| Show it U L 11 1 still L hon HOD jo joan an hen henry ay who ss he purn prefers utan commission R eather a tit er thin than allow us tha privilege of electing our oar 0 owa and other officers the hearing bearing closed today to day with a series of questions addressed principle ply by chairman washington to the speaker chairman chaiem an washington 0 began the colloquy by asking mr smith this question until this last division in i the two parties were you a member i of the peoples party ta sir mr yes sir the chairman now you ire are acting 0 with the republican party part y and consider yourself a republican I 1 believe well now the great question that has prevented the advancement of utah it seems to me ire lias has been that I 1 I 1 clieve has been a 01 olis e el 1 it auh Tt tUri li and rd it could not be re any more than slavery it has ha been the cause of so much heartache and trouble that our people dont want it a again main the chairman enquiringly enquiring 0 ly and you say the church does not dot interfere in politics mr smith no when this division caniel came I 1 took part in tile the campaign and went on the stump just as every other mormon dil did to advocate tile the principles I 1 hold in common with many others of my friends I 1 have lave always at heart been a republican and ana at the first opportunity I 1 went over to that party 1 I found it very different on the stump from what I 1 did in pulpit the children cried rats and the democratic mormons said I 1 had bad alwa always y s been a disturbing 0 element clement and ought to be hanged banged the Cha chairmen irmin when the children c ried cried rats was it because you told them the mckinley mckinely McKin lcy bly bill was a great benefit to the farmers A great roar of laughter 0 went up from those present at this sally during t which mr smith grew very red in the face and shaking 0 his head negatively murmured mur a reply that was not audible the chairman ii I 1 lave have you read lie present bill before the committee to give local self M government to utah what is known as the caine bim bill mr smith I 1 have seen it 1 I do 10 not know that I 1 have lave read it in its en entirety I 1 the Chair chairman maii what sections ilc fie you principally object to mr air smith I 1 object to the principle of the bill the Chai chairman you object to the bill because you would rather remain as you are arc than to have local self government 6 mr lr smith sinith the question is is simply this I 1 object to it because of the uncertainty it may by be that it will last for a lay day and may be it I 1 aill ill last for some time han when you once put a I 1 man ilian 0 on n sufferance I 1 to do not know liow how long lie mav may be kept there I 1 think tile alio t abc treatment should be accorded to us that lias has been accorded to the others I 1 have no bitterness in regard 0 to this proposition the Chai chairman do you 1 link it better belter territorial conven convention tio site such as tile home rule bill 11 auld give y you on would keep you ut of the union union any longer mr sli smith aith evasively I 1 think it will entail on oil us additional ex pense without any ally coal compensating en sating advant advantages aes mr kilgore do you think it would decent statehood mr smith I 1 cant tell my mother used to say when I 1 went to buy anything 0 to 0 get what I 1 wanted and noi not to get whet what I 1 did not want 1 I apply the same reasoning in this case the chairman dut butwid did not your mother also tay eay if you could not get what you wanted to get tile next jest best thin possible As mr smith showed a disinclination to reply to his query mr caine stopped stepped forward and a addressing him be paid it some satisfaction to elect our governor find and state officers and determine the rates of taxation and set aside the governors veto and make many other charges changes our people so much beshe ant and which they could get h b rough this his Ilor home rife rule measure mr sin smith etli yes I 1 might C be sats ats red fied to accomplish these reforms if it that statehood is within our reach the chairman do da you believe the senate will pass the statehood od bill mr air smith I 1 canot banot sit in judgment upon the politicians politic cans ns the chairman with mock seriousness ous ness Sena senators sir are statesmen it is i only representatives L who are politicians Ilo however wever let me ask you another question what has been the course of the utah commission in the aj on off mr smi smith th I 1 am not well posted on these matters everybody understands der stands that the utah commission is not a desi reable factor in utah tile the chairman interrupting 11 and yet yc t you would continue them in preference to supporting this bill mr air smith hesitatingly hesitating abi y I 1 think I 1 would the chairman let me ask you again mr smith about the rel registrars ois and election officers were they not usually i selected from the peoples par party ty although that party was in the minority mr smith I 1 was absent front from utah years in europe and I 1 cannot anwer that question properly the chairman Chai was there any movement for statehood until after this honie home rule bill was brou brought Q ailt up mr smith there was a tacit understanding that we would all 4 go 0 for statehood after we had divided sensation mr alir kilgore are arc there any democrats ocr ats out there mr smith plenty of them they the y are thicker than hairs on a dogs 0 tail mr mir odonnell one of the republican members of the comm committee 1 it that is my objection to admission mr smith went to explain that utah was very uncertain politically and that no one could tell what the dominant party would be if she were admitted its as a state terry of Arkan arkansas Eias sarcastic ally it is deuced unsafe to predict about new states colorado was a very promising democratic calf but now she is a devilish lough toti li old steer the Cb chairman airman mr smith you have lave no amendment you would like to inako to life iloine home rule mr smith sinith I 1 have not alic cli chairman tir nian alien the committee will close the hearing bearing 0 itt at this thi i point |
