Show TH THE UTA UTAH H BILL T senator stor edmunds finds himself second don quixote BT EY W U to the HERALD ncR ALn fob feb 23 the senate resumed consideration of the utah bill she he pending question being belig ou Blair fl amendment mauna waking the pros pro hibi tion of voting appi y only toper to t op per sons tried and con convicted evicted of polygamy polygamy or r bial my amy instead of to al all females amendment dicent di nent lost ayes enoc noes at 37 lo logan loan an believed polygamy to be ile a calcei cancer in the body politic which should be cutout bithe by alie loots roots fo rehe he would mould voto vote for this bill or for any other legislation within the constitution ution of the united states to extirpate this evil and if it legislation should fail and he lie could have li his ia way ay he ile would resort to stronger measures call said the bill was a direct attack on tho the constitution of the united states and a flagrant insult to tho the christian religion and argued that if congress is authorized to deprive citizens of the right to vote because of an opinion they might entertain of the propriety of having more than one wife it would hare haye an equal right to prescribe the possession sion ofa of a dozen wives er or the practice of strict celibacy as a necessary qualification for the exercise of the right of suffrage polygamy would be hed by attacks ortho of the christian religion and the of our civilization an d aur economic laws lav s ingalls moved to amend section of the tile bill so as to prohibit the voting of omen women in any territory in the lie united states edmunds opposed the amendment because he lie desired to confino the operation p of this law to the special question for which it was framed frame dand and not to raise tho the general question offe of female malc suffrage after discussion in which jones of florida beck garland and maxey took part a vote was taken on ingalls amendment resulting ayea ayes 11 n noes oes 20 no quorum aruin voting pendleton Pend pendleton Yeton moved to ad adjourn edmunds demanded spurn the ayes and noes on the question it resulted ayes I 15 noes 10 16 oua on a call of the senate arty six sir senators answered three less than a quorum edmunds moved to instruct the sergeant at arms to request the immediate attendance of senators Seua tora agreed to 19 to 11 at a little before the ser geant at anns arins made a report in regard to the absentees the roll was again called and 32 I senators answered E edmunds cawed offered an order namin camins the senators Se natora absent without leae leave and directing the sergeant at arma arms to bring them thern in from thia this to 10 the senate consumed the time in roll calls and ani motions to adjourn and abd lay the order on the table finally on edmunds motion the senate ad journ cd I |