
iluiing the polygamisis from the ex-
,Tcise OF the elective franchise. Its
lOwer IN 10 appoint registrars aud
Judges OF election and canvassers NJ
eturns. 1t Ia u board Of non.
esidsnts To control the machin.
,ry Of local elections. IL IN
significant fact that there has never
zen "A conviction Of Mormon for a
'iolation Of the laws which this body
= supposed TO enforce since the APP
continent OF this board 10 March l.,
500. The government has paid In
slarles to lis mentors t2il ,003,0l, and
Or contingent expenses II tho board
los. lSiS2, and for compensation anu
EXPENSES u officers Of elections Sl03,.
i9.l4, IA total ~ $3.50, O7O.S6.
'nR STATUTES ACCOMPLISHED THEIR
PURPOSE.
"The Justification Of the statutes
which nave been applied TO Utah has
zen the polygamous practices and the
nlitical Influence VI the Mormon
'hurch. The statutes have accom-.
.lished their purposes and there Is no
1nger reason Tor the. continuance
fthe existing system Of government"
The chairman here quotes from sec
ion l2 Of the constitution adopted In
s77, declaring polygamy to be a mis-