| Show BASKINS LATEST BILL Efforts to Rush the Infamy Throng Congress I ANOTHER IJUCOIS FALSEHOOD j Jorcrnor Tom DaoUn aod ret I Still tTntIranif The 1 follow ing is a Jlmtd PIa from Uashlngtontcnt last evening Washington April J6In the House Committee on Territories today to-day ttie new bill to dUfrauchiM t bi t dWruc e < Ie Moron In Utah TTOS discussed for a short Uruft An amendment making mak-ing tile disfranclilscment te disfrnclsmeot applicable t all the Territories was adopted by a strict patty vote The Democrats oppc dtho measure IU through OPJ but the Republican Meaicd determined de-termined to Irtish l i to a voteatonct without giving further r hearing t te oppuen t oftl 1cmlog tat the test oath proposition hal been o lecently 5 1 arzued before thpm nn alO bfor lm the Idaho admUaion bill that this I Mmmittee was In possession of all p1 I he facts During the discussion Delegate Dubola stated tat at the ate conference In Salt Lake the President of the Mormon Churcli h laJ declared that there would be er tat ther L no urtlier revelation neclvsd by Ibo lo Church from rhfch DuboU argued are that If no further revelation was r celwl polygamy was irrevocably p1namy wa nxcd upon the Church Htastate ment being disputed he clime to lavetbttonlclal proceedings t Ter ry It When 12 oclock arrhcdthc Democrats ol jected to further consideration con-sideration and tho bill went over till Wednesday DtxU I I understood thnt the Delegates from Arizona and Kew Jlexlco will appear wit Delegate Calne In oj > piton t the measure wheu I comes before the committee again I H I now believed that HUM the inteiUon of Blruble of Iowa who Introduced the bill In the House i it had gone through the committee today to liave asked the HOUse to consider it when tb committee on Territories WRscalleil forbillsdurlng he morning hour Delegate Smith of Arizona Is violently oopotwl t the bill He says I will disfranchise 1000 Mor uons In his Territory scarcely a motion of whom are polygamies md all of whom are < enceablu and awabidlng citizens Hecharacter zes the measure as an outrage and siys that its sole purpose is t male ruouarepublican u hen it will be admitted a a State Chairman Baker of the Tcrri ones committee who In ppito of hi agreeable personality I a bitter and unscrupulous partisan tells me tat the juirpose prso bill is to irovcnt the Mormons from colonlz Ing some of the new States like Wyoming Arizona and or Arrua Okla I loma after the latter bal be admitted ad-mitted ion Contrary of leaviug to his forXew announced Yorksev inteu ral days ago Kaskln is ztlll here le and Governor Thom were seen together for some time at the capltol today I is Ivlieved that wth Tliomas ant West are asMtting I iaakin iu the Bnklulu urging passage of the lg hfrauchlseruent bill |
