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Show WILL GRANT AMNESTY. Hut Should Klther the statehood or Kaulk-nor-Culuo Hill coioe t 'larrison they Will he ortahlly etued. A Washington specia'. to the Omaha Bet under date of March -"M ?a,v: "President Harrison lias ul last definitely made up his mind to grant amnesty to I'tah's violators of the K.liuuinU unti-polyiraniy act, in accordance with the petition ol President Woodruff mid the mormon church. "The president from the outset expressed a deBire to rant the prayer of the petitlon-era petitlon-era hut be hesttated to act until he had fully satisfied himself that the general pardoning power tinder the constitution empowered him to remove, tho political (inabilities of a class. The thorough investigation of the law bearing upon the question made by the then 6olicltor-general and now Judge W. H. Taft, has satisfied both Attorney. General Miller and (he president of his full warrant of such action. President Harrison la now undetermined as to whether he will grant a general amnesty to all parties convicted of violation of the act of 1SS2, including those convicted of polygamy, unlawful cohabitation cohabita-tion and other kindred idiosyncracries, or whether he will confine it to member of the mormon church convicted of polygamy. polyg-amy. "lie has lmd several interviews with Senator Sen-ator Paddock upon this question and today lent for Senator Dubotse to converse with him regarding the matter. Senator Paddock was at the white house at the tame time. "The president expressed a doubt whether a general pardon to those convicted of unlawful un-lawful inhabitation and kindred offenses, which would include a number of gentiles, might not be considered as an Undn9 laxity on his part toward sexual Immorality. He expressed perfect willingness to pardon polygamists who were connected with the church, offering as his ground the petition of the church authorities and their slate incut thai the teachinj; of tho church hud led these parties to such action. Hoth Senators Paddock and Duboise strongly urged upon the president to make the am nesty a general one, but left him without being able to ascertain exactly the limits to which the presidential pardoning power would be extended. One impression, however, how-ever, of the visitors to the white house who have talked with President Harrison upou the I'tah question have obialned is, that the professions which the church is now making are genuine, unu that the people have become be-come in reality, aud not in name ulone, Americans. "Nothing is more certain than that President Presi-dent Harrison, should eithei of the bills for statehood or provisional statehood now before be-fore congress become a iaw, would veto It. He is willing, su he rays, to gu to the fullest i extent ooneilteut th safely to the gentiles ! who have made their way In Utah against the obstruction of the church, iu affording an opportunity to the mormon people to show that conditions have actually changed and that their obligations to the government are paramount to that of the church. Hut he is not willing, upon the simple statement of the leaders of the church and a few office. seekers from the republican and democratic parties, to turn over I'tah to a two thirds majority which has, until a fe years au, keen openly defying the government." |