Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-01-06

IL Whh uutlbK INC COnsluelh-
ton VI this fdotion on the
second day Of the convention, that
Mr. Fitch delivered speech which
made MIN famous In Utah, giving an
elaborate review Of Utah affairs, aud
advocating concession by the ma
lJrliy regarding tho practice OF poly
gamy. He made M imprisoned Rp.
peal to the delegates 10 incorporate In
the Constitution they we're about to
frame prJvitl0n In harmony with
what he believed 10 be tle urgent
necessities Of tho situation, and argued
that there was no safety to the people
" Utah without n state government,
aud tnat they could have 30 state gov
eminent without making concessions.
Following Ia brief excerpt 10 show
this line Of his reasoning.
III am not here TO attack polygamy
from q theological, moral, or Dhytical--
but from POLITICAL standpoint. Car
tninly DO not propose TO question the
pure motives or tue honesty Of those
who believe In aud practice II. l am
inclined 10 agree with Nontetquieu
and Buckle that u IL IA affair OF lati-
tudo and climate ana race, and on
these grounds alone ita existence
among n Saxon people, living In tho
MUM ANhNIfAuAN aNANI ~ ~ NANlhAlG
anomaly. 10 did not grow out of any
structural. or faoo, OF social, OF climatic
nuCetsltiot, aud N II be, ~ asserted, tho
offspring Of revelation here, / can only
say that II needed a revelation 10 stars
| a.. That II has SuriptufAl pAtftArchal
origin anu example Ia probably true,
/ but that was In another age
than Uup, aud ia different
land. IL Abraham had lived on tue
liuo OF the overland road In the after.
noon OF tue Nineteenth century; n
lsaao had been surrounded by forty
homogeneous Yankee; n Jacob had
associated with minets anu been Iostled
by spooulatofs, there would, | appro-
heud, have bueu a different orIcr Of
social life In Palestine, The Mormon
doctrine may be- the true theology, aud
the writings OF Joseph bmilhtne most
direct revelations. The practice Of
pOlygamy may DO taieguatd against
the vice VI unlicensed Indulgence, aud
the social liie OF Utah tho most Hani-
tnry VI social reforms. All The aivau.
taggs claimed for this State, may DO
aetual, but nevertheless tue TACT exists
that pOlygamy ~ an anUnHly In this
Republic, exitting hitherto by the
tufiefanco Of people who now declare
that II shall exist no longer"
JUDGE uAYDoS's KSTREArY.
Toe movement for a state govern.
mont was warmly supported by all tho
| speakers except Judge Hayden, tho
maker VI the melton 10 adjourn. Re.
ierrlng TO the proposition 10 surrender
| pOlygamy, he unttealed the Mofmona
not 10 look with favor upon the sug.
geated conceselons, and among other
things said;
"rhs psroration Of my colleagues
speech was mainly confined IN Ap.
prals to the majority 70 sacrifice what
they call divine ordnance OF their
religion for the 90 veled bAuble Of state
government. Why, what change has
come over the spirit Of your dreams,
that you with gieeJy ears court tho
sweet cadence OF the pleador's voice,
wooinR you from Chhtybdis TO be
wrecked ON the treaoberous Boillal
From conversation with many Of you,
whom believe TO be gentlemen OF In
tsgrity nnd honest religious convlc.
tions, from what 4 know OF your his.
tory, your prosecutions, trials ana pri-
valions for your religion, 1 Am not
| prepared to believe that, without new
revelation, prosperity has 80 weakened
your faith as to trade OF u divine
ordinance for thinking oymbal.'"
On the fourth day Of the convention
the committee reported the ordinance
and bill OF rights which was to be IL.
ToVocable without tbs consent OF tho
| United States aud the people OF the
state Of Deseiet, and it, fiith section as
adopted was rs follow:
"That such terms, II any, as may bo
| prescribed by Congress as condition Of
/ tho admission OF said state into tho
| Union, shall, n ratified by majority vote
Of tho people thereof, ht such limo and
under such regulations as may DO pre-
scribod by the convention, theroupon DO
embraced within aud constitute n part OF
this ordinance"
Tho convention closed It, lAbors on
March 2, 1872, after elroting HonR.
rhomas FitOh, Gsorgs q, Cannon and
Frank Fuller TO proceed TO Washing.
ton anu cO-OluSAIs with Delegate
William II. Hooper In IroFnting
the ConslituiiOn TO the PRECEDENT
election provided Tor In the CSnatitu-
lion was held, the document being
ratified by 20, 100 votes IN favor aud
1855 against D.. IL was at this time,
| Qs72) lhEt the fifst stiod was made ~
hsrmonize local politics with taOse Of
the great nstional parties. On the 10th
| e. March . call was Issued 10 the Re-
| publicans OF UAh inviting them TO
send delegates W the party convention
| TO DO held In Salt Lake CITY, Aptll bth.
| The call was slEae1 by Frank Fuller,
Daniel II. Wells, Thomas Fitch, WIN.
| Jennings ami many oIhtss. On April
STD call was El,o male, signed by
| Thomas l., Aksrr, HAdley ID. Johnson,
| j., ID. HJge, ana others, Tor n Dsalo-
cratic convention 70 meet April Sth,
| At Salt Lake CITY. BoIn conventions
were held AMI were euth usiasNc In
their work, out the movement failed OF
SUCCESS because OF the defeat OF State
hood which was encompassed through
the efforts OF tho Liberal party. Con.
gtess again took adverse action upon
| UtaL's petition for 4 Statehood, falling
| 10 even intimate upon what terms OF
compromise II woull consider ami act
upon her application for admission.
TEN YEARS AFTER.
Ten years elapsed before the next
attempt, tho sixth, was undertaken.
| IL arose In the Legislative Assembly
| OF 1859, when u olaf resolution was
| passed authorizing n Constitutional
| Convention TO be held, April lob,
| 1859. The convention, which was
| composed OF Heventy.two doleRates,
| met ut the CITY Hall In Salt Lake CITY,
/ N.Wr