Show THE BILL PASSES the senate adopts edmunds flan ilan for prohibiting polygamy cr by NV V M tell 11 to the herald ars feb 16 in ill llo tile senate vest denounced the bill bil I as in every feature a bill of r attainder tta inder inflicting punishment without judiciary tr trial which was prohibited by the constitution he would not rive give his vote for the a of the hill bill though upon liia his assent to it should depend his future official life I lie I e believed it would subi substitute lor for an anti republican court in utah an anti republican arrangement pendleton objected to several fea tehres of tle the bill particularly to the one excluding from tile jury box known polygamist ht in trials gamy m v etc he lie said that in thi s the fa bill li i discriminated in abed against a ft man fa faithful ith to several wives and in favor of f the one holding adulterous relations ho ile regarded the measure for the reasons lie stated as intended to secure the punishment of crimes without conviction therefore ho lie gaio gave notice of amendments in these respects IS Sli flierman erman said iio lie would vote for the tile bill but doubted its he ile believed the time would soon come when some of the saints in authority in utah would have a new revelation fr ui to sources all would recognize and that in this N way ay lie would get nd rid of poly polygamy gainy by the voluntary action of its supporters ta alio I remaining committee arrango arrange nien menta ts and several sections of iho tile bill ull were then agreed to without further debate and the bill was reported to the senate as from tile committee of the whole brown then men renewed his amendment requiring requiring that not more than three of the members odthe of the board of commissioners shall bo be member the same political party agreed to b by a party arty vote yeas 20 noes 24 davis U of illinois voted ayo ave with tile democrats Democrat sand and mallone ivas was absent another amendment offered b by brown to the last section of ho the biti bill was that prohibiting the board from bising all any one on oil account of ili his opinion pinion on tho the s subject of bigamy g or polygamy saulsbury offered and advocated a proposition making tile L eveith eve nth section cc inapplicable to all aej persona sons now holding in tho tile territory defeated after the statement of edmunds that such amendment would render the bill nugatory ayes aves 13 noes 41 several amendments were proposed and defeated by decisive votes and after a rearrangement of ils its sections the bill finally passed by a viva voce vote in which no negative responses werch w ere eard the bill as passed is substantially the earno same as published by us in ill thursdays daily the principal change is the interpolation U a new section which reads reids as fol follows lowe SEC six that tho the foregoing provisions chall not affect the prosecution or pull punishment ishmen of any y offense offence already committed against the section amends amend cd ed by the first section of this act the former section then follows as section and the others in rotation and unchanged until wo we reach sec old bill or section adopted bill bl lh which ell has been amended in what appears to us its to be an all attempt at liberal mitigation of the b harsh ansh ro provisions ravis i ions it reads now a as follows w s SEC seca that all registration and elective of any description ill in the tile territory of utah are hereby dc de clarca vacant and each and every duty relating to registration lofv of voters ill the conduct of elections receive receiving ng or rejection of vote votes and canvassing and returning of the samo mme and in issuing of certificate or other evidence of f election in paid said territory shall u until n til other provision bo be roade made by the lq legislative isla tive tivo Assem assembly bilof of said d terr territory i atory as is hero here enacted by y this is section provided be performed under tinder egisti existing ng laws oatho united states and of sa said id territory I errit ory by proper persons who shall be appointed to execute such offices and perform such duties bya by a board office of five person sto bo be appointed by the president by and with the advice and consent conse t of odthe alie senate not more of whom v horn than three shall bo be members of one political party and a majority of whom shall be a quorum of mcm niem bere hers ofa of said aid board BO so appointed by the president they shall each receive salary at tile rat rate to of per annum and shall continue in office until the leg isla tive assembly of said territory shall make provision for fill filling ilig haid 07 offices as herein authorized the secretary odthe of the territory shall be secretary of said board and keep a journal of its proceedings and artesta eions of said mid board under this section tho the canvass and return of all votes at election in said territory for members of the tile legislative assembly thereof shall also be returned to said board which shall canvass all buch such returns and issue certificates of elections to those persons ns who bein being eligible for such election shall appear to hao have been lawfully law fully elected w aich certificates shall be the tile only evidence of the me right to of such persons to sit in such assembly b provided said board of five persons a dball all not exclude any persons other otherwise iso ell eligible to vote from the polls on account of any ny opinion such person may entertain on the subject of bigamy or polygamy nc rhall they refuse to count any such vote on account of tire opinion of the person castin casting it on the subject of bigamy or kubiet polygamy my but aae each house of auch ucal assen assembly ably after its organization shall have power codecido tode to decide cido upon elections and qualifications of its members and at or after the first meeting of the said i legislative assembly Ass Am whose members shall have bave been elected and returned according to the provisions of this act said legislative As assembly embly m may ay make such laws conformable to the organic act of said mid territory and not inconsistent with other laws of the united states as it deem proper concern concerning in the fill i ng of offices croper in n eaid territory declared vacant by this act |