The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-12-11
METHODS OF CRUSADERS
DECEPTION IN CONNECTION
WITH PETITIONS.
We're Signed By Sunday School Pu-
pills and Same Names Were; Used
On Many Petitions-Judge Bas-
kin's Letter On the Utah Situation
Reckless Charges Answered

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, The following is taken from the Yer.
: batim report as it appears in the Con-
: gressional Record:.
Mr.. Roberts of Utah-So, sir, take
it that the resolution offered by the
gentleman from Tennessee (Mr. Rich
ardsonG is directly in point and that ii
: would be better that the entire investi-
cation of this case be referred to the
committee. on judiciary. for tell tyou,
Sir, that making a char ge against a SOW
ereign- state for breaking its compact
with this government is a very serious
matter, especially since it may involve
a question in regard to the action of
the executive Of this nation in rela-
ton thereto; for l assert this, that if
the people of Utah were guilty of break
ing the compact by electing a man
charged with being a violator of these
particular laws about unlawful cohab-
itation, the administration of the gov
eminent may also be charged with
4 breaking that compact by appointing
men to federal offices against whom
like protests supported by affidavits
were made Therefore it is eminently
proper that they should go to a com
mittee that we will be assured are men
of trained abilities and learned in the
law
One word in relation to the petition
! of 100000 people that has been rolled
up here. ] say to the gentleman from
Ohio that it would be exceedingly in
teresting to know how many of these
| signatures were collected in the Sum
day schools
Mr.. Fox-WiIl the gentleman yield to
a question?
The Speaker-Does the gentleman
yield?
] Mr.. Roberts of Utah. decline to
yield. 1t would be interesting to know,
/ furthermore, how many of the sigma
! lures are repetitions, because find this
1 in an official letter of the National
{ Anti Polygamy league, sent out
| throughout the country, from which /
read-an official letter. signed by the
secretary. Grace ]. Cutler, The party
to whom this letter is addressed is ask
ed to secure the signatures of 1000 peo-
I pie to the anti-Roberts petition:
Get the young people To sign. too
and aid you in securing signatures. 1t
is not necessary that only adults have
representation on the petition. A few
young ladies could in a very short time
secure the necessary 1000 names if
you would interest them in this great
moral work. No matter if your friends
have signed other Roberts petitions re-
quest them to sign again, as it is abso
! lutely necessary TO have one monster
national petition large enough to make
the members Of congress realize in
stantly the public demand that Roberts
be cast out.
Will Bring Chaos.
And yet, having collected such pc
tition as that. and by such methods,
you come here and propose to stop a
representative of a sovereign state from
taking the oath of office. Do you think
that will not establish a precedent that
will bring chanS time the f1nnr
of this house? You cannot do evil that
good NAV come.
The Speaker-The time of the gentle
man has expired.
Mr. Newlands-Mr. Speaker. I ask
unanimous consent that the gentleman
be allowed twenty minutes within |
which to conclude his remarks.
Mr.. Tayler of Ohio-I object. / will, |
however, yield the gentleman ten min |
utes of my time.
The Speaker-The gentleman from !
Ohio (Mr. Tayler) yields ten minutes !
to the gentleman from Utah.
Mr. Roberts of Utah-Mr Speaker, I !
thank the gentleman from Ohio Since /
tho charge that 1 made concerning the |
probable questions that may arise in
correction with this question of Utah I
having broken the compact with the /
United States is questioned, and as /
may have failed to make il plain be-
cause hurried by the remembrance that
my time was limited. l recur to the
matter again and read from a letter of
one of the supreme court judges of the
state of Utah, Mr.. r. y. Baskin, A nom
Mormon. addressed to friend now in
the city of Washington, and which l am
permitted TO use. 1 read from the orig
inal:
Judge Baskin's Letter.
Both Mr. Roberts and myself were
Overwhelmingly elected by the same
and by nearly the same
majority. / am not aware of a single
instance of a Democratic member of
the class which in former days was
designated Gentle having
voted against MI Roberts. notwith-
standing the charges so widely spread
since his election were currently made
against him in the campaign by bis
opponents
That the movement against Mr..
Roberts is political is shown by the
facts that other members of the Nor
mon church against whom like charges
are made continue to hold important !
office under the appointment of Nc !
kinley. Yet not single word of objec- ,
lion TO their continuance in office is i
heard from the Republican politicians,
who in this state are most active in the I
.ffort to array public sentiment i
/
Mr.. Roberts.
Graham's Case.
zone John c. Graham, the editor of s
he Provo Enquirer. a rank Hannaite 2
sheet. is postmaster at Provo City, I
which is among the principal cities of
he state He was appointed by Nc {
<inley. One Orson Smith is also post I
MASTER under an appointment by Mr.. /
Mckinley. of Logan, another principal I
appointment was opposed on the same q
tut the administration evidently did
rounds for Withholding the appoint
nent. Against both OF these post
masters informations have been filed 7
nd are pending in the district court.
harging them with the same offense
( unlawful Capitalization as Mr.. Rob-
rts. by information. is charged with,
ct ne effort whatever is being made C
Y the Republicans, who are SO active e
gainst Mr. Roberts. to have Mr.. Nc o
Iinley depose either of these post +
lasters." u
Mr.. Speaker. much ton . .
as taken place over what is called o
Re Roberts case. v
Mr.. C0x-lVih the gentleman from f
tab allow me to interrupt him?
Mr.. Roberts of Utah-I decline. to be II
IL is charged that polyg- n
nous marriages are now going on in
efance of the laws and the compact r.
etween my state and the United
tates- This supreme court judge, in