| Show s OUR REF reflections al ON THE THIRD legislature OF UTAH maid IM all the business bui iness before the two branches of the legislature was wa finished up and shortly after 12 it adjourned date it would have hate been much mua better for the people in general if it hai had adjourned without transacting any business for only three bills cf any importance were enacted into lawa namely the university or the educational cat ional billa bill by representative cummings the fire and police bill hy by representative lloyd and the bill to establish an art institute by mrs representative home these three measures possess more merit than all the other measures of course coune the appropriation bill is of considerable importance and provisions were made for expending larger sums sum of money in every direction and the people eventually will have to shoulder the extra amount or sums which has been so lavishly and reck recklessly lenly appropriated appropriate ik by the he expiring orthe or the third legislature of this commonwealth there V was much to be accomplished in the way of legislation and plenty of room and time to evolve many reform measures but belt be it said aard to the everlasting discredit credit waua and disgrace ais Hrace th that attha the legislature felt that it was far better to spend alt all their time in a mad effort to elect a united states senator or rather not to elect tha hie secret sebret and d underhanded methods and influences which were resorted to in order not to accomplish that purpose were were reprehensible in the extreme several high officials of the mormon church who affiliate with the republican party andone who endeavors to blow hot ard and cold at the same time used their influence openly and above board to prevent the election of it a democrat to the united states senate on one ond occasion mccamon we observed apostle apostles leF JF AL Lyman who is a republican Republic im lobbying on the floor in the interest of hou hon W H king on another occasion it is said that the hon am 0 W powers powe exerted all the influence which he possesses pos we n es in in behalf of the ahe hon geo Q cannon who is a republican and an advocate I 1 of the single gold gola stin standard dard one ot th the re relatives and strong m of ca the hon W H B king waited state Seh senator ator J V 1 offer to wa his vote to A aad ahw fiand up in the joist assembly and aia denounce mr mccaan swa aaa sw a briber but sei senator robem aabak would ald not do 0 o ivi al I 1 what desperate tricks some men div will VM resort toy in order to accomplish a car certain purpose aund ok rat tie brained made bob ia t oat 1114 I 1 e for bior A pi pi ceala receive money to td abit W a a Y alt these I 1 ip ahr W Q a S jn y j 4 vw a n 3 jt t bs u aki tk K Q P nf 1 rt TM 77 WAC 71 w arve I 1 t 1 W 51 it ning ang would strike the president of the senate or the hon D 0 rideout but in this thia they were badly mistaken others other permitted themselves to be led around by the nose by the hou hon P H Lz lannan arthur pratt P F J X cannon and emeral several other well known enemies of democracy yet they claim they were battling for a holy and righteous cause it is believed by many that at least some of those composing the minority and the supporters of frank J cannon the republicans all took a hidebound hide bound oath not to permit a free silver democrat to be elected to the senate unless he first came and himself before their feet these factions all cau cussed cuned together towards the last and resolved that they would withdraw from the joint assembly in a body in order to prevent the election of a united senator think of it ye sons and daughters of democracy that men claiming to be democrats will permit themselves to be controlled by such influences think of P H lannan C C Goo odwin and the hon geo Q cannon cracking their whip over the democratic legislature and making its members do their bidd bidding think of democratic legislators being compelled to nominate aud and support a member of the first presidency of the mormon church chuch in order to satisfy the whims and follies of a few disgruntled grant led would be democrats Democrat al talk about national politics there is no such a thing there is is no republican or democratic party iu in this state and there will not be as long as men can be swayed by their religious influences not aa til the people rise up in their might and declare to the world that a few ambitious leaders 0 of f the dominant church must and shall refrain from controlling and dom dominating ding the political affairs of utah the third legislature will go 90 down into history as the most incompetent body that has ever existed many of its members were no better qualified to serve in that capacity than we are to go forth and preach the gospel |
