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Show The "iVashisoton Star of the 11th, I aaya: "It ia understood that a large ; number of Mormong bave violated the act ot 1862, which prohibited polygamous marriages, Bince its pas-aige. pas-aige. A successful prosecution ol them would be followed by their disfranchisement. dis-franchisement. Tho department of justice under tho present administration administra-tion has not been by any means lenient in dealing with tho Mormons. Delegate Cannon fears that since the decision of the Supreme court wholesale whole-sale prosecutions will be instituted. He has therefore- prepared a bill, which he will introduce in the house at an early date, and which has lor its object the heading off of such prosecutions. pro-secutions. The bill will provide that polygamous marriages since 1862 be condoned, and the effect of the Supreme court decision be brought to bear only on these which may be contracted -since that decision." |