Show A H N ES V D ET I 1 N E D chief justice zanes opinion I 1 a FRANCHISE RESTORED the pre presidents si dents proclamation ismore imore than an in consequential paper the tha following opinion on the ann a an anneals nn effy nealy by judge zane is ie given ky by the deforet news 9 I 1 in thia the interview mornings herald to which you yon cill call my attention a 12 was obtained upon the street and I 1 1 preme on bucaj the reporter faired to comprehend or remember accurately what I 1 said I 1 will state more fully what I 1 intended him and the public to na do ra taud atie amnesty proclamation as it appeared in tha abo pap papers ers concludes 1 I benjamin harrison president of the united states i do hereby declare sod and grant full amnesty and pardon to all persona s liable to the penalties of 0 said eaid act ty by reason of unlawful cohabitation under unde the color of polygamous or plural marriage who since november 1 1800 have hava abstained fraim such unlawful cohabitation but bat ul at on the express condition that they shall in future faithfully obey the laws of the united aites states heretofore named etc from this it appears that the pardon and amnesty is confined to the crimo crime of unlawful cohabitation and audit it extends wall to all who committed the of fenne prior to november I 1 1189 and who have hare obeyed the la law v since and have not bien been convicted aswell as to tb abo cas convicted bf that offense it if the offense was committed before ti that at date the amnesty and pardon applies though convicted afterwards all the penalties and dia disabilities abilities of such offense are re move dand the person so BO anines amnestied tied and pardoned mar ma hold bold nice fice vote and pit oni aries the amnesty sud aud pardon doss not rea reach chora or apply V y to persons convicted of polygamy bigamy gamy incest adultery or fornication Thetta Theata tute of limitations limitation i of three years apolina to these thesa offenses not ef of fectea by the tha amnesty and pardon HIL convicted of unlawful co committed before nov NOT lat I 1 1890 asid and who afterwards obeys the law may olt on a jury hold office or vote the oath for jurors was cham chan ired so sa nato na aa to peru pera jt dt persona pardoned and to take taba it ft ii t still require ra jurors to state orleath ori eath that thay have not veen been of fornic I 1 v tion instead of 0 re the juror to state that be ia a not a polygamist poly and that he does not associate or cohabit with persons of the other oner sox he be is required in the oath to state the legal effect of those terms viz that he does not claim recognize or associate with more than one woman as wife if a man separates from hil h poly gamora wife and does not claim re recognize co i aj or associate with her as his w wife feu h be is is not a polygamist in a legal sense he cannot be unless he be at the same time tima intends to renew suck euch poly cantons association t A man cannot obtain a divone tram fram his polygamous wife because there is ia no marriage contract nor never was to dissolve such a contract is utterly Y void the law condemns it and when the parties separate with the intention ol at living separate and apart ani and with the intent not to associate as man and wife and continue such separation with such intention the polygamous relation Is ia ended that la Is the only effectual way that such anch a relation can be ba terminated if a divorce could be ba granted it would cot not sunder the ro re lation without such euch separation nor w would amnesty and pardon terminate it without such each separation it is not necessary that army any formal az in writing or otherwise should be entered into it if there is such each an n understanding in the mind of the party and he to asso associate cate p poly oly qa with his plural wife in law he is il not a polygamist and after such separation as aa long as aa such intent con finues he ha may furnish her duport if chooses cho osea as aa he may any other woman or any man or child in society an individual assumes many relations usually they are lawful ones but some people assume fal ones the polygamous relation be to the latter and a lawful mar rl ale belongs to the former tuillo not too tc A mother whose temper is ia impulsive should never trust her hasty judgment m in f the management t of her little ones in the larger affairs of the hood and of society the tha prudent person 1 refused to judge hastily he gives the benefit odthe doubt wherever and when ever and to ahola whomsoever 9 er he can people have a right to asir that before they are weighed in tho the balances and build wanting their cases shall be looked at from all sides eides and from the most favorable point of view it is not well to as burne eume that blui a 43 and down dropped eyes always indicate guilt innocence falsely accused is ia often ashamed to io lock i its accuser in the face judge not that ye be not judged was said by the purest lips that ever spoke on earth the man or woman whose habit babit it is to indulge in snap judgments of any land kind is necessarily narrow and aped harpers carpers barar vetra t are f for PI P pension I arr reform two dollars I 1 a month tu to a veteran who was wounded and disabled in battle is I 1 not enough yet one of the best comrades la in the city the commander of his bis post was getting that and believing beliet ng g himself entitled titled in to more applied for an increase 1 his application was waa refused A fellow who ho was not wounded during the war b but ut got slightly injured in the leg L ly by y a fall from a horse was aerated at thirty dugars dollars a mouth month by tanner and got boma acme arrearages arrea rages besides we know of other such cases which we hope to see investigated and corrected all undeserving pensioners may well anake deserving pensioners need have no fe fear if today every man and woman whose name is on the pet pension ision list were required ed to appear before the proper authority tho rity there to substantiate their claim admitted to 0 pension by evidence that would be admitted in any court of law or be allowed by the most lenient of juries there would undoubtedly be a great many names taken from the list altogether altof and a far greater number 0 of f pensioners reduced in amount the people should have this money sai saved saied ed for them we wa believe the the incoming administration will do it no honest man should object assuredly no L fair viz veteran teran will do so the gazette has always favored high lion pensions for deserving veterans if a soldier in actual service was maimed or disabled ta bled so that ills his power to make a living for himself and his family was I 1 mno gone or impaired his loss or impairment i should be made good that was wag th the orphe in granting pensions so ion long the t a republican publican te party did that the people e sustained them when they left that safe ground and embarked ed on a treacherous sea of ex Oava rava gance taking aboard the great amy army of claim agency sharks they began becan to lose the confidence confide of the tha people y gra grand army gazette and national filiar guardsman da man k |