The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-03-12


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= do not refer to him alone When =
= he went to Washington he took y
= with him daughter beautiful 3
= woman She was received into the y
highest social circles. am think =
= ing today of the feelings of that y
? young lady when, in the seclusion =
of her room in the morning. she
= picked up the papers and read the =
= opinions of the public as to her =
= right to position in society. 1t =
= may be said that it is nothing to
= her. say it is / hope you will y
Z look to the interests of the chill =
= dren. L know Mr. Mcfarland is y
= an honest man. 1 know he has =
= suffered. Bat think of the chill =
= dren when you vote, and vote =
against the bill 1t will be an =
= honor to you all the more if you y
= Will =
There was impressive silence as he
sat down.
Representative Holzheimer of Eureka
began by saying he could not hope to
make better speech than that made
by Mr. Sharp
Holzheimer Tired of Agitation.
Il have lived in this state twenty
years" he said, and stand here today
tired of the name of Mormon and the
name of Gentle You are tending to
keep up the agitation and the class
difference. A little while ago Repre-
sentative Morris came to me and said
he wanted to introduce a bill legitimiZ-
ing children born since 1891. In ten
years somebody else will want to legit-
lmiZe all those born up to that time.
You want to get rid of Charles y
Mostyn Owen. ] sympathize with =
you. But YOU will think Charles +
Mostyn Owen is a baby beside =
y the United States government +
when it takes hold and begins 4
prosecutions.
1.-The eyes OF the United States are
turned toward Utah. The people out
side don't know the inner workings of
these things. They do not know the
reasons. They only know the general
results. They will say as did Lands
on the floor of congress, that the peo-
pie OF Utah are liars, thieves and rene
gades. rejoice that 1 was one of
those who in the Democratic cOnven-
ton, protested against this insult
If you value the fair name of Utah.
do not pass this measure. Do you not
know that if you prevent the prosecu-
ton of poiygamy, you viii rear up an
other generation of polygamouS chill
dren? Their interest must be consid-
cred"
Representative D. H. Morris of St.
George was on his feet immediately
asking permission to explain before
the noon recess was taken his position
on the legitimizing of children.
L believe that every man who is the
means of bringing a child into this
world should give it the protection and
the support of a father, to which it has
right" he said.
The St George man then replied to
Mr.. Sharp, and said he thought it no
disgrace to be born in pOlygamy He
then took up the question of a consti-
tutionaI amendment.
Who is it going to hurt?" he de-
manded. We don't care. Where do the
accusations come from? New York is
so bad that Tammany is disguised and
has Joined with the ministers in clean
ing out the city. An accusation from
New York should have no weight.
believe there is not a man here who
would deny that any man has a right
to recognize and support his wife,
This closed the forenoOn's debate
The discussion in the afternoon was be-
gun by Representative Harmon of
Huntington.
Loyalty of Mormons.
Il believe that Mormon loyalty to the
government of the United States has
been demonstrated ever since the exist
ence of that body of religious wor-
ship" he said.
He then said itezyas the understand
ing OF the Mormon people at the time
OF statehood that the question of I'M
/ lawful Capitalization should be dropped.
Il don't believe it is intended to vio-
late further the law as to pOlygam N.Y.
ne said, but to recognize the wives
already married 1 vote to stop this
interference by outsiders. We are NOT
afraid of a constitutional amendment.
Let it come. [ don't know why a SEN
sation should not come by the passage
OF this bill as well as by having
Charles Mostyn Owen stir it up"
Representative tEph Homer of Provo
referred to the arguments against the
Mcmillan bill, and said it was stated
Jhen thaC storm would be raised but
the storm had not come. He thought
the same would be true of the Evans
Dill Therefore he intended to vote for
the bill.
Bishop Gardner. the representative
from Spanish Fork, was the next
speaker.
THE only argument urged so far
against this BILL he said. lis that there.
is something coming. The Mormon peo-
pie nave never been understood by the
people of this nation. They have ever
been sincere
He referred to the raising of the
Mormon battalion, to the polygamy
prosecutions and TO the manifesto.
Not Ashamed of Polygamy.
Il am not ashamed" he Numbered.
1 was born in that kind of wedlock.
and this bill is the only safeguard 1 can
throw around my mothers declining
years TO let her live in peace.
The name of Charles Mostyn y
owen has been mentioned. 1t is y
a shame that any such creature =
such a low man-Should be =
mentioned in the halls of this y
house. They say a, storm is brew =
ing IN the halls of congress I y
say, let it brew. l don't believe =
there viii be a storm. And | do y
believe that the children of plural =
wives stand the equals of those \
born of only one wife"
somebody in the spectators sea re
started to applaud, and many others.
ncIudlng the legislators, took it up
This is the only measure I know. -
continued the bishop, that will give
them their rights"
DO you clamp asked Representa-
tive Van Horne, that the object of
this bill is to legalize polygamous mar
riages?''
NO, sir was the reply.
viii it be possible to prove poIysa-
nous marriages if this law passes ~
asked the Salt Laker.
Yes sir" replied Mr.. Gardner, after
a moments hesitation. He Ehen went
on to declare that there would be no
polySamy if the bill passed, as the
practice had been abandoned
Scott Cutler, the heavyweight from
Kane county who can look fierce if he
tries, resented any insinuation that the
Mormon people were diSloyaI