The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-11

sordance with their views, that
the commission, now in power
I there is composed entirely of residents
of the territory of Utah. 1 have been
very anxious. Of course, to see Utah
! made a state, and am proud to say
/ that, under my craftsmanship of the
| Committee on Territories, that terri
| tory has been authorized to hold an
election for that purpose, which will
ultimately, within few months,
bring it into the sisterhood of states.
| The amendment Of the senator from
| impossible for anyone to tell what will
| be its effect. 1t has not been exam
ined by any committee. The amend
ment provides that the election in
! Utah shall be held under laws which
L doubt whether any senator on this
| floor knows are today in existence. or
whether they are repealed, or whether
they are such laws as he would ap-
! prove OF. That shows the necessity
! of the rule of the Senate that unless
an amendment which changes existing
| law is examined by a standing COM
| mittee of the body it shall not be in
| order, although it may not be general
! legislation. I therefore make the point
| of order on the amendment.
Mr.. White-NIr. President. 1 desire
20 have stated to the Senate the
| amendment proposed by the senator
from Idaho. I have not heard the
amendment
The Vice-President-Th amendment
! will be stated.
The secretary read the amendment
proposed by Mr. Dubois.
! Mr.. White-Mr. President, I have
not investigated the statutes referred
to in the amendment offered by the
! senator from Idaho. I will state that
/ I have been in favor ever since I have
reached this body Of the admission Of
/ Utah to statehood. I will also state
that l have never had the slightest
! sympathy with those parties who have
/ in the Congress of the United States
attempted TO prevent the admission Of
that territory to statehood upon the
heory that its morals were not as
/ good as those Of the gentlemen object
ing. l have thought that that ques-
ton is one which the parties demur-
rms could not afford 5udiciously to
raise.
In SO far as This particular amend
! nent is concerned, I do not know that
it has any material application to the
| question Of statehood. I think if the
! commissioners referred to in the bill
perform their duties as the law intends
they shall perform them that prob
ably ii will rather facilitate than in
| terfere With the admission of Utah to
Statehood.
l do not understand further than
from the remarks Of the senator from
Idaho, and as 1 have no antecedent
familiarity with the amendment he
proposes. that there is any difficulty
in carrying out the full provisions of
the bill regarding admission, even if
these commissioners are permitted to
pursue their course until the state as
sumeS its full sovereignty and be-
ieYe that in this Congress Utah for
the first time has had an opportunity
to assume statehood. I might remark
that am in favor of statehood for all
of our territories. [ think the time
has come when we should have moth
ing but states within the United States.
4 Mr. Dubois-lIr. President, 1 desire
only to add to what I have already
said that the sections mentioned in
the amendment are the election laws of
/ Utah, which are entirely adequate,
| and are satisfactory to the people
! there. There is no need for the board
of commissioners, which is now in ex-
istence; it is an interference, and it
does harm.
Mr. White-WfH the senator permit
me to ask him a question?
Mr.. Dubois-Certainly.
Mr. Whfte-As we are passing from
the condition of things which I equally
with the senator believe that we should
depart from, is it not better to let the
other side down moderately than to
do anything that may result in a Sc
we're fall? Had we not better let Utah
Join The Union, and if commissions
heretofore appointed are unWisely Gre
ated let US pay those who have per
formed the labor allotted to them by
Congress the Just measure Of their eX-
ertions, but I deem it undesirable to
interfere with those against whom nc
local protestation has been made.
Mr.. Dubois-Utah will be admitted
no matter whether these commission
erS are there or whether the people OF
that territory are left to themselves
4 No man in Utah wants this COM
mission now, and when we propose tc
retain il we are not legiSlating in the
interests Of the people of Utah. The
time has passed for it. It stands now
as reminder of bitter contests of the
past, which we who took part in them
have buried. We are looking to tht
present and future and not to the past
My amendment can be ruled out on {
point of order. l am aware Of that
I beg again that the Senate will bt
allowed to vote on my amendment.
know it will carry. Senators here vii
] WV
in former years in favor of stringent
laws for Utah. 1 was right then, ant
] am equally right now, in insisting
that conditions have changed com
pletely. and that the people Of Utaf
: 1 shall be allowed to manage their owl
elections the same as the people OF
. other states are.
Mr. Faulkner-I desire to say in re-
ply to the senator from Idaho that
have never heard any complaint dur
ing the last twelve months in reference
) to this commission. and certainly M
request has come to the Committee OF
Territories in reference to this subject
and the provisions Of the enabling &C
are made in reference to the action o.
this commission. Which ought not now
be changed without consideration.
insist shat under the point Of or
der this subject is not debatable.
OIr. MandersOn-As the senator is de
batting it to some extent, notwithstand
/ ing the rule, I should like to ask him {
/ question. He claims to a certain ez
: tent The paternity of the state of Utah
J l should like to ask him when tha
. state Will probably be born into tn
) Union2
NIr. Faulhner--T think it viii be borI
into the Union somewhere from abou
the goth 10 the Goth of next November
: The vote Oh the ratification Of the con
stitution framed by the convention
which meets in March. is to be takeI
under the enabling act on the secont
Tuesday of November, and IL that vct'
!, is in favor Of adoption Of the conStitu
ton, and itsis republican IN form, anC
So certified to the president, within
twenty or thirty Gays thereafter III
Will issue his proclamation for the -ad