The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-06-12
THE DUBOIS RESOLUTION
Resolved, That Reed Smoot entitled his as
Senator of the United States from the State of Utah

time that we hope to live to see, whether
the institution would not flourish by rea-
son OF what they would term persecution.
And so, Notwithstanding a protest has
been sent down here TO you. Will say to
you. the people have acquiesced In the
condition that exists.
He explained that by the people he
meant the Gentiles,
The following quotation from q speech
by Senator Dubois. reported In the Con
page 1929 ct seq. Is 90 the same general
effect:
to cause tho Mormons to abandon Polygamy.
There was a feeling among the younger mem
bers OF tho Mormon church, and a very strong
feeling that polygamy should be done away
With So here this pressure within tho
church against polygamy and tho pressure by
the from s ous,S1 iSDt 'ne n wss eautSe tSe
president or tho Mormon church Issued a man
iresto declaring that thereafter there should
be no polygamous marriages anywhere In tho
Mormon church The Mormons wore then
called together. in one OF their great confer
ences where they meet by the thousands.
This manifesto was issued to them by the
first presidency, which is their authority: was
submitted to them, and all the Mormon pso-
Tho Senator from Maine (Mr. Hale) will re
shortly after that. and the Senator from
Connecticut (Mr. Plato will recall how bit
language before his committee and on the
floor of the other House In tho denunoiation
OF these practices of the Mormon church But
after that manifeeto was issued. In common
with all OF the Gentiles OF that section who
had made this fight. we said; They have ad-
mItted the right of contention and say
now. like children who nave been HnrHiy, we
| will obsy parents and those who have a
| right to guido us; We will do those things
| no more'F Therefore could not maintain
our position and continue Furnishing them un-
less 1t aftcrward demonstrated thnt they
would not comply with thctr promise
After few years In Idaho. where the hight
the hottest and tho thckest We wiped
all OF those laws from our statute books which
| aimed directly at the Mormon people, and to-
| day the laws tho statute books OF Idaho
| against poygamy and kindred crimes are legs
! the Union. l live among those people; and.
20 far ] know, In Idaho there has not
| been polygamous marriage celebrated since
| that manifesto issued. and I have yet to
| md n man in Idaho anywhere elsc who
| Will eay that q poly gamous marriage has been
| celebrated anywhere since the Issuance OF that
\ manifesto.
| Mr. Hale Then IL must follow thnt. as the
years go by and tho older people disappear.
| polygnmy as n practice Will be practically re-
moved
Mt Dubois There is no question about It.
md / will say to the Senator. owing to the
active part which we took In that force con-
test in Idaho with others who had made
that fight thought we were justified in making
this promise TO the Mormon people.
! We had authority OF law, but we took IL
! upon ourselves to assure them that those older
| men who living In the polygamous
lation, who had growing families which they
| had reared and were roaring before the manl-
festo was Issued and at time when they
| thought they had right undo. the Constitu
tlon 10 enter into poiygnmous reations-that
those older and women and their chill
dren should not be disturbed. that the polyg-
nmoua man should bo allowed TO support his
numerous wives and thek children
The polygnmous relationE OF course, should
not continue. but would not compel a man
to turn his families adrift. We promised that