Show THE MOST IMPUDENT SCHEME EVER CONCOCTED BASKET has had his say before the house committee on the judiciary he is the representative of the hungry seekers after office and the control of finances who have been working up tip the excitements excite ments and urging on th the e crusade that have for some time been hindering the progress of this territory it if sensible members of that committee can put aside tor for the time being the prejudices which they may have entertained against the very name of mormon and take a scrutinizing glance at the cause which mr baskin represents they cannot tail to be both amazed and disgusted here is a territory that has been built up from the barren ground by a community that are famed for their thrift honesty no nesty temperance frugality and union they have managed to keep it out of debt and to bring it into all the conditions contemplated in the institutions of the country to render it suitable for statehood there is one popular objection to them some of their number believe in marrying more wives than is the orthodox num per oer and practice what they believe but these have been deprived of all active participation in the gover government dment of the territory the remainder forming inga a very large majority of all the voters cannot be charged with this peculiarity that gives so much offense to some exceedingly sensitive people this majority by their ballots are able to elect their friends to the few local offices in the control of tile the people they will not vote for their enemies this exasperates the minority ot of the minority that is to say a few of the non mormon residents represented by mr baskin who want to rule in spite of the wishes of the people what they ask of congress through their attorney whom they have hired to do this dirty work is to disfranchise all tile the mormon citizens male and female so that the schemers may gain ain easy access to the offices and the treasury rea sur all the stories and romances wit with which mr baskin is charged are fabricated and to be used for this end and purpose such a monstrous pro proposition would not be listened t lo 10 for a moment in regard to any other people but these rogues count on the prejudice against the mormons cormons Mor mons to warrant their most infamous schemes for place and plunder think of it after the hardy pioneers and their immediate followers have subdued the soil and made macle the country habitable established good order and forced out of the sterile soil goo d food and comfortable dwelling places for man and beast a few scheming adventurers come among them ana attempt to gain complete con control crol un or extraordinary methods they now boldly ask congress to take away from the large majority the owners of the soil the working elements tile the very body of the community all political rights and privileges that they the plotters is the conspirators the professional politicians the ex offic officials bals place hunters but bummers umers and beats may inay walk into power tax the people who are to have no re representation lion and spend their money at will remember polygamy the great hobgoblin of frightened fogies bogies and smug faced Pharibe es cuts no figure in this question the voters are none of them polygamists it is simply a reposition proposition to give these few conscienceless and unscrupulous adventurers political control of the territory of utah for their individual use and benefit and a congressional committee can listen to pleadings for such an Int infamous amous scheme for two mortal mori inori 1 I hours I 1 wedo not believe however that it will have any 18 serious erious effect the peoples side of this important question will be properly presented and the ring delegate will have his labor and his fee for his pains such a barefaced scheme to un americanize a territory of the union and give a prosperous com community manity over to oppression end plunder has never before bem be concocted since tile the foundations were laid of the government of the united states |