The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-07-07
Especial to The Herald)

Especial to The Herald.)
OF. LOUIS. July 6.-When the sub
y committee or resolutions went into
session at 10 O'Clock tonight Sen
ator David B. Hill Of New York had
in his pocket the draft of the modified
Dubois resolution which had been
agreed upon as the last concession
Senator Dubois would make to the
Utah delegation in the fight over an
anti-polygamy plank. It reads:
we pledge the national Democratic
party TO the enactment Of such legls-
Iation as NAV be necessary TO punish
and suppress pOlygamy and unlawful
habitatiOn within the United states
and all territory subject 10 its Juris-
dictiOu. We demand the separation OF
church and state in political affairs
This concession was made only on
condition that the Utah delegates
would offer no opposition, either in the
committee or on the floor Of the con-
ventiou. and il is fully understood that
in case fight is offered. Senator Dubois
or someone for him viii present the
original and more drastic resolution
drafted by Senator Dubois. which calls
for constitutional amendment, which
follows:
Dubois Resolution.
Recent Investigations before the
committee on privileges and elections
of the United States senate having
shown the vital connection between
church and state, with the church in
complete control which obtains in
large part of our country under Nor
mon domination. also the humiliation
OF wOmanhOOd and the destruction Of
the American ideal of home in coHnec-
ton with the same we therefore pledge
the Democratic party to the advocacy
Of such an amendment to the Constitu-
ton Of the United States as VIII au-
thOrize. congress to pass such national
legisiati ton as may be necessary to pun
ish and suppress pOiygamy and unlaw-
fUl cOhabitation within the United
States and all territory subject TO its
Jurisdiction.
We demand that those practicing or
UNFOLDING polygamy or unlawful CO.
habitation be deprived Of their election
franchise.
we demand the separation Of church
and state in political affairs"
Furthermore. after canTassiHg the
situation fully and caUcusing at great
length. the Utah delegates and Nation
al Committeeman Peery signed an
agreement that they would abide by
the compromise resolution as being the
best that could be obtained under the
circumstances.
Major $ y King was the first dele
gate TO sign the agreement. and its
terms were approved, by all the Utah
people in the conference. including a
number not members of the delegation.
At this writing it is not known what
disposition viii be made of the matter.
but the makeup Of the subcommittee
including. as it does. a number of the
men who have pledged their support Of
any policy Dubois may urge, insures
the adoption Of the resolution as part
of the platform if the Idaho senator
insists on its insertion.
Much New Evidence
There has been disclosed positive in
formation that the Burrows sub
committee viii not visit the west until
Immediately after the election, but that
it viii come early in November pre-
pared to investigate extensively. not
only in Utah. but in Idaho and possibly
in Wyoming. If lines of evidence now
promised prove substantial. An east
ern member of the committee is per
sOnal authority for the statement that
a great deal of new evidence has al
ready been collected bearing particu-
larry on polygamOUs relations and the
relation of the church to political par
ties. and that the committee. including
Senator Burrows. is determined to fol-
low this evidence up TO its last con-