| Show I I KINGS K KI REPLY TO 10 LANDIS aad the 1110 Agricultural College I Siroog Defense of U no ac gave gare but n Utah ot of Tbt 51 I r tt lied Con t t the e 0 olt 11 the thc at attack ot nj it 1 against ll WI U 0 ot he Congre It f LD from th the Mr Ir 30 3 I L Jan re rc t I e un vc hid ade e I to Aid 4 J a few ell oris t a n J just the theu JeV eV and ur jr r ane amet IU Itsel Auction ni uio n D tue t u p w Pl Is I 1 am not ut utI lP ap apI tt Fr I nr but H as eVery In flu I tb re reI 0 of n I not havIng ving been the commit 1 h did dI nOt nOI whIch theY I e It In th thC thiS bil bill Queston Ull Ulle U d t eM ap apI of nt rl 1 pa ni elate t tw o e blI which lh reales hat In Ine I I 1 alon Wo bil propOS cd IT It did not flO flOt re e It w are be td flUeS t nt itee Ilee examine amendment Into th t In tills wih b who are allt to b be heard heard aa h e people committee Sr Ili did al Ir Th r it was of r rbY fr the amendment I C I arr by the from t ladI glad fad to t know that this I IJ f Kin I am not emanate from t did mY r p I ral committee Why was tl 1 lilt are UI pertinent upon the tho JOU JOUI unceremonioUs Ih maier 9 JI summa member had ha harft I r If anY PY which the grI Ina hi manner In tah waS orI 01 ion r rII rb alln Id fd be e tit to the thO evils f I evis b wil U t view I III II ih d the II t to toI tot called upon m member arl are caled matters which with t 10 wih vo been I W 1 I M of cf and l un to tobe tot kf t here Uld be wine snub good goodIn tb u I PersOn If t reSOn reason little about this Ild jId I 1 care but It Is the mannel cr 1 In laton which 1 It is b offered US ns USeI iM aM o OC aion In IU it ac a Jl eI 01 a th tb heh I 1 miRe mine ralfe my against I Ia Ir earnest my earest Ice sice ad an enter polygamY or orS a 21 cot ot here be living r le for lor any who IB ms S Ja a po involved In n principle A Al I 1 view the we may wel welt pauso be beMe upon our such luch Me fr sir Mr Chairman let us USsie e bok hOkS words the feW tew In a lur sie e The Federal gl g united with the tho States and ha has In experIment and In n which ceu industrial and mechanical tt avd aud the are ani taught An tn Anil t of Cf education the thc are made by b il and and end the States State i assume control of ot these In 1 liberally of at and appropriate f ra Sate revenues for their t cit the Federal nil all that tha well celI known to ft It B is al Ils wel have hm constItuted but ut a ao amal amount ex the entire o Of 01 entre mal In In ul up thee these splendId of 01 In tte State of 01 Utah th the I t en fl to In behalf behal of tho the ColUB Co g t and the appeals h have never teen la vain As A a result of at I the policy po c ot the he State valuable able land have hare b n acquired commo costly COt 1 and C buildings t have keen been bee elected eec aUt e and an Institution t ol 01 karning learing h has a I been been een operated berated which t hai u honor and a d glory I Y to the Slate and credit oro oroa to these bol i lola Into to whose gar It It Its deeDY wa nt T norr ti Is lo to depart d epa l from he filler of lit pact to place In I the th Unit t of el officials a f Inquisitorial i nJ arbitrary power POle which are to o be 1 In the control and manage management ment of f the Agricultural College Col ge of ot Utah Uth that hat right has ha the Federal government to sy ay who bo shall by be le teach en cri e and Id In any my agricultural c ge J Is this the entering wedge to ton n loD J control oer our agricultural I deny the right of or Con Conr Irel r to prescribe the qualifications of at 1 thae ho to bill thaI be connected with the college of 01 any State It I roll wod 11 be unworthy 0 ot of the government I t such luch a control Mr r the proposition la lit II ab nb abI iU iii I i Ti of 01 the Federal government DO ms ci gd C around In all It 11 tt the th Sisti Sla md and an Territories to ascertain lb e are ar the trustees officers In iii and Ind In ln nil al ll the e fW flow the Dignity lite V It failed States Stales and the majesty Lie II be upheld ani and vindicated k b 11 wf f upon the secretary ot 01 Judicial powers to find Ind out Int t e l and vices of the r i she h hes es beets beela beet upon the farm r rt t s 5 the fluId luli from the tho COW Complacently r Ki la the college barnyard barnard Th n rr proposed oled 1 amendment d nt provides i of ot agriculture laj b t that no trustee er i or Is en cn In the practice of or p relations Hal Is he to lle fise Ihl thIs Who 1 Is to o oA him I i he to be the jUdge and A Are 1 m mt all the Ae al of or the col t K f In t be b presumed Inno innocent nt until PVn It n guilty beyond ond gUllY hV a reasonable iI 11 Ar Are they lj it II to be bc tried lf It accused ao by and ad under shat I 4 t A Ar tJ t be of proper I lz lz tUl emoluments t Ib h ot of the o I co to 10 employment without t e ot of law or I a fair and ins 41 i ant after Atler duo due notice or of the tho to t rt against them ond an such tb lbs Ir Chair 1 l and Indeed the ot of thIs become a Ur nt as it Is analyzed I lat It t b tf ris le out 1 tm I m I It Is Utah some other State may 1 e III F i Ion now to limit I ir fr 01 the inquiry In the he practice of at or L I w tons of at crimes e i the th may to thc h may ex who Vho Ure nrc guilty of ot Mul adul tr ry or n tUI And nd alter after a while I 1 he iQ shall pre pro prett may be b ani and Christan Christian e tt t n Upon the list iut e why ma may not Persons who vh to trusts antI I criminal ot of Wealth bo b excluded th tb a r c led Illustrations might be bei p It if I had the Limo to demonstrate C I a thu how per Tm m a rc I Is It wit ert which will be 1 aI wi e hanger danger n Int b me I thi t on 01 dl Isolated so to speak MIl and i d from and nd every other otner otherS S tnt enl It an ter Uld u be atlon then a lit Li t P t h r II II nothing before 0 S J an J Jh I R S f I Si I R vie me to b bs nn an nt to In r r r nr i u In and the tha nood I P PS i it I S il j They tb Ti S t ol nI I are arc n an 1 t I i 4 hin p pea peo t i S I n b o Miu n 5 r Im I tn k n p t which go to h I r f t J ru 1 vo vor 1 r ir on with r w Wt wih p h I I they h hi me mas S f tU n of at sir r L 11 Mr Ir Chairman there is II I about aboul thIs at all pInc ereg the t lt al t Ine 1 amendment Ido 1110 r fl r In 1 t 1111 S any way upon tt t loo y T In thi i less leu tha than a year ea a ai X I S 4 i wa a P member of at ft a 1 special committee I which Weilt Cel ver ft a 1 great ot of i in iivo the tho credentials vve lre 1 sen II ted by Il the then ct from 1 KUto J Jt Jf Utah I was wan furnished tIle tho with to InCus at that time that the wih of ot the thu Institution located th wu ft a anti and ut nt 19 1 It was wai wa living in defiance of tho the law with wih O that ono one 01 of or his hiM professors was WIS tl S n 0 living In open and notorious I galY with vitis wih two wives wll that Hint the was WIS n I t M itS I t living In open anti and notorious poly llly IIII gamy gain with lh oon hoen wives who ho had him hll tho the of at I haY never received any Information or intimation of any Iny kind kinti from anybody mI living In Ih Utah which has hns led nit m to change my I opinion ns no II to the tha truth of these statements As s u II mut mat mutter mutter matter ter of o fact tho the statements we to pub hed In tha thu Salt Lake Tribune ono one of ut l the leading leadinG papers of ot Salt Halt I Lake Inke aku City editor e lor 01 of a that paper challenged the organ onn of the tho Church to deny delY tho the el tl then thou made mlle and In so 80 sotar tar far as us lS tl information goes the the orf n of ot the tho Church Chulch never r entered such a n denial In III fact tact 1 I was WUI given Riven to that ono one of the tho Individual a professor or or a trustee thus thin charged soon after nUel the charge was as made resigned his hi position In connee connection malet Lion tion with wiLls wih the tho Institution but I have boon been ton also Informed that ho Ito has hal Iia since taken up again his relations with the tho Institution I t Ut ton These Theoe charges Mr Ir Chairman have been made time anti time tle again U It I Is IH IHno no 10 affront to IC the tho people of ot Utah It I re ye remains reo mains to bo ho o seen whether the tho facts us As Is stated arc nrc true truo or otherwise If I they the me are false It Is duo Luo to the good people nf of Utah that tho t tho the world shall shah Ihal know that the tile charges are arc without foundation tion If I on the tile other hand hald the th charges are ac ton true tiles then It Is la title duo to the people of at atthe the tIlO entire entre country that not a sIngle dingle soil Hal tary dollar dolar shall shul be paid out of tho treasury of at the United States for tor the maintenance of that U Institution I leave leavo the thc proposed ed amendment In the hands of 01 tile the committee The rhe amendment Introduced by hy Mr I mull n was this to be added to the op up INteS bill i for tor agricultural col cot Provided That no HO tl part of ot the appropriation shall shah bo ho available for tor the agri agricultural cultural l college col eRe of ot Utah until the thc secre secretary tary tar of ot agriculture shall shah be he satisfied and ond shall shah so 80 o certify to o the secretary of ot the tlc treasury that no trustee Instructor In or of at ald eAid fall college is 1 engaged In the practice of at polygamy or polygamous relations After ter the tor remarks there thero en ensued ensued ensued sued a n debate on points of ot order In which several members s took part and Mr Ir Introduced the tho annexed amendment Provided That no me part of ot this ap up appropriation proprIa ton shall shah be available a for tor or tho the agricultural college of ot Utah or any other State or Territory until the Sec Secretary rotary of ot Agriculture shall shul be ho satisfied and shall Rhal so certify to tho the Secretary of ot the Treasury Treasur that no trustee In Instructor Instructor or of ot said college Is IA engaged In II the thE practice of ot polygamy or polygamous relations or IB ta lullY of adultery or fornication Mr King Ing sold said I Mr Ir King Icing Ing Mr Ir Chairman I want to tomal tomake make maliu mal a a confession that 1 I do not t ex expect poet nor do I 1 desire the amendment just offered lect to be bo adopted It I has ilas not been my desire that any an of ot the tue amendments which I 1 have suggested sUI ested prevail I 1 ten tendered tendered tendered dered them for tor the purpose of ot accentuating accentuating the tho folly tol and und absurdity of ot thu the proposition offered by my friend irons from Indiana and thereby If It possible call callins cal lag ins In tho Lisa attention of or members to thu mistake which In my opinion was be being beIn belag lag ing In made madeI madeam I am opposed to any an Interposition by Congress In the tue matter of lIt the control of ot our agricultural colleges If I we wead adopt ad pl the precedent of having Investigations Invest gatons Instituted to ascertain the mar marHal marIal lint Hal Ial relations of In the agri agricultural cultural colleges why not widen the tho circle anti pass vass upon their moral quail qualifications If I the government la lo to In Inquire Inquire quire quite Into their polygamous relations why shy wh not ascertain whether they are ale living In adulterous association Mr these colleges arc for forthe forthe the childr n ii I of ot the tho various States and les They The are controlled by the people therein It I Is un an nn an Indefensibly paternal paternalistic for tor Congress to obtrude Itself Iselt Into these Institutions of ot learning and say who shall be the or trustees therein I am In not hero here to defend polygamy nor aol would my constituents desire me to todo todo todo do SJ si Mr Chairman this specter of ot polygamy which Is If periodically paraded ed ott before the people of at the tho United States need not frighten anyone As Au AI an au Institution among amon the people of the tile dominant Church In the State of ot Utah It IS II i not hot only Ohly ohl doomed but It Il Is dead Long Lone before the death of ot the con cen century tury tory so laid iniA to rest but u a I afew few tel short days dars ago aco the hand of ot death Ia as laid upon It In good faith tho the Mormon people accepted the Judg Judgment meat ment of tho the people of ot this thil great groat nation upon this question My I friend speaks of at the sentiment against the people of at Itah because of ot the thi belief belet that this thin system Is II nr nt Mt t abandoned If I theta there IM II I sich a n feeling tee of ot resentment toward them thel It Is U unjust to the tho people of 01 Utah Mr AIr Ir Chairman on ou the day duy of July 1817 ISH u a band haud ot of pioneers looked out upon the tho Dead tea Sea of or the Inter Intermountain intermountain mountain region They rhey were vero descend descendants ants als of Revolutionary sires Hires and und They were seI e seeking n ii land fur for their coreligionists a land where they might have peace and rest And AmI then the exodus from the Mississippi valley valey I continued to this promised land IEli Of at I their and sorrows of at tears and woes tes I need say but bUl little They more ore eloquently titan my I feeble voice The wid wild and trackless less plains veru reddened by b their bleeding feet teet and aud the Inhospitable deserts and anti frowning mountains welcomed them to cold cull and unmarked graves craves Invincible in Ill their determination heroic In their thur bearing they met trial and und aim nu starvation anti and death Hut But they the not fear tear or detent defeat laid the tue foundations tons of a splendid commonwealth They fhe laid unyielding hands upon the dry and sterile sterie compelled frowning nature to smile smie and Ind unfruitful deserts to surrender ilch ric benefactions And they were vero Americans and loved the thc flag of at their theirS S country They The unfolded our nations banner balner upon the mountain heights of ot un an unconquered and land lan Into the Union was sought not once but time anti time again n all From Irom the growing east enst thousands found their way wity wa to this new land lal and con their run full tul portion porton to the grow growing growIng growing ing State The Tue mountain streams were turned upon Ullon the parched land the II of at mo el Irrigation was as and ane given glen to the world Indus Industries Industries industries tries were developed the mountain fastnesses were struck by b the strong arm of ot the rugged and ani fearless tearless miner inkier and there Lucre leaped forth the stream of ot mineral Wealth all that enriched not only oai the people of or Utah but hut nil all ni classes within our nations border order cities were ere founded school houses and a mighty State erected Mr 11 Chairman It Itt Is a I people who have ha done one all ni these things and snore moro who ure lre now nw assailed They fhe are Iro a 1 part parl of ot this nation naton they the are bone of at its ItH It I bone bon ana afa na blood of its Is blood For Its advancement and glory glon they would es esteem esteem esteen teem teen i a ij naught the greatest sacrifice s This government Is by them regarded as os Clods Gods patrimony to Ills Is children tim the legacy of t Ills Is love the crown upon brow that will wi shine with wih Ineffable splendor until the coming of ot the perfect day Lay The Tie people of ot my lilY 1 fulth of tho tue domi nant mat Church In Utah do not hot desire Isolation They want to stand side by b side with wiLls lh the tho loyal loul patriotic citizens of ot our land meeting mc with courage the problems of the tue hour the tho th dangers dancer of or orthe the years ear and nOI the tue full ful responsibilities of ot the most mOt glorious citizenship the tho world has ever eer seen We have had and an still have hove our local differences and domestic Infelicities Hut the years |
