Show y owr 17 CAIM ON CASE the discussion on tte disputed Dispute a acle gate ship by TT U Telez mph to the HE Ift jan 10 mr cox followed mr haskell and then mr ILIr mccord sent to the clerks desk aud and had read a resolution which lie ile said ho be would offer at the proper time trine as a substitute for the pending resolution it recited that utah is under und erthe the control of an association which maintains maintain immoral doctrines and practices of polygamy in violation of the constitution oatho united Stat states and in insurrectionary ur ary iry defense of the executive and judicial power of the government tl that t the territory Verri territory tory thus usurped by tai the baiba roua institution of polygamy belongs belong sto to the united states that the federal government stands responsible in the sight of god and at the bar of enlightened public opinion of the civilized world for continuance ti nuance orthis of this crime against morality and marriage and that the institution of polygamy is a usurpation by mor ni mons ns incapable of any constitutional exit existence and utterly law lawless lessi and resolving that the solemn duty is cast on congress to wholly absolve the federal federa I government from any sufferance or countenance of the institution of polygamy and by every means in n its to enforce laws against it that it is inconsistent with the rights and dignity of the house piat eliat the territory of utah which isso ia so flagrantly controlled by the institution of polygamy polygamy should not be entitled to representation on the floor of the house that the iele delegate rate claiming a scat seat from that territory y is hereby disqualified and thas all papers in this case be referred to the committee on elections with instructions to present a bill declaring with effect the judgment cynt e of the house as herein express ift mr mccord proceeded to make an exhaustive argument in support of his p proposition position ion I mr r burrows mich argued in favor of referring tho whole matter to the committee on E elections and brown and voorhees con tended campbell should bo be given his big scat seat on the artma facie case mr air converse converst ohio took still another ground bodding holding upon the certificate taken in connection with other papers in ili the case that cannon was entitled to bo be sworn hiscock and cox having engaged in an oral war in ili v which aich robinson joined hiscock blask ll askell ell demanded the previous question which being eing seconded ei cutoff marsh larsh who desired to offer a resolution directing the committee on elections to report on the fact whether either of the claimants were practical mats mr haskell stated lie desired to offer a resolution giving givin certain instructions to the committee on elections in case the matter was referred to it it was read its is follows whereas IVI tereas polygamy has been for many years and is isnow now practiced edin in several Ferrito territories rici of the united states in contra contravention bention of the laws t thereof hereof sec II 11 S I and whereas 1171 tereas T there has been leen admitted into former con congresses of the united states a delegate from the territory of utah who lias has been received in the house of representatives as such while ping polygamous marital relations vide documents in the contested election case of cannon vs campbell therefore lie be it resolved as ag the fixed and final determination termination Je of the house of representatives of the forty seventh congress that no person guilty of living in polygamous marital relations clat ions or t teaching or instigating others to do so 80 Is is entitled to be admitted in this house as a delegate from a territory of f the united states the reading of this resolution was received with applause randall raised a point of order to the effect that the resolution was not germane to the case un uner consideration he ile protested against the idea that in voting upon the pending resolution es members yere were expressing any opinion on the subject of polygamy the speaker said tb the e resolution did not give gite such instructions to the committee as were comprehended in the rules and ruled it not in order mr reeds substitute was then adopted to 24 the negative votes totes being all republicans and the contested case was thereby referred to the committee on elections mr haskell then desired to offer as a privilege question the resolution given above but was cut off by adjournment journ ment |