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Show EF «T VOL. V. SILVER 'REEF, SILVER REEF 111N133. Published FveryMonday. Wednesday and Friday EVening. once—Miami. Building. Lower Hain'Street FERMS 01" SUBSCRIP ION: Onbfllt. ............ . .................... $6 00 . 3 5i Tux-ms Mouths .. 2 01) One \1ontli.,-;..._........ Delivered by carrier, per VV'eek . 1 00 ... % J. N. IOUDER, Publisher. Eek , THE question of whether Utah is in the United States, has at last been settled. It is, by a large majority. in l’nuéiiii-m ‘AlilfflU’lY—Wl'itcmfi bold hand. His signature to the Edmunds bill will show no wavering stroke. COUNTY, U'lhAH, WEDNESDAY, . ___...___._.__. Houofto the flag and allegiante to the law'sis all that the Edmunds bill requires. It demands thelone and will exact the other. THE Mormon hierarchy; will denounce and condemn the Edmunds bill as “persecution.” The masses of the Mormon people will sensibly ac- ‘ c’e'pt it and abide by it. > THE co—nV'ention whichis to call on Congress to admit Uttali as a State, meets in Salt Lake City next month. In view of the Edmunds bill, the con- NO. 12. l5.. [882.1 amend the bill. Soxfi‘dtmbted its favored the piirposcs of the bill, de- and pinslituled them to the ironclad wisdom; he did not, and was ready to clai‘ed the belief. that it was unconsti- church and ecclesiasticism. ,Averv vote for it as a step in the right direc— tutional, and would therefore vote ' bill, he said in conclusion, that ever tion. , against it. came before Congress in eighteen Springer, supporting the point of Townsend argued that the bill was years has been killed by the same pro~ The Edmunds Bil “ Railroaded" order, declared the objection of the constitutional. There is no infringe- ccss as you tried to enact in this bill. Througn the House. q Deiiiociatic side not diiect ed against ment of the religious liberty of any Loaded down with amendments they . ... the bill. Thev wanted to consider it people. have been left to die in the Cloisters The "Twin-Relic". Doomed by as other bills are considered undei the "1 McCord justified the course of the of a conference committee. That’s rules of the House, add. it would then Republicansin asking the immediate where the Poland bill went, where the Voice of the Nation. be found that the Democrats were as passage of the bill. the Frelinghuysen bill went, and if it ready as theRepubligapas‘to pass strin$ingleton said that he had been de- wei'enot for the Rept' , , The Measure, Discussed and gent 111easui'es. nied an opportunity of oil‘ering an the House it would 11%." " Passed without a Change. Haskell, amid interruptions, at- amendment to perfect the bill, and mundszpill ’to its grave. (Applause tempted to state the Ereasons which would be compelled to voteagainst it. from the Republicans.) impelled him to ask be immediate The bill did not. go far enough'in their \The bill was then p111:On its final ItAwaits thePresident’s Signa-H pass. late of the. bill, au‘ unounced his dimetiou of suppressing polygamy paksagc, 111131 pt"assed in exactly the' ,. tureto Becoi‘ne ram."‘ detei initiation to have let passed with- and kindred crimes. lie opposed. the shape it'Carrie from the Senate-mg, outamendments, knovlring as he did bill because it authorized the Presi- 199; pays, 42. Polygamy to the Rear and Amer- that the enemies 0f the bill had been dent to grant the Mormons amnesty lurking around the lobbies begging under certain conditions. The Presitea to the Front. The following is a synopsis of the an opportunitity to ban: amendments dent might want to contract for half a Edmnuds’ anti-polygamy bill, which adopted. ' dozen wives himself. has passed both branches of ConVox Populi Vox De‘i,‘and Must ’lhe House then took a recess until Converse opposed the bill, which he guess, and now awaits the signature be Obeyed. 11:30 to-uiorrow, wlgni the bill will asserted would legislate out of oltice of the President to become a law; retain its present position. all miliOI officers of the'l1"c11'it01y and Size. 1. Every person who has a husband or wife living who, in 11 Territory or other organize anarchy instead of law. WASHINGTON, March > 13.——1‘n the lVASiiixGrox, March 14.—The Carlisle inquired whether when place over which the United States have ex— House to—day the Edmulids’ bill was House in continuancli of yesterday’s clusive juiisdiction. hereafter marries anothoffices were vacant there was any er, whether married or single is gniltyof poly, taken tip on which the 8th of March session .took up the anti-polygamy point of order was made. by Converse. 'bill’, the- pending question being on means of filling them. llc contended grimy, and shall be punished by a fine of not of Ohio, that it must receive its first seconding the demand for the prev- that the Governor could not appoint more than $500, and by imprisonment for l the oflicci's. and said, by this bill, term of not more than five years. consideration in committee of the ious question on-the third reading. 5170.2. Prosecutions shall not be bad for . county judges, by whom vacancies whole, as it provided for anappropriHaskell being asked to allow an past ofl‘cnses. , were to be fiiled, were themselves legation. . amendment, said im‘liad no desire to SEC 3. If any person hereafter cohabitConverse called attention to the fact hang tip the bill’ between the Houses, islated out of oliicc, and there would VV ith more than one woman, he shall be guilty” be no man left to probate wills, settle of a misdem ennor, and on conviction is punthat the bill pr'ovided tor the appoint- vention would seem a little too subsequent. a:'‘ was the 1)111‘ P ose of thi.'3 re nest.' ‘1 ment of five Commissioners, at a sal- Emissarics of the Mormon Church In there is a man in Utah to-day ary of $3,000 each, and cited prece- were here to defeat the bill. who feels tliatlifcis not V1 ortli living, dents to support hispoint. 7 Cassitly said'somc‘lrjemocrats would itis probabiy Daniel H. “’ells. Just Haskell contended that the prece- vote for the bill without amendment. think of liislittlo pet project of Utah dents cited wereinapplicable. There After much conflision Burrows Statehood being knocked into king— was not a line in the bill which re- said he thought the Dcmoci'ats should dom come by the passage of the Ed- quired an appropriation from the have the right to amend the bill. munds bill! 0 temporal 0 meresl Treasury or attached any liability to (Applause by Denim-fats.) the Government for the payment of‘ The House at 3 o‘clock, by a vote Trip House bill to bounce Cannon the Commissioners’salary. It merely of 193 against 45'11 it led the amendwas reported iii—rho Senate Vesterda-y. proposedto {Scalean election system ment to stiike out 1 1e efghth section Action by that body, however, will in Utah, and the Terr'itmial laws pro- of the bill. now be useless. Some kind of a bomb vided that every election ofiicershonld The roll was then called on the exploded under George’s seat Vester- be allowed fair compensation. The question of the final passage of the d‘ay which has knocked him .so high Commissioners therefore would be bill. that a. baloon expedition would be paid out of the Territorial fund. They Burrows was in favor of the bill _ necessary to findany trch’of his 'nuld not WWW»? men ’2'. —-,—___ . MARCH rain! 2” SILVER Luann, UTAH Six Months. . . WASHlNGTON sense. Springer asked Mr. Haskell who SENATOR LDMLNDS is one of the ablest constitutional lawyers this was going to pay the Commissioners. Haskell replied that the Legislative country has ever produced. He was challenged to prepare a measure ade- Assembly would provide for pay. Springer—But there is no Legislaquate for the eradication of polygamy, and his critics will soon have an oppo- tive Assembly in Utah; it is abolished tunity to consider whether he is by this bill. Haskell—Then there'is no provision statesman enough to frame a law which will elfcct the removal of an for their payment, and they cannot evil which he has so fully discussed111 look to the United States for payment the press. until they are adopted as Federal otlicers. THE Edniunds billpimides that in The Speaker asked if the point of trials f01 polygamy, higamy, 01' 1111order was in regard to the provision lawful cohabitation, it shall be suflicleiit challenge for persons drawn as in the bill abolishing the Legislative jurors that they have been living in Assembly. Springer—'l‘lie Legislative Assem— such relations or Inlievc it right to i11bly has adjourned without a day, and dulge in such prt'ctiscs. Thus the Edmuuds bill icinoves the necessitv there is no provision that there shall be any Legislative Assembly under of proving the ma»:riage ceremony in the provisions of this bill. the case of a Murinou arraigned on a Robinson contended that the officers charge of polygamy, and also the provided for would, according to difficulty of obtainin0g‘21 juiy that will every interpretation of law, be paid convict when the evidence justifies out of the same fund and the same conviction. Treasury as the officers whose places 2—— UNDER the Edmunds bill the Presi- they would fill and whose duties they dent niay giant an amnesty to ofieud- would perform. era guilty before the passage of the Carlisle,—Who pays the salaries of act, and it legitimizes the issue of the Governor and the Secretary of the polygamous marriages born bctore the Territory." year 1883. Thus the innocent arc Robinson—That’s got nothing to do shielded from disgrace and the way is with it. ll I10 pays the salaries of prepared for the removal of polygamy election officers? with the least possible disturbance. Townsend ([11,) denied that the The bill wiseiy provides that persons Democratic side fou ght the anti--',,poly0‘— violating it shall not be entitled to aniy bill under cover. He did not vote at elections or to hold office. The know a single membci who was not enforcement of the law will purge the ready to demonstrate his opposition to Legislature of its Mormon majority, polygamy. He appealed to his Demoand bring the government of the 1‘er- cratic iriends to authorize thegvitliriim-y into llai monv with the General tlrawal of the point of order if the Guvermnent for the enforcement or other side would allow a lull and free the lawsin Utah. ’iliscussion and an opportunity to Write;itWow perfect. He would 1ote against cV c1v amendment, but the major'it_V had no i right to say the minority should not ' offer amendments. After some further noisy discussion Haskell offered the following which was agreed to by unanimous consent: .esmteS, keep the records, 01‘ eXCCUte ishable by a fine of not more than 3300 or by imprisonment for not more than six months. processes. or by both. Haskell—There is pow e1 in the Sec. 5. That no person is competent as a GOVei'nor, under the Olganic act. that j-ii'ymun or talisman. if he has been adjudged cannot be repealed by Legislature en- guilty of bigamy, polygamy or 701' nnlapl’nl coactment to appoint every one of them. habitation with more than one woman; or if i he believes it right. for a man to have more More, I say it is the intention of this than one living and nndivorced wife at the bill to legislate out of oilice this iii- same time; and if heso believes‘ or decline: famous Mormon priesthood, and give to answer, he shall be rejected as ineompov' an opportunity to put in honest men. tent. (Applause) Carlisle—That’s what I understood. I am not objecting to the provision SEC. 6. Authorizes the President to grant unincsiy for past otfenses. " which legislates them out of office, Sec. 7. That the issue from polygamonmarriages prior to January 1, 1883, shall be legitimate. but objecting to the crude and imperfect section which legislate-s them out of otiice and puts no one elsein, and any person cohabiting with more than one woman, and no woman cohabiting with any of_the,p_ersons described as aforesaid. shall Sec. 8. That no polygamist, bigamist, or MWth Socn‘frd’go3m mi; \elneimn. be elio bl e for election or nppomtmet fusion. 1 be entitled to hold any oflice or place of pithRobeson contended that the bill was lie trust, honor 01 emolument. progressive in its. provisions. It was SEC. 9. That allregistmtion and elective not retroactive, unless so expressed officers of any description in the Territory of directly. Utah are hereby declared vacant, and 11 board Carlisle agreed to that, but asserted of five persons to be appointed by the Presia dent, shall have exclusive control and juriiu Orderded. That the present legislative day that Haskell had just announced that diction over all elections, and shall perform continue until the pending bill be disposed the purpose of the bill was to legislate all Legislative duties, until a Legislature be of. out of ollice immediately cvbry man duly chosen under and in accordance with That the bill be open to amendment debate the foregoing law. amendable to its provisions. under the five-minute rule for one hour. ———o.+——Haskell—I did not say “immediateThat at the end of the hour the previous Hoisting Cannon. : 1V ,9 I mean by process of law. question shall be consideredondamendments Wasuixsrox, March 13.—aThe bill then pending. Cai'lisle—As I see, the bill provides disqualifying bigamists and polygThat one hour be allowed, which hour shall no process of law for the. purpose of be equally divided between the friends of the amists from sitting in Congress, whether people are bill and the opponents ofthesauie. at the end ascertaining which passed the House on the 6th of of which hour the question shall be taken on Iguilty. the pending amendments and passage of the bill. The first amendment. offered was by Regan of Texas, to amend section seven by substituting "any person duly convicted of being a polygamist" etc; rejected. Mills, of Texas. moved to strike out sections 8 and 9; rejected. Cassidy held that if these two sections were stricken out the bill would be worthless. The youth of the Territory must be taught to obey the law of the land as well as othci' people. PolyaniV must be made disreputable among the people of Ltah, and this could not be done so long as polygamists occupied all elective ofiices in the Territory. He denounced the Mormon religion as one of lust and prostitution. Buckner, of Missouri, said that great as the wrong of polygamy was, this bill was a. greater wrong on the Con— stitution and rights of the people. He believed, and was sorry to believe it, that this measure was being pushed through for the purpose of aflecting the contested election case. . Williams, of Wisconsin, said that February, is reported in the Senate 10-day. secret vice, however prevalent and deplorable, was no justification for flagrant and open violation of pub— lic morals and public law. “'hilc he would give the widest liberty to con— science and religion, he would say to this Oriental paganism with its customs and demands: “l'liis fai' and no farther.” (Applause.) Robeson replied to the arguments that this was a blow against free g0v~ crnmcnt. Burrows stated that he would vote for the bill though he believed it would disappoint the expectations of its friends. ————Q..————-.~ 1’ a-s-s-e—d 1 199 to 42 !. Bring out the band! Let’s hear the anvils booml The cry is: The Edmunde bill has passed! C. E. Lansing, the Eureka Attorney who, during an attack of delirium tremens, killed his wife, has been indicted for manslaughter. He has been released from custody upon giv‘c ing $10,000 bonds. Captain Lubbock returned on Mon- day from a month’s recreation, spent Haskell characterized the Mormon with his family among the orange Church as infamous in its object and groves of California. The Captain’u purposes, and wished that he could host. of friends are glad to welcome picture to the House the Mormon him back. iierai'chy of Utah, struck at by this The clause in the Edmunde’ bi!» bill. He would like to show the Democrats who weie voting to main- providing for a Commission to mantain this infamous institution how age our internal afl'airs, is its oily the Mormons had slipped out of the objectionable feature. The pool here could be made to respect .control of , the. General Government Springer and Herbert, while they over 400,000 acres of the public lands, law's, without placing us under 11 pm tectorate. |