Show THE FARCE AT BOISE The Visiting Congressmen have Fun With the Players l J BURROUGHS ISASLY FLLLOW The KepnliUcans and Their Iartisan Acts Thc Infamous Provision Under ills cnsslon The Minority Report Bow CITY Idaho July 2SpcliLl Correspondence of TIIK HIrtu1JBoise city has received a visit from four simon pure members of Congress no delegates who can neither rote nor speak unless in exceptional cases Vo arc used to tliat article ar-ticle but not to gentlemen who have the right to sail in rtnrVEVJT AN OlFMNGOCCLUO jnd cause themselves to be heard upon any subject that may come beforo the House of Representatives The distin uished gentlemen arrived last Monday at midnight and slept in their car until the next morning when they were brought into the city in carriages and after breakfasting break-fasting at the Overland were driven about the town and shown the sights At 11 oclock they visited the barracks bar-racks where a cougicssioiiil salute was fired At 2 they visited tho capitol and after spending a short time in the governors gover-nors room were escorted to the hall of tho house of representatives where the convention con-vention holds its sessions The convention conven-tion had been instiuctedito iccivc them standing which position they maintained until the isitei s v ere soiled They were then invite to make speeches MK 1I0HSY 01 VLBIASKA led off lie talked of statehood and its advantages ad-vantages and of the Mormon question and said he need not tell the members of tho convention what to do in the premises Mr Burroughs of Michigan followed He was extremely radical on the Mormon question as set forth in the majority and minyrity report of the committee on elections He preferred the majority report however which disfranchises all Mormons whether polygamists polyg-amists or not He said one of the most difficult things at Washington was to catch the speakers eye but if it should happen that he should he elected speaker the delegate dele-gate from this territory would have no duC liculty on that account This 1UU1 OUQHS IS A SLY FELLOW and he poked considerable fun at the members mem-bers of the convention by telling how a baud of true and tried men had left old England more than two centuries ago because be-cause of the oppressive laws concerning religion re-ligion Tho King said tho laws must be obeyed and the roundheads must conform thereto or suffer the consequences but theso noble men answered A church without a bishop and a state without a king When persecuted for conscience sake they sought the wild shores of New England and sowed the seeds of liberty that hive culminated in a continent of freemen hero civil and religious liberty lib-erty is secure to all Here ho was greeted with the wildest applause bv the Republican Republi-can members A few minutes after this in the course of his remarks tho gentleman stated that when he was in Salt Lake city he visited the tabernacle and listened to the services The preacher said the 11O1VOS weRe LOYAL TOtE COUNTRT and the flag but the revealed will of God was the greater force than the laws of the United States t where the latter ain a-in conflict with it the true religionist must observo the higher power Those who taught such doctrines were a dangerous dass in any state or country and should not bo allowed to participate in thegov crnncnt Hero the sneaker vs again loudly applauded Some of the Democrats present looked at each other and winked and smiled on account of the ridiculous position in which the honorable genlleman had placed the majority of the convention There were some persons present with minds so obtuse that they could not understand why the Pilgrim Fathers were noble men and disciples of liberty for violating the laws whil < 5 it was a crime for the Mormons tot to-t > bey what they deemed the word of God rrther thin that of tho man There are eo many of these thickheaded fellows who are always asking impertinent ques ioas GOVERNOr STrWAKT OF VERMONT was gencrallv suitable in his remarks though bitterly opposed to the Mormons He made no attempt at orator i but talked in a plain farmer like way General Goff the rabble rouser of West I Virginia made tho next speech Ho pounded the desk sawed the atmosphere atmos-phere with his andin raised and lowered his voice in a very peculiar manner and gesticulated like an excited Frenchman He said ho had i never seen so many handsome men as in Boise city and ho laid it to the pure atmosphere atmos-phere Not a word did he say for Boise t whisky Your correspondent has traveled in most of the states in the union and can bear testimony conversely to that of the distinguished gentleman He also COMPLIMENTED THE LADIES in a similar strain Upon that point we have no issue to make The distinguished gentleman wanted the convention to adopt the majority report make the constitution M strong as the English language could make it and tho glorious star of Idaho would radiate from tho field of blue in the national banner After all this blaze of eloquence tho distinguished gentleman retired re-tired and the convention undertook to transact some business but it was plain to bo seen that they were unfitted for tho ordinary affairs of life while their lineaments linea-ments and eyes the lids of which seemed to be charged with unshed tears had a far off expression The bang bang of the presidents presi-dents hammer resounded through tho hall and with it came a partial return of consciousness con-sciousness TIIE DISCUSSION WAS RESUMED on the report of the committee on education educa-tion schools school and university lands Tho point under discussion was whether the school lands should be rented or sold Numerous amendments and substitutes wero offered and voted down Finally asa as-a compromise it was agreed that half the lads should be sold and half re 1 timed On Wednesday morning the c nvenlion again went into committee 1 of tho whole on tho same report It decided that no distinction should be made on account of race or color only twentyfive sections of the school lands can be sold In anyone year and none for less than ten dollars an acre no greater quantity than one hundred and sixty acres to bo sold to any one person or corporation permanent school fund to bo invested in improved farm lands which exclusive of buildings arc worth three times the value of the sum loaned at the time the loan is I made The committee on IIEVEUE AND FINANCE and names boundaries and oiunty organization or-ganization made report which were ordered printed Tn tho afternoon the convention went Itt c immittee of tho whole for the purI peso of considering the report of the com inittce on public and private cor po t < > g An nm ° ndment securing a minority representation on all boards 01 u owtoi > fja adopted The regulation regu-lation of freight and passenger rates wa left for the lp < nsituro lo determine no undue or unreasonable discrimination to be made m Iiei0uc or passengers tho clause relating to competing lines that one shall not purchase or lease the other or pool earnings was stricken Jfrom the bill It was entirely unnecessary for any gentleman gentle-man who addressed convention to avow I his political preferences Just as soon as i ho had spoken upon the provisions of this report HI3 POLITICAL PIIEDILECTIOV3 could bo determine 1 Tho Republicans we ition oUst to man and emiuOh willing to to go any length to please tbo I raiiioau companies while the Democrats were just as surely to bo found on tho other side Like almost every report presented ielk toCh iel ofevccmi sented it came out of committee ot the whole last night where it had been but a short time looking as if it hid been under the stamps of a quartz mill But its consideration con-sideration is nob yet completed It would have been taken up this morning were it not for the fact that some days ago the suffrage bill was made the special order for Thursday After roll call it was aseer tamed that thatNO NO QUORUM VVVS PREjENT and the president directed the sergeantat arms to notify the Democrats who w ero in caucus that the convention was ready to proceed to business soon after which they camo in and took their seats The minority report would have been first in order but Hon George Amslie asked for general consent con-sent to take up the inmoritv report saying that an agreement had been made between the Democrats and Republicans as to a substitute to be presented and its terms The first section providing that all elections by the people must be bj ballot was Passed unanimously tho second making general provisions was read and then came A CLOUD OF AMENDMENTS mostly providing for women suffrage allof which were lost After a variety of unimportant un-important amendments in other particulars the section was disposed of Section 3 in the majority report reads I No person is permitted to vote servo asa as-a juror or hold any civil office who is under un-der guardianship non compos mentis idiotic or insane 01 who has at any place been convicted of treason felony embezzlement of public funds bartering or selling his vote or other infamous crime or who at the time of such election is confined in prison on conviction of a criminal offense or who is a bigamist or polygamist or is living in what is known as patriarchal plural 01 celestial marriage or in violation of any law of this state or of the United States forbidding any such crime or who in any manner teaches advises counsels aids or encourages any person to enter into bigamy polygamy or such patriarchal plural or celestial marriage 01 to live in violation of any such law or to com mit any such crime 01 who is a member of I or contributes to the support aid or encouragement en-couragement of any order organization association corporation 01 society which teaches advises counsels encourages or aids any person to enter into bigamy polygamy po-lygamy or such patriarchal or plural marriage mar-riage or which teaches or advises that the laws of this state prescribing rules of civil conduct arc not the supreme law of the stale Indians until the right of suffrage is conferred upon them bv the legislature Section 2 of THE MINORITY REPORT or such part of it as is aimed at the Mormons Mor-mons is as follows Any person who is a bigamist or polygamist polyg-amist 01 who is living in unlawful cohabitation cohabi-tation in what is called and known as patriarchal or plural or celestial marriage or in violation of any law of this state or of the United States forbidding any such crime or who in any manner teaches advises ad-vises counsels aids or encourages any person per-son to enter into bigamy polygamy unlawful unlaw-ful cohabitation or patriarchal or plural or celestial marriage or to live in violation of any such law or to commit any such crime Also all Chinese or persons of Mongolian descent not born in tho United States and all Indians not taxed who have not severed their tribal relations and adopted the habits of civilization ThirdThe legislature shall enforce the provisions of this section by adequate and appropriate legislation The following is the substitute as agreed upon bv the Democrats and Republicans Sec IThe legislature may prescribe qualifications limitations and conditions for the right of suffrage concerning the classes of persons referred to in the imme diately preceding section additional to those nescribed therein but shall never annul any of the provisions in this article contained con-tained MR CLAGGET SAID if the substitue passed the Latterday Saints would receive a revelation and in less than one year the state government would pass into the hanas of the Mormons and if we did not at the time have a state government they would control the terri tory He did not mention the Church of Matter day Saints as being disfranchised for obvious reasons but that was the intent and purpose Messrs Beattie and Reid opposed tho position of Mr Clagget The hour of noon having armed the committee com-mittee rose reported progress and asked cove to sit again A Republican caucus was announced to be held in the library room The Democrat also held a caucus After recess the convention was called to order and tho substitute that had been agreed upon by both Democrats and Republicans Re-publicans was voted down Mr Reed made an address to the convention conven-tion stating that ho had come to this convention con-vention in good faith He reviewed the course of the Republicans in their partisan acts in this convention He asked when we make an agreement now who shall vv e deal with 1 He charged the PUBLICANS TVlTn BAD FAITH in breaking a sacred agreement and said We will anneal from the majority to the people Mr Reed consumed about twenty minute in nis aJUreas which was filled with scathing reovks of the Republicans Mr Stanurod delivered a speech radically radi-cally antiMormon He wanted the legis laturo left unfettered to pass the most stringent laws against the suffrage being again assumed by the members af the Mormon Mor-mon church and all criminal organizations Mr Poe made a speech in which he said the Republicans left the matter open so that XY CIIUUCII COULD liE DISrRAISCIIISFl There was a naliv American movement in California Possibly it might extend to this territory and the legislature disfranchise disfran-chise those of foreign birth They might disfranchise any society whom the whim of tho moment micht mdicute Ho was not apologizing for the Mormons but the same inueiino uiigut DC made to extend tend to others and in an oppressive manner man-ner unless the door was closed with their exception to the benefits of the ballot box At 3 oclock the debate was proceeding man m-an excited manner Buz |