Show EXTENDING THE INFAMY the following la Is a washington special to the herald may 7 there was another scene in the republican state stealing drama enacted before the house committee on territories this marn morning i ilg mr murphy secretary tary of arizona appeared before that committee and made an argument in favor of the admission of arizona as a state he said he was a republican had resided there seven years and thought he knew the wishes of the republicans republican of that territory in regard to the ad mission admission to statehood after speaking upon the resources of the country he stated that the people desired to come in with a constitution that had all the safeguards of the idaho constitution in it as against the mormons cormons Mor mons that they lid did not desire to see their state admitted under conditions that would permit the mormons cormons of the surrounding territories to be unloaded u por them mr mansur of missouri a member of the committee in charge of the arizona bill asked him how many mormons cormons there were in the territory of arizona murphy estimated them at 1200 voters and said that they were generally democrats mr mansur said I 1 you propose then to disfranchise ise them outright on the same ground that you would disfranchise the chinese Chine seV upon murphy answering in the mr mansur asked him how many he be knew or could vouch form for as living in that territory in open polygamy or bigamy murphy replied that he did not know mr mansur then queried if there were twenty fl five ve in the territory tt murphy thought that there was he was asked if he would not compromise by requiring ring them to take a test oath and not ask to have them absolutely dis franchised murphy said what he be wanted was a safeguard safe gurd rd put in the enabling act ot Con grese as a precedent to their admission then ithen said mansur you are unwilling to submit the question to the people ot of atea in the formation of their after some hesitation murphy replied that if it were left to the people of that territory they would vote down that proposition I 1 mr said in a jocular spirit but which mr murphy took seriously are you not willing to take the conditions of the constitution of wyoming in your enabling act and inasmuch as the women are generally the better part of creation we will let the moran women vote iu in arizona as in wyoming if you will let the mormons cormons vote murphy answered that he did not want to make any compromises on the matter he wanted a constitution with the safeguards of idaho mr mansur in speaking of the incidents afterward said that he understood that practically all the mormon voters in arizona as in idaho were Demoe democrats rats while in wyoming the mormons cormons have generally voted the republican ticket it thus appearing that it was only the democratic mormons cormons in the territories that were to be franchised disfranchised dis congressman springer created quite a sensation in the house yesterday by reading to a knot of democratic friends the telegram of words which he received from salt by the ma mass meeting of democrats held there last saturday night the resolutions denounced the efforts to disfranchise Mor who had violated no law and were very gratifying rat y ing to the opponents of dis die arah 1 t in congress as going to show that their course was fully endorsed by the followers of jeffer son and jackson living in the midst of the people whom the baskin cul lom bill proposes to disfranchise |