The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-02-19
the gentleman to whom donation of s1O.-
GOO was made after the Liberal victory of

GOO was made after the Liberal victory of
1890.
Judge Powers replied: 81 am, and upon
the sofa sits Mr.. Dyer, one of the contrib
utors to that fund. l want to say, how
ever, that L never fought any campaign
with any promise of reward or hope of re-
ward. and that we have always beaten
those people out there fairly and squarely.
The check book of the Liberal committee is
open 10 the inspection of any person, and if
any man thinks ] am open to any investi-
cation, am ready at any moment to go be-
fore the grand jury"
MR. G. E. ALLEN FOLLOWED JUDGE POWERS
Mr.. Allen began by saying that Judge
judd had made the assertion that in the
contested election case of Ferguson VS..
Allen, 1t was shown that the registrars
the morning of the election, had stricken
the names of voters from the registration
lists. MIR. Allen insisted that while some
names had been stricken from the list it
had been done after due and legal notice
given to the persons challenged and after a
nearing had been had The argument of
Mr.. Allen was evidently intended to sup
PIGMENT that of Judge Powers. and con-
sisted largely of documentary evidence
taken from church records, the MillenniaI
Star and DeSeret Ne,Cs. He also took up
attacks which had been made upon the
Utah commission, claiming that thew had
performed their duties
HONESTLY AND FEARLEssLY
and instead of appointing irresponsible
persons to positions as registrars and
judges of election, they had selected men
OF Standing IN the community. He cited as
instances the appointment of Messrs. A. L.
Simondi and H. F. Evans as men of con-
siderable wealth; Messrs. McEary and
hessler, practicing attorneys; Mr.. Ray
oould, member of one of the leading fami
lies OF Salt Lake. and Colonel Sells. secre
tary OF Utah, and also asserted that judge
Zane had been requested by the commits
sian to sit and hear objections filed against
names appearing on the registration list:
that Judge Zane had consented to act and
was deferred only by press Of court bust
ness.
Mr.. Allen then proceeded to show from
church publications the stand which the
church had taken from 1874 to 1892 in refer
ence to the control of temporal affairs. He
argued that the whole history and conduct
OF the church proved that they believed
and acted upon the belief that the church
should control not only in religion, but
SOCIALLY, FINANCIALLY AND POLITICALLY.
Senator Faulkner at this point asked MIR.
Allen what objection there would be to
giving these people an opportunity to prove
themselves IN the manner proposed in his
bill
Mr.. Allen replied that it would simply
put them upon their good behavior for the
Time being, with the hope that in the very
near future they would obtain admission,
and then be in position to rule absolutely.
Allen, In showing the position of the church
authorities with regard TO public education.
quoted from a bill passed by the Mormon
legislature and vetoed by the governor in
1885, showing that the attemyt was made
to hand over the school money of the terri
tory to private schools without any SUPER
vision over the same; that this was passed
by the
INsTIGATIoN OF THE LEADERS OF THE
CHURCH.
From the record of building operations
In Salt Lake during the last four wears. he
argued that Liberal success had brouoht
increased prosperity to the city. In refer
ence 10 the claim OF those favoring the
faulker- Game bill, that governors of Utah
mad used their absolute veto for vicious
purposes, Mr.. Allen said that Governor
Murray in 1886 vetoed the appropriation bill
not because it contained no appropriation
Tor him, but because it did contain items
Tor the auditor and treasurer of the terri
tory for two years succeeding, and that the
governor held that these officers should he
appointed by him and not elected, and that
the territorial court had already decided
according to the governors position; that
in reference to
THE vEToEs OF GOVERNOR THOMAS
that two years ago an election law passed |
by the Mormon majority was vetoed by the
governor who had the advice of a leading
attorney OF Salt Lake upon all points |
where the law of the United States came in
question; that also there were political |
reasons for vetoing. as it would place the
Liberal minority within the power of the |
that Governor Thomas veto of the |
election bill this winter was iustifable.
that for two years the opposition had |
the Liberal city government |
calling it corrupt, extravagant and impru- |
dent; that they sought to avoid an election
at this tine in which the people of the city
should have an opportunity to express
their opinion at the ballot box upon pro-
posed legislation for Utah; that this veto
in no way interferred with the passage of
law granting
NEW CITY CHARTER TO SALT LAKE
Mr.. Allen introduced the assessment of
the territory of Utah as set forth in the re-
port OF the auditor to the legislature. claim
ing that the five counties, Grand, Juab.
Salt Lake, Summit and Weber, were as
sessed for $4,000 Of the S61S,OOO assessed
in the whole territory for territorial and
territorial school purposes; that these
might be called Gentle counties: that
while not in all of them Liberal victory
has been constant, that the majority of the
people are Gentiles and therefore they are
Gentle counties; that these counties re.
,eive for compensations. rebates and
school funds $4,000 and that they had
paid territorial taxes s271 ,OOO
THE OTHER TWENTY COUNTIES,
absolutely in the control of the Mormon
church and believing in Mormon methods
paid the remainder of the assessed tar
;201, 900. This shows that the five Genti,e
counties were assessed for over 67 per
,ent of the total tax of the territory. Also
ne claimed that the Mormon counties had
back from the territory on ac-