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Show kjbibibSbIbSHbibVbVbibibibv AGAIlf THE UTAH BILLS. I Eaitor Frank J. Cannon Does Some Plain Talking to tm: m.mte itniJirmE. He Trolrii .t?aint the l'eoplc Be-iar Be-iar I'MfiiOird Ar their TIiiushl. WaOiingtou, Mbj II Tile Senate Sen-ate Comtuittte on Ttrrilorks tills I morning resumed consideration of the CuHom Mil to dltfrancliUe Uie Mormons of UUli. It wsscij'CCted tltat Judge Jere Wikou would make an argument agaiutt the UU, tut lie waa i rc en'.ed liy illnirtfrom being ireint. Dti-ile Caine in-iroduwi in-iroduwi Mr. Frank J. Cannon, edHorof the Ogdm Standard, say-Iwj say-Iwj that though Mr. Cannon had not come to Washington on this buMnt, as a young asan, born aud raited iu I'lud, ami one ho was deejay interested in the ijuestion lnvohiil in the Ml, he had com Urfnre tlie comiuittee at lib retiutfl tofeaV. lu 1-elra'f Of hlmelf and o' the t lavi to . lncli lie bt kinged, vit, the ;oung Monuonsof Utah. .Mr. C'annun thin addreed the coui- nu tee. i lic&hosed that the oipitiou of 'j the filial firv-s R-as the only thin:; jimt-aery to -oinilete tlio K-calUd iRSeaeratiou of Utalf. Without I critk-i-m of ire ious asts of t'on-f t'on-f greae, he averted that true wiMloin coHsittcd in letting will enough alone; Uiat In all mattirs of regeneration re-generation and rctf riptiou there was a Uatnrer line to a&, which would bo faLti. t"ogt i had a. read reai hed tliat hue in it n ial ciidetmenl" for Utah Auotlieri-teii mu wriou-l.N injure the jilau of bniigiug it into accord Willi the nt of the country and imri -ork an Ir-rerarable Ir-rerarable injury to tiieinagnitlmit buino ;mgrvs and iiroi.rity of the Territory. The oung niin of the Mormon faith had acctitcd the conditions imjneed liy the go -ernment: they wire giiiug oerj reasonable jiledge that they uould not tliKibei th iwial law of ' 'on-gre 'on-gre rOatin to joligahiy, and they would iet aid oraliet others in dkobcyitie; uch law-. It .ix a lor rew.ini w Inch this bill iroiM.sl lo IwstoH to luflict the aine tioliti- cai tiernvatloito on the men wiio were olvying the law as had been uosed ujion oirenders. "Smli a nieafeure toM ditroy the uhoie idea of juliic," said he. "V'on punlihe-l our f itiiets for an act and tiotrjou wouhl pinlb us for a thought. You would bike from us the franchise bimjily becau-.e a cir-taln cir-taln revilatlon ev-Vt in bci of the Church a reclatiun for whkh we are not ref.-xnnl-io aud oir which wc hae no control " At this joint beoator l'.i ne in-terruiited in-terruiited M itii the question- "Who ean eliminate that ri. elatio-i"" Mr. Cannon iu.ikl -Kied, The tame authi.-itj B"h brought it into being Heing asked if the revelation was sudatory, Mr. Cannon replied: A great many men in the Church ujbeld from the beginning the i iew tliat the revelation was p-rmUs:c, not obligator and I'tsbops and Ajicslles had bveu ci-OH.ii wiio hail not entered toe reUtion of j-Iural marriage." Senator Ctillom You believe in the revelation? Mr. Cannon 1 do. And I ato believe iu the (Urine commum! to "renoer unto C.eir tlie things which are VsnWt.' I belicvolu ibe tenet of our f mil which reijuires ii-. to Mi'imic to tlie h of our mnntf ft, Iil. 1. u M I1t-a T1,a fort i-i oU.- mg the law of t ougre Which forbids the iract!i-c of Jilurnl msrruge I belic e I am not violating violat-ing the creed of the Church. Mr. Caution mentioned the Liberal Liber-al victorivs in Ogtfcn and pyilt I jke where the gentiles had gained coti-trnl coti-trnl by ruajui His- at tin- jwh". Tin. Lutr-da txKtc-f to carr Salt Iikt and Vcb- counties next August by nieeriBol tlieu' numerical ireiinier-ance. ireiinier-ance. Hut In many of the counties the cculd not do ttiLs. ainl the- iu-stigatorsof iu-stigatorsof tiiLs iegislatiou wanted to iram control l-y means of this lull. Hecttsd the cte of txan to how what tlie cin.it voufcl be, sajlng-"Here sajlng-"Here is a citj of 6 inj jAj-ulatioii. it has jrol!ly fifty male adult LiberaK Tire bill tJoposcs (o ive the aimipistratiou of that important eitj to tlie minority fof firtj . The ret of tin rt 1 10 are uito ll.eiqi..ib. . of the fifty In butiutK lajacity. in I luosal integriiy, in iJfiuti-m, aud in all the qiialitli-asiiicli go Ui Uiake- up the Worthy ami devoted viUaen of tlie lepulillc In all their local affairs the art inyiritv in Iogan would liccoiue slaves of fifty itti rulers. It would le wist i anJ siftr to allow the mluiiiVy to wail until itha-nif-mient poriuhaliou aw! JJ Mit'.l eieut taxes to insure a eul M.-n-atie adniinbtratmn; wait until it Incomes In-comes a majority ami then by the law of this country, it can projHrlv rale. In elating, lie aittraicd ttrongly to the touimittcc not to intervene with any di-hcartenlng legblation between the territory and her gb-rioos gb-rioos business prospects and her eer Unsocial recent ration. Sir. Cannon Can-non b,-oke w uh great freedom and an-wcred all the (iietHHi jl to bini frankly and nUtll. lie spoKe nearly an liour and his arguments argu-ments ajipcanil to make a strong imi rw-ioii upjn tlie e-ommittee-. Kx-tlovirqcr Wett aud It. X. Itatiuwere irvMUtand were told by the ciiairman that if the wMied-lo wMied-lo submit an;. ik-.is liie coukl do so ill writing. UeJcgato Caine fur-nklied fur-nklied members of the committee with coiiesof his anruruenttn-ide before be-fore Uie IIouh- committee on the Strulile bill, lie will ao lile some additioual aiuuHiibj iu writing lie-fore lie-fore the nest meeting ol tliecom-nit-tee. llerahl. |