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Show DUBOIS PROPOSES POLYGAMY MEASURE i WASHINGTON. Jan. 11. Senator Dubois, Du-bois, who has been active against poiyg. amy, has infoduced an amendment to the Statehood bill which reserves to Congress Con-gress (he it,ht to legislate on the subject of p(ygamy and polygamous cohabitation. cohabita-tion. The amendment provides that Congress may take action If the two States to be admitted If the pending bill becomes a law. should fail to enact effective ef-fective legislation. Senator Dubois desires de-sires that Congress shall insist that the two proposed States shall incorporate an anti-polygamy clause in their constitution constitu-tion and he believes If the amendment is adopted national legislation of a similar charge would be enacted applicable to every State. The amendment reads: " "Congress reserves to Itself the right to legislate on the subject of polygamy and polygamous cohabitation within said Bute; but the Legislature of the State shall have the right to enact legislation In respect thereof which shall be effective effec-tive unless and until Congress shall legislate legis-late in respect thereto." |