Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-03-15
NE V[lOES POLYIAkV
Governor Of Utah Fears Conse-
quences Of Law Passed BY
the Legislature.
His Sympathies With Mormons
But He Dare Not Sisn
the Bill.
Law DISTINGUISHING 10000 Illit.
crates in Maryland Passes
State Senate.

Salt Lake, March Ex-Governor Wells
LAS vetoed the Evans bill, relating TO
the making OF complaints and com
mencing OF prosecutions in criminal
cases. In his message to the senate the
governor says:
Il have the honor to return herewith,
without approval senate bill No. ll3,
an act amending section 4,6ll of the
revised statutes OF Utah, 1895, In relation
TO the making of complaints and COM
mencing of prosecutions in criminal
cases In my opinion nothing can be
clearer than tina, this bill, If passed,
would be welcomed and employed as a
most effective weapon against the very
classes whose condition it is tended to
sameliorate. Furthermore, have rea-
son to believe its enactment would be
the signal for the general demand upon
the national congress for a constitu-
stional amendment directed against cer-
tain social conditions here. demand
which. under the present circumstances,
would surely be complied with. While
IT is urged that In every event the poor
gould be made to suffer, is it not an odi-
Gus thought. repuisive to every good
citizen OF whatsoever creed or party,
that the whole state should thus be put
under ban? Surely there is none so
Selfish ard unpatrotic as to argue that
this is preferable 10 the endurance OF a
few isolated instances of prosecution
iinbacked, as they are by either re-
spectacle moral support or sympathy.
of us can readily recall the con-
ditions of the past as compared with
those of today. In the shortest men,
CRY still remain Incidents of that dis
tressing period shortly before statehood
during which so much sorrow and Bit
terness stalked thru our community. OF
still more recent date--no longer than
two years ago, another outburst was
threatened and to some extent was
manifested. But as a Termination Of
the first. came concession and amr,es-
w and evidence Of good faith and at
length statehood in which everybody
rs1oiced. and while as a result of the
second he sum of our sympathy was
fora time obscured. the clouds at length
rave rolled away. and Utah. united.
hopeful and vigorous. Is marching
bravely forward to the music of the
union.
u yield to no one In affection for
those my people, who. from the highest
motives and because they believed in a
divine command entered into the rela-
stion of plural marriage. Born and
reared IN Utah. myself a product of that
marriage system, taught from infancy
TO regard my lineage as approved of the
Almighty, and proud today. as ! have
ever been. of my heritage. it will be
granted. trust. that every instinct Of
my nature reaches out TO shield my
friends from harm and to protect them
from unjust attack Their cause is NV
cause. and While they are hurt i am
hurt for am part of them. But in that
same heart. which is filled with sympa-
thy for them, find also the solemn feel
irg that this bill holds out only false
hope of protection. and that in offer
ing phantom of relief to a few. ii Ia
reality invites deluge of discord and
disaster upon all.
For these reasons briefly and i,nper-
sfectly stated. and for many others
which might be given at length. am
Unable to approve the bill now before
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