The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-02-21
CHANGEDC ONDITIONS
Relative Position of the Two
Parties in the Past.
PLATr AND CARLISLE QUESTION
Allen Before the House Committee-C. c.
Richards Replies to Him-F. S. Richards
Closes the Hearing on Behalf of
the Democrats.
HERALD BUREAU.

HERALD BUREAU,
Corner of 18th and q Sts., n. w.
WASHINGTON, d. c., Feb. 20.
The Democrats closed their hearing be-
fore the Senate and House territories
to-day. Governor West occu-
pied an hour and half in his argument
before the Senate committee, while the
House committee remained in session the
most of the day in order that Mr.. Allen
might finish his argument and be answered
by Mr. G. {. and Mr.. Frank Richards.
Governor West began by
THANKING THE COMMITTEE
for the numerous and patient hearings
which they had accorded to the Utah dele
cation. He referred to the fact that Judge
Judd, Mr.. Smith and Mr.. f. H. Dyer, who
had formerly acted with and been of the
Liberal party with him, and that although
they had abandoned the Liberal party, they
had not abandoned the principles which
they held as Liberals, SO far as pol yg
amy was concerned. He sketched the
RELATIVE POSITION OF THE TWO PARTIES
in the past in SO clear and forcible man
ner that even the dullest witted person in
the committee room could not have mis-
understood him. He showed that while
the old Liberal party was right in their
position, it was only fair to say that the
Mormons have acted as unit, not because
they were controlled by the priesthood, but
because all the Gentiles of the territory
were hostile to them, and that they acted
together as mere matter of self protec-
ton. six years ago." said he, "when 1
went to Utah as governor, [ found a con-
dition existing there that can hardly de-
scribe SO that you can understand it. 1t
was feeling so bitter and so intense as
could only have existed in one of the
Dor der states during the continuance of
the late war. To any gentleman who loves
peace and good order and kindly feeling the
situation was almost intolerable, almost
unbearable.
IT WAS LIKE A GREAT WEIGHT
resting upon you during the day and with
you at night"
He spoke of the organization Of the
chamber of commerce and the difficulties he
encountered in getting the two parties 10
act together. Some of the Liberals who
are now opposing statehood were among
the first to state that the movement would
not be successful. ''You can do nothing
with the Mormon people," they said, "you
can't trust them. If they go into the
movement it will not be in good faith. We
have tried such plans before. However, u
he continued, "we persevered and brought
the gentiles to our way of thinking. Then
we found trouble with the Mormons, fol-
they were
NOT ENTIRELY WITHOUT FAULT.
They too deprecated the plan, because, as
they alleged, they would hardly get in ses
sion before the question of religion would
come up and give them trouble. In spite
of these discouragements, however, the
movement grew and extended to the cities
of Ogden and Provo, with equally gooC
results. Instead of talking polygamy
morning, noon and night at home, on The
street and everywhere, the people of Sal
Lake began to talk about building gooi
| houses, they began to talk about improving
the streets, they began to talk about plant
| ing trees, they began to talk about invit
ing outside people to come and share in rh
BENEFITS OF THE TERRITORY.
And from that day prosperity began t.
dawn upon Utah"
He went on then to show the liberalit,
of the Mormons in giving the gentiles
representation of four in the city council
and in hasty review OF the political event
which followed very clearly demon
strated to the members of the com
mittee the arbitrary aud bourbon practice
of this party, which was misnamed tn
Liberal party. He showed that of tn
q, 900 votes cast in the recent election tn
Democratic nominee received about 1900
and the Liberals and Republicans pole
the remainder, about equally betwee
them.
MIR. Carlisle here interrupted Governo
West and asked him if he could tell til
committee how the Mormons had voted
and if they voted as unit or indiscrimin
ately.
Governor West replied that they ha
divided squarely on party lines, and CAV
several instances which came under hi
observation. He claimed that
THE LIBERALS WE'RE ACT1NG UNFAIRLY
in that they persistently referred to th
past action of the Mormon people, an
studiously refrained from doing justice I
them under the changed conditions of tn
present.
He went on to say that the history {
these people will show that this chang
has not been sudden, but on the contrary
it was very slow and difficult. For fort
years forces have been at work that hav
brought about this change, and in thos
forty years the people have suffered il
Vulnerable hardships. He referred to the
loyalty in the loss of life, in the sacrific
of property, in the greatest deprivations
and still, ne said, they yielded not; the
still adhered to the position that they hs
taken, but gradually the forces were brin
ing them to better condition. He paid
high tribute to the industry and
a, THE RELIABILITY OF THE MORMON PEoPLl
end shopyed how the nolvpanoicfs hod ar