The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-12-20


I different from those in vogue in thu
/ states of the Union.
That is corroborated by the secre
tary of the Interior Mr.. Baskin. whC
for years fought the church. and came
iadmission OF the territory into thu
Union, now is in accord with what
mas been ..stat@d by Governor West
4 He is now major of Salt Lake city
was elected on Political lines, Just as is
idone in other parts of the country.
L But, Mr.. Chairman, the surrounding
Estates, the non-Mormons in the neigh
boring states. the people who have
lived nearest to the Mormon people
and are most familiar with the situa.
ton there, who: constitute the best
witnesses. because they have a chance
to see and know, and because they
Judge at their own peril when they SC
speak. say these people now are eli5i-
Die to statehood, and that they are il
favor Of the admission of the territory
into the Union. AT the time of the adj
mission of the territory OF Idaho, under
the law authorized by its constitution
unfriendly to the Mormons-and there
| is great body4of them in that terri
tory-al these people were disfran-
chised and disabled to hold office.
! Recognizing Their Rights.
At the last session of the legislature
OF Idaho the disabilities imposed upon
the Mormon people were, by unani-
nous vote of the members of the Iegis-
lature of both parties, ali of then, Gen Cen
tiles. because ilp Mormon had a
seat there. removed, and therefore
they have expressed their opinion and
belief-the people who will be most
liable to, be affected by it-tllat the
| Mormon people were fit to exercise and
be Entrusted with all the rights and
duties of citizenship under state gov
eminent. The people of Wyoming and
I the neighboring states are of the same
opinion, so far as have been able to
ascertain
! But the gentleman from Massa-
chusetts TNTr. Morsel dealing largely
| in ancient history, has asked permits
sion to include a clipping from the Salt
Lake Tribune. long published in Salt
Lake city, of great circulation, which
has been supposed to always give ex-
preston to the most violent and hos
tile sentiments against the Morn1o7
people have some editorials here
taken from the Salt Lake Tribune N.Y.
self When l paid a visit recently 10
the territory of Utah I announced in
an interview published in the Tribune.
first, that L would encounter no oppo-
sition from home in reaching the i'm
mediate enactment of the statehood
bill, and that proposed to come back
here and do what / could as speedily
as possible to bring about the early
enactment of that bill.
1t was stated 1t this interview as
preliminary to it, that every editor in
the territory of Utah is in accord with
my views on this subject The Salt
Lake Tribune, on November 10, 1893,
published an editorial in which they
and what l proposed to do. On No
vember II. in an editorial under the
title 'Let Statehood Come" the editor
uses this language:
"On the statehood question. and in
urging those in power to continue
their efforts and in promising them no
opposition that we know of, we are en-
tirely sincere
Then there is no opposition to state
who are most interested-whO are
vitality interested in the question.
Mr.. Kilgore-Will the gentleman
give the name Of the editor of the Salt
Lake Tribune?
Mr.. Rawlins-Judge c. c. Goodwin.
Mr.. Washington-Let me ask the
gentlemen if that feper is not also a.
Republican journal?
Mr. Rawlins-It is Republican
paper, and has always been.
Mr. Washington-And is it not en-
tirely Gentle, that is to say, anti
Mormon?
Mr.. Rawlins-It has always been re-
gaded as the representative of the non
Mormon or Gentle element in the.
territory and in the surrounding states
and territories.
Mr.. Wilson of Washington-Will the
gentleman pardon me if 1 ask him
question?
Mr.. Rawlins-Yes.
Mr.. Wilson of Westinghouse there
any reason now existing in the terri
tory of Utah why there should be an
antiMormon paper?
Mr.. Rawlins@There is no anti-Mor-
mon paper now. That paper has as
sumed to speak for the Gentiles of
the territory in the past
Mr. Wilson of Washington-There is
no distinction now in your territory
between Gentle and Mormon papers?
Mr.. Rawlins-There is no distinction.
The people of the territory of Utah,
in politics, in convictions, in sentiment,
in purpose, are like the people of every
other state and territory in this Union.
Mr. Wilson of shington-Anothlar
question. Is not your legislature Re-
publican?
Mr.. Rawlins-I am sorry to say that
at present the legislature is Republic
can.
Mr.. Wilson of Washington am
only assisting the gentleman. Naugh-
teri
Mr.. Rawlins-I know, you are try
ing to convert your friend from Massa-
chusetts (Ir Morse), and you have
a pretty hard task Qaughter.)
Mr. Wilson of Washington-No, sir;
1 deny the soft impeachment. You do
me honor overmuch. I can not per-
form impossibilitieS. Oaughter)
Fitness for Admission.
Mr. Rawlins-Now, if I may be per-
mitted to proceed, the average of the
states was 236. 900. The average of the
population of the states which have
bden admitted since, at the date of
their admission down to the present
time, is 1900. Utah today has 240,00
all white people, with the exception of
2 900. Three-fourths of them are native
born citizens of the United States. All
of them, with the exception of about
3 to 1 per cent, can read and write the
English language The standard of in
telligence and education is far above
the average of the American people,
1t is on a dead level with that of Con-
necticut
Mr.. Cockrell-How about Massachu-
sets?
Mr.. Rawlins-Utah has a less per-
4entage of oreign-born peopJs than
One-third of the peo-
pie of Massachusetts are foreign born
of the people of Utah
are native born We have a less per-
of forsign-born people than
New York, Michigan.
Wisconsin. Minnesota the Dakotas,
Idaho, Oregon, California.
or Nevada. Do the foreign peo-
pie come from the dregs? Why
if the gentleman from Massa-
chusetts NIr Morse would come
to Utah and meet some of the men
born, educated and brought up there,
he would feel that he had struck a
country in which he was in reality
tenderfnnf and had snmfathiner To lea r-rn