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Show UTAH'S MEMORIAL. Tho King" find its Advocates dread Exposure. Let Us have an Invtstigation ! lion. Cliuton L. Merriam is member mem-ber of Congress from tho twenty-first congressional district of New York State. He is the gentleman whose voice rose in protest against tho swearing swear-ing in of Mr.Cannon as Delegate from Utah, and fell impotent upon the ears of tho House of Representatives Whou the Memorial of the Legislature Legisla-ture of Utah was introduced on the 16th instant, he endeavored to kill it by having it referred to the Committee Commit-tee on Territories. Here is what the Comjressioiud Record of the 17th has to say about it: AFFAIRS OF UTAH. Mr. Cannon, of Utah. I present a memorial of the Legislative Assembly of Utah Territory, asking for a commission com-mission of investigation to bo sent to Utah to inquire into all alleged abuses abu-ses n aiiuirs there. I ask that the memorial be read. The memorial was read, as fol- : lows: To the Honorable the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States in Congress assembled: W, your memorialist?, tlie fTi'pitlalivp Assembly of tho Territory of lull, respect re-spect fully represent that, whereas a !ar(e majority uf the people. of ihi Territory nro accused of d loyalty, loy-alty, iiiEubordination, and other vio-Intion? vio-Intion? of the Constitution and Jaws of the United Stales; and, whereas these accusations accusa-tions aro absolutely uiilrno, and are made with malicious intent to procure proscrip-tive proscrip-tive legislation by Congress. Therefore, being anxious iliat legislation, legisla-tion, if upon thorough itivcalitrttlion any should b deemed necessary, should be such as will enduce to the greatest good of nil, we respectfully and earnestly solicit your honorable, body lo send to L'tnh a commission of inv stigation, with instructions instruc-tions to inquire into the alleged abuses in our Territorial atfairs, and with aulliority to send for persons and papers needed in tho prosecution i f their inquiry. And we further respectfully ask your honorable body for the protection of what we de m the best interests of the whole people of tho '1 erritory, to suspend fill action, so far as special legislation for Utah is corcerned, until sucli time as said coinmiss on shall have had opportunity to investigate and rcpoit. A (1 for a course so conducive to wi-e, and consequently benelieial, legislative legisla-tive action we,your memorialists, will ever pray. fl-Iere follow the signatures of the President of the Council, tbe Speaker ol the House, and all the members of the Legislature, with the Chief Clerk of each chamber. Mr. Cannon, of Utah. 1 move that the memorial be referred to the Committee Com-mittee on the Judiciary. Mr. Merriam. I think it ought to go to the Committee on the Territories. Terri-tories. The Speaker. The Chair thinks the points presented in the memorial are judicial in their character. Mr. Cannon, of Utah. I desire that it shall go to the Committee on the Judiciary, and have made that Mr. fitferriman. I would liko a vote on that. I think it is very important that this should go to the Committee on the Territories; and I move to amend the motion of the gentleman from Utah by substituting the Committee Com-mittee on the Territories. j 'The question being put on Mr. Mer-1 nam's amendment, there were ayes 42, noes not counted. So the amondment was not agreed to. The memorial was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered or-dered to be printed. Mr. Merrhim wouldn't even take Speaker Blaine's tolerably broad hint, but pressed his motion upon the House, which, instead of rejoctlng the Memorial, as those display Hues of a week ago, which figured in the ''ling" organ averred, rejected Mr, Mcrriiim's amendment, he finding a beggarly array of only forty-two " yeas" to sustain him! "We also find the following in the Washington Star the 18th, under the Senate proceedings of tho same (lay: Mr. Sargent presented memorial of Territorial Assembly of Utah, denying the charges made against the Mormon inhabitants, and asking Congress to appoint commission to visit Utah aud investigate such charges. Th; sum of 3,000 francs was given, am he would have had the rest if he hat succeeded in getting Ostanick mde Chevalier of tbe Legion of Hcior. He had tried to do so, but There had not agreed. Louis Albach, ed or in chief of the Clock, borrowed 1000, and M. Barrat, who got Os-turick Os-turick into the Agricultural Society as suicessor of Baron Liebeg, was also dovn for considerable sums. Ostanick Ostan-ick was arretted on complaint of a jeveler, Brunswick, who had sold him uiimonds, and he said to tbe jeweler injurt: "I took them because you pressed me so bard to do so, and you sad me diamonds lor 10,000 francs wiich experts estimate are worth only 2,00. You charged me 5,000 francs foi jewels upon which I could not redize 1,000 a short time ago." |