Show I A HUMILIATING CONFESSION t I 1 In his mad speech anstnst the Filr l John Forter bill on Friday 6e ator I Logan altered a truth which will be S apnremtcd in this Territory to hose f sore distress it has been exemplified i Spestng of the lawful powers of Con gresjto pass the bill under discussion IC F anadenying the rght of the national I legislature to enact the law Logan be ft moaningly said he did not expect his U words to have any weight in tbe Ben i j 1 ate for he always noticed that when the I Senate was determined to doA thing it j i turned a deaf ear to everything else r > whether law or fact that interfered it t with its purpose It is this vicious J reckless tendency of the Senate which has brought so much tronbleand suffering suffer-ing to the people of Utah l ndcr the i leadership of Edmunds the Senate has long been determined to oppress and I I destroy the Mormons and in pursuance 1 II pursu-ance of that determinationhas turned 1 I t l t I a deaf ear to everything else whether 1 law or fact that interfered with its purpose J Ii pur-pose When thefirstEdamndsbillwas 1 before the Senate the only able arguments J > argu-ments presented were those against the r measure A few conscientious Senators K t I honestly and nobly protested against Kb the passage of the cruel unconstitutional f unconsti-tutional bill and begged that the Senate D I Sen-ate in its mad desire to crush the o Saints would notloseitflreason and disregard J dis-regard law justice and fact but their I r appeals were without avail The Senate t i Sen-ate was determined and it turned a deal 11 ear this same Senator Logan joining in the disregard of everything whether J j l law or fact which interfered with the 11 i purpose the Senate g I When leading Senators will publicly k N make the confession that Logan made on Friday as to how the body legislates it nonkl occasion no surprise that so many laws are crude in construction t and their validity and constitutionality i areso often called in question before I the courts The Senators are swayed t I and controlled by sentiment and passion instead of being governedby reason and intelligent desire to keep j i within the line of right duty and law |