The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-03-06

clined to decide that Ferguson was elected
for the reason stated; but they might have
also gone on and held that the election was
void.
Senator Jones-I do not see how they
could have held otherwise than that that
election was void
Mr.. Rawlins-We made the point and
cited authorities-they are very numerous
throughout the country by different courts
- that that election was void, and that they
could not avoid declaring it such.
Senator Davis-Irrespective of whether
not?
Mr.. Rawlins-Yes, sir.
Mr.. judd do not believe those judges
are corrupt; know them all; they are
ALL HONORABLE UPRIGHT MEN;
but mark you, those judges are not
responsible TO the people of Utah.
There is the vice of the system.
Senator Jones-If they had been respon-
sible to the people of Utah do you think
they would have decided differently2
Mr.. judd do.
subsequently on revising his remarks
Mr.. Judd substituted the following reply
to the interrogatory Of Senator Jones0
MIR. judd would not say as to this, but
possibly.
Senator Jones-And yet you say they are
honorable men.
Mr.. Judd-Why, certainly they are. Can
you not imagine yourself sent TO foreign
land to govern people on salary drawn
! from foreign government and surrounded
by enemies of the people, with prejudice
poked into your mind until you could not
see things straight, and then be an honest
man! have no doubt the men were honest
from their standpoint, and that they did
the best they could. / do not and will not
charge anybody with corruption, but l
arralgn the system.
Now, l could give you instances galore
of all this. | could show you that within
the last four or five weeks men with
wagons and picks and shovels have been
go ng around Salt Lake city absolutely
picking the snow out of the streets and the
ice out of the cutters and hauling it off in
order to be Kept in the ploy of that city
until after the election, and as soon as the
election was over, if any man can find a
wagon or pick or a shovel picking up ice
in the streets of that city will give him a
land warrant for the incest place in the
valley OF Salt Lake.
You do not understand them. 1t is
grown up by common consent and
long usage. The people of Utah
have been kicked and cuffed so much until
absolutely they do not resent. That is the
truth Of it. In the state that L came from
if thing of that kind occurred. no ques-
tions would be asked. They would say
get and get quick, too.n And he would
get.
Now, are our people entitled to and fit to
be trusted with their local self-governmentl
/ am now coming, gentlemen, to the fina
! end of what l have to say. l desire tc
, make q Judgment upon your minds at this
point, that they are American citizens
+ that Utah is part of the territory of the
United States, and that we have the same
ri IN IF hx
United States as any other people, an(
. that we are just as loyal to that flag as any
other people
Now, as L have said, the political powe
I was an incident to the social system there
l belonged TO what was called the Liberia
g party, as you know. fought the Mormon
church, and fought the Peoples party, ant
y we all said without single exception, a
Senator Stewart knows
. Whenever you abandon polygamy and dis
band your Peoples party and divide on part
lines like other people in the United states
8 then the war ceases. The government does no
seek to oppress the people Of Utah. 1tdoes no
seek to treat them as outlaws. 1t only seeks t
have them conform to the civilization and tn
% laws of their government
e That is what we said. And when it cam
q that they did that, if we had not accepte
: it, sir, we would have discounted our ow
r manhood as American citizens.
e In October, 1890, the Mormon church, b.
u an authoritative announcement, contirme
u by the semi annual council in the tabel
II nacle at Salt Lake, passed a resolutio
n abandoning and fortidding the practice an
), teaching of polygamy. l know that onl
q one has been indicted for a polygamou
e marriage by the grand jury or brought I
light in Utah since 1889. And that mar
upon his own confession, was sent to til
q penitentiary. He was married in Apri
IS 1888. That is the last case that has bee
discovered OF polygamous marriaR
10 under the Mormon church. There are on
t or two cases of bigamy, The parties wer
q not Mormons.
ID Senator Faulkner-Gentiless
e MIR. Judd-Yes, sir. The last one Is D.
1T West, from the state of Washington, VIII
is now in the penitentiary at Salt Lake.
n Now, gentlemen, when these poop
le did that l had a long talk wit
ye Chief Justice Zane, who was tt
10 Judge, sent there by President Arthr
g. in 1884. He was the judge who wer
g. through all the thickest of all this figh
at and was the first Judge who absolutely bt
~ gan to enforce these prosecutions wit
~ vigor and effect. l went and had Ion
ii talk with Judge Zane about that and as
It. had been associated with him upon tt
ne bench we were very intimate and friendl
rt Differing in politics as we did, l desired
see what opinion he had of the resolutio
IT. sat in his chamber for whole afternoC
d; and discussed it with him, and he declar,
tie to me that he had no doubt on earth of Il
n sincerity of the people, and have in n
e. pocket Introductory letters to both Sc
1n ators Cullom and Palmer, in which
nd authorizes me to state to them that poly
fl amy is dead issue; that the people
RS. Utah are rehabilitated, and that they are
he FIT FOR STATEHOOD.
er Who can doubt the loyalty and the 81
oi seritysof Chief Justice Zane, man WI
0u went through the thickest of this fgh
ir There is Judge Blackburn, another distri
to Judge, who says the same thing. There
te Judge Miner, another district jude
an who says the same thing. The
ke is Judge Anderson, another distri
Nv Judge who says the same thin
e Senator Jones-Were Judge Zane al
hit Judge Anderson on the bench at the sir
T this decision was rendereds
a. MIR. Judd-Yes. sir.
he Senator Jones--Both Of them.
in Mr.. Judd--Yes, sir. There is the opini
for the Senator to read.
Ia Now. we divided on party lines. T
PEOPLES party came together, and abs
,e lutely dissolved their party. They CO..
n menced going. We had an election
August, the first one, and we have b