The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-03-10
DUBOIS STRIKES
FROM SHOULDER
Delivers Rousing Speech on
the Mormon Question
in Senate.
NO MINCING OF WORDS
IN RED HOT ADDRESS
Idaho Test Oath Inserted in
ArizOna-New Mexico
Constitution.

WASHINGTON. D. c.. March 9-Sena-
tor Dubois succeeded In amending the
Statehood bill in the Senate today by
nsertlng the Constitutional test oath OF
Idaho aimed at polygamy as a part OF
the Constitution OF the new joint State of
Arizona and New Mexico,
Later the Burrows amendment which
struck Arizona and New Mexico from the
bill. carried with 1t the Dubois amend
noent
In presenting his amendment Senator
Dubois made a rousng speech on the
Mormon question, In part as follows;
Large List Of Polygamists.
1T is claimed that there are not many
polygamists in Arizona or New Mexico,
that there are very few Mormons In
either Territory. / saw a list in the Office
Of the Attorney General of the United
list comprised from ffty TO 100, and there
was a large list of polygamists In New
Mexico. During the past year there have
been O large number of convictions of
polygamlsts in Arizona and New Mexico.
Unless this legislation is put in this bill
and this State is admitted they Will be
as helpless as they are In Utah today.
Mormonism Means Polygamy.
Wherever there is Mormonism there
Is polygamy, and If you do not have re-
straints OF this kind beyond those which
the State can nfterward impose. the
state of this compact body Of Mormons
who vote alone, no matter how small, viii
be the balance of power.
How They Did in Idaho.
"In the last campaign in Idaho. we hav-
Ing removed these restrictions because
of the manifesto OF the church which de-
clared that the church had quit tho
practice of polygamy one party declared
that we would enact laws In Idaho for
those
polygamy.' every Mormon in that State
Joined the other party and bolted the con-
rention.
Cannot Touch Polygamy in Utah.
You can not touch polygamy In Utah
The president OF the church testified be-
fore our committee that he Is living with
five wives now. and so did the apostles
of the church, and in substance they
asked us what we were going to do about
II. But now the people OF Utah are a
sovereign people and what are you going
TO do about #, and what have we done
since that testimony was giVen7
Law Defed in Idaho.
The leading Mormon OF my State testi-
fed before this committee that he Is
living now In open polygamy with
three wives yet up to date, even in
Idaho, we have not the power to punish
him because of the tremendous political
power of the organization.
But One Way to Strike,
The only way you can strike this
organization Is by striking at their po-
| Btical power. which they use TO main
| tain the tencts, the unalterable tenet OF
| their faith. polygamy.'
Burrows Makes Strong Speech.
Senator Burrows made a strong speech
! today against Statehood for New Mexico
and Arizona bnsng his opposition on the
existence of polygamy in both Terri
| tories. He read the list of Federal cases
| now being prosecuted by the Department
| OF Justice Il do not" he said. Intend
to vote TO admit this Territory Into the
| Union until II has rid itself Of the In
| iquity."
How Utahns Voted,
| Senator Sutherland voted for tht
| Foraker amendment. giving Arizona anc
| New Mexico separate votes on the ratit
| cation of Joint Statehood, Apostle Smoo
| voted against It, But Sutherland voted
against the Burrows amendment dropping
| Arizona and New Mexico from the bill.