| Show DU DUBOIS BOIS OIS WINS FIGHT AT RI ST Si LOUIS FOR POLYGAMY PLANK I Committee on Resolutions Almost Certain C to Pledge Party larty to Legislation Deemed S Necessary Idaho aho Senators Original Draft Too Strong for Committee andr and r Compromise J Reached Utah Delegates Vote to Support Parker ParkerS i M I T LOUIS LOtIS ifo ro July 5 Special to The Herald It seems altogether probable that the committee on resolutions will WJ incorporate in in the theD ST s Democratic D national platform a n plank reading rending as f x We pledge the National Democratic party to the enactment e of such legislation as may may be necessary ne to toi i punish and suppress polygamy and unlawful cohabitation cohabit ti n within the United States and nd all territory subject su to its jurisdiction We demand the separation of church and state st te in tn political affairs Until late tonight it was as good as settled that a resolution prepared prep for presentation by Senator tor Dubois would be adopted by the tile committee c in spite of the best efforts of Senator Cannon Committeeman Perry Peery and all aU the members of the Utah delegation who WIO were vere a s unit against any mention of the question in in the tIle platform The Dubois resolution was a as follows Recent Investigations before the committee on privileges and ejections of the United States senate having shown tile the vital connection be between ben tween n church and state with wi h the church in i in complete control which w ich obtain in l a large lare e part of our country under Mormon domination also the tIle hu hit of womanhood and the destruction of the tIle American ideal of ot hornet in in connection with the same tWe Ve there therefore re pledge the th Democratic party to the advocacy of such an amendment to the constitution of the United ed States as will authorize authorise congress to pass such stich national legislation as may bo be necessary to punish and suppress S polygamy and unlawful cohabitation within the United States tates and all territory subject to its Wc Yc demand the separation of chu tion S upholding polygamy gamy or unlawful ful cohabitation be deprived d of their election eJection franchise fr lWe demand damand the separation of church and state in in political politic After AJ r hours hourn of conference and argument Senator Dubois Dubo agreed o the tho modification modi of the tIle resolution so as to abandon any a reference ference r to a constitutional amendment and confine its terms as given He ile pointed point Jut the fact that the resolution as modified mo asks tub only the tue separation of church and state and legislation against polygamy and unlawful un on subjects fully by b the constitution on and md lows Jows Further Furt con coil concession concession cession cession he would not make and if the fight light reached the floor of the he would insist on hi b original resolution ion A canvass of the situa situation tion tien tien showed allowed Senator Senater Dubois was in position to carry entry the resolutions on any am proposition ho he would urge ur e Senator Bailey of of Texas T as Sen Senator Senator Senator ator OlarE Clar of Arkansas David B Hill Bill of New N cw York and a number of oner r equally influential leaders said openly y they would cold ti back Dubois with this situation before them The Utah delegation tion decided they would w Jd moke n ke a n final ef rt to eliminate the whole question from discussion if i possible but bitt if Jf f the committee tk on resolutions reports tire time amended l resolution to me the ale Convention there will be no fight on the the convention since since a would probably result in in still tilI more radical action a tion by b the convention oB After Atter tins this was settled the die delegation tion adopted the unit t rule ti Joseph Monson Munson of Gaelic Cathe as is vice uce td decided d to cast Utah s six six votes for Parker Farka George W r Turner of Washington is is for vice ice ice president t When Whoa it comes to selection of chairman of the thea national a l committee itte Mr lr Peery will cast vote fote ote for Thomas Tag Ta axt of f Indiana who seems likely li y t tc be lie elected eJ ct d unless Pur er personally prIers prefers souse New Yorker 7 n T 0 t tiA t oN oNs iA f I r s i tr r I L I I I lh kI I IS S I Ip I I 7 p 7 1 p r rI I I 1 S 1 1 J b i I J 4 c L t v 4 k 1 jw 5 v f I v 0 I f 1 I I S 4 I 6 I SS 5 5 f If I til 4 C T S OF I i I II I 4 1 THE I f or the First Gal I l I I 1 FE 1 c 12 C I 1 5 Sketched on the way to the convention v 1 t i |
