Show The Debate on the Idaho Bill WASHINGTON April 2Baker of New York called up the bill authorizing the construction of a bridge and approaches at New York city across the Hudson river to regulate commerce in and over such bridge between the states of Now York and New Jersey and to establish such bridge as a military and post road The bill passed The House proceeded t the considera tinT of the Idaho admission hi1 nnH Tnr ton n n nnr sey of Nebraska in charge of the billmade a speech in its favor The only opposition opposi-tion to the admission of Idaho he said came from the Mormons They protested against the provision of the constitution which disfranchised bigamists and polygamists po-lygamists and persons who were members of an association which encouragesbigamy Mansur criticised the provision of the constitution disfranchising the Mormons andsaid the real reason was that the Mormons Mor-mons voted the Democratic ticket Dubois earnestly advocated the admission admis-sion of Idaho Criticising the minority report re-port he said it proposed that bigamists and polygamists should vote in Idaho What light had the members of the minority minor-ity to impose upon Idaho conditions which never before had been imposed upon any state coming into the union There was he said in Idaho a genus lama known as Jack Mormon who while denouncing denounc-ing polygamy and bigamy obeyed all the behests of the Mormon priests Were the gentleman from Illinois Springer to live in Idaho ho would probably be known as a Jack Mormon He closed his discussion ot the Mormon question by saying tho issue was fairly joined here Would Congress sustain this treasonable and lascivious institution or would it hold up the hands of the bravo pioneers who had gone to Idaho who on His proposition had abandoned all party ties and united in saying We earnestly desire statehood but we desire it only for 10 American citizens Smith of Arizona earnestly denounced the action of the committee on territories in failing to report a bill for the admission of Ariona His people had been unfairly treated Arizona had every qualification for statehood but the bill for her admission admis-sion was smothered in committee simply because she had seen fit t send a Democrat Demo-crat to this Congress The territory of New Mexico with a population greater than Idaho and Wyoming combined was I also kept in the background Was it because be-cause poor Joseph the delegate had started wrong in his youth and had become a Democrat Chipman while favoring the admission of territories criticised the proposed constitution con-stitution of Idaho as an invasion of sacred individual and religious rights Polygamy was a crime which should not be tolerated but the constitution closed to the accused the courts the only asylums against passion pas-sion and corruption Perldns spoke in favor of the bill and pending further debate the matter went over until tomorrow Adjourned |