Show l ll I v t Lii r1 THKfHOUSE PASSES IT I I hr i d ki I Iianoherp1aceofthis ijre will be iU I i found The full text of the EdmunHs I L 1 j Tucker bill as it passed the House of r j Representatives lust evening But one I it g change was r ade in the bill as we print t I it that being an amendmen making IW f I all municipal officers appointive presumably 4 pre-sumably by the Governor and Legislative f I Legisla-tive Councilthe same as county and I precinct officers 4 j i It THK HERALD confesses its surprise I t i and disappointment It did not believe J j i the House could be induced to pass the r I i 1 infamous measure it did not think t I that American Congressmen conlddo 1 lijeratjly deprive American citzeni I I who have been g ilEy of no dffens 111 I or wrongdoing of every political liii right of civil rights and almost of I I social rigats Our astonishment lira I come from having plactd toe much I i II confidence in mens fairness and in fL I JI 1 counting upon the existence of a spirit I 4 d I of justice among those who make aws HI J for the nation I I I A more wicked more cruel measure a I I I 1 I was never proposed to be applied to a I civilized community and a bill intended I t to work greater wrong and more hardships I I hard-ships upon a people was never enacted 1 I 11 What few of the rights of citizenship I are left to the people this bill if it shall i I become law will take from jhem I and if they are Mormons the purpose Ip I is to turn them over to be plunder d I I J and spoiled by a gang of reckless and i I i I irresponsible adventurers THE HERALD did not believe the I 1 l 1 House would pass the bill but it was i I because we were mistaken in the character I r I 1 char-acter of the men who make up the r t House of Representatives A wrong I j estimate once does not in the least I l 1 I shake our faith in the ultimate failure L1 I of the bill tobecomealaw It has i I passed but one stage of journey to I II I I the statute books it must now go to I i r I the Senate and afterwards obtain the 1 approval of the President before it will 1 I f be law not until it has been announced j that the Presidents signature has been II jj I affix d to the bill will THE HERALD believe I be-lieve that the measure will become law J I K I J t I and we never expect to hear that announcement I an-nouncement in i t t I |