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Show AFTKK THE MOHttOAB : Under this heading some genius bad the following presented in the Nevada legislature. Tho Gold Hill News correspondence cor-respondence of February 20, says : President Denver this mornieg introduced in-troduced in tho senate the following: follow-ing: To tho president, senate and house of representatives of tho United States : We, the undersigned, humble petitioners of the State of Nevada, respectfully ask that you will enact and then enforce such laws as you may in your best judgment conceive necessary to stop the evil practices; and that hereafter you will control the conduct of those truly unfortunate, fanatical and misguided people known as Mormons Mor-mons We hope and trust that you will require them to observo the laws, and deport thomselvcs as other law-abiding citizens of our common cojotry. Also beg you will permit us to suggest sug-gest the propriety of reserving a sufficient suffi-cient amount of government land for the future use and benefit of the most unfortunate, innocent, illegitimate children of their mothers said children child-ren who are the otlsnring of polygamy provided polygamy is effeotually suppressed by the federal or State gov-ermueut. gov-ermueut. This petitiou was accompanied by a pipor bearing tbo title : Tho Auti-Mormon Auti-Mormon Gazette, for the pcrsual of future generations, containing an article arti-cle headed "Thirty years in tho West ! ISrigliaui Young and tho Tourists! Brilliant Young's threats ! " which tho secretary proveidedto read. He had not read very far until most of the semtrTs cot dieusted and left the roou:. Mr. McCnnton moved to di;--p- n-e vith tho further reading and allow the author to publish it in the Appeal at his own expeoso. That motion by senator MoClinton was positively cntfl. i |