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Show Governor Culler Has Some Queer Ideas He Believes Mormons Ato Better Fitted to Entertain Congressional Party Than Gentiles. According to Gov. John C. Cutler's Idea of the eternal fitness of things. Mormons aro better fitted to entertain the Congressional Congres-sional party that will visit Salt Lake City on the 19th and 20th Inst, and Gentiles Gen-tiles are best equipped to raise the ' dough-' to properly take care of them. The e;a which the executive- displayed in appointing the reception committee, and tin- nerve employed In calling on certain cer-tain distinguished gentlemen to put up the funds, aro characterized by citizens us both amusing and disgusting. Who Compose Party. The party, according to local Information. Informa-tion. Is to be composed ol about forty United States Senators and memberw of the lloueu of Representatives. The intention in-tention of the tour of the W-st to Investigate In-vestigate the Government Irrigation prelects pre-lects In the West. The party will reach hero early In the forenoon of the th and remain until the afternoon of the following follow-ing day. It Is the Intention to take charge of the visitors und accord them a fine welcome. Must Have Taken Counsel. No one expected that such a visit would be made serve the purposes of the dominant domi-nant church until Gov. Cutler announced a r.-ception committee mmpovd almost entlrel) or Mormons and men distinctly servitors of the Mormons. Then It became be-came apparent that before Gov Cutler acted he took counsel from the hierarchy. Ecclesiastical-Political Spirit. Such a display of ecclesiastical-political spirit was iit expected at such a timo as. this, and Its studied discrimination against Gentiles e roundly condemned Hi re is the reception committee; Gov. John C. Cutler. Senators Reed Smoot and George Sutherland, Congre-s n in Howell. Mayor Morris. Prof. John Wldt-sde, Wldt-sde, Prof G L. Swendsen, O. J. Salisbury, Salis-bury, ex-Gov H. M Wells. Mayor Roy-lance Roy-lance of Provo, Frank J. Hewlett, Mayor Cret r of Spanish Fork, Mayor Hoist, Brlgham City; Mayor Robinson of Logan, Lo-gan, Mayor Glasmann of Opden and Caleb Tanner. Tho wives of the several committeemen aro also included on tho committees. Finance Committee Balanced. Tho finance committee is better bal-anced, bal-anced, and no criticism of Its personnel would bo made were it not that the reception re-ception committee i a genuine Gentile hut-out It Is composed of Col. K F Holmes. R. R, Irvine. James Clove. D. S Spencer. I. A Benton F S Richards, Col. E. A. Wall. Simon Bamberger. J L Moore. J. B. l anpford. J. J. McCIellan William Spr. M H. Walker, L S. Hills and Frank Knox. |