The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-04

almost compelled to stand up and offer
his resignation, go home and tell his
constituents that he was not a free
man. And this is a free land under the
stars and stripes. in the last hours of
the nineteenth century,
If in the face of all this my candi-
date is defeated, will you censure him
if he seeks redress by contesting this
election in the United States senate
Tremendous applause from the house
and lobby and a motion made 20 clear
the galleries.)
Mr.. Taylor demanded that the CALLER
les be cleared.
What" exclaimed the senator,
| clear the galleries, drive out these
people who have no voice, no vote,
and can only express their deep SYM
pathy for my candidate by applause?
, And this in the land sanctified by the
blood of our fathers? If my voice
could go reverberating down through
the ages to the latest generations. 1
should solemnly protest against this
blot upon the white garments of my
native Utah.
"Oh, if l could reveal to you the re-
suit of the union of church and state,
if 1 could lift the veil and reveal to
you in the language of another, the
history of the past you would shudder
TO see men and women torturing them
selves, walking upon the fiints and
thornS, avoiding the meadows and the
sunshine, to see the priest with up
lifted hand, prepared to plunge it into
the white quivering breast of the I'M
resisting girl. a sacrifice to gods Of
wood and stone. Oh Liberty, underneath
thy dome men stand erect, tyrants
loose power and tremble and the bleed
ing heart of humanity quivers with
joy as it kneelS at the throne of edu-
cation and science which have torn
away the veil and revealed the path
way that leads to the mountain top of
individual freedom and liberty. To see
kings and tyrants stepping upon and
crushing humanity. To see over all a
night of darkness without a glimmer
OF light.
Mr.. President, l see the effort be-
ing made to degrade our beloved state
of Utah. l hope it will not succeed,
but L see the attempt making woe to
the hand that scatters the seed. L
trust it will not grow. May it fall on
stony places. May the God of our
fathers withhold the rain and the dew
and the seed be destroyed.
And now l cast my vote for my
candidate who shall be infinitely
greater in defeat than his opponent in
the glory of victory. l vote for Moses
Thatcher"
The deafening shout that went up at
peroration shook the hall.
Mrs. Anderson cast her ballot for
Moses Thatcher and was applauded
with a cheer.
BENNION ROUGHLY TREATED.
Then Mr.. Bennion rose to reply to the
attack made by Mr.. Rideout, but was
so frequently interrupted with Kisses,
jeerS and questions that it was with
difficulty that he could proceed. Ever
since l have known anything" said
he, Il have loved and respected Moses
Thatcher; but 1 think he has made
mistakes. DO not believe it my duty
to support men because of my love
and esteem for them, when my con-
science tells me they have made mis-
takes. When this question was first
sprung it was stated that there was a
question of liberty at stake. l claim
to be as enthusiastic a champion of
the principles of liberty as any man
here. l believe that every man should
have perfect liberty to accept any Of
flee, without asking consent from any
source, but having accepted and dedi
Gated himself to high office in the
church, which requires his time and
attention, I do not believe he should
have the liberty to run away from
that Office without asking permission
from those who placed him there. |
understand that Moses Thatcher does
not wish it stated that he stands in
that position. If that is so, 1 do not
see where the principle comes in
Senator Robson Interrupted to ask
whether Moses Thatcher now occupied
any position in the church that would
interfere with the discharge of his
duties as United States senator. Ben
Mon reiterated his remarks about his
running away from his church office
and his voice Was almost drowned by
a storm of Kisses from the lobby.
He rejoiced, he said, when di-
vision on party lines " as brought about
and the old conditions had been
changed. He paid a warm tribute to
the worth of his Gentle associates and
deplored the opening of old wounds.
The speaker was interrupted by sew
eral questions and by the point of
order that he was discussing church
discipline. 1on
The chair wants to say" observed
the president, that this is not a
church There is altogether too much
church in this matter. The gentleman
will proceed on a civil government
basis
In reply to a question from Roylance,
Bennion declared that when Moses
Thatcher entered this race he had a
string to him. He wanted to be vim
dictated in his fight against the church,
and i don't propose to give him such
a vindication." (ADplause.)
Mr.. Sloan inquired where Thatcher
had ever asked for such a vindica-
ton.
1T was in the Tribune plain enough"
replied Bennion. L understand he de-
MES 1t now, but his hackers do not
want him to deny it,"
Thoreson repeated the question pre-
viously propounded by Robson, as to
whether Thatcher now held any church
Office which disqualified him from dis
charging the duties of a United States
senator.
That is a question for the church
to answer" was the response, and a
storm of boots and jeers arose from
the lobby.
Being pressed by Thoreson, Bennion
stated that Thatcher held no such
church office now. He would be all
right" continued the member, IF he
would not drag this question along
after him.
CALLS HEARD FROM.
Mr.. Calls also took occasion to de-
fend himself when his name was
reached. Il feel that 1 cannot remain
in my seat and listen to such charges
against the honesty of the motives of
the members said he, with much
feeling. He entered a protest against
the ruling of the chair, that the mem
bers should keep the church out of this
discussion, after they had listened to
such a TRADE from the gentleman from
Salt Lake.
For Moses Thatcher as man." said
he, L have the most profound love and
respect, but l cannot lend my assent
to the principle involved in this con-
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