Show pa ma oni OMI OF byl jn in mhd tle howo of april 19 1882 1882 below teoful nuli full I 1 tet text of the th a beeh pech ch alq ca 0 Q winon ninon in tho rouse dixous e pt representatives on ou the question of of the delegate from ulah utah W it p lace ince out of its ith order I 1 lr in the tho ada delate ta aa as wo we know that his constituents aro are anxious top to bee eee his marka remarks ro several ieta ax irn iru pd followed hinc of the tho dav to will evih b pusca ird ft in the regul regular at order nv n i mr speaker As I 1 hampl P pared ared any ly yell will leel icel greatly obliged bor mc i m if they will hilll anlow ige ide to tb proceed with what r have havo to bay eay without interruption 1 dalos did dog nog dot esnell i ven when ib this s debate tr to f to 0 o fitly filly this n uns the khouri arieti hueh buch euch pu ela cla aa p I 1 thin klias has araen arisen ara AXA en I 1 would w uld apel jp 0 Q amr dmn tin hir speaker speak or y IF I 1 ouid get tb ohp opportunity thit has bas leen been jno juo id now owl to goback goba ihei thed pk should tho the house housa noto voto voto that hav hat this A 1 cai cat eai ca ia is vacant to my constituents constituent a without baylas something jn reply 0 10 o the tile many gh arges urges ch have bave b ay e beon b been een cen mada mado ns t t thein 7 I 1 P ps this tJ 0 bAte ae lam iam 14 in CP rte arte d r by py ono one reflect I 1 i on I 1 that oil CIL christianity r is t la WhId which chaj Ebal has bas s been c on BO ia much irl III tich ilch vaunted upon till tili ahlf floor and xv which b le h hafl ben befu bon held up m contradistinction slon sion fo to that r top tov which wany luany of ni my ants lup u was as itself a epe epo cute eute and its flunder founder was waa cru cinea between two thieves th leyes leves and from that day until the present every man who has ever erool among iris liis to decaire chlon camo in conflict with popular ideas hs in ili almost every instance had ad to toty 0 jay ay iy dohn down his life as a 6 proof op of tho the sincerity 6 of 1 hia hla colv that which ho lie b ha thero there has beep no po end atalee de falee faleo late ments made on this floor t the 0 por pop lewitt which 1 X l am connected but while a this flood of false state statements debts 1 M been bourin g over the country co can t arx cern corning illg ilig i ho he peaple of utah a voice has been bec bee u huard hoard ba lin thorde ce tense choso who attempted od to bay eay something favorable con conc coming drin crIn them in tho the first discussion which took place upon ho the utah caso case were sneered at and arad were derided and laughed almost out of to prevent them from saying a word vord ord oid respecting tho the industry tile tho gabd order or other good qualities the people of utah ro foss fess sir that people ha havo have i vo buffered suffered iier iler per but I 1 did not ilot expect the tho day would como when gir an the floor ot of the Ame american rican Con congress gros grog the fact that they had been baen driven jive live times from their homes would be cited as a reason why why thov they should detill be jil ill treated and why hy further man abound to 0 adopted them nut but this hai bai beeri beeta ibe tho eme ekse in th this is decu ision the fact fuat taht hy lived jn in olito ohio the thu fact that they lived in missouri tl the e lived in illinois t and find fact that they in e lived in illinois t and find fact that they i that driven out they took thern their flight into the wild erneso has ha been urged as a reason wh why Y they should be treated now aa as i proposed ed as has beail bean enacted ia in tho law that has passed this body and pasted the other house nind rind and that iq now on the statute booi bool and aleo also n leons sa a reagon reon re ar on why me tho people should bo dopf ived or of their bopre sen tation on this floor in til 1847 x air cikor lher in with ja jn large number of oili elbs eles 1 I 1 reached utah territory which v Ws then a portion of the mexican vo re public while wo we were at council bluffs in tho the summer of I 1 1846 SIG a demand was mado maid by tho federal the trav elino elinn was mado maid by tho federal the trav elino elinn upolu upon traveling eam cam camps of tho the mormon mannon people for AV laivo 0 hu hundred d young men to enlist in a battalion to go to california and night fight fl Y ht in tho the mexican war those young men and aud they helped with others of their thoi thel countrymen in and securing california which then com prisca whai whal is now utah territory and adjacent orle including the now state of 11 nevada boford bodor 0 the treaty of grad Gnad slue iii ili hidalgo dalgo wo we had reached salt lako lake city and ono one of our first acts after ye aching reaching that was to holst hoist tho the united stater slater flag and to take possession of the tho country tg as citizens of tibe the united states stats though we had fled flod from religious persecutions there was deeply implanted I 1 ax ii our hearts a iove jove for tho the institutions of this coun country try we WO knew new that there waa no form of government upon the face of the earth that could be compared with this under which wo ive dwell that the largest possible liberty that man cd could uld d desira desire e sira could bo be enjo enjoyed cd un der fief this can constitution which had been imen secured by po many sacrifices 1 and though wo plight bavo havo formed alliances ath other othere with neighboring power there was no disposition of chath tha nd tho the people wera were fondly attached 0 to o their country io to its institutions and to its tion at tnt tat time tine there were comparatively ively few of forea foreign tarth irth among tho the people A No provisional visional government was armed ai quickly as bich the popple ople aple dwelt until aljy tey tev could airing their condition beford before aa am igop as practicable delegat delegated eo were vere bent sent down to washington asking ashing for tho of 0 tho country ay as tho state of Deseret idin y tbt tb oltie title eitle that wab waa waa given kiven ito sto 0 the provisional government ahaion I 1 Y babbitt babai f t came down dowil here liere in 3 olin solin lyl bernahe Bern hicel aina arna camel camet down afterward afterwards si bot boi ot of ohp tham pa ha ag delegates delegal ks tile tiie people who as 1 I hav kaid bud a provIs provisional lonal ional government aul ani enacted jaws aws for begov he of I 1 he au country atry nud aud nd the of food in IA utah territory WE was g organized organised sed at aft the aano arno une alme thai that ahat X new lesick 11 cloa was wab organized 6 sam Eam a me time elimo ta california wag admitted ino tho the our dur pati bo bp adf adi admitted i cl os as a state stafe was denied ut but W we e t were grabbed h a tp territorial form af pf govern cirii benr to first governor of do the territory who was appoint appointed eo was brigha brigham in yeung concerning ramly nud gud nd the tho bize BIZO of A 1 tuo ge gentleman t ae m fram sj 1 L ab told you yesterday he mai waa appointed by acted odus edus as such governor for four years at the tho expiration of that term franklin Fran hlin pierce who was then resident of the united states re rp him governor gover norand rand land cecon he con to act not in that capacity until the expiration of the second term p 1 four yea sea as 3 john at barnhisel Born hisel came here hero as th tha e delegate from arom that a gentleman wham some fen few new of the older members here will recollect a jhan ihan mau who in every way adorned the position eions and whoa conduct in lire and every thing pertain inz iaz 19 to him was unexceptionable krowas ho was heril hero fot one nearly welve twelve yeara seara no fie served i was unexceptionable krowas ho was heril hero fot one nearly welve twelve yeara seara no fie served bee bei besides lides tides the liwe unie MV urh uru tua taa jusits aaa aau IV drita tive offis of his people fu tu the te organization of trie trio territory during his hia term of service here the lav lay of which allusion has haa been nado M was MAs As eb enacted acted bo he was a Nt as the term goes goetel ho he had more wives than one as also had bad the governor of utah territory who served the tho elg eight tycia jears for which he had been app appointed cited in IM william wliilam Wil wll llara it hooper was elected to berve servo sa as delegate from utah ulab and continued to arvd arvo until 1873 when when george QC Q cannon non was elected ada ava came here liere to congress with the exception of 01 one term teim that was by a gentleman marlof of the name nume of kinney those abrea three men choso ericso names I 1 haqq given giver have lave represented utah ulah territory bil on thib this floor during the entire period of the existence of ut utah all ail as a territory now nearly tah tytko aniro years J I 1 during luring all ali that t time me not a ques tion tiou bas haa been raised except that to abich allusion has haa beoni cade in this discussion tho tha question in a myo w n case in tho r orty t liard Cori corl congress gress grebs my seat beat was waa contested ds a a the tho ecat reat heat of my hd been not hot because ao he was to the charge of ulo uro ul 4 cpr for jt it war was wag well known ho he had but one wife his seat beat vaa vas yaa contested on the tho ground thet that ho be was a mormon and iw his con claimed mormon wab waa entitled to a beat seat on this oils floor tho the first man who contested his hla seat sent lad had votes against upward of votes given for mr noh B osper per T tul dil din pali man camo came hera hero and remained during g the entire bession cession annoying the sitting delegado Dele 14 gao gwo with knelm to the seat ecat it was during tut lut cont con jest test that all ali this matter matten jv ysa waa pub p tib dished which has hag been quoted on tho he edther side sido during luring it was reported bya by a nj member embe of che iho COmmitte committee coll on elections JrOniN ew sori sorl who made rando this thia ra bert po rt individually and though appe appo appearing ring on tiie flip record was waa responsible for it 1 that leport report was entirely his hia own and it was cz part parl a and ian iun contra ducted thur thoro 0 was As no fair opportunity port unity biven liven iven to the tho th people eople whom it malig maligned peel pett to meet and disprove the statements which it oon con ed and lik ilk eother statements which aich are constantly beina belna bein boin made they are again and again quoted as though they were wele were truo true because they appear in thih this report to Clori congress gress and aud if contests should uley vicy 1011 henba be aba again quoted aud and hesako kind of ex paric statements which are equally unfounded ded will probably be quo quoted to froan the Ape speeches enes emes which gentlemen have mado here hero today in reality they will wih pot hear bear the least investigation for they are without foundation iii in fact on oil thoad day of november isso 1580 in in a convention of delegates relegates ie leates ates from all parts of the tho territory of received on in my y part cart tho nomination for delegate to this thit 11 housel dusl dusi notwithstanding a all nil 11 that has been said fald about chu church roh vand a nd bf state ote r T abert alert heto hero that there is no plade place in th the united gattes where there ia Is greater freedom and greater liberty for the v of opinions by tile tiie lle ile lie people rec biag the men wham whom apley they wish tosef ve them thom than thau than thau afif Ts in ht the ibe of ulah ulan ulah our political organization I 1 pt irely distinct distin eV from pur church organization ift q 0 til that aitse the fhe member members of jko jno gil cli church are are arp wb wm of 0 ahe the fortys because ilio yarb fill ahafia th afla afia the people now n a rd 1 ac cording to tle tio vie yie members s or that church wp havo have hanono no aia pid ala arient er javery aery mau ap u is la a preacher who an IP i I 1 lutawa man i amongas fron afo tap midst of US tiye tife in uaen on alq MO baik called 0 to preach very frequently I 1 previous I 1 nota no tico fico all th em ales alea over twenty one years yeara of age i e 0 oford feo fAo odre re pule hold hoid office in hul tho church itis it Is this and this alone which can ean give any color to the statements that thero there is a conn connection action between church and state now how I 1 wish to say hero here that though I 1 have lave had probably as its much influx nce noe in 14 political matters mattern as mot of the men in the territory of utah occupying as I 1 do a position of confidence among the pe pei pwe pie I 1 can state on oa my honor that beyond thio trio of or an as a citizen when aked at al na rip time and under tinder no circumstances circum es have I 1 endeavored endeavor eil ell to influence any moan roan or any holy boly burmen id iti the territory of utah the me selection q f bt jt a any auy uy one ono they had in view for office I 1 hayo haye 4 not ot myself used any influx influence 0 lice lico of that kind that could could possibly bo be called by any one Ini improper proper when I 1 speak myself of course 0 o I 1 speak of my Ini improper proper when I 1 speak myself of course 0 o I 1 speak of my own know knowledge leage ledge mut but I 1 think I 1 I 1 ean can say eay t ano 0 same bame for the rest of the leading men of utah whatever influence they hava hav iosef alsed has haa been een always to have the people select and vote for men mon who would worthily fill the tha offices khow knowing ing the jealousy fhern is is abroad respecting this mattei matter there is the greatest care exercised 0 so o as to 10 prevent anything from occur ring aing aich would give ifo coor to the prejudice existing upon this point yet of whore men h ava avo in m if bre are asked their views will iii always havicon have considerable sid erable wel wey weight all forms forma of political procedure prevail in utah as in other territories and in the states fantes the people OP e hold their primary rn meetings etangs elect delegates legatos ie and ni those delegates meet in in convention tomo tomi times ins ducted whom hor rithey they anro to and sometimes nat norland and every delegate has the right to express s hi hf views in favor of or gain stany candidate and ta V voto oto ote for whom he ahas pleases res ses and aar n thel the secret ballot PT prevails in utah there can possibly be 60 no anter fe faience ence on tho the part of any odo one to prevent citizens from expressing their unbiased choice for any candidate it was ri 21 convention of iha this kind composed of delegates from all parts of the territory which nominated mo me as delegate to congress iliad I 1 bad had given my fi friends lends 1 to understand that I 1 was not a candidate and had done to upon every previous occasion when ahad I 1 had been nominated for you jot 1 know gentlemen the position tin 1 I have bavo occupied occasion when ahad I 1 had been nominated for you jot 1 know gentlemen the position tin 1 I have bavo occupied here now for fhi hta ab nb years is ouri onre which no ono ona capable of filling the place would desire to cecur occupy 17 itis it is jbf pled ant to be made a targe afo overy every roan mail who wishes t to 0 ga gain 11 1 ere arc credit for his hia moral morally kiy to albi hia arrows at ht in coming here liere bo however wever I 1 ha hano havo been sustained by guantes that I 1 was al at d post of duty tah where ere I 1 it was necessary for some bome someone one represent to t the people and that I 1 had the he solid support of my nay cons titu enta enla it was the unanimous feeling of the dc delegated don dok gates gatea coming from a all ali 11 parts rag of the territory mat that I 1 should be nominated dul dui received their unanimous vote at that time I 1 |