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Show NOT READY YET, The Time Not Yet Ripo for Either ''Homo Rule" or Statehood in the Ter-tory Ter-tory of Utah. The Liberal representatives Have a Hearing Hear-ing Before the Committee Judge Powers' Speech. THE MORMONS ARE HONEST And for That Reason the Liberal Party ia Opposed to Either of the Measures. LATE WASHINGTON NEWS L The Silver Question Again I'mler Consideration Consid-eration --Filibustering in the House-j House-j fj News from the Various Commit tees lu bonato aud House. j I Washington, Feb. 17. The house committee com-mittee on territories gave a hearing to the ''Opponents of the proposed legislation to rive a local government to the territory of Ltah, as proposed in the bill introduced by Caiue, delegate from that territory. The j committee wes addressed by O. W, Powers, representing the. liberal party of Utah. That party, Powers said, was composed of democrats and republicans, who, for tho timebeing, had cast aside their national political preferences aud had joined hands for the purpose of building up an American state in the mountains. It was because the mormon people were honest and sincere that the liberal party opposed the measure, the time not having conic, in its opinion, or it. |