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Show CHAIRMAN BURROWS TALKS J ON POLYGAMY QUESTION I t myself am saUsfled that the Coinr-ee ef the Ualted States will enact such leclslatlon aa will atop tha prartieee which have been dta-eloaad dta-eloaad to tha country by tha testimony of tha Mormon hierarchy. I shall vote for tha ad-' ad-' mission of New Mealeo aa a aaparata Btata. baring full confidence that tha Congress will mot only regulate affalra thara. but that It will rrf ulate a(Ta!ra In Utah and Idaho ant Wromlns. ao far aa relates to thla quaaUoa and ao far as they can ConstttatloaaJly. 1 shall rota avalnat tha sdmlsslon ef Near Mexico and Arlsoaa as one State because . there la. la my Judsment. mora danger In re- I gard to polygamy and polygamoua eo habitation habita-tion In a larger State than a State made at New Mexico alone. That will aa aa because thara la now a larger aaetetta of theaa people In Arne "d H Is a country to whtoa they will be attracted ana uiey will have tha balance af power In the larger State. With tha balance of Dower wielded by one maa. who tu the head of their organisation a '.id who can bold then as ha asea fit. It doea aot raqalre bat a little balance of power so o-era o-era practically the state and In tha lines ao solutely la which we are aa asitch Inter, ested. WASHINGTON, rK Un lli discussion discus-sion ot th Statehood bill, which passed the 88Cta last night aftef Arlsona had bean eliminates frara tu provisions; Sana-tor Sana-tor Burro art. ehalrmaJi of tha Ceramlttea on Privileges and Elections, said: ; !. Predfleal. r feel constrained to say Just a word In relation ta thla proposition on a different dif-ferent Una from (ha discussion which has tak-an tak-an place up ta this time. 1 Cannot Vote for the admission of Nsw Mexioo and any reason far voting against It ta that I think It would be a daogeroua thing to da. It haa beea my misfortune to be etisrged by this Benate with the inireetltatlon. which haa been quite far-reaching, far-reaching, and what I may aay today la tha moment I want It understood In no manner reflecting re-flecting er la Intended to reflect er give any opinion Uport the question to which I refer. But I cannot vote fir the admission of New Mexico beeauaa It would take that Territory cut front under the Jurisdiction af the United Sutra aad lift the hands af the t'nltad States off from territory that is new bemg used to arrest the coarse -of crime and for the purpose pur-pose of bringing . these who are VioiaUag the laws of tha United Btatea to justice. The bill Itself recognises tha existence a that trim wherein It II provided that polygamous polyga-mous or plural marriagea are forever prohibited. prohib-ited. In .view M the contention of tha senator from Texas (Mr, Bailer) and others that such a proTtston Is fcrutum fulmen, which is undoubtedly un-doubtedly true, knd that the moment the Territory Ter-ritory la admitted aa a State it beeeraee a aov-erelgn aov-erelgn and la at liberty to amend at once its Constitution sa at to nullify those provisions, then we ars brought face to face with a condition, condi-tion, ot thlngii tbst ought to alarm this Senate and ought to alarm the country. I think the Uast danger la to admit New Mexico aa a eeparate fare aad to stop- there until after Ctongreaa has done legislating with thla Question which now confronts the Senate aad Which they must meet in the near future. Ae I say. 1 hare some amendments pending, which I will offer at the proper timet I trust the Benate will adoot them, or If not, point oat ta the debate whe-e they are faulty. Theaa amendments will direct the attention ot the Senate, at any rate. In these lines. At I said a while ago. this Investigation hat been of such a nature that the country It . new aroased to such an extent that Congress must act. and act In such a way as to curb this Institution and stop this polygamy and Its kindred and attendant evils. But believing believ-ing that the safest and best course Is to admit ad-mit Nsw Mexico alone. I shall vote for that. It that propoiitlon falls. I shall rote against Joining tha two Territories. a e e R. viator Heyburn ' addressed the Senate In support of the amendment to admit , , New Mexico and Arlsona aa separate (, States. "The people of those States.' h ' said, "ere our hope. They sre ambitious ' members of your families who went dowa there carrying with them the pledge that If they would go out upon the picket- . post of civilisation and fit It for statehood you would give It to them." He asked ' If the Senate had loat faith In the pioneers f who west out there. "They carried with them the pledge." said he, "that if they I would go Into these new lands and re- I claim them and produce foundation that I fit them to be Statea we would give them f statehood." He called attention to the fact that the Benate waa called upon to I redeem the pledge. Mr. McComas also spoke of the revela- . tlons before the committee, end expressed J the opinion that in view of them Vf 3 more effective strictures than are now -rl f force against polygamy are weceeBnyv He opposed separate statehood for New , Mexico. , Mr. Plstt of Connecticut saU there was V no doubt about the power of Congress to J restrict polygamr. an Institution which I Is." he said, "so Inimical to our future." JJ 'Does not h Senator's objections apply with ust as much force to the admission of a Rtat composed of the two Territories of Arlsona Arl-sona and New Mexico as to the admission of New Mexioo alone V asksd Mr. Bailey. Mr. Bui mas Precisely. Mr. Bailev-.tad ths .Senator thn Interns to vote against the admission cf tb two Territories Terri-tories pa one State t Mr. Burrows I Intend to vote against the admission of New Mexico; I shall vote against tha admission of Arlsona as a separate separ-ate State, and I shall vote against tha admission admis-sion of the two States for reasons I am about to give: Tha condition with reference ta polygamy po-lygamy la much worse In Arlsona than It Is in Nsw Mexico and the conditions In both of these Territories restrain me from voting for ' one or both of them today. Polygamy exists in New Mextca. It haa been declared that it Is the breeding ground of polygamy and I happen to be in possession of Information which I cannot make public for reasons which the Senate will readily understand, thnt the condition of things m New Mexioo In thla regard re-gard Is startling. Of, course. I am not going to discuss ths question of polygamy) a crime that is so monstroua But wa are confronted how with the propnel-tloa propnel-tloa to admit a Territory Inte the Union aa a State with the crime aa confessedly declared In this bill sxistlng In ths Territory. To admit ad-mit Into the t'nlon thus, the power of the Ts-tlcnal Ts-tlcnal flovernment over It will cease and the State thus admitted can manage Its own affairs af-fairs as aa Independent sovereignty. I only want to call attention to It and say to the Senate Sen-ate that In my Judgment It will be a fatal mls- take to take this step and the country win rue It id the lot distant future, . In my effort to steer clear from other questions ques-tions I care to say but little about It now. but I have IS my hands evidence of the existence if this crime, .uhlch for reasons of a public raturv I cannot disclose. If this Territory is not admitted three violators of public law will be brought to juttlce and I vote agsinst It because be-cause ta mv iUdament neither New Mexico nor Arlsona should be admitted ss State, separately separate-ly or together, until they have wsshed their hands of this abomination and until they ars ready to obey ths laws of the United Statea This Is all I care to say about It, simply assigning as-signing the reasons why I cannot vote for the bill. see Mr. Dubois, who Is also a member of the Committee on Prlvilegee and Elections, took, a shot at the Mormon question In the following speech: In view of the diecloeuree which have been made before a committee of this bo.iy. |