Show THE MORMON PROPERTY A herald special gives the therol fol lowing synopsis of col Broadh speech in washington lon on july washington D C july 19 the house committee on judi judiciary clarY had a special meeting this morning moraine for the purpose of hearing bearing colonel james 0 broadhead of st louis in opposition to the bill which passed the senate some weeks ago providing for the distribution of the personal property of the late corporation po ration of the mormon church to the public schools of the territory of utah mr broadhead contended that the distribution would be a violation of all the doctrines which had heretofore obtained relative to the property of religious and charitable corporations he said in effect though a corporation might be dissolved the charity lived forever that where money or property was contracted to a charity the objects of which were various eveia even should some of the objects be illegal all the remaining legal ones were entitled to the use and benefits of the funds had all the facts been before the supreme court it would have experienced no difficulty in arriving at a conclusion in accordance with this view but the object to which the funds were devoted by the late corporation po ration loD the care and support of the poor the building of temples and other houses bouses for the worship of god the education of the children of christian members and other legitimate durpos P were not shown before the courts judge broadhead Broad bead presented a worn sworn statement from the chief clerk of the mormon church showing that the church luring during the year 1889 had disbursed for charitable purposes which were perfectly legitimate he quoted largely from legal authority showing the law governing private societies and what the equities were in a case of the kind under consideration he reviewed certain points of the decision of the supreme court delivered by justice bradley and contended that congress should not interfere in this matter by passing this bill or any other let the supreme court decide to what use the funds should be devoted consistent with the intention of those who donated them which would not be the case if they were devoted to the public schools of the territory of utah colonel broadhead spoke over an hour and was listened to with mark od attention he was asked many questions uee tiona which he be answered apparently to the satisfaction of the corn com the argument was reported and the chairman announced that it would be printed for the use of the committee and he invited judge broadhead to elaborate any point he desired as the committee wanted all the information he could give them ou OB the subject |