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Show THE MINORITY REPORT. Ceo. HcCltrlied Dlssiats From tie Other Comralssloiers. a iaiii ami i uiiii sTATntnr. The Mtnatlon Vlrondr rrrtrnlnl anil the Truth Cphil I. til rice or tii k Utah Comuimiok, Halt I,akk Cm, Utah, Hrjl. Si, Isll. Hon Juin 11'. sVM, f1, Sewitnru o Me Intirlur, HmUnjlm, l, U-mh U-mh Ail cinnotcondttently concur Inallofthettttrments mile or con rluilonirrtclirl In the intlnrlty re-orlofmycollrauet, re-orlofmycollrauet, with their content con-tent and with rrtpect tot all concerned, I herewith tuhstlt the following mat-ten' mat-ten' The legit authorisation of the Utah fuiumlMioit and lint tranaicttona alruii the Uits of Ita li-l annual rert. The nal Inhlbltlou of sexual f llcnaca and the rettrlclloit of turfrage lu Huh, with the Judicial atllruitncu nflhe cjnitltuttonallly of butti mta turiw. The ilrluil Indepcnilence of electoral elec-toral rrgltttars and eltitlun Judgia In the Territory, ailing, as 1 iroceed, mine reoimmeuJatiaiis an J general re fltcllona. 1'ur.utntlithn aot of Congreta ap firuri-l Maruh , 182 the l.Jntutids aw 1'rraldent Arthur appointed live peraont. nivmjrs of oueurnnolher of the national ftolltlcal iarllcst ll com-te com-te the t'liuniltilotl. riienei pertonl wrruchoaen front theljody of thutlll-renaof thutlll-renaof at many Hlalet, tiionltio alio-geil alio-geil tuppoilllan that they would be free from the jiaatlone an I prejudlcis which MloiigdiitiirbeU the Territory. Thlt rtcedent, reiiotiilve to thu spirit of the statute, wat dislgned to secure Judicial Imiarllallly In the eicrclaeof the Comml.tton's fuuctlont Aa relit-lug relit-lug to iuime and eligibility to ofllcv, fundamental to n publican truvern-ment, truvern-ment, It could hardly havobven other-wlte. other-wlte. It hat hitherto Urn fillowrd No changu has occurred In the r-enunel r-enunel of the Coinmlttlon savn through aiolnttnvuU to till vacancies cautcd by itiath or resignation. No luitiuco of letuoval has Irani) Ired. 1 1 ix-riOAJ. ricctlontlnvr occulted Iti theTerrl-lory theTerrl-lory at freiuint and varying Intervals of lime since the date of the comnils-slou's comnils-slou's last report, Thlt frequency and variance la attributable to lack of unity and uniformity In the achemee nf elections, an I tloterves to b reinnlled, not only for thu sake of con-veulenre con-veulenre an I economy, tut In avoid cuenjHitilng suirrsge by IU tuu frtt;ueut ti to. Ilecoiintlng tlm elections according to their chiracttr aud Uatis, thvy are at follows! One Territorial, for Delegate to Con-greet, Con-greet, November 1, 18W. Uno puncral, far contoilriloneri to lotate nnlvertliy lau la. for mrmbert of thu I.egltlallre Artelubly. for county and precinct ofllcers, forrlchool Tru. tees, anl In aldltlon ieeral aitclal elrcttom for turn truaieui. Twenty municipal, lalllng at diner-ent diner-ent dates, namely! N'uvrmlKr IMth and December nils. KM, nnd I-ebruiry Dili, ManhOili, May 7th anl Auju.t stb.lMI. rotal of elections. 31. Total of parsons elected, 71 1 AtpoiMTru. All the ofllcers charged under the law with conducting tlieto election! and rorequltltt t were a a)lnted by thu Commliaioii In thu exvrt.Ite of the lower conferred on It by tho ninth sic-(lull sic-(lull nf the 1. Imunda law. riio ap-lolnleea ap-lolnleea are dlttlngulihcd under the Territorial law by the fallowing cities, and conblitof the fallowing inuuUirii llrsUtrir of toltn.... H M..M... 311 I Itrlion lu tsat ,..L.U7 Caattiitrtortlcctltartlarbt .... lu Tolil- ...1.UI Thoiamo liuutber of tcrtlflcatea of eloctlon was ltaued by tbu atcreUry of the Commission to the appointees, tn-furmably tn-furmably to the law, llitldes thete delalls, the Commit-tlou Commit-tlou saw that the lionrd ai jtilnted for that urittto canvaucd all thu rcturos uf that elcclloo, excel t those pertain-lug pertain-lug to the Initiative ateml Ir. which the Commlaalon lUelf lauvataetl. The ninth section tf Ihe l.dmiiu4t law, adoj ting the election law of the Territory at tuodiried by that section, makes both conjunctively the ta.ls of the election system uf the Territory. Hern follow the nulii iruvltluni of the Utah election law, lit llicorj, the foregoing provltlont eeum to be Jraloualy regxraful of auflrage, of aright fiindauiutiul to re iresvutatlve governmuul. lfuw far the theory hat failed In I rartlce, under changed con lltluut, will be adverted to In the tujuel. I luallt, under the Terrllorlal law. loth males and females, whu took and euiMtrlbed lha ottli of electoral nullifications nullifi-cations rrscrll ed by It, became entitled en-titled to tm reglatrred and to vutu. 1 emale sullrage reste l, iierha s solely, sole-ly, on tho uaih retcrllieil. rio far at 1 am advised there wat nn other statutory warrant fur It- The condition uf electoral iiuallflcitlona sitifled In the oath as lo males were, that they should bo allllts residents, clllxuns and taxpayers, aa to female, the airue conditions obulned, excojt that they were required lo le taxpayers' or citizens lu the cases where thty weru thu wlvoi or daughteriof cltlrens. Another luiporlaiil cuiiHtuence fol-lowstheoalh. fol-lowstheoalh. It opened the nglitry and the polls, ullku lo iulygainoui uhd iiiouogunioui men and women, and thus Indirectly sanctioned polygamy and furlltlod It by nit electorate whuie members wvruVthus apj ruxliuatoly doubled. C0MIIIIS3 INTKIItntlJ. To t ut oil thlt cotnetuenci and lolrgatuy sl'o, Cnugtuu, alter long fatfHuruncei, ruceojed lo.is)ttlvr)y ou two dlllvrutit and dlttlnct lines onu Ittaal, thu other civil. Pruceedlug I CD illy, a ailc'cesaluu of laws were unacted, un-acted, the llrtt being tlieactuf Julys, litl.', tbu Morrill Ut. next the ill. muudiliw, latt, thu Lduiuudt Tucker law of Match i,1m. Here are I nutted n'Cllont from each of these laws rroeendlog on (he lino of civil legit htlon, ( omrreM haa Imioiud ellvrrs conditions air-, ting the right of aul-frago, aul-frago, clltlillliy fur Jury scrvbo, to hold otllti , nn I, w Ithsl, hat tiiintl luted r'edoral for Tetritorltl agmila lu the conduct of rlrctiont In tlm Territory and their I rereijuhdte-t tin this line the twonty-fo.mil section of the l.d tuun It I u ker law, raving the then cutting r ndltlonv f age rrabfencn end cltlx nthln, Incrdrr to legulrallon, adds numerous other conditions c r atlng aa civil dltablllllrf, and Incor-loritcatlin Incor-loritcatlin whololnthe oath ofeligl-hllliylt ofeligl-hllliylt irctrrlbrs. Coucurnlng election agoncUa, thu ninth section of the llmunds law provides pro-vides "That all the rrglttratlon and election ofllcrii of every descilp-Hon descilp-Hon In the THtlljiy of Utah are hereby declared vacant, aud each aud every duly reining to the registration of lotert, theoonliictof cluctlons, thu receiving or rejection of votes, anl the canvassing aul returning of the same, and Inning i,f cettlfl -atea or other evidences evi-dences of elrrtlon lu tall Territory shall be performed unJer the existing laws of tlio Utlted 6 wtf t aud of sail Territory, by t roper rwnt who ahill buappoltited to executo audi cilices nd ptrlorra such duties tiy a b.arJ of live itirsons, to lie a, pointed by thu t'resideut, by an 1 Willi the cuntent Df the rienate, pruvldnl, that such board shall not exclu leaoy ittou utherwlse eligible to vole from the iolls on account ac-count nf any oplulonsich tierson may euterUInou the subject of bigamy ur lolygjiny, nor shall they refuse to count any such vote on account uf the opinion of thu mn on that suljcct." Under this aectlon the lKard of Commission has, from tlnle to time, n pointed ofllcers to nicceed to the functions and titles of their iredecca-sora iredecca-sora under tho Ti rrltorlat latv,uamrly, legiatrati nf voters, J u Urt of electluua and cinvasurri of tlm ehrtlon returns, and, at the Terrltotltl law, na hat been remarked, combines Willi thla suction In forming tho election system of thu Territory, It It ueedlul to consult rich In determining the vail illy of any art of the Coramliilon or nl Ita appointees. lteicurrtug tcrthu first rectlon uf the Morrill law an I to the ilghth suction of the I.'.lmunlt law, It falls In the order of the dltctiatton to statu that cravo iucitlons of conttlliitlounl law navedceti ralteel upon each. Klrit, whether it wsi competent to Congitss to penally Inhibit plural marriages Inasmuch In-asmuch ai Hint uf the Mormuni, at lerist, hold tucli tnirrlagn to bti n tenet of their religion? Heron I, whether It was cumpetvul to tougrcts to abolish ur abridge, as to such laitoue, the right of suffrage nt they ha I theretofore en-Joyed en-Joyed It under the law? The fltit quettlon came before (ho Huromo Court of the United Htatea. The cuurt, In corjalJrrlng It, among nther things, said "lu uur oliibn, tho lUtutu Is wllhln the power of (;on-gretr. (;on-gretr. It Is constitutional and volt! aa I rescrlblng a lulu of actlun far all those mldlng lu the Trirllutlcs or oilier Places over which tho United Htati-s havo control. ThUrbeluso, tbu only iuvttl in which remalua li whether tiiueu who make ll)gamy n )ottof thrlr religion are txcrpied from the oiwralluuuftheaUtute. If they are, tnen those who do not make poleganiy a artof their religious belief nuo be found guilty and tiul.heel, wlilln mow who do mutt be acquitted and Kt free. Thlt would bolntraducinga new element Into crlailusl law. Itiwj are undo for the government uf act! ins, aud while they cannot Intrrfcru with merorullglous belief and oplulou, they in sy with rrartlcrt. Ho tiers, at a law for tho orgauliitlou of Widely tinier thouxrlutivu dominion of the Uiilled Utiles, His irovlded that luralmar-rlagew luralmar-rlagew alull not be all iw cd. Can a man rxouro hit iractlcet to the contrary becauiu of hla rellslout ltltf? To lwrmlt this would b to make the pru-fitsc-d doetrlnenfrellglousteticfsuier-lor doetrlnenfrellglousteticfsuier-lor lo thu laws of tho land, aud In e licet to liermlt every clllxen to liecomea law unto hlmtr'f. Uuvernment coul I exist onlyin name uudrrsuch clrcumalau-ex." clrcumalau-ex." OS, U. H. p. PI, f (,ueur. Thniecoudquettlali camu befiru the time court In 1SSI, Hi thu cue of Muri by vs. Itamtey and others. In cuiuldcrlug It the oourt had uccatlou to uotvthu dlttlnctlou between criminal ualllea and civil dlaabllllloi, also, to iccogtiixe the natural ai well si thu legal caitectty of a lolygemlnt tociate toliuone. mong oilier things, the court talJt "Tho counsel forthraptel-la forthraptel-la ut lu argument teenii to question tho conttUutional power uf Cougresa to i nss theact-eso farrult abrllgc-s tho right uf electors In this territory UDdvrj re-viaus re-viaus laws. Hut that quettlon, wu think, la no longer oju to dltcinwlou. I I hat iaied tbu ilaguof controversy Into nnaljudgmviit. Uon this construction, tho eUlutu Ii notoprntothuoljectlon that It It an tx iJoif uofolnw. It does not seek In thlsrectiuu(4) aud ly the lennttyof dlalratichlHiiuent, tooperato at a punishment pun-ishment uon any ulleiiae at all. "It la not. tbtrefore. Iticautu the lerun hie committed tho ollei te of bigamy at some ruvlaus time In viola-ll viola-ll hi of sumu uxltilng lUtutc, and ai au additional ainlshineut for lu commit-Ion commit-Ion that he It disfranchised by thu act of March TJ, Hfi.', nor because, hull guilty of the client, at defined and iunl.hed by thu terms of that ad; but because havlug at some time entered Into a blgamuut or uil) cnuiuui relation tiy marriage with a second or thin! wife while tho first wit llvlu;. hettlll inallitalus It, and has not dissolved It, although for thu time being he restricts actual cohahltallou tu one. H The disfranchisement operates on lliotxlatlng stJtuanlcondUlinuf the tierieou and not upun a kisI olletite. It li therefore not rctto-ctlvu. Uu louu la ds rived nf hla vole when hu ntlurs to register, li then uctually cohabiting co-habiting with more than onu woman. Disfranchisement la not I reairlbod ai a ienallv for lielug guilty of thu crime and olft nte of otygauiyl for, at lias tcensilJ, thatoiTcnsu ivuilsts In the face of unlawful mirrlago aud tbu t roeeciitloti agxtntt thu offender Is barred by the laptu of three yean. ' Thu wordi 'bigamist' anl iK,lygam-Itt' iK,lygam-Itt' evidently aru not tttud In the sento of describing those who cnUrulu tlio opinion that bigamy and lolygamy ought lu lie tolerated at a practice not Incumt alible with tho coodordurof society, thu welfare of thu race, nnd a true codu of morality, If such thtro be, bvcauio In the rut Is i of the ninth seo tlan uflhe act It Is ixrealyihclurrd that no person shall Im exoludej from tho ot or bu denied his ante, on account of any fat iniott ou thusul Ject." 1IIU.H, I', lo:, rfM'iulfur. J'nllowing the authoitly of Murphy vs. llanisiy and others trhtef Jutilcu ine, as Justice of thu District Court, held at Halt Inks City, said. In thu i nuw uf thu United Hlntit vt. llaiinett that "the law did not a) lly tu Hi se who went Into polygamy beforn llirre wat a law nailust it, but to Ihoiu who were actually In the relation, ship. A man mint nrtually have a tluralltyof wives u be a iKilygimlit. Thu fact uf coliiihltatloii It not a feature fea-ture lu determining thu muatilug of Ihe term. A niau oealeatl lien luiyt.-aml.twheu luiyt.-aml.twheu he fully nnd finally tir inlnatiatherelalloutlilp. Thn nuylo aecoiiiilUh that It not polutcnl nut" Can the relationship i xltt when the na rtlea have not only ct ased to cnhit it, lilt neve te nuted (li good faith? That li, docs It exltt because of thu former relatlombli? To maintain u relation- ship requires s me aot of the mint lo rontlnue the c mdltlon The Bu rente f ourt h il it 1 1 the Idea that there must las a rrcognlllnn The iiurstlou of good faith will lie for the Jury to drier mine. Thetcrilnn regarding amnesty or)iardoii doea not item to have any couiirctlon with thu qucatlou. Tho lartln may ol tain amneaty and yet contl nue the xlj gimout relation. The conclusions lobe drawn from the provisions of tho statutes quoted nnd from their authoritative exposition and spj llcitlou hy the courts, seem lo be First-Tint disfranchisement It no part or Ihe penalty annexed to any sexual oOlnsr committed In violation Of tllMOIMSWIOtll. Hecon I That such ienalllra consist aoltly of flue aud lull rltonmoot, or of both Third Aa n consequence, Hint illi-franrhl-emont It merely an electoral regulation and exclusion. K. mill That thu punishment Inflicted In-flicted for Inhit tied criminal acta ex-ten ex-ten Jt only to sue h ersons who being otherwise eligible lobe rrglstereil, had entered lot i the lelygauious relation and actually cintlntie II, or lo whomsoever, whom-soever, although rotecled by lapso of time from prueecutlon aa a olygimlsl ur bigamist, still cohabits or associate polyga'nuualy or blgainoutly with persons per-sons of the other sex, or to whomsoever hat bee II rvlivlcted of any Inhibited se xual offense and lias not been amnestied am-nestied or lardoned, Un thoconlrary, whoever It rtol so disfranchised, bring otherwise eltglblo thereto, may bo registered re-gistered and vole. J'lfth-Any rrsou actually mal n tain-IngthoMcAmoiisor tain-IngthoMcAmoiisor polygamous relation at the time when huolTtnlili inrae for registration It by such relation dls quallDitl to tie rrglitrrrd, or to vote or hold o01rt,or pcrfornijury tt-rvlcr,and that although lie mayhavo formed such relation before there wat any law agslnst II. rroceedlng on theso conclusions of law and laet Ju tlclally determined, thu Commission hai from tluio to time prenaird circulars advisory of Iheni and caused thetn to be printed nn 1 Issued Is-sued to the rigl'trallon and rlcclluu oftlren. Thlslsan lmortant radical question. ques-tion. Answering It. we are gratified to ray that generally they havo U4n, i-scl-ally In the rural dl.trlctt, while, wo rtgrrt lo say, that they liavu not al-w al-w iys been lu some of tlio larger cities, l'aitlcularly In the latter, not Infrequently, Infre-quently, rtccordliig to what terms to lie trustworthy reports, registrars have denied registration to eligible persons, or have stricken theunmisofsuch r-sons r-sons from thu rrftUlry slm ly upon thu ground that theyliaj, ata former tlmu, contracted plural lutrrlacrra and mutt thcrrforu uiiavoUably contlnuo to t-u lolygumltts until death, tardun oram-uetty oram-uetty cuiiies to relieve tlieiit. In this way the lew and lujudlrlalexr-isltloti to the contrary weto oniclousfy oer-ruled oer-ruled In one or more preclucU In Hall I,ako I 'lly.whllo Ihe a' t was attemj Ird to I e JuMllleJ by n dltlcrcnl version of iKith. This version lm lledly, If not in terms, denies the legal ur natural capacity capa-city uf tho palygamlst to cease to t-e one, or bltcnaclty, montally, raoially or h)ilca1ly, for sexual reformation. It fatallttlcally holds that unco a poly-gamlst poly-gamlst always a lolygimlst, tinhiei ueath, ardon or amnesty Intervenes-It Intervenes-It damns thu unfurtuoalo alike If he does or don't. In another Instance, It appeared In thu case' or a contested election brought tieforu Justice Anderson of one of tho district count, that iwrsuns hid been Imjroperly denied registration or that Ihelr uainrs Ita I beun liuproiery slrlrkeu from the registry aud Hi it tbu vob-s of such persons haJ lain Im-I Im-I rorly refused, and, In thu same case. It a ic-arvd, that iiertonators of nlhiir ha-1 tieeu knoaliigly ivrmlttcd tnvote. Indeed such was the outcry of complaint that the Commission, dc-elr-Ingtoobvlttull, Invited tho registrars In Hilt like City to a irtonai Inter-vlrw Inter-vlrw at Its ntllc anl, nmiug other, Ittur-t the following, July 31, 1 600 "Whereas, I 'onu iatiita havu been made to the Utah Commission by r-sons r-sons who claim that tnryarn citizen of Ihe Territory of Ulsli anil havu li-en re-tldenU of their rctiierllvn countlit thu ri-ulred length of llnio to be rrgtt-terctl rrgtt-terctl volurt, tint hive been rrglstervd heretofore and have regularly voted In the annual elections for Territorial and county oMrcrt. that their names without with-out any fault of theirs hasatieeu strick-rnoll strick-rnoll aud ilu not a iear uponlborugls-tratlon uponlborugls-tratlon Hat for the ensuing August rh-ctlon, and that Itieyare not disfranchised disfran-chised by any act of Congrrss,' I' Tilers-far.. In tlm m Inlou nt Him Commission, whenever It apjaara that the name of a voter lint Urji omlttnl from thu rrgistritlou list without fault ou his part, and such voter It not disfranchised dis-franchised by any act of Congress, e a thu name of such votor about 1 of right le reinstated by the deputy registrar of thu roper precinct and ties lie allowed to vutu at the uniulng election elec-tion " , Ihe sourco of tlieto abuses ties In i art 1 1 the restricted lower of the 1'ummtstlou, which, as a matter of law and fact It eaial llshenl by tho Hu-prime Hu-prime court of thu United Htatra, In Murphy tjcltamary and others, lumj. In that case the court sal 1, I Im ninth section or the act uf March S2, IDS.', j ruvldlug fur tho nppointmnut und jretcrlblng thu duties andiowtrsuf thu board, shows that they have no functions whatever tu respect to thu reglitratlounf votrra, uxcept thu ap-Mjtntntriilof ap-Mjtntntriilof ofllcers In lace of those pre vl iiuly nutnorUel, ttliosu nlllcta are by that section uf the law declared lacant, anl thu it-rroui ai poluted to succeed them aru not sutjuct to the discretion and control of tbu board,but are required, until other irovl.lon bu madu ny thu I.egUlatlvu Aaaembly uf thu Territory to make the required re-etlstnllou re-etlstnllou uf lotert" under ihu exltt-liiglawaoltho exltt-liiglawaoltho United Htatea and of said Territory. Ihe statutory aiwtri of Ihu hoard aru limited to the appointment appoint-ment of rccjilratlou and eluctlou olll cera. I bus Judicially a vui rod of Ihelr In dea;ndenc-e. rtglstrars and Judgea of election havuociattonallj, hi limes of 1'iriy excitement, disregarded the welbcouil lered opinions of thu com-mlislou com-mlislou upon qui iiloniatTcilliig their ilutlns. In feetcti caret theru Ii no reiue ly other than nu assumed and In. direct uuu fallow lng thu cxorclsu of the imrttruf the removal at Incident to thoowerof appointment, nor It that retort free lu all lusUuces, from couutcrsalling disadvantages. Tor exnu lo, the ret Indue of onu n glstrar with another when thu former was Itirsulughli lioutoto house canvass, orwhlhi hu tun lining Judicially lo hour ol Jcctloni to the rUht of a wrron to havu Ills nume retained nn the registry, might In either lucli case glsurlMitocmbarjMlngtompIlcatloni. Ur, to replace otm or moru election Judgns Willi another or othsrs while the i lection was proceeding, might bu atlundeel lvltti theainiOLOiisefuences uay, mlglit vitiate tbeulrclluu The Territorial law bouudlcg thu ' authority of registrars hy t nclnrt lines lieipeaks a policy of local administration administra-tion Hence, Ihu regl.trar liearlngoti-lections liearlngoti-lections to tho tight of con'lnucd teglslrallon must need bo o resident nf the precinct In which Hie hearing takes place; Iheieforr, analogically, ana-logically, lha person making the oh lection ahould llkrwlee bo realdeut ol It, and for the further nasin, because si such hs Would re-sumibly Iw be lie r Informed reri-e-aing the light thai-Iriigcd thai-Iriigcd thnnlfhe were not. Villi lias incurred In tho stress of party rivalry, thsttiOii rtthlenlaof the preclucl, t-ha t-ha slrangcra lo It an I ptrmully lnesionilblr, have, as Ihe agents of lolllual committers, rallied lo be presented pre-sented numerous such oljrctlons, lo tho vrxailon and hindrance of electors and the otetrucllon ol Ilia course of the law An mlrq iste and effective remedy for thesu abuses claims serious attention, atten-tion, aud, as conducive thereto, the commission. In tho event of Ha continuance, con-tinuance, may tie understood at suggesting sug-gesting an ainendmenl of tho vxlttlng laws cuve-rlug an I giving tflect to thu followlug proposltlonst rirtt That tbu coninilsilon shall be authorized lo Issue Inatruclloui, con-furmably con-furmably to Ihe conditions of such authorization which shall In binding on Ihu rrglstmrs, or, that tho functions func-tions of then gtstrari shall Im limited to the acts nf registration and to tho taking of anl lavas of eleVloial qualification qualifi-cation an I transmuting thu evidence s)( tho same as now rnpilredbylawjor, that the election Judgea shall, exclusively, ex-clusively, bo authorized lo deal with all ol jeitioui or challenges to the right uf a-isont lo lai rrglstereil or to vole, or, that an Internn-dla'o tribunal bu-twren bu-twren tho ele-clloii Judges end the rrglMrarsihall be established with exclusive ex-clusive Jurisdiction for that i urpuae. Hecoud That any act of tlio re gltlrsr Improrly hindering ur any neglect of etuiy by hill! delaying the lawful eftec-tuatlonof eftec-tuatlonof the right to 1 rrgl.lt red or to vote, or any wilful or unauthorized act committed or omitted by him lu Ills caacltyaa a registrar, shall, In any such case, bo deemed n lumthablu otTencc, IDI.MIAMV Having dltcusied the Institution and iractlcM ofolygimy as allecllug the individual, the family, society and tho Htsteln a former report, I shall nil I nothing hereon this suljectcxreil to say that my vlows as tx resssd lu that teiort remain unchaDge-l. My Immediate Im-mediate tairiKsse Is to notice thn decrease de-crease of lolygamout mintages In Utah lo their present joint of virtual eisalittou. The evidences of this fan!, direct an 1 Indliect, moral au 1 official, areas uumenus ns thry should hu convincing. I piiue to dwell ou a few of them. In lis? a convention of delegates chosen with remarkable) iiniulmity by a Mormon conslltueiny In Utah memorialised me-morialised Congn-ea to admit lie T er-rltoryasa er-rltoryasa Htate, under a constitution framed by the convention which Inhibited In-hibited bigamy bud lolygamy and re-Iil re-Iil or change of the Inhibition without with-out the aproval thereof ty Congrra, and which alto sutirudol the iqiera tlouuf any actor pardon In behalf of any prrtou convh led ol any of tlioio ollrlitet, lltilet! such net had bleu at proved by the l'rrtldent of Ihe United Htatrt Whatever the conslitency ol those firuvleloni srlth the lutidamenul do rliira uf thu lollllcal eual'ty of the hlattse under the Federal Constitution, till the ruvliloi a aro ImpurUot, at manifested In the most solemn matt ner, lu a dlsjosltlon .iin the lurt of the Mormons In Ulah to reccdu ,'rum lolygamoui I rtctlces. The lglilttlvn Amemliy of the thn Territory of Utah, at Hi wsslon In IMH, resolved that It wai "lu favor of a uet, humatiu and Imjiartlal enforcement en-forcement of the laws"agilust sexual olTensis Mln .the miuu uiinner that other criminal liws are enforced under thuConstltutloii and laws nf our country coun-try to Ihu end that such olTensis may las effectually lleveuled" At tho same Htslon the Assembly pasted a law I'ngulatlDg marriages,' elaborately elabor-ately devised aul bristling with penalties penal-ties ruralnst any Inruad by tolyganiy. In 1130 ecclesiastics anl laymen of tho Mormon I hurch, realdenlln Uuh, assembled In Imitwiiig niimUrs nl Ihe Mormou Tatiernacle lu Halt I jikn t'lly, and there, thmugh President llfurd Woodruir,asthuheaetnf thu Mormon Church, eitlltirratrly avowed thelrdls. sent lo future plural marriages an 1 their I iirpose to oLey thu laws rohlbll-Ingt rohlbll-Ingt liciu. And, as affecting tho question of dictation dic-tation by thu he a J of llio Mormon Church In political affairs, II may he said that In thu recent general ele-clloii, several of the romlneut illjulUrlei nf thu Church were defeated al thn jells by ley members or It. KiriyihlbeitrsuntyrirllSvl) the Mormou electors, comoslng thu"l'eo-ple's thu"l'eo-ple's Party," decllnwl to iniku nontl-nsiloui nontl-nsiloui for publlo nillce , and, ellaband-Instlic ellaband-Instlic jutty, united, aoioMIng to their Inollnatiout, with tbu Democratt or Jteputllcanileccdlng ftom thu Liberal Lib-eral aity, lu organizing dlttlticllvu Democratic and llepubllotn parties In the Territory, Ihu ldberal party alone, ol former lolltlcal organlxitloua In thu Territory, survives, Ihetufaola, while marking tho dUaolullon of tho lVoile'a tcirty, nnt thu rise nf new leatllrs, also forecast thu early dissolution dissolu-tion of tho Liberal parly as au uvrut Inevitable In the ordi r of progress. Thus thu territory, under new con. illlloiit, Is about to leave I elilnd the bitter fouda that so long embroiled Ita people an I retarded their homogenety und pacifications Thus thu territory has at li until arrived at u o!ut prouila-linr prouila-linr iiirraanriit dellveraucu from thu lollaof blgutry anl factions, ujaiti Ihu higher l lane of concert with the National Na-tional isertlesi upon the lines of thrlr conie ting Itsjes, and for the common wellare, this advance hua tieeu Attendee! At-tendee! with more delicacy mil dllll-culty dllll-culty than some times falla to the lot of an aimed array, fur, lu onu case, the tardy ja reuoMuii of law olid reason waa thu only n source! whereas, In thu other, tho sword Is the ready nud direct remit. ltevcrllng lo thoelerlloti rrturns, It will lo teen that thu Democratic and Itepibllcuu lartles resjiectlvely wero guuerslly aliunger In tho rural district! than thn Liberal iarly, that the Liberal pirty lost the city ofogden i rallnnvl cuiilur, and formerly onu of ltd ftroiignolds tut maliitalned Us uu-meihal uu-meihal tujicrlorltj, particularly lu Halt Lake aul Huntmlt coiintlii-the ouj ihil of thu former being n coiuiuor-clal coiuiuor-clal tenter; Ihu capital of Ihu latter being ii mlulng ceuti r. It also un"irs that the whulu uuml er of votes c aal I n thu strenu )us coiiittt for meuil e ra for thn Lcglslatlvo Council nr.. ;,u 19, of which It npiain tho Dsmocruta east 1HHU0, tho dUlluittve rteplbllcllla U7S1, tnu Liberals 7 M, seatleilng -17. Nuw, premising these flguris nnd asumliig that tho body of thu Liberals bad consistently, as pro etnu-d He; ubll-cans, ubll-cans, tinltud Willi Uiu ilistluctivu llr I ublicans, and that a eimberot II I ubllcan Mormoni hail done thu lime who did wil, list by to iloli.. n, should ndlrcclly promote I,liira .iX eras and, con.uenll their own obi. Irauohlsemenl, pnmlaing these conju "" real.or hyiolhetically re,on. able, would not the election ails,,"; theitriubllcaus and DrmccraU bsv. la-cn ai least doul tful? Well Informld Ilrpubllcnui and Drmcxratt Vh. Terr tory have wbl ,. Crit.lni,,,. fart, the total of the Tote east by In," tlurtlve Itepubllcansaud I.lbrrslt til reeds by 3n the tutal votes cast bt Democrals for cnuncllori. ' The oillclal evidence of Ihe decrease of lural marriages since the In else ,,t Krteinber, nisi, comes through lh. Dlstrlctjudgesln ihe Tenltoryr ' Justice lllirkburn reports thst t,.r. has bee u but one conviction hid in that llnio for lolygamy In the Dlitict couit hrld at thu city of 1'rovo. Jnttlru Miller rejorts only one iiich rouvlcllon had In the District Couttln tuuMtyorOgdcn. v.ourii0 Justice Zane reports ono conviction !';' for po ygamy In the District t0Ull held at Hall Lake Clly, and that it,, conviction was not of it Mormon. Justice Anderson rrporU one ron. vidian had for that oOeuse lu the Lit. trlrt Court held at Hi aver City. .. rhiio comirlsu all the districts In the Te rrltori . The greatest number of convictions had tor aoy sexual oflrnse lu the lime statid, hat rol aUy Uen for unlawful cohabitation thatofltnse bring In many, If not In mo-lcttri, a rello of polygamy m,ide punishable un. drr thu statuto wbtu lapto of tlmu had Intrnwreil is 1 ar lo llio punishment of the oilen Irr ne a polygamltt, and In a numlirr of such cases conviction and punishment followed confession of guilt al satisfying thn law anl promts. lug luturu obrdlencu to It. Irue.I have not here adverted tolht fact that the number of ludlcluitnci fiund exceed the numla-r of convle. tlouslnl, for neither do Indictments nor the extra olllclil accusations of rrglttrata or the proceudluga uf ex-amliilug ex-amliilug niaglstralrs luitort guilt or a I resumption nf It. A lillTarrnl rule, boiling au nccuta'-loti equivalent lo conviction, would lo itinverilve to larsonal security and civil liberty. It would license luallca tu do lit wont. In fact, number uf the Inllctmenti Into referred t) were actually dla-mltaed, dla-mltaed, while ujoii uthers, the l ernni moused wrrr, ou trial, aciiilttrd. Ihcse tools ol soclsl rnormitlon are iluu to various causes to the school, thu rrss, tutlllsgi', mining, (ho arts, trade, and not In thu lend lo the laws whoso lns Iratlon an I aim, at lu i lly Inter rrlsit by thu 1'realdett, wat and la to coiitrcrale the one wife si tho uncrowned un-crowned queen of tbu home. Again, tho rrf irmatlou li an evolution evolu-tion of rogreto). Thu Mormons have emerged from the condition of fugl-llveaseiluled fugl-llveaseiluled III the raslllrncs ofa fotelgu laud from llio touch and movement move-ment nf the genrral woild. Many If not most of the eirlhtt coloriliti are dead, while tlulr children havu surmdcxi under the tltg of the Unlleel Htatea, to Ihelr lacrs. The uuw generation, reinforced by non-Mormon non-Mormon lunnlgrauU, farm n common ledd Which baa trtul far an I w I,.' e over the vallrja of Utah, naturslly dry and arid, and by palnslaklng toll have Irrigated and tilled them lo fruit. fulness aud luxuriance. More, thlt host has utilized tho rugged mountains at laitturrs of grazing klne, or as quarrlra uf gray aud red granite and sandstone, or lias tlerctdlhera with the tick and drill for their trrssures of golf, silver, ro per and lead, Iron and eoel. Vet, eveu with all this, sonic, thing more needs to be done lo assure the material welfare of the people of tho Territory and generally of the In-tvrmouutaln In-tvrmouutaln region. Thu watersof the rivers, lakes, canyons and -cvtlier mountain moun-tain streams should bo made tributary to caiiacloua and durable reservoirs far regulated distribution for all useful t ur-loses. ur-loses. Therefore I think It would I wise that Congress should sanction by law the recommendation of the President Presi-dent that tho unreserved and unapt ro-1 ro-1 Hated bends of Ihe United Htatea lying In the naturally aril Hlalcaand territories shout I bu ceded to them undrr I ruieritljiulatloui In aid of thoas IuriMies. w., nANCiiiar.nr.tr. My deduction from nil thu premises Is that It would not bo either Just or polltlo to extend by law thu range of existing civil disabilities Indiscriminately Indiscrimin-ately to alt of the .Mormons. That woul I las to punish Ihe Innocent with thu guilty wllhout Judicial Inquiry and sentence, In substitute the legislative for Uiojudlclil authority, coulrary lo therlnclleaiid spirit of the Anglo-Haxon Anglo-Haxon and American Institutions, l'ractlcally It woul 1 lejive llieMoriuous and their posterity, professing tho ssmu religious be lief, suljee t to taxation aud military servliuevlthuul u voice upon Ihe question of taxation or uf war. It woul I degrade! them us a drum. Thlt would Ihi an anomaly In a utar gov. rrnmrtil. In likes cases anothir step downward has ended In servitude. All alnui;thulliienf such descent lurki the spirit of reseuge awaltlug Its opiortu-ulty. opiortu-ulty. Thu proscription ol liaises It Ihe rook upon which famous republics of the mat struck and rltbvd. Dtsfrsnclilscnient as a precedent oimia the way lo disfranchisement at a rule. If Ihu lirglalaturu may disfranchise disfran-chise I art of thu community may It not dlsfrsnchlsu tbu whole of It and become lmierlal? A historic statesmen of Lnglandsall In wordt echoing down thu )inrs, that It wat not ronilieteut to any political or civil authority to condemn and jiuulsli collectively any body of latiplo. What then li the mod? Only "to let w ell enough ulonv," l'unlsli the liidlvlhial by n duu prorcit for hit criminal arti, but for hla belief or oi lulun, never, 'Thlt la the distinction of right aud riaiou. A dlstlnctlou divine. di-vine. Upon It liaui; nllku social and civil order, nud thu eui Iru of thought and genius. It Is thu raniiatt of Ihu Hlatv, of the man, uu 1 of the c'llliou. JlllIM A, MtCl.l 1INANP. AsllioCommlsilou did not firnlsh any Journal with copios of tlio fore-going fore-going reports execjt their urgau, the I Hilt l.ako TrVmr.t, the Niwshas bn'ii uuder tho uecesilty of nj rnduclng tliuni as they appeared In the columns of tliat 1 ai-er, Un. D. 1.. N.) |