The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-02-22

with unreserved allegiance to the gov
ernment- The senator may think ii is
a trifiing matter and intended only for
delay, but with me it is not that; and
when we are told here on this floor
J that the church in a state already ad-
mitted controls the state. leading one
easily to the conclusion, I think. that
/ that territory, under the circumstances.
was not ripe for admission, although
she has contributed able senators to
this body-men of ability and elo-
quence-but when we are told that one
cannot become a candidate for the
| United States senate If he be an apos-
( tie of the church or hold a high Office
in the church, even if he be the choice
/ OF the people of the state and desires
to enter the public service, without first
obtaining the consent of the hierarchy,
1t is legitimate to inquire at the
threshold of this proceeding how far
that domination is to bind the popu-
| lation in a territory which seeks ad-
mission into the Union
1 do not care at this time TO enter
into a general discussion of this meas
ure. 1 shall, I trust, have something
to say about it before the bill reaches
a vote. ! never have uttered any
| thing in this senate IL the twelve
years I have had the honor to be a
member of it for the purpose OF OBJ
! struction, and 1 shall not do so novS;
htion which has been brought Before
the senate today, and the informa-
ton which, in a frank and clear way,
| was given to the senate day before
yesterday afternoon, is not only IN
formation of Importance in arriving at
a proper conclusion on this subject,
but information which ought to chal-
lenge the careful thought of members
of this body I shall refer to it here
4 after. but I should hate to have my
friend from Colorado. who is gener-
ally tolerant and charitable to his as
sociates here, attribute to me in what
I may hereafter say about that phase
of this subject, a disposition 10 fill
buster.
Mr.. Teller-Mr. President, believe
7 am quite as capable of approaching
the Importance of the question wheth-
er these territories ought to be admit
ted as states as anybody else. I have
not in the slightest degree nainimized
the Importance of it 1 did remark
and perhaps it was not entirely Justl-
fable for 1 doubt whether anyone has
really any right in this body TO re-
fleet upon the motives of a senator
that it seemed to me the debate had
drifted on to feature OF II as TO
which nobody ought to have any par
ticular fear, and as to which 1 do not
have any myself
OF course if | believed that the SyS-
tenn of pOlygamy was tolerated by the
Mormon church, 1 should have a diff
ferent feeling about it. 1 do not be-
lieve that there is any probability that
the few thousand MormOns down in
Arizona will dominate that state, po-
Iitically, religiOusly, economically, or In
any other way, or that they will adopt
any system of plural marriages or any
thing of that kind that would be Of
fensive to the morals of this country
will not say that senators who say
they are alarmed about IT are not
alarmed, because 1 have no right to
say it, but it does not brighten me,
Mr.. President
Mr.. President, the question Of the
/ admission of a state is important The
good faith of this country was pledged
fifty odd years ago to admit the peO-
pie of New Mexico and Arizona into
; this Union. 1t is true, it may be pre-
, surned that we reserved to ourselves
the right to do il when our judgment
said they should come in, but we eX-
pected to take these people in We
. never indicated to the Mexican gov
eminent, when We took that cessiOn,
that we were to wait until they were
: Americanized or until the majority of
: the population had become Americans.
: We said TO them, your people shall
: be treated as our people When there
are enough of them we will admit them
t into the Union as we admit our peo-
pie" Will the senator deny that that
was the spirit?
} Mr.. Spooner-Yes, sir; / deny it
Mr. TelIer-Wait a minute. That is
= not in the treaty, but viii the seua-
= tor deny that that was the spirit Of
: the treaty? What are we 20 do2 I'VE
[ take this cession. We take you in as
2 part of ourselves. We are going to
S make a state of you" There were no
1 Americans there then at all
S Mr.. Spooner-The treaty differed
from the Louisiana. treaty and other
n treaties.
S Mr.. Beveridge-And every treaty.
Mr.. Spooner-And every treaty, in
0 that it provided that they should be
y admitted into the Union at the proper
time, to be judged of by congress.
Mr.. TelIer-Exactly.
Mr.. Spooner-That probably would
d be implied: it ought to be implied
: anyway We have admitted several
: states out of the territory that was
a acquired under the treaty of Guada-
Y lupe- Hidalgo.
Mr.. Teller-Certainly
Mr.. Spooner-The senator's OWL
: state.
t Mr.. TeIIer-In part.
Mr.. SpoOner-In part; Utah. Nevada
L California. But, Mr. President, fol
myself I find no obligation in tina
: to imply one which binds my con
II science to admit New Mexico into th'
: Union as a state, with a population
= less than that of the unit of repre-
sentation, especially if the elements
II which compose that population are ne
e such, in my Judgment, considering tn
u general interest, as TO entitle them t
e admission 1t has been a great man,
II years since that treaty was made;
has been a long time since it becam
/ a territory. and 1 do not myself TAX
: very kindly to the claim of that por
ID ton of the people there who are Mex
a leans to come into the Union.
q If they do not care enough abou
our institutions TO learn the languag
of the country, if the business of tn
N 1 courts must be carried on through a.
e sometimes go into the jury room i
e order that Americans and Mexican
lie may, by the use of Interpretation, ge
rs at what the judge charged the jury o
10 what the witnesses testified, or TO ex
lie plain the views of one set of juror
J. to another. I do not know how it ma
s. seem TO the senator, but it does no
seem to me a good foundation 70
TO this everlasting status of statehood
IN with all the power and responsible
lie which it involves.
lel But 1 beg the senator's pardon.
L did not mean to take his time.
IN Mr.. Teller-Mr. President. I was say
is ing / thought there was an obliga