The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-03-08

ted may make a complaint. President
I-N@ns says that the people who en-
Lsied INTO these peculiar relations
Thought they were doing right. IF
mat is true, can you find Que who will
enter complaint? Prosecutions would
not De begun at all, and that's the ar
suinent that would be used against us
IN the east. As the governor said when
ne vetoed the vaccination bill. the pass
age of this measure would be step
backward. People outside will say the
reactiOnaries are in controIs again.
Ihere is no necessity for this bill All
We have 20 do is to withhold such
measures as this and go on working in
harmony with other states THIS bill
VIII open up old sores. 1t viii prick
tnem and cause them to bleed again.
Our triepd, Mr.. Evans, said that
Wnen the manifesto was issued the old
relations could not cease. That is only
too true. No man with a spark of
manhood in him ever asked those who
were living in polygamy to desert
tnelr plural wives. They are not now
expected to abandon those wives and
the children for whose being they are
responsible Nobody is asking for the
passage of this bill. Then why pass
-. repeat that the enemies of the
NaoimOn people hope the bill will be-
come law The old conditions are
passing away in a manner satisfactory
10 all except the small band whose
mem oers viii themselves soon pass
away The peorle who reside in Utah
came mere from all sections of the
United States. they are all animated
Dy the same desire to promote the well
rare CT or beautiful state. Let things
go on IS they are now, without opening
up these old, bleeding sores. The pass
age of this bill win injure us. not only
in a moral, but in financial way"
DO you know" asked SmoOt. that
CHARLES Nostyn Owen has 100 COM
plants for unlawful cohabitation all
ready TO file as soon IS the Legislature
aGjourns?'
Run Him Out.
Then let us get together and take
him out of the state" answered ALI
SON. "Owen wants this Dill to pass,
and have no doubt he would circulate
the report you mention for the pur-
pose of having it passed"
Senator Allison said he thought
President Evans had emphasized too
much the difference between the people
Of Utah and of other states. In this
connection he quoted Shylock's paral-
lei between Jew and Gentle, closing
with: And il you poison him. will he
not die2'
DO you propose to do that with
Owen?" asked Whitney.
'What2 Poison him?" answered the
speaker. Continuing, he said he hoped
If the measure passed in its present
shape the governor, who had more than
once manifested his independence; the
governor. who commanded the respect
and admiration of friends and foes
alike, would decline to attach his sigma
ture to II.
When Senator Allison concluded,
President Evans asked If there were
any further remarks. A silence fol-
lowed and he called Senator Thomas to
the chair At the outset President
Evans said he had hoped at least one
Of his colleagues would say something
in defense of the bill, but as no one
seemed 20 desire 10 talk, he wished to
call the senates attention to two
three matters in connection with it.
He had listened carefully to what
Senator Allison had 20 say. and came
to the conclusion that the Ogden man
nad talked all around the subject.
Then President Evans declared that his
TeIaarks Of WEDNESDAYS had not and
could not be answered. re devoted
some attention to an editorial in the
Tribune which he characterized as.
personal attack on himself. There
can be no answer to my remarks of
yesterday" he went on. because it is
truth mounting heavenward and blaz-
ing freedom TO all Che world"
rs this bill in the interest of lib
erty?' ask Allison.
Would Go Farther.
"No" was the reply, .but my argu-
ment was based on the constitution of
the United States. I would go far
Their than this bill provides. 1 would
make it a criminal Offense for any man
who has married woman and caused
her 10 bring forth children to leave
them and throw them on the mercies
OF Lue World j WOulQ make MIN i've
With those families and bring those
children up in the way they should
go"
President Evans argued that the bill
was a protection to the plural wife. 1t
gave her the power. in the event that
her husband proposed to leave her, to
swear out complaint against him for
unlawful cohabitatiCn and compel him
under fear of the law to remain true
10 her. IF trouble should come as a
result Of this bill, " the speaker conclud-
er and I pray God that it may not,
] am willing TO take chances with my
own people. / am credibly informed
taat there is a plan OF foot 70 bring
about a constitutional amendment by
arresting one churchman after another
until the furore has become a hurri-
cane. believe the passage of my bill
Will prevent that storm"
Alder Favored Bill.
Senator Alder said he was willing to
vote for the major portion Of the bill
and he might swallow all of it. He
believed il would prevent any man or
set of men from furnishing the repu-
tation of the state as had been the
case in times gone by As for himself,
he thought the system of pOlygamy,
which had trampled on the heart
strings of so many good women, was a
thing of the past
Senator Whitney said he would not
hesitate 20 express the same view of
the bill in public that he had already
expressed in private There was a time
when he might have had a personal in
terest in the passage Of the act, but
that time had gone by now. He
thought there wouldn't be any trouble
as a result of passing the bill. His
mother had taught him that plural
marriage was a divine institution and
il had been praCiced until it was for
hidden by the authorities. Even if he
knew trouble was imminent he would
still vote for, the bill. because there
inn r0rsTr rrrug IL
timed.
Senator SmOot took no stock in Sen
atOr Allison's statement that the pro-
posed law would bring distress upon
the state. Il have reliable informa-
ton" he went on, that the hirelings
of a certain clique have = 'epared in
formations and are ready to file them
and bring on a cyclone. Let Utah now
proclaim 10 the world that she is hon
est and win not permit a continuance
Of the perfidy that has been practiced
during the last two years.
Senator Lawrence wished to say that