| Show s I kU kUThe I ly The Utah commissIon concludIng i Ing ng Its annual report on Septem Septem- September ber bel 26 1886 t to the secretary of the interior said sald While a great majority of tire tITe adults In Utah are not living in polygamy yet et every orthodox member of that church professes to b believe In lt It as a divIne divine di- di vIne revelation The pe people have been taught this dogma In their temples tabernacles meeting meetinghouses meetinghouses houses and Sunday schools for a third of a century Their church organization and ecclesIastical polity pol- pol its ity are marvels of ot skill abil- abil Ity Their leaders are aro tile tel In resources while the mass of UTe tire people are ae fanatical and superstitious to a degree that has seldom been witnessed In modern times In such a condition there Is no remedy that would be ImmedIate in its eff effects ts except military force and this cannot now be applied because no civilized government In Inthis inthis this age of the he world will wage a war of against Unarmed unarmed un- un armed men women omen and and children But the evils existing in Utah cannot cannot can can- not be Ignored by the government Devoted s as the AmerIcan people peo- peo pie are to rell i. i us by education education edu- edu cation and sanction they will never allow thIs principle to be subverted b by Wa Ura toleration or of crime here lIer we ve may say that while we recognize the obligation of the people of the United States Stases to protect protect pro pro- the personal and property rights of the Mormon people collectively dol- dol and individually and to deal with them themas as equals the law yet yet- It is is equally equall the duty of the government s to puni 11 crIme committed within Its jurIsdIction I and 1 rc regious Ious liberty canno h b pleaded as a bar bal to for acts In o oth ot th l laws S of of the land and ot of soci l Then the report pointed out that the people of Utah the Mormon people in particular ought and ands s should understand this and it con con- If the the- Mormon people expect a t ratIon or protection of polygamy from m any part or faction In this country now or hereafter such expectation Is vain and futIle Tire laws then must be enforced If present laws las and the proposed amendments are re not suf- suf to suppress the evIl more enactments must be adopted and the result will be that at no distant day this relic ot of Asiatic barbarIsm thIs blot on the fair fame or of AmerIca will b be swept from om the land This report was under the sIgnature or of A. A B. B Carlton Carlton Carl Carl- ton ton chaIrman of the commission Meanwhile a change had occurred occurred oc- oc in the onT eP t the territorial ter- ter administration by the appoIntment ap- ap of Caleb A. A West as governor He was was' the tITe thIrteenth governor of Utah His tenure was from Crom May 6 6 1886 to May 6 1889 when he was succeeded by Arthur Thomas Governor West In IrIs report to the secretary of the interIor in- in tenor after cIting cHing his assumption of the office and nd the duties connected connected con con- i therewith said I was receIved wIth honor arid and have been I treated since with consideration tion and kindness by all the people people- 1 01 every party regardless of dif dif- Governor West Vest was the he first Democrat governor ot of the territory to be appointed sine Alfred Al- Al Alfred fred Cummings was named by PresIdent Buchanan in 1857 In concluding his report he said I can have and do have bave no other than the kindliest feelings for this whole people I feel a great regret that a majority of of thIs people will rIot not or cannot see their way to respect respect re- re and obey the the- law The sufferIngs suf- suf and sorrows they bring upon lvE's a as IndIviduals and as a people are a sourde ot of profound profound pro pro- found sorrow One who will lead them quickest to where they must come to a recognition of their obligations as citizens to respect respect re- re authority and obey the law law- lawwill wIll be their greatest benefactor Gov Governor West Vest was one one of the fIrst executives to gather data re garding the territory for distribution tion among among the people ot ot- the country country coun- coun try as to what Utah had bad Up to that time the that was sent broadcast over tl e world pertained per per- tamed entirely to the Mormon Mormon Mor- Mor mon people and th lr to the laws of the l rid in the matter mat mat- matter ter ot of plural mat marriage The now new eXecutIve took up the matter er Pt pf schools and secured data rega regarding I g the sy system tem In 1885 there were school districts and he pointed out that out the the ot of school age numbered practically almost evenly divided between be- be tw tween en male and female T number nurn- nurn ber enrolled was boys and girls while the per er cent ot of school population enrolled was The average dally daily school attendance attendance at- at was 6 1 |
