| Show on the Statehood Bill POLYGAMY and the CHURCH the Congressional I From committee of ot O tho thon thoTh In m n Th M ak l uh ton on W oC O t tIO o dol eul 10 0 enable the tho people 0 j H Mexico I 11 II If and fl Now New fO nM tp cont admitted Into IntI tho Itie UnIon c en and nd al alI Ing with tl original I te v nm md d his LUCh ch After r K Jn f r vo uh h interruptions for Cor ford IJ a fl tioU p u 1 I hf hIt d nOW flO lt t rr J V h rK I gaiti Id to Mormon ormon n gj dill dIg up U n bavo eOlo fur tur turm n tim m and t sU upu upun UPon the th queN ues rma I of oC Arizona Ar I zona um nn 1 KOH lka of ot tl th but rulure n u I Boud houll much mich pro lIre proW fc tl W h thIs evening if IC there thero la fIr w no I fl who ho desires to take tt n tor or 11 l I Y oth T in h 6 about about halt half on un hour our on onI for shall to con l I i I 1 lo dude clue K ns fl R g ii h wi vIII hI 10 Mr nai have been con cont t aUr tr ter tr I I the dudt Mr Ir President Jr r 1 e I r MJ front om In II Mr 11 LET rOd n to what lil I t saId eald about po l 0 b ha bs I did dill not lay SU and nOI MUM m LU I v t there thre Is I 3 not 40 Dol DOl islanding what hu has IS ISalY nr th New Newn alY S b the from n re ra t that opinion 1 1 I I bane Jet Jersey y I Mr ad that I the Mormons arc UIO i o v n tze settled ll section of oC tOIl ot in a from seth tM the Mexican eXien wt set I I v tut but way m traI in th heart of ot one hO ot of the tho U Imen I of oC oni the tho th Milled states of or I tI Ita Old Ohi 85 95 5 probably per Iler I i I C Those tent ot Of t I b f v Ir ur Catholics hiL with the e a Mormon settle e el 0 t hosP that at l M Uon I m Protestants There here are IL American population In III Ini 1 3 QU aI of oC mining men i Ken ni rn m of that header While there therean an i MO a 0 thiS Hut ast fal fall I hll had evry every 10 m re rC tl about II to learn lear Belli setti ment They rhey were Mo or men on w of ot Chihuahua a aU U in 10 the th town tO 0 ChihuahUa flourishing town ton composed nl al of Mt with Ot etc elc Ct There was then thon tt u ad es d dif bul i J of dl about bout the Iho Mor Mr among tho the American r mo non lion I do not believe It la Is r ullon for tor to polygamy hI nu nuI in I i S country lyOd Is 18 Catholic If It I the Iho people did not Interfere I 1 am nm ami win paIn i t tt he e CahoJ l would f lr r KaI Will VIli the senator pardon I ne me for tor a I moment Mr tr Teller Mr 11 r Kem Does Dors not ot the senator senator know knoss Ilow that th colony at st Chihuahua ot of Mar Mor or mons and Is fostered by bythe He tie Mexican government Mr hr t Teller Teler I do not believe that the time an government fosters polygamy Tin The Mormons were encouraged of ot course une to come C In there thero by b the tho Mexican Mr le Rean hcan What were Mere they the when thc were d to come In there thele J Mr Yr And AnU while hUe there they were th Ib la maws s of or Mexico I Mr lit lr hin Thre is no law In II Mexico polygamy r Ter iler n there Is 03 D law uw In 1 o c polygamy Mr r thre therl th is U no law lal In II Col Colorado orado oldo against polygamy and yet ot if It n nan rD take tk u I I second wife whilst h bi first we tre II 8 i living we e have hwe got Rot n a ni nI aw i I w on bigamy that would put him In inthe the th penitentiary fur It It They have havo tho the thoum urns um law laI in I II M and they have hlo the Iho thein tin ur ia II In f r t v other civilized coun country countr try PT tr 50 10 o for as I I know I Mr ir Kran Y Mr President we wo hd had uh lUlb i law lal a in mhz States for Cor fori CorI i pat great r many man vars ars but It never nover was d In ta lI Ji was It I 1 Mr t T tier Her W Wi know there was n a 1 action n lUon m 10 I itah L tat wry very ry different from Crom that listing anywhere else ele Mr hr Ir Kean I an And so s there Is a different nt non cow nol tn to as lS there Is Ish h w eler r th h f t art at ar Mormons Mr It TIDe Tenet Tele That Is li what the senator ll ii Lq what he attempt Is U It to 10 pro prou I laid s tid I did Ild not believe if II t end and I want wat ti t repent r t that the sena senator sen tor lor has ham not nt ot i l j that Is hi In of n I t to o mi rn although he lie has W tf i it m at to that effect el t not notI I i f rI m in bl br t n else el nail and the then son n I 1 TI s ji S I in ml n to give Ive why wh I lid did MI Oc klev if II i van II UH t that I knew the Mex 41 J people pe pl ht u e t f nut not nt tolerated and I jil m fl t i K I a t polygamy rol my In II their da if jf r thy k r it If I polygamy pol amy Is d there thel It Is being belm ed jo rf ri ti nd not openly o The TheIn In tur IS a ass that It I Is practiced Jl If U I th means m to say UY 1 M hit thet hi the BO go 10 i of Mexico has his ltd it those tho Iho e f j r op oI c I there Ihre and Iran haA con COO lt le that they shall hll practice IL he h ought to t produce acme proof of oC ILI I do not no think tInk that this question qU of ot ston huB bus h th t thing thinK to do 11 this din dis and anti I want rant to say pay aI aly any I hope to anybody l lall t It Is U dragg 1 I m tn h re simply that tha Ib II Wi Li Wat ma in 1 b o That Tha t sib IH s o t it n I Hut lut t I think It Iti t 4 d I qUI i notable lt able If IC senators J 4 M ak up U dOd J a 01 1 rUN some som oilier other I lIs m of jp in n which might have haven 11 n t f i r this absolutely has hns D Mr J Ih the opinion M 04 yb Senal I o but It Is la o r ryne rne else ebe t r M Mr Ih r T I l J m ild ull b le be to abide ht l r 11 HI n f r almost aimon anybody ih lf at lai u thin and discussion o tf f n Il QUe QU haa as n nw Out not for Cor time tho rJ w cf cr up P M Mr lIr Ip sp P r M 1 tG tab r but bui r Ment Ilent 1 I Intend a but I sub TI TIt VM I t tl th K s 9 n ni r from Colorado Mr rr It h h has just ld I is n a aS ah uh h u is face hi I Is hardly S Ol on I 1 iS i 1 rending before the time tn 5 tor th uI j un n of at these terri tern u U ti l Is I II miron ng one It I is II about Mr a r It I a m ure M tU ho the th senate nato lV aid t jaM i l u Judgment Mr p M r T upon V i t I Sl El l I RT T to that nw iny In make ft a mis k kl n 1 mIl IM r i IV dl I these thele Fe n 1 but Lut If It tb te i v t tnt r I a n mistake ns u ut un tbt 1 en a n h i n I t next session of ot otI an ho r pena sena penal enah I l h p to lii t think about I 1 II a J territories once In dl n J r T are I a 1 I k II r 1 nd If make mako e makeI K I a y Ii n v tl option ton It I h is I ab oh c a iL iLE I ta n t f E Ih r i 1 important Im In con cn 4 IW wh ther st i I n tern t 4 i s at t t 1 I 1 into the Union In pe by a rep neim 1 f Ih h r h rt lath us and rep rp th g Ii by two senators r d Ihn Ih a population Ui II in l f IH h I tn n item ni to a It 1 i 1 11 tha than for tor the tl All n fir Car II z s t are re to consider ns n fl r b I r t tI i ors ra a i ji of oC f tile the I PU t I tb tt C nl 1 U it I Is II proper t er for forit fort t I t it I nd give great t t tt the t i I fly n of the Illiteracy l ii ira a mat nt 0 t I t nI As 0 t to tnt l to Inquire Into Int tib amr Jle the 1 IN questIon I Ul Ui H of ot the 8 Il 1 nI Is i attracting the t h Pal brIefly Wil thIs after 1 or th u aul ir n tb cl ci ue h lo flor the tenets I n fl I hUT bur ii be I as they exIst Ii t S theY Violate the laws ot of L CIr or not nol wh whether ther they b sn lC h lh theten by t Ie go o of common Ce do e coney concy of oC civilized mankind wh t In Inthe Inthe the light of ot the tho observations which wrt wr pr here yesterday Is a their to the time Church I Know klow not nut what th foot may onny mn be but bUl no can himself for or OI not stopping iong lonG enough enough to tu If It It 1 be Lo p whether r the Hie Mormons a large huge percentage too relatively of or time the population In New Nel Ne Mexico and Arizona owe we allegiance An i Mr Teller I bog beff the senators par pardon don domi dOl There Thelo are aro not Mormons Mormon In II New Mexico lew Mr l There are In Arizona Sir Arizona Mr J r Teller There are Iro not to exceed ex ceci GO 00 In Jn New Mexico Mr There ate are In Arizo Arlzo Arizona na nu inn 11 multi they thoy arl arc rapidly Increasing I Iam Iam Iama am ama Informed It I Is Important to whether they OWe an un obligation to the Chuich Chulch which Is Inconsistent with wih un en allegiance to the government GoVern meat The Tho may lOlY think It IH is a n t trifling mutter and aad an Intended only for Cor delay hut but with wll me inc It Il Is not that and ami aUl when we Ie weare are ore told 1011 hero here on this Moor floor foor that the tho Church In a n tato Itolo already admit ted tod controls state sate leading one easily to tim the conclusion lol I think that that territory under the tho circumstanced Wil was v is not nol ripe for admission although she has his contributed able ahle of oC this body men of ot ability and eloquence but when wo we e are told that ono one can not nol a candidate for the United States senate If It he he nn an 11 Apostle of ot me the Church or hold hohl n ti high In Iii II tho time Church even een If it I ln lie bo be 10 the tie choice of or the people of oC tho the state and desires to enter tho the public puhl service serI e without first time the con cnn consent consent sent of ot tho the hierarchy It Is legitimate to Inquire at a the tire threshold of ot this pro pr credit how far that tha t domination Is If to bind time the population In a n territory which h Into time the Union I do 0 not care earo at nt this timI time to enter In Into Into into to a n general rl discussion of ot thin measure I shall I trUsts trust have hM to say about abou t It before beure this bill bi reaches n a I vote I never have uttered anything In this timis senate In the 12 years car I have havo had hal the tho honor to be bo a t member of or It I for tor tho time pur ODe of oC obstruction and I shall not do doso so 50 now but r f I for or one fel foel that the he In Information Information formation which has hIL ma been bEen brought be before 11 before fore Core the senate today toda and the time Information Information tion ton which In a 1 frank und end clear way I was given Riven to the tho senate day before yes yesterday es afternoon Is not only Information Information tion ton of oC Importance In arriving at ul u a proper conclusion on Ott this th subject but Information which ought to challenge e ethe the time careful thought of oC members memora of oC this thin body Lod I shall shah refer reCer to It hereafter but butI I should hate hato to have my I friend from Colorado Who vho ho Is generally tolerant und and nd charitable to his hil associates here attribute to me ne In what hat I may here her hereafter hereafter after say Bay about that phase of at this tub sub subject Joel a disposition to 10 filibuster Mr Teler rr President I believe bleve I am nm quite ns t capable of appreciating tho importance of or the time question whether I these territories ought to be 10 admitted as ns states us lS anybody else I r have not In the slightest degree deglee minimized the time Importance of ot It I did dil remark and perhaps It was WaR 1 not nol entire entirely entre ly I Justifiable for tor I 1 doubt whether any uny anyone one has hI really any nr right In this body to w reflect upon the time motives of o a sena It I seemed to mo omo 10 the time debate had hind drifted on 01 to a n feature of o It as to which ough to have ho any par pr particular fear and as fl to which I do 10 not have aimy ml myself Of Ot course courso If It I 1 believed that tho tIme s BS s stern tern tent of oC polygamy was Wn va tolerated by b time the Mormon Church I 1 should have a n dif different I ferent feeling about It I do not be believe behove hove lieve that there ther Is any probability that I the tho th few Cow thousand Mormons down In Arizona wi ll IlI dominate that state politically cally caly religiously economically or In any cony other way va a or that they the will wi adopt nn system of oC plural marriages c or any anything thing timing of oC that kind that would be ho offen offensive ofen sive le to 10 time the morals of ot this country I will wIl not say Ray that senators who say they ate are about it are Irl not alarmed alunnO because benu I have no right to gay ay RY It but It I does not frighten me Sir Mr r President Mr President the tIme question of oC the ad od missIon ml lon of or a n state Is Important The Time good go faith of oC this country was waB pledged years rs ago ao to admit time the people of ot New Mexico and amI Arizona ArIzona Into tills this t lis Union It I 1 II iii true It Il may mn bo be b presumed that wo we reserved to ourselves oU the th right to do IC It Il when our Judgment sail said fal they time tho should houll come In but ut we e to take these thle people tople In We AVo never Indi Indicated to the Mexican government when Ie ve we took tok that cession that we wo were wore to wait walt until they the were svere or 01 until the majority of oc the population had become Americans We Wo said Raid to them your lour people shall be he treated as ns fl our people When there ther are enough h of oC them themI we 55 I 0 will Wi admit them Into time the Union as ns we admit our people Wi Will the tho th senator deny den that that was the tIme spirit Mr Yes dr sir I deny len It I Mr Mn Teller Walt a I minute That Is IA not In the treaty but will wi the time senator deny that that thol was tho the spirit of or the treaty trat What are we to do Io We take this We take you Ol In as part of ot ourselves We are going to make a n state of or you Ou There were no Amen Ameri Americans cans calls there then thon at nt nil all al Mr lr Spooner The treaty differed dUr red from tram the treaty trot and other treaties Mr Mn And every treaty Mr And every treaty trat treat In that It I provided that they the should hould be he ad nl admitted mottled Into Inlo the Union at nt the time proper time to be judged jud r of oC by L Congress Mr Ir Teller Mr Ir Spooner That probably would 1 it I ought to bo be 0 Implied any ony anyway vay way We e have admitted several status states out of ot the time territory that was WIS va acquired under iter the tho treaty trea treat of oC Mr Ir Certainly Mr lr Spooner The senators own on state Mr Teller In part Mr Spooner In part Utah Nevada California Hut flut Mr Jl President President tom for fo my may myself tY self I fInd no obligation In that treaty and I 1 certainly would not nt seek ek to Im Imply Imply ply one which binds hInds my conscience to admit New Mexico Into time the Union as a state with u a 1 population lel low iesi than tan that of oC the time unit of oC representation especially If It time the elements which compose that population are not lot such in my Judg Judgment judgment ment considering the general genera Interest as a to entitle them to admission It I ha ka IUli been a 1 great many man years since that treaty was made It I has been hen a I long Ions Ion longtime time since It I because a n territory and Ind I Ido Ido Ido do not myself take very ry kindly to tha claim of ot that portion of the people POI there thero who sho are ure Mexicans to come Into the Union If I they timey do not care enough about our I Institutions to learn the time language of ot the country If Ir the business of o the th courts must be ue curried carried on through an nn ter It If an aim Interpreter must sometimes g gInto C gInto Into tIme the In order that Amerl Amen cans and und Mexicans may by tho the use of oC Interpretation get at ot what the judge charged charge the timo Jury jur or what the time witnesses testified or to explain the tIme views of o one oae set Mt of oC jurors to another I do not It 11 lila seem to the senator but U It I does doel not seem serm to me a 8 n good gol foundation for this everlasting status of or statehood which with all ni It involves the time power and responsibility Hut But I 1 beg the senators pardon pl on I did not mean to take |
