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Show Va1EKMaaiaaaaVBaiaiaaaaaal CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. lis Position on the Disfranchisement Disfranchise-ment of "Honaons." ITS DELEGATES AT THE CAPITAL Xot to be Criticized Tor their Antl-"Mormon"' Antl-"Mormon"' Procedure. Tlie Chamber of Commerce held a meeting last night. It was called a mass meeting of citizens, and many who weie not members of the Chamber were present. Fred. Simon presided. He Is ice-president of the Chamber of Commerce. Hb Is the Individual who went to PrcsIdentHarrisonand advocated the inauguration of a "holy crusade" against the "Mormons.-' Tbeiiuportanceofthisliem will be realized In connection with tlie holy crusader's action, protecting from criticisms the two individuals Governor Thomas and ex-Go vern-or vern-or West who were sent to Washington Wash-ington by the Chamber, and who are doing their part to bring about the disfranchisement of the "Mormon" "Mor-mon" people for their religious belief. be-lief. After some preliminary business, Mr. II. C. Lett, president of the Real Estatib Exchange, made some remarks about improving the city. Then Mr. Simon called on Ellas Morris, Esq., whom ho referred to as "the veteran manufacturer." Mr. Morris came forward aud said, in substance: I am one of the committee on manufactories. It is something I delight in. My whole life has been given to it, and I am not tired of it jet, cither. I can say that all I made out of tlie labor of my hands, as well as my head, I employed In home manufactories. Applause. I am not one of theadvocates inviting all creation to come to Utah until wearerealy to receive them and offei them employment It should be our purpose to Launch out a little more In raaufacturing; in something some-thing that will give employment to the tropic. It is labor that will build up tlie country. Voices, hear! h.ai.' In starting hundreds of manufactories that will recom pense in their returns tlie euorta of their founders, we should sit down and think a minute of all the articles arti-cles that are imported and the hundreds hun-dreds of thousands of dollars paid outfortliem that can be produced right here at home. I will refer to one or two Industries that I took a little intomt In for the good or this community chemical and glaM works, f.ut for want of a little means and capital from the men who are talking about doing something great for Utah these have been killed and lay today w hile we are Importing our glass bottles and jars that could be produced right here at home and would be had it not been for the selfishness of tliemenwhocombined with tlie railroads to crush them out Cries, Very good! Very good! So co-operate against these mighty corporations that are without souls. When we were at work manufacturing manufac-turing hundreds of thousands ol dollars of Just what we need, here comes tlie railroad to combine with the men who ought to stand by the factories, giving lower ratcato cruh us out, and these menwhoclaim to Us the friends of Utah Join In with tiiem. I believe for ono we should foster home manufactories even at a loss, and not let them struggle for a little time and die away. We must, if we succeed, engage en-gage in home industry. I think It is wrong to throw out inducements to invite all classes by the flowery advertisements and then can't find them work. When we accomplish what I have been speaking about they will have pleuty to do. Salt Lake is not Utah; It Is but a iortion of the Territory. Wo must exect the co-operation of those living through thc length and breadth of the Territory if we expect to make a success of the territorial lair. I wish to say this as an old resident of Salt Lake Tho best part of my life was spent here, and I tell you one thing, if you are her friends, there-is there-is one thing the Chamber of Commerce Com-merce can do. Let your, voice be raised against disfranchising. Then Simon came up with a bounce. "Ho politics or religion on this floor," shouted he, as he hammered ham-mered on the desk; "the gentleman is out of order." "Xot so," said Mr. Morris; "I am speaking for the good of the city and Territory." "If makes no difference," said Simon; "this is not the place to discuss It; thc Chamber of Com mercc lias no voice in the matter." Then Mr. Morris came In with a home thrust: Has not this Chamber of Commerce been heard In Congress in favor of this bill, through tho representatives of this Chamber, whoare (here favoring t e most damnable bill that was ever concocted, the purport of w hlch is to disfranchtsu thousands of lnnoctnt men, w ho have never violated any law? Then Simon exclaimed: "Tlie gentleman shall confine his remarks to manufactories or take his seat." Mr. Morris had said enough to draw out just what there was in the Chamber, so he sat down. Then Simon was applauded for taking a stand against checking the Chamber Cham-ber of Commerce representatives In their Infamous course at Washington, Washing-ton, in endeavoring to rob the "Mormon" people Let the record go down. There was a little more business done, some resolutions passed about water and silver, and the meeting was dismissed. |