Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-12-19
DrsEREr EVENING NEWS. TUESDAY. DECEMBER 49, 1898.

.ort and much OF those land is excluded
bor,uao srtilod before thor survey.
Nfr Tfyiupatou: Do i uudartand you
To- ,t tbat ID Won take thorelaiivo values
ofthe land prorosedto bo granted thoto TO
tbo lands Granted 10 The other statos,
there BE- moi much difference
Nr. Wawiins 10 will give Go Utah loss
loo yuiuo than has boon giNou iu amy sta
admitted into tho Union % states. OBJ
Ir9'ion has boon made also Cha, thero is
ip this enabling uct grant NJ ll per cont
of UIo rrorrads Of tho sales Of lands
f5r,ugb' do land offices Tor school uur-
rosas OF thc Tofritory. There hlyo boon
% ono Uul nrrra. or about eI.iaI,UIl. do.
Uysi for nII Ito land disposed of during
all OF the past history ~ Che Icrri.ory.
ID Wo rui iO per cont Of nIl disposed Of
that would only give fii1NlO. Under
this act We get only TO per cent oi tho
ltuds thut will be- hereafter disposed of
through tho land office; that ia O. moro
b1rnfollo nul can be siri ken out " the
bill with litlo or no dotrimon. Go Utah.
Mr.. wilson Of Ohio; I 500 from tho
bin tha. sections No. ., 10 81, and iH m
each township arc 90 bo Appropriated TO
The state. how many townships arc ihrto
ln Utah containing public nudsi lu
othCr words, how many Icf.s VIII thu
slate get under this provision
NIr. NHWiIus: The gentleman can
Ggufo tbnt out. dislike i1 du.n'n thO
committee amy longer upon iNia question.
Afr. Wilson 81 unio3 ] simply dD.lrUu
TO set at thnt as husluu proposition.
Nr. GnwIiua. We'll, th".0 arr HI,uH1.-
OOD aero. of luui undispusol OF, which
have boon offered 10y tho government OF
tho United States for thirty years past Hi
si.gi an rrre. but nobody would iako
thpm. They are NOT worth IU cents uu
Hcro. and If the school lands AFRO TO Boo
aplroIpd out N those. tho tUaI giant made
90 tho Territory by this ag. Will amount
Co very 'luiU.
Mr. Wilson OF Ohioi L would like 90
know the amount
Mr RlwlluG We'll, cr..u.nih of .l..
Ol.U.Ois somewhat lo'7 Chan n01po1
arrts.
NiE picsIori You are Co have four soc.
ti1us out of ovory township. Tho now
Hatos recently admitted gltthp sNtouuih
and tho thlrIy-HlNth sUr'IHuH, two
apttI8us ont % thIsy.HN, but
you Aru 70 goi four scciioHa gn. Of thirty
slN9
Mr. Uavi'ls, That is &c. Bu, 10 you
look n. th1 substance OF th' thing
Afr p.cEIau oh, th.u, YOU ought Co
huEplt Iunt land o. mos worth anything
90 anybody else.
tho gentleman tell us how many iu.ur-
unrl.rd cities thutu AFRO BOO OiaHi
Alr HawllnH am glad tl1 gCntIo.
man has asked that question. Formerly
uutUr the general presumption Law % thu
United States, lands within thr corporate
limits OF "a city wore NOS subject Co UrI-
vata cntry. Tho ciliUs 900 lHh covered
largo urUas of land uudnr mo original
acts Of incorporation.
Nh. Van voorhis of Sow York; How
many VI tlOm arc thrryi
Nr. I.awlIu.! i can not tsll Won; but
| that provision uf tho statute has been
| corrected. and, boy un uc. Of Compress
| passed iu lstl, only Hp much land d. now
| excluded nom Ontry boo uuy city HH lH
| actually settled upon aud used i1r town
l purposes,
Aii Tho other lands within tho old
| original corporate limits htyO been one
/ tered aud thU ililrs have passed in iudi-
| vidunls. ThOfo is mo- monopoly of land
iu Utah. Tho average HIEn OF nrm. ihCru
BE- %, ucTos, according % tho census TO-
turns. Thoro arc perhaps moro people
own th0lr own homUg iu Utah tupu 90
any other state or territory iu tao luit'u
States boo proportion % population. You
can not lind "a single Individual turr., HH
in California and elsewhere, holding
thousands OF ncIcI OF land. do MOI
know OF % single mAu IN Utah who holds
60 ,ErUul 30 or 800 ucrgs. lhNgu ~ 900
! corporation or syndicate there controlling
large blocks ol land, except tho Union
Pacific Riiiroad, through 100 land grant
mnlo 20 % 10y tho Congress OF tue United
Stvrs,1
! How, Mr.. Chairman, ia conclusion let
/ mo sly hat change has tnkuu place u
| Utah. How thlt change has boon
brought about may Do interesting % gou-
tlOmun who uro NOS familiar with iis hiH'
tory. The making aud tho enforcement,
OF tho laws boy Congress has had somo'
thing to do with %, There IL no question
about that. Iut there has also beun de-
velopiug Tor many years past In tho Ter
| riiuTy Dl Utah "a sentiment among tht
pauplo who hNyU boon born aud bfuugh
up thUrg, which has had 10 great duu o.
do with IhIs change. The eradication oi
disClniinuAur1 NJ pplygamy " pOr
haps duo trst To- external pressure, bul
s.ill moro .irgoly iu tho efforts OF people
within tho Mormon Church i.sUlt O.
bring about thU reform Oi tho orgluizl
tluu In that respect
II should DO 6orno Ia mind that but
very small proportion iot the Mormon
ppuUlO have ever pruuicUd pulygumy
Those who did not practice 10 saw th
owl com Quyuu.t which flowed from iU
practice, tho unhuppInuss which 10 cause,
iu families, and that 10 rendered tho poo
pie OF Uuh uhnuzlnus 90 tho pfOyAili nl
J D
turboi tho tranquility, impodci the prog
, ross, rgtnr iod inc growth, dntkouud ia
character. aud destroyed tho prosperity
and happiness Of tho people,
Thousands Of non-MOrmnns hayU
come into Utah and made hoir homo
, there. oar schools are froe; attendance
IL required; thUy are nonsccinrinn. Hdu
, cation hns boon freely disseminated
Under such conditions, polyghmy hav
} | ing once boon suppressed or extlrptted
ia not likely 10 bH revived.
, Mr. Van Noorhis u Now York; woul
like 90 ask the gentleman whether thor
, | has been any revelation on tho suhiec
, ! uf rOlygumy recently; or does tho hca
/ | Of the church claim th0ro has hCDn2
Mr. RaWlins; Tho Mormon poopl
Z claim TINT their duty with reference {
} | tho ur0rilo0 OF pulygumy has been du
, | huod Iy revelation. Tho present Pro-
1 | idont ~ tho Mormon Church on tho 2bt
. | oil September, 1900, issued "a manifesto b
#. which no forbade the Mormon poopl
lgFgzgJgN A. n. ~. q y N ~ y - :.