Show Ministers Min st s Will Wil Ask Governor Gov nor to t tA i A 1 Veto the BilL The Tho Evans PO bill bl was w tho the principal subject of discussion before I tire the Ministerial al o at a the meeting yesterday morning n and d as a a a result r of or orthe the discussion a 0 committee of tr ministers rs was aas appointed to protest against the h passage of the bill bI and formulate some ome ome plan Dlan of action aion for lor or the alliance alance The committee composed of Drs Brown and Revs Bagby and Barnett Barnet held eld a meeting In the Y M 11 MC C A parlors yesterday afternoon to consider the matter mater u the te result of the meeting they refused to divulge They however sai saW 2 that definite defnie action acton had been deferred until today toay when Wen a meeting to decide what wh t course will wl be pursued by them then will wI be held in the association room at 2 p m in It I Is un understood Understood that the he ministers intend to petition petton the governor to o veto the bill billand bf billand and if it falling in tha hM they will wf take some soa other measure to try tr to secure its Us repent reDel J e The discussion sion of the bill it is said a was wa lengthy and very ver warm and the titi measure was strongly denounced After the Evans bill bi had ha been tem tern temporarily disposed of the of the th S gambling houses and Mayor Mayr Thomp Thompsons Thompsons sons action acton In closing them was brought up and the action acton of the thi te mayor was wa highly commended The he matter mater of saloons came up for a ashare a 1 share of or consideration It had been beet I brought to the attention of the alliance alance I by the W C T U that tat saloon slon men ha had I been guilty gUy of selling liquor to and some course coure of or action acton in regard reg to ti that matter was wa the topic of ot consideration tion ton It I was wa decided to appoint o a a com corn committee to confer with a n committee from ron I the W C T P 13 with wih a view to prose prosecuting proe prosecuting the saloon aloon men guilty gity of f viola violations lions ton of the law It I Is said that hey he p have evidence in one or two cases and ant 1 intend to prosecute ro The he matter of o Sunday Sun ay closing wag va as S Salso also done don taken up but nothing definite was a I Idone Q 1 f tic lie le opinion n I 1 speak ak in behalf behal of f 4 these children I do not think it i is 4 I 4 right right I do not think I can better beter 4 1 9 explain my position than to refer 4 4 to the case of B H Roberts He 4 4 was an Intellectual giant and yet 4 4 1 he h had the humiliation gant of being 4 4 refused a seat in congress But 1 I 4 4 do not refer to him alone When Ven 4 4 he went to Washington he took 4 4 with wih him a daughter a beautiful 4 4 woman She was received into the 4 4 highest highest social circles I am think thinking 4 4 ing today of the feelings of that 4 4 young lady when In the seclusion 4 4 of her room In the morning she 4 1 4 picked up the papers and read the 4 4 opinions of the public as to her 4 4 1 right to a position in society It I 4 4 may be bE said that It i is nothing not ing to 4 4 her I say it i is I hope yOu yu will 4 4 4 look to the interests interest of the te chit chil chi 4 4 dren I know Mr McFarland is Isan isan 4 4 an honest honet man I know he has ha 4 4 suffered But think of the chil 4 t 4 aren when you vote voie and vote 4 T 4 against the bill bi It I will wJ be an 4 4 honor to you all al the more If you 4 4 will wi 4 There T ere was impressive silence as a he sat down Representative Holzheimer of Eureka began by saying he could not hope to tomake make malte a better speech ch than that made by Mr Sharp Holzheimer Tired Tre of Agitation I 1 have haye lived in this state state twenty years year he said and I stand here today tired tred of the name of Mormon and the name of Gentile Gentie You are ae tending to keep up the agitation and the te class clas difference A little while ago Representative Representative Morris came to me and said he wanted to Introduce a bill bi legitimizing ing leg children born since 1891 In ten years somebody else will wUl want to legit legitimize legitimize legitimize all al those born up to that time 4 You want to get rid rd of Charles 4 4 Mostyn Owen I sympathize with wih 4 4 you But you will wi think Charles 4 4 4 Mostyn Owen is a baby beside beide 4 4 the United States government 4 4 4 when it takes hold and begins 4 4 prosecutions 4 4 The eyes of ot the United Unie States are turned turne toward t vard Utah The people out outside outside outside side dont know k w the inner workings working of I these things thing They do not know the reasons They only know the general generl results They will wi say as did Landis on the floor of that the foor congress peo people pIe of Utah are ae liars Bars thieves and rene renegades reneges gades I rejoice that I was wa one of those who In the Democratic conven convention conven tion ton protested against this insult insul If I you value the fair name of Utah do not pass pas this measure Do you not know that tat if you prevent the prosecution tion ton of polygamy you will wil rear up an another another another other generation of polygamous chil children chi children dren Their interest must be consid considered co considered sid ered Representative D H I Morris Moris of St StGeorge StGeorge George was on his feet reet immediately asking permission to explain before the noon recess was wa taken taen his position on the legitimizing of children I believe beleve that every ever man who is the means of bringing a n child into this world should give sive it the protection and the support of a father to which it i has hasa a right he said The St St George man then replied to t Mr Sharp and said he thought it no disgrace to be born in polygamy He J then took up the question queston of a n const constitutional amendment Who is It i going to hurt he de demanded demanded demanded We dont care Where do the accusations come from New York is isso isso isso so bad that Tammany is disgusted and has ha joined with wih the ministers in clean ing out the city An accusation from New York should have no weight weight I believe beleve there is not ot a man here who would deny that any man has a right to recognize reco and support his wife This closed cosed the Ule forenoons debate The discussion In the afternOon afern on was wa be begun begun gun by b Representative Harmon of or Huntington Loyalty of Mormons Morns I believe beleve that Mormon loyalty lo aly to the government of the United States has been demonstrated ever since the exist existence existence ence of that body of or religious wor worship worship ship he said He then said i the understand ing leg of the Mormon ia people at the time of statehood that the question queston of un lawful cohabitation should be dropped I dont believe beleve it is intended to vio yb late further the law as a to polygamy he said but to recognize the wives already married marIed I vote to stop this I Interference by outsiders We Ve are not eel afraid of a a constitutional amendment nt Let It come I dont know why a sen sensation sensation should not not come by the passage of this bill bi as well wel as a by having Charles Mostyn Owen stir str it up h Homer of Provo referred to the arguments against the thc S McMillan bill i and said it was stated then that a storm would be raised but bul the storm had not come He thought the same would be true of or the Evans I bill bi Therefore he hO h Intended to vote for fox the bill bUl Bishop Gardner the representative i from Spanish Fork was the next speaker The uThe only argument urged so 50 far fam against this bill bi he lie said is that ther therE Is something coming The Mormon peo people people pie have never been understood by the thc th i people of this nation naton They have ever evem been sincere He le referred to the raising of the th i Mormon ormon battalion batalon to the polygamy r prosecutions and to the manifesto Not Mot Ashamed of Polygamy HI I am not ashamed he h thundered I 1 was born in that kind of wedlock and this bill bi Is the only safeguard I can car n 1 throw around my mothers t declining r years to let her live lve in peace 4 4 The name of Charles Charies Mostyn 4 1 4 4 Owen has been mentioned It I is isa 4 1 4 a shame that any ny such creature 4 1 4 such a low man should be 4 4 4 mentioned in the halls hans of this 4 4 4 house They say a storm Is brew 4 4 leg ing inS in the halls hals of congress I Isay 4 4 say let it brew I dont believe 4 beleve 4 there will wi be a a storm And I do 4 4 believe beleve that the children of or plural 4 4 4 wives stand the equals of those 4 4 born of only one wife 4 Somebody in the spectators seats started to applaud and many others sat including including the legislators legIslator took it i up This Is the only measure I know continued the bishop that hat will wil give them their rights right Do you claim asked aked the tive Van Home Horne that the object Object of this bill is to bi legalize polygamous mar marriages marrage marriages rage No sir was wa the reply Will It I be possible to f trove rove polygamous polygamous marriages marrage if i this law passes pases asked aked the Salt Sal Laker Yes sir replied Mr Gardner Gadner after a moments He then went wenton on to declare that there would woud be no polygamy if the he bill bi passed as the practice had been abandoned Scott Cutler the heavyweight from Kane county who can ca look fierce If he tries trie resented any insinuation that the Mormon Monon people were disloyal Ive Ive always held that as a an inalien in alen ble aible right he said the devils devis en entitled entitled titled tte to t hell hel Its I time the manhood of Utah asserted itself to keep out such guttersnipes as Charles Mostyn Owen who goes sneaking about back bak yards and getting stinking morsels of immor immorality immorality Disgrace to the State Representative D C Johnson of Springville said the th loyalty of the Mor Mormon Mormon mon men people had not been assailed on the floor 1001 of the house and and that the question queston of disloyalty disloyal had ad nothing to todo todo todo do with the controversy I r have lived in this state infant and man for tor fifty years year years he ne said and I understand the conditions I also know what the country thinks I 1 consider such su h a law la would be a disgrace to any state in the Union It I throws down the bars of immorality While r believe beleve the church is honest ther there are a few who are not honest honet and these the would be able to continue in mi their course coure without difficulty Two years year ago I opposed the election electon of Roberts I saw sw the storm stor coming The men who are advocating this measure talk in the same way it I was talked then They say If I the storm comes who cares ares caresWell Wen Well I care cre Who Vho cares res I care I 1 care for mj my friends When this agitation was on before l or rend friend was a set t against fri friend nd 1 I am willing that polygamous jmar mar marriages rages r entered Into years year ago should be recognized r but this will throw d down own wU the he t bars bs to o all al If It I the storm comes dont d ont let us charge It to the th newspapers n news ws papers apers paper p or to the ministers but t let us lame blame b ourselves We have the power Dwer to t o it right here Representative Bench said sad the domi dominant ant nant nat n church was not afraid and he did didot not n ot see why outsiders should worry wor about bout a it it The majority of the people of Utah Uth U tah wanted the te bill bl Representative Archibald Stuart Stuat of Draper D raper said his parents had crossed cros d the he t plains lains with a handcart and his mother had died die in the Mormon faith but b ut he should vote against the he bill said s aId Representative McMillan of Salt Sat Lake Let Lot them bring on their constitutional ional tonal t amendment He said some of the te opponents of the he t bill bi were not in a position to speak because b they did not have hae one wife l et f alone two The legislators would hear h ear from their constituents if they did d id not vote yote for the bill bi Favored by Wells Wels Representative Rulon S Wells of Salt S alt Lake Lae said sid that tat Owen had ha ha invaded the he t state to stir sUr up u the agitation for a constitutional c amendment and the pro proposed posed p law would cut ut off such agitation A statement nas been made here by the t he son of Mormon parents I deny that hat t he represents the tho sentiment of the he t young men and nd women born in inthis this his t system If there lit one thing I Iam Im am a m proud of it is that I am ammy my fath fathers ers e rs son and my mothers son anti and that my mother was my fathers wife Wherever I have gone und have heard beard my fathers name pame mentioned my bosom has h as filled with pride This allusion to II mr VeIls brought vigorous applause from the spectators s seats Mr Wells went on to say Oust the bill b ill was for or the protection of aged men and a nd women and it was only the ques question U s sion ion tion t of a little time before the entire question could be settled I joined in the applause at time tiie men mention menion ion tion t of Daniel H Yells Wells name said Representative Sharp rising to his hia feet I know he was a good man But my father ather f was the t tc Ic agree to al at Ade Adeby by the laws of the land I believe he le was just as good a man nian as when he h e had lost his position in the chuich and a nd after his friends had turned against a him The reason he took tk this ac course ourse c was because he did not ot want wanto to t o bring polygamous children Into iLls world to meet the opinion of the United States against them an l thi 5 pinIon opinion gentlemen is as strong as thi th conti continent cent nent itself Then the Glasmann amendment keeping marriages since out of the protection of the act came up for a vote the Axton amendment having been voted down promptly McMillan Gardner and Wells said the amendment impugned i the motives of the Mormon people and it was voted down Then the roll was called on the Evans bill One representative after another called out his vote as the names were called until the name of Kelly of Fillmore was reached He rose to explain his vote I am acting from conscientious mo me motives tives he said I believe this bill will have h a tendency to revive the old ran rancor rancor cor and I do not wish to be a party to anything that will bring about a strife and turmoil and rancor There Therefore Therefore fore I vote no Glasmann was the only voting for or the bill billAs billAs As soon as the vote was announced there was a rush for the doors and the seats In the lobby became quickly vacant Senate Concurs The bill reached the senate at Smoot moved that the senate concur in inthe inthe the house amendment changing the word must to may so as to make it read that any citizen knowing a pub public lie lic offense has been committed may fj file a complaint President Evans said ii it was a matter Indifference t to him whether the senate concurred o or not Allison was against concur concurring concurring ring on the ground that people should l be compelled to file complaints when t they know crimes have been commit committed i t ted Bennion was in favor of concurring I understand he said that a certain j gentleman whose first name is Charles s says that under the present statute it itis itIs I is his duty as a citizen to complain z against people who practice unlawful cohabitation I want to relieve him from that responsibility The house amendment was then con concurred concurred in and the bill ordered sent to toj j I t the committee on engrossed and en enrolled I rolled bills Allison suggested that the measure be engrossed In red ink Following is the text of the bill as ast asit it t |