Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-10-31
TBLEGRAPHIC.
GOV. VESTS REPORT.
Important Spbl,c,S Touched Upon 10
tao DOCum.lt
UTAH STATEHOOD AND AMNESTY
R,sllraiion nf tic Church Property
National Guard--Terruorial
Tair-Aiatislics.
UTAH STATEHOOD AND AMNESTY.

lassius Of the enabling act Tor our ID
ul.sIon iuto tho Union ~ stste.
Wnilo the changes IN our social anu
political conditions have been Iapii,
they have, nevcuh,lcss, been COM
..,Ie, anu no voice IL nov hearu in
% DO -itiOn to Statehood. Al political
pIrivs snd people cOncsdu tue luslcr
.I i,, and arc nov Nytsiug uuitcIly
iHf ,lv Duiiding up Of 1hu nrw COM
.u.uWuaitn. Under the state govern
iurut We confidently anticipate an ln'
GAK Uf population suillcieut u
p urlsthen our 81 ivf, cuiuynte our
valleys, aud NJ soon nH tue lndinu
Tesutysiions are thrown open Tor settle
msut. to completely ifautfotm thrm
inlu productive gafduas anu hvlds,
thfity villages anu towns
AMNESTY.
On January 4, 1893, President Hat-
n.n granted su,ucaty aud pardon 10
OIL persons then liable 10 the penalties
pfesuritcd by Law by reason VI uuiaw-
lul UuhubitAtOn under tue color Of
lolygamy or plural maftiase, who
Siucu November, 1890, auslaiucd from
tuch unlawful cohauitatiOn, but upon
the cypress condition tuat they should
iu the iu,uTe faithfully obey the laws.
Before the Issuance 81 either the
mauiic.to or amnvoty, hundreds Of our
riuErla had been convicted OF poly
ppmy adultery ami unlawful cohaOi'
tatlun ard we're, Therefore, under tho
net OF Congress unqualified from Vot'
ing nul holding uiiiCe. Ia a compare.
tIv,iy Tow cases, however, separate
iurluua had been gr nted, but At the
uHtu OF the granting OF AmutAiy anu
infIou ty President HarfisOu fUf un.
iawiul cohabitation, lew, Indeed,
were then liable 10 the penal
ties OF tho law, and consequently
hut few were renewed ~ H..
The result was that those who hau
been convicted ielt that for some
rtas n they mai not been !nciuiei 10
the amnesty, aud ~ were unable to
register or vote. Dufilg the past
eighteen months numerous individual
notifications tor pariOnu have been
presented and granted and the siaiu
aud impeachment Of c0nviotlOl re-
moved. POiyRamOus prpctc,s having
entirely ceased, aud statehood having
been accorded the Territory, there
seemed no longer 10 he either Justice
or piOpfiety la Withholding from these
unfortunate citizsus the rlRht 10 rogis-
ter and vote. Acting upon tnis Idea a
petition was drawn anu signed by the
governor, secretary, Justices VI the
supreme court and u tittd States
attorney, aud wsB by the governor
pryernicd 10 Prtsldcbt Cleveland, n
questing "A tail anu complete nmuessy
aud pardon 20 all pefsJEf, whether
they ugu been convicted or were then
liAUie 90 the penalties Of the act Dr
pIlygamy, adultery or uulaWful COhnb'
nation, unauf tnO color Ut 10Y bainuua
or plural mAruare. The PRECEDENT
very promptly Oh tue 2Olh OF Srptsm.
buf, 1894, Etauted amnesty anu par
don bH T,quuslUu, anu tNtguIcu IT,
pruvisiUnH 30 all pufsuus VII
at any limo violated the laws o.
the United state, ny com.
mittln. tBB uilontes nam a, except
pun1u8 wuO might nave UuUu iucluueI
la tho iOfmur amuusly nud hal ior-
lctol II by substq violating vac
law, Iulg pIUuit gnd very gOuufOlt
action OF PIcsidvut Cluve.aud un- met
with tue hearty approval Ot all clnsbtr
Ut our people, auu IL especially ~ PFC
CiNtuu by hundreds VI our beet ci.i1uus,
who vvfu ulHlfaucuHud, AM WnO nave
s,LCr the Issuance o. tue amnesty
awaited Themselves Ui tue very iu'
iuIHut duty & Replacing 10 v0.o nj
our approaching election.
CHURCH PROPERLY.
In my last rcloft rec lmmanioi thl
pnu-agudl laws returning 10 thu Cuuicl
Ot Jutua Chust Ut Lattvt-.at SAINT
(OlmmOulJ called the hiOruU. Cluruu
tue teal ana Personal Ustaie, Va ucd -
s73b 900, when hul uogu esuutH,Ut
T. the government. The people VI
the Cuurcu no longer violate tUu law
prohibiting thU pruut 40 VI pOlygnmy
IuugTrhH has lfaulut ihttu ate
hluJ, AMI an the 40 sons when TIA
pellet tue pntsaLu oil lnu laws Us
Chcntilg the properly 40 lungt,
t1ibl, In tue face ul turre cuaugus, /,
would, tu4uoJ, 10 ilt Iauiuus tor "a,
guyefumuHl " lUustr wi,uhuld tai,
property from the puIplu wlO hay,
contributed 10 from their suuftanC,
huu harI earnings IA IA days Of theil
poverty. CJugT,ss has very wiroiy
uud urump, returned tue psuOuaIty
valued ~ si5lO o ana 1 renew my
recon- Giunuuuuu that tue really
v,iaeI at s-so,uOO DO alaJ tes,orsu /,
tnom.
OprNISG on WE-EhvAIIJNs.
Tho colg ,stionnl legisiali n author
iznt NO allotment 10 The ludiaus "
ayr l.y VI certain OF tue isuds on
ulspuu within The umtah anu UuCOm
IauEtu reservations Hud tuu Opsnini
ftsttllomeut and sGlu OF tho remain
lus iGuds, rs Recommended by mo u
my last report, VIII prove u uutOlt
advantage an. wealth 10 the nuV
slgtc. II VIII open iOr settlement mll
uus ui acres Ui IN mOit !uTtl.u I'M
perfectly waergi lands, ana viii iag
rI-n homes o. ,hUuAuuB OF our youni
I,0.le, WHO need no lou.of omigmU
90 tuu yallvyu %. adjoining ila.vs lc
a lbUlu locations.
OUR NATIONAL GUARD.
BY an act OF tho lp,t legislative los
stuibly the governor was author asI 1,
onrIl the National Guafu OF UAh, 4
consist OF MT. mOre tuan three rVgi
nleuts OF Infantry OF twelve oOmpaniu
oaCh, tUuo cavalry, and two batteries
Of & artillery. IA pur uanco 0f IA
nutUouty tHus conferred Wo'havb Gl
rrady tnlis,r1 fourteen cOmpa ius o
infantry, lhien troops OF cavalry an
iva batteries OF lignt artillery. IN,
Territory mol having had an q