The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-01-23

fought to take steps to meet these obli-
cations, which it would some day have
to pay.
Last week Senator cockrel, of Mis-
souri,, presented a resolution calling
upon the Secretary of the Treasury to
report the amounts due the United
States from the Territory of Utah on
these accounts. That resolution is
now represented as an endeayor on
the part of the Democrats to charge
up this sum to Utah on its admission
into the Union. It is further repre-
sented that in Republican secret eau
Gus some person, unframed, read a
paper protesting against anything be-
ing done to place this load upon the
back of a territory which has done SO
well as Utah has, and which it never
had a part in authorizing or creating.
This. of course, appears as a, dispatch
from Washington in our morning con-
temporary and is in keeping with the
hypocrisy and humbug of the party it
represents in its sudden change of
front toward the people of Utah and
it's garbling of the truth
In order that there may be no de-
ception in this matter. sufficient to
blind the eyes of those who wish to
understand the facts and not merely
to gulp down anything that appears
. to favor Republicanism in it's attitude
toward this territory, it will be neces-
sary first to explain how Senator
Cockrell came to introduce the resolu-
ton. For this purpose we reproduce
, here the particulars, as recorded in
the Congressional Record of Wednes-
day, January IT, 1894:
Mr.. Cockrell. I submit a resolution
which 1 ask may be read, and, when
it is read, 1 ask that a letter from the
attorney-general may be read to ex-
plain why the resolution should be
passed.
The president pro tempore. The
resolution will be read.
The secretary read as follows:
Resolved, That the secretary of the
treasury be directed to report to the
Senate the amounts due the United
States from the Territory of Utah on
account of costs and expenses OF pro-
SecutonS for offenSeS against any law
of the Territorial Legislature of Utah
required to be paid out of the reasury
OF said territory under the act of June
%, 1874 entitled AN act in relation to
courts and judicial officers in the terri
tory of Utah.
The president pro tempore. The
Senator from Missouri asks that the
letter of the attorney-genera be read.
1t will be read, in the absence of OBJ
lection.
The secretary read as follows:
Sir:-It is suggested to the depart
ment that the attention of Congress
should be called to the large amounts
due the United States from the Terri
tory of Utah, expended by the govern
ment in the support of territorial con-
Vlcts under the act of June %. 1874.
commonly known as the Poland bill.
section 2, paragraph 4, of the act be-
ing; And the costs and expenses of
all prosecutions for offenses against
any law of the Territorial Legislature
shall be paid out of the treasury of the
under the act by the United States
attorney being ''as well under the laws
OF said territory as of the United
States"
For many years there has been an
annual appropriation mainly for the
support Of the penitentiary, usually
denominated Expenses territorial
courts of Utah"
The amount of expenses thus in
CURED can be ascertained from the
Office Of the first comptroller of the
treasury.
This matter is brought to your notice
because this department has disbursed
lhese appropriations. It would be held
responsible if this information was not
communicated to you and it should be
loVerFooked. Very respectfully,
RICHARD OLNEY,
Attorney General.
The president of the United States
Senate.
The resolution was considered bv
unanimous consent, and agreed to.
1t will be seen that there is moth
ing partisan about the calling up of
this matter, which has been for years
in allegiance, and that the resolution
was considered by unanimous consent
and agreed to. To make political capi-
tai out of this is extremely paltry and
deceptive. But since the attempt has
been made it becomes proper to in
quire, who is responsible for the act
of 1874 and the provisions which caused
this debt of nearly million dollars
to be created?
The name of the law shows that il is
a Republican measure. Introduced bv
Luke Poland, who was induced by
members Of the Republican party TO
father the offspring of Republicans in
Utah who were the authors of it, the
bill was pushed through Congress IN
der Republican auspices and was one
of number of measures from the
same source, being, perhaps, the mild
est of them all.
To show the animus of that party at
that time, we will copy here a para
graph from Poland's speech in support
of his bill, in reply to Delegate George
Q. Cannon and other Democrats who
fought the measure After explaining
about his visit to Utah and the APP
peals to him by persons there in ref
erence to this matter, he said concern
ing a bill which passed the House by a
large majority:
THAT bill which passed the House
four wears ago provided amone- otbe,