| Show BASKINS LATEST BILL the following is a herald special from washington april 16 in the house committee on territories oriee today the new bill to disfranchise the mormons cormons in utah was discussed for a short time an amendment making the disfranchisement diff ranch isemena applicable to all the territories was adopted by a strict party vote the rhe democrats opposed the measure all through but the republicans seemed determined ter mined to push it to a vote at once without giving further hearing to the bill claiming that the test oath proposition had been so recently argued before them on the idaho admission bill that the committee was in possession of all the facts during the discussion delegate dubois stated that at the late conference in salt lake the president of the mormon church bad declared that there would be no further revelation received by the tahe church from which dubois argued that if no further revelation was received polygamy was irrevocably fixed upon the church his statement being disputed he be claimed to have the official proceedings to verify it W hen 12 arrived the democrats objected to further consideration and the bill went over till wednesday next it is arieta un understood tood that the delegates from arizona and new mexico will appear with delegate C caine adne in opposition to the measure when it comes before the committee again it is now believed that it was the intention of struble of iowa woo who introduced the bill in the house if it had bad gone through the committee today to have asked the house to consider it when the committee on territories was called for billas during the morning hour delegate smith of arizona is ie violently opposed to the bill he says it will disfranchise 1000 mor mons in his territory scarcely a fraction of whom are polygamist polygamists isu and all of whom are peaceable and law abiding citizens he characterizes the measure as an outrage and says that its sole purpose is to make arizona republican when it will be admitted as a state chairman baker of the territories committee who in spite of his agreeable personality is a bitter aad unscrupulous par partisan tells me ti than the purpose of the bill is to prevent the mormons cormons from colonizing some of the new states like V wyoming yom ing or arizona and oklahoma after the latter shall be admitted Con contrary to his announced intention of leaving for new york several days ago baskin is still here he and governor thomas were seen together for some time at the capitol capital today it is believed that both thomas and west are assisting baskin in urging the passage of the biu bill |
