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Show I By Till) AMMMV JIOHMIr. In It la cnlirlnj la ire (lie common BK acnllm.nt In (vor or (lie tnortmcnt Puft for g.ntral mnratjr la tlio o la of Mm Utah, All pirilM and claim m " Mx$ irproTs o( It. Tlio lictltatlon of the INn' 1'imMmiI, Hi Ml.tr, la iiu lo over Wm. caution It dot. not want to commit MR lilinialf to io Irapotlant a mratiiro Kg.. without aucb lacking aa wouM rre- Htf clud. nil llama to lilm by lb couulrjr. tp; 11 la fur tbla teaaon, no doubt, tbat n' ' C'ongma la ailnd to tab torn alrpa lu hi-. tbamatltr. ff! Hanator l'addock liaa lntroduc.il Mil bill lo Mind atcllon all of tlio lid. KJfJ rauudaAct. Tlio 7rlbvnt my It Into InK laical tbat arctlon, wblch la a. alpablo kfj mlitaa, a tbat would takit (way tbo ittjt maatj prorlalon of Ilia law Inatcad fi' of enlarging It. Ai weliiTopraTloui- HBji 1 eiplalned, thiroTllounotr cirri HVIHL tbe l'rraldant power to Ktant amnraljr Hm to oflriidtra Ufora the paaaago of the fljBg Ml. It la iropoaed to extend tbla HBBY power ao ai to meet alllhereculre HK menta of ireaent ranee. It la quite SKI llkelythat the amendment will paaa HVJh Mid that Ibe I'rraldrnt will then pro- IHSHg oeed to grant the petition. HHJHV lloweeer, we take the grounl that HBHE Iberrealdenfapooerln the irimlm HH la aoipla under the couilltutlonal re HHNf rogatlrea he lOMiaaira, ludeeudent of HHn IhelMmundeactor any other (.'on- HVfi grteilonal atatute, Morrorar, ho liaa Hh eierclaed tbla eiecutleo clemency In HBnlj- liifelaldual caaia a number of tlrora, j HBVi audtheeaoieprlnolpla la lavolred In , HHH thatactlouaa would belli a general flHB amiiiaty, BhJ WeitlllaeereinarkaraBdeaVout"re- HHJB atorlnif cllltetiahlp." It ihould l BBJB) uudentoodtbatclllaanihlp la not loit BVSi orreatored by auy provlalona of the BBS? "" polygamy lawi. When a man 1 iHSbP lolee bla franchlau tie doea not farfrlt tlHDjtl hla cltlzenabtn. Thai remalna lutact, I ItHaBR whether he tan Tote or not. A great t IHHlef niauy cltlaena, Including women and $HRh) malea under twenty.ooe yearaof age, jflHHl cannot Tote or hold offlcti. Thofrau. nH ehlae la n prlTilege conferred by law flHP-H nd doea not Inhere lu cltltcnahlp. BHf if ft general ainuraty waa granted, iloHRl unlaw lorn change In tlio Kdmunda j (9Hn nd l'.dmunda.ruckar acta waa alaii 1 IHu tllrcted, but Tery few men uotild re- j tHHjs celTuany polltloal beneltt. Only by a HHB re(ial or reTliton of aeitlon eight I BHb of tbo Kdmunda Act and of aeo- I I HV lion twenty.four of the ldmunda ' I flHHI Tucker Act would the Toting j HflHJI ftbd ofnce-boldlng franchlae be re III jHm atored to eraona who are lu the etatue HJHV lygamy. ' 7lBai The beneflta of geaeral amnrity WjHB would be general, lu ao tar aa It would jISHSk be an official mark of reconciliation , iDHHI bitween the "Mormon" iieople and the B IobIHB (JoTernment and ftaettleineutofjong t HH peudlng dinlcultlra, and would tend to 1 fin oimeol the union eilitlng and to pro I alBHs mote ft better faellnif throughout the I HHR oountry la regard to Utah, They I HKSL would be IndlTldual, In that peraona I kKH Wbo haTe been couelcted or ludlcted HJHVW aad are not jet freed from the law, njHBHi would be pardoned, and thoio of that HHhHB claia who are now disconnected from. IHSHf lolygamy eeuldbeeufranchlied. Ter KiHHHfll l"HI w'10 ftrBfrr(1 froln lygeniouari HHSBS latlona may iTote and bold olllce with HjMK out amneatyf and au can all other per HVSHJ aona who cau take the rtgtitratlou HHJItW! WBlWWT We make theao eiplanatloua that the UB&dpK acopoand ellect of the amneaty pro- aWHflro loaed may not ba rnlaunderatood. 1 1 la lilfoHlnF A autjeot of conaldirablu dlicuaalon SieHiB Btl(1 tuou'(l Tlewed In Ita proptr flplWjmi light. Theaenttmantln Ita auiiiortti jHfiff an eucouraglug Indication of a better JMR jubllo fcellni; towarJi Utah, and we 'VHHJI; regard It aa a algulllcant algn of the flHKjR tlmea. |