Show The Debate on the Idaho Bill WslGm prii LBaker i 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 I 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 consideration considera-tion of the Idaho admission bill and Dor sey of Nebraska 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 encourageslbigamy 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 I 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 homo known ai 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 he would probably be known as a Jack Mormon He closed his discussion ot the Mormon question by saying the issue was fairly joined here Would Congress sustain this treasonable and lascivious institution or would it hold up the hands of the bravo ioneers who had gone to Idaho who on ale 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 commttee trritries in failing to report a bill for the admission of Arizona 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 to send n Democrat Demo-crat to this Congress The territory of New Mexico with a population greater than Idaho and Wyoming combined was 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 Iaaho as an invasion of sacred individual and religious rights Polygamy was a crime which should not be tolerated crme but the constitution closed to the accused the courts tho only asylums against passion pas-sion and corruption Perkins spoKo in favor of the bill and pending further debate the matter went over until tomorrow Adjourned |