Show UTAH UT IN CONGRESS the contest in committee Will wileta etal proposed bill by IV U telegraph Telee Teler raph mph to the washington feb 14 tho committee on elections Elec lions of the house to night considered the lie cannon calp bell cori contest teet another ion was casap ap pointed for tomo tomorrow to mo morrow arow morning a at which it is expected a decision doc ision ion will be reach reached ed opinion gen e rully ex CX d is that the committee will report in u favor avor of f se anding sending th ele election tion back to the people of utah it ia do hatful if a report will be accepted abed by the house a many of f the beet t lawyers of the body are agreed that the fact of cannons poly polygamous ganious record is not hood good ground upon w the house can legally deny idin admission while it is quita quite aitu the house to expel him on that at account count it is urged should lie now go back to the people lehe he would undoubted undoubtedly lv be re rop cc by ae large a majority as before and the rm it aou would d be rather to add to ilia hi power and popularity in the territory mould li lie I however bo first seated and allele ihen by bv a two third vote be ho lie could not again be admitted to tho the present house home if precedents are followed n nor or probably to any subsequent house WAA HINGTON feb I i uve tive willets illets of michigan today to day submitted to the house the bill heretofore agreed upon by the house judiciary committee to prevent persons ier sons living in poly pamy or bigamy froni front holding any civil office of trust or profit in any of the of tini united states and slid from front being dele pares in congress accompanying the bill is a report which decla declares rei that no person son elal under the ant authority hority of magr Oong roee hold any office who vitiate violat a statute that is justified and demanded by py the positive sentiment of c i ih bation in conclusion the report a ft it matters not in our jud judgment gmell thit mat this violation is excused or defended under tho the guiso of religion your commit committee toe recognize the fact that thi bill falls far short of what the country justly demands and that in many inan ru C ts we ae as representatives atie or the Y nation t boll will NY I fail i in n on our r duty if i f we d do not prosecute measures looking to a more radical treatment of an evil w which aich has in the last fifty years entrenched itself in our political system we propose to supplement this with other propositions that may perhaps elicit opposition as too radical but which in our judgment are absolutely necessary emary and these tb ea propositions aro being con considered by the tile commit tec tee in the meantime wo we p propose se this measure which is practical al in in its ts character to pas pass without an any considerable Uis dissent sent and nadae we hope I will V ill so commend itself to congre Cons th that at it may speedily become a law |