| Show TO DAYS TELEGRAMS the senate committee he port no statehood POLYGAMY MUST FIRST BE ENTIRELY ABANDONED and territorial affairs must not be controlled by the priesthood washington march 26 Cf from the committee on territories reported unanimously resolutions declaring it to be the sense of the senate that new states should be admitted into the union only on the basis of equality with other states and that congress ought cot to exercise any supervision over provisions of the constitution of any such new states further than is necessary to guarantee tu each state a re publican form of government that the proposed constitution for the state of utah submitted to congress contains provisions which would deprive such proposed state if admitted of that equality should exist among the different states and that it is the sense of the senate that the territory of utah ought not to be admitted into the union as a until it is certin beyond a doubt that the practice of almal marriage bigamy or polygamy has been entirely abandoned bv the inhabitants of eliat territory and until it is likewise certain that the civil affairs of the territory are not controlled by the priesthood of the mormon church he asked for the immediate consideration of the resolution haars hoars resolutions are very important let them be printed and go over so ordered cullom also reported back the utah memorial and draft of the constitution and asked that the committee be discharged from further consideration so ordered wives findlay ohio march 26 hudson chaplain was arraigned on the charge of bigamy and pleaded guilty the following is a list of the woman whom under carious aliases alia ees chaplain is charged eiith marrying miss cora carson gheen valle indiana miss nettie webster living in a small village in southern illinois fifis clara jones fresno california alias carrie JE blank osage illinois mrs snell bowling green kentucky mrs flora freeberger bowling green ohio in addition he married a wealthy woman of columbus ohio and a planters widow living in baton bronge louisiana from most of these women be obtained sums of money ranging from to |
