Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-07-19

which can only be secured by united and
energetic aciion,
Speaking Of the Utoh Commission,
the writers say.
This body of mon have long since DOM
onstfaiod that thoy have Outlived lhwr
usefulness az an election board. FROM
tho day they nrgt came to Utah thny
have insisted upon exercising legislative,
Judicial, aud executive powers which !!
was plain tn any reasonable and candid
mind Congress novor intended they
should exercise. Whom the board was
nr.t crcntcd by the cot oi March -,
lss2I Congress intended that u should re-
main in cxistonro loss than "A year, but by
tho false and scandalous misropre-onia-
uons and personal lobbying of It's mem.
Dor. they have induced Congress by aot
OF March %. 1855 30 faston the Commis.
siuH upon the Territory Ne % pormaunncy
or until abolished 10y Congress. they
have per4istcntly mnlignod tnu people "
Utah without any cause therefor They
have refused b. recognize the formation
" the national parties hofu, nnd although
the late dominant party the Peoples
party had dishaudod, they declined 10
appoint any Judge or judges Oi election
nom either tho Democratic or Bcpun-
/ licau parry, amor being requested by each
D nI HNIN .|NN ANN'H w. ~ wv hh.AfNN NANAhfAANN
! the rlalu spirit aud luitor Of the election
I luw OF iho Territory.
These commissioners annually send
l out. in tboir report To tho Secretary OF
| tho Interior, and cause to be published,
| shameful and liholona attacks upon tho
/ people Of tho Territory, calculated to
| mislcad tho people ot the states aud
Congress into the idea that the por pctua-
| lion OF the Commission aud the pa ymcut
D No. M u. al. NHHaH
| their divine presence In Utah during iho
/ heated term, when it IL iar ploasanier to
| spend few days racroaiiuR In the tops
I oi The mountains and AZ the shores Of thu
I famous lake ~ noted for lis salt bathing
| than it IA IN sweltcr Ia tho hoatcd cities
| aud plains Of the East ~ essential To
I keep ,hc Mormon people from making
some serious outbreak which would
I oudanger tho life Of the nation. Those
| heroic commissioners are still anxious to
I sacrifice themselves tor the good of tho
/ nation. on the basis Of making an annual
/ three weeks trip to the mountains for
| 81. 600 each and thcir expenses. We say
/ Of thom that thoy now arc and for many
/ years have boon doing their utmost TO
| provont solution of the Mormon
| problem, to the end that they may
be- continued In Office rs long M
/ possible, There il nu need for thom
j hNlNs Inv Nfnll' WIN NNlNl'Nt'Nt w NaNh
| and count their own votes; and " Com
| prcss will only abolish tho Commits.
sion 1t will soon be manifest that The only
/ fears entertained are oy those thrifty and
/ anxious commissioners.
Now, Mr. Speaker, wish II TO be
distinctly understood that these are the
/ expressions not Of Mormons but OF
/ reputable non.Murmon citizens Of
Z Utah, who know whereof they speak.
But 1t may be- claimed that this
statement emauatod from Demo.
| c,Atic source.
Permit me TO give Republican
view " the Utah Commission. 1 will
read an extract from an editorial from
/ the Enquirer, published at Provo,
l Utah. ~ isa Republican sheet.
tMr. Game read some extracts from
that paper iavoung the abolition OF
the Utah COmmission.)
! Mr.. Henderson Of Iowa. would
like to ask the gentleman II any bill
has passed the Legislature VI Utah
providing for elections Ia that Terri.
Tory and the discontinuanco Of the
Commission which has been approved
by the GOVERNOR
Mr.. Caine.-No, cir. This board has
been rather an expensive luxury 10 the
country. The salaties Of IL members
worO fixtd In the law ut $1,000 each per
Annum, hut II was feared that states
men sufficiently patriotic enough could
not be found to undertake for such n
muagre salary the. operous duties Of
preventing the polyganous Mormons
from voting, and w the salaries were
Increased 10 $4,000 year on an appro-
prlation bill, and have been continued
at that rate ever since.
BY a statement recently furnished
by the Secretary of the Treasury to the
chairman Of the House com mittee on
Territories, We learn that the cost Of
this board to the general 20 vernment