Mr. President. animated by such a spirit and governed by such teachings as I have indicated. have from the date of their settlement in Utah steadily increased in numbers. material resources. and influence at a rate that promises to seriously threaten the peace of this country before many years elapse. By means of their system of immigration and by their practice of polygamy their numbers have in the last thirty years increased fortyfold. They have occupied substantially all the valuable lands in Utah. and have secured control of all the water courses of the Territory and of a large portion of Arizona and Idaho. I understand it to be the fact that there is not one single drop of water in the Territory of Utah in the shape of rivers or lakes or springs that is not today owned by the Mormon Church or individuals belonging to it. Utah now has a population of 170.000. and Salt Lake City of 28. 000. there were 3.000 Mormon immigrants last year. and the Territory is rapidly increasing in population and wealth. The Mormons not only completely control Utah. but have sent thousands of their people into the neighboring Territories and States. These colonists vote as a unit under orders from Salt Lake City. and through them the Mormons hold the balance of political power in Arizonaand Idaho. and perhaps also in Wyoming.
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