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Show LIGHT IS DAWNING. : Oonfjressional Committees Beginning t M See That They Have Been Listening M to a Lot of Raudoni Talk. J "Democratic'' and "Republican" Abuse of the Federal and Liberal Officials of Utah Proves a Boomerang. senator Junes is tired. m He Intimates That He is Disgusted With the Lies of the Di- Tisionists. t3S ALLEN ON THE CHURCH, A Personal Attack t'pon .luli;e Power Kails Very Flmt The t.iowth of the Liberal Party -It. Wants no Statehood State-hood Legislation .lust Now. Judge 1'owers and Hon. K. C. Allen were before the senate committee on tcrritorie --M at Washington yesterday. Judge Powers' peach was in part a repetition of his address - "i before tho house committee. Ho was fol. lowed by Mr. Allen. Among those present ; ajg were Messrs. Simon and Qroshell of Salt Lake City. Senator Faulkner at the surges. SMM tions of cv-tloveruor West, "Kentucky" jjjfo Smith and Mr. Richards, asked quite a num. her of question but in every case received T answers not at all to the liking of hi prompter. The following report of the hearing is from the TrUmw's speeial: Judge Powers said the importance of this hearing seemed to him to be beyond estimation; estima-tion; because, he said, if matter are to remain re-main as they are in the territory, the time i not far distant when all the people of L'tah can unite in asking admission as a state. ( in the other hand, he said, to grant statehood state-hood at this time, with a string to it, was to try what, In his belief, and in the belief of the liberals of Utah, was a dangerous experiment. ex-periment. He based his belief upon The History of the Past. He entered into a history of the mormon church, from its organization to its arrival in Utah, showing how naturally it was op. posed to the government. He described briefly the remarkably effective organization of the church, through which was handed down from the lirst presidency the reyela. tions of liod, which were binding upon every member. He said that it was urged that conditions had chauged, because the practice of polygamy had been bus. pended by order of the church. "We are not here to discuss that," said Judge Powers, "because we claim thai, polygamy is only an incident, and the hand of the church isupon the state today, as it has always been." He quoted from Judge Anderson, who, he un-aarstood, un-aarstood, had appeared before the house committee advocating statehood, and ho called the attention of the senate committee to Anderson's opinion iu the naturalization ease, in which he had refused naturalisation naturalisa-tion to An Alien Mormon, because tho organization to which he belonged be-longed teaches and preaches doctrines utter, ly subversive of the laws of the country. "How have conditions changed':" asked Judge Powers, "lias any one dared to stand up before this committee, or any other, aud assert that tho mormon .church today has resigned its claim to control the temporal as well as the spiritual views of its members? Has any one ventured here to inform you that the ceremonies of the Endowment house, in which hatred of a government is inculcated, havii been abandoned, by order of the church? Not at all. It is part of the mormon religion to accept counsel, and it is part of their religiou today, as it was forty years ago. A rattling colloquy then ensued between Senator Faulkner aud Judge Powers, iu which the senator asked the judge if he did not think that the mormon people should have a chance to prove, under the operation, of home rule, their assertions that conditions have changed. Judge Powers replied: "There Jwas uo changed conditions, nor was there Talk of ( hanged Conditions or of obedience to the laws, until tho laws were rigidly enforced, and the church saw that power was slipping away from them." Judge Powers then took up the charges of general misgoverninetit of l'tah by gentile federal ollleers. He denounced the attacks made on oflieials, and said: "If our friends here have to resort to such abuse, they must have a weak ease indeed." He read from various documents, showintr Iiow tha chorcb bad spoken when in control of muui-cidal muui-cidal affairs. 'is that tlie sentiment now?" said Senator Paulkaer, referring to the statement of Daniel H. Wells. .ludire Powers They dare not say that to-day, to-day, and probably do not want to, but 1 ask you, gentlemen, can a generation brougnt up under such teachings chauco iu a single da; ! .lude Powers then took up the election ease and the charges of fraud iu the Fourth, precinct, and riddled thoroughly the testimony testi-mony of thole who had preceded him. "What position did you hold iu that elcc. tion';" asked Senator Faulkner. "Chairman of the liberal committee. "Did you have anything to do with tha running of a registration train to l'leasaut Valley .lunctiou';'' asked the senator. The Moulily Charge s;iid Judge Powers, "refers to an allegation made regarding the election of IS'.). I have no knowledge of it. The liberal committee hut no knowledge of it.'' Senator Faulkner Is it not an admitted fact that such a train waa run, piekiug up voters to register. Judge Powers It is not an admitted fact. It hao been charged, but never proven. "When did you arrive in l'tah V" ' In May, 18S5. 1 observe from the tone of the question that there lias been whispered through these corridors matters concerning myself. 1 want to say that in tho spriuit of lHsg I was appointed associate justice of the supreme court of L'tah, by President Cleve. I laud. After a long tight made against mo I before the judiciary committee, in April, 1SS0, I requested the president to -withdraw my name from the consideration of the senute, but occupied the bench until the adjournment of the senate in August. I refer to this because the question implies im-plies to tnc that un effort l being made to break what little influence might have be. fore tilt- committee by the retailing of slanders slan-ders that are toothless with age." "Are you the Mr. Powers who was given N poral as well as spiritual affairs, and it has never been abjured. Mr. Allen then entered upon a defense of the l lah commission. He denied with much earnestness the assertion that the commission commis-sion had appointed irresponsible registrars from the scum of society. He instanced name after name of wealthy and responsible citizens appointed as registrars. He asserted assert-ed that Judge Zane ban been asked to sit in judgment over the challenged cases. Judge Powers And consented. Mr. Allen Yes. and consented, but afterwards after-wards deellued, on account of court business busi-ness . Mr. Allen then proceeded to discuss the growth of the liberal party and closing said : "I assure you, gentlemen, that the liberal I party has not split in the face of the enemy, j A few of its brigadiers huve gone out from ! a'tiong us, bul the people of the rank and Hie are still intact." This statement of Mr. Allen's was listened to With profound interest and created a dc elded sensation. Mr. Allen then was sub-milled sub-milled ton vigorous cross-examination about the purging of tin; registration list and the Veto by the governor of the general election law passed by the last legislature. Mr. Kieliards asked him why the governor vetoed the bill. Mr. Alleu replied that it was because he had the Highest Legal Authority for his belief that it would be contrary to the statutes of the I'nited States. Sen itor Halt Why I h ! rstand that it is the practice of the governors of l.'tah to veto bills unless they can get compensation in signing tlient iu something else. Mr. Allen Well, gentlemen, 1 leave you to lie judge of that yourselves. You know Governor Thomas you have met him here and you have met Governor West, who now sits in this presence. Tho character of thu one can answer, the jther Is here to speak for himself. Senator Stewart - ll is charged that Governor Gover-nor Murray in isstl vetoed an appropriation bill bec ause they wouldn't du something or other for hnu Mr. Allen -Governor Murray vetoed that appropriation bill because tiie legislature iu defiance of the law, challenged tile governor to a contest. The governor declined to slg n an appropriation bill to pay otllcers' salaeies who had 110,000 as a donation after the campaign of lS'.Hlr" "I am. The Business Men of I! tali, one of whom. In the person of Mr. Oyer, sits there upon the sofa, made that generous Contribution, unsolicited by myself. Four thousand dollars of the amount was contributed contrib-uted by the Walker brothers, who claimed that their property, through the liberal victory, vic-tory, had been enhanced In value to the extent ex-tent of WOO 000. But I waut to say that 1 never fought any campaign with any prom lse of reward, hope of reward, or thought of it. This question adds renewed proof to the understanding that I have received that the campaign in favor of home rule is being waged upon the villillcallon plan, and because of thu charact.ir of Individuals, and not upon an honest and fair discussion of the principles involved." Tim Hon. C. I'.. Allen Followed. He began by tearing to pieces the state, nient of Judd with regard to the striking off from the registration list of a nntnbor of names, which action, under Hie law, was subsequently upheld by the courts. In answer to a query, Judge Powers arose end stated that the action was iu thorough accordance with the law passed by the inor-Jnod inor-Jnod legislature ; that due notico had been served upon the voters in question; that their votes had been challhnged; that several sev-eral had not appeared in defense, and that their elimination from tic list had resulted as a matter of course under the law. Senator Jones, who had been restive under this explanation, here broke In: "1 am gel-ting gel-ting Wy tired of these one sided statements of alleged facts which have been presented to us here. We have been led to under stand by previous speakers that lifteen people bad their names summarily stricken off the roll, without uify notice, and were Illegally and arbitrarily debarred from voting. vot-ing. Now it turns out that notice was served and they did not appear. I want to say that tuis makes out a very different case to my mind." Mr. Allen then made a strong cumulative argument, quoting from various mormon leaders and mormon authorities, from I IBM down to lsftg, the testini my showing that No l egal ltle,bl to the Otrlcr. Aud in tliis position the Supreme court of the United States afterwards fully sustained him. Senator Carey We have heard a good deal of that veto in my country. I should like to ask Mr Richards about it. Mr. F S. Richards stated that the governor gov-ernor protested against the power of the people under the organic act to elect these two Officers; that It was his right to appoint ap-point them ; that MM legislature Insisted that, pendintl this decision by the supreme court, matter- should go on as lliey had done since the territory was organized. Senator Stewart But the territorial IU. preme court had passed upon It. Had It not sustained Governor Murray's position? Mr. Richards Yes; but the ease was still pending in the supreme court of the United States. Senator Carey asked how many male adults there were in Salt Lake. Mr. Allen said that, In his opinion, there were close to 19)006, and, iu response to another query of Senator Carey, gave it as his opinion that 78 per ccul of those were gentiles. Senator Plait As I understand it. Mr. Allen, Al-len, substantially all the liberals agree that they want no legislation? Mr. Allen -Yes, sir, they want no legislat lion at present . They desire you to perm ie i'tali to work out Its own salvation on tho lino which has already accomplished s. much. If you do, the time is not far dls-tont dls-tont when ail its people call join safely In de mending statehood. The committee then adjourned. Til. Church Was Above 111 Law : that il was a government Within a government govern-ment ; thai its leaders could abrogate every human law, and that Heir dictates were binding upon Hie people. He said that over since lis organisation the church's attitude for forty years had been one of invincible hatred for a government for the people, by the people nnd of tho people. Continuing, he said: "We have been nUifled and abused n- no people on earth have been villilietl and abused. We have been traduced and our Official! slandered, our governor, our secretary, secre-tary, our judges, before this very committee, ami yet, gentlemen, the mormon legislature this winter asked the governor, this autocrat, auto-crat, to continue the Salt Lake City liberal government months longer. Why? Iu order, or-der, and only in order, Hull the people of Salt Lake should not have an Opportunity to express at the polls nnd in the light of day their opinion upon the. bill which your com. inittec is now considering. We protest against these bills; we protest that the passage of the one will hurry us on prematurely pre-maturely to statehood, for which we are not ready." Senator Faulkner Why do you think the bill will hurry you on to statehood? "Because," answered Mr. Alien, '-these people, in order to ward off Objections and amoolh the way for procuring absolute control con-trol of toe territory, will immediately proceed pro-ceed to put our gentilo friends who comprise com-prise the mormon annex, into ofilce, aud then they will say: Everythinu Is Lovely We have show n that the charges of what will happen are not true; now let us into statehood, for which wo have shown that we arc fully prepared.' That will be the ruse adopted, and we, who know the power of the church to direct any course which it sees lit. know thai that will he the inevitable inevit-able ending." Senator Piatt Has there ever been any departure from the church theory that the people should be governed by the revelations revela-tions of the church ? ' Mr. Allen Most decidedly not. The doctrine doc-trine of revelation certainly ifoea tern i |