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Show t 4 S t , ....-,-- v - - k. ... y - - t j 1 y y K a ' Scr:r:t: D:!I:KaTAen by C:tli IIc:scs,: 2nd To-ncrrcu To-ncrrcu In Jc!nt Session Ses-sion tlie Assenlly Tlll Ratify TcJay's Action. .-. , Three Ilnndrcd Ttc:s2nd . Ytocn nave Lined Up : to n-iit tiic utaii Aros- tic at tbc Dear of the ; United States Seriate.1 SHOOT'S VOTE. ! Senate ....... t10 House ........... ............36 TOTAL 48 TOTAL MAJORITY 29 THE SENATE. Smoot .............10 Wells 2 Rawlins 6 Total .......... ..........18 SHOOT'S SENATE MAJORITY. . 2 . THE HOUSE. Smoot .......... .86 Rawlins ........ 4 Wells .............. 4 (Absent) . , . . . . . . . ........... 1 Total ............45 SHOOT'S HOUSE , MAJORITY. . .27 . . r . , Apostle Smoot received 46 votes In the two houses of the Legislature on separate sepa-rate ballot at 2:30 o'clock today. . Tomorrow at noon this action will be rillfled in Joint session. ' -' - ' The feature of the House session was the speech of Representative White, who refused to vote for Apostle $ moot, declaring bis election would bring about a cyclone of criticism on the State, bring dishonor upon Utah and disgrace upon the successful candidate. The Republicans who voted for Gov. Wells were Evans, Lee, Stewart and White. Of the Democrats, Robison was absent. THE SENATE BAT.TiOT. In the Senate,' two, Republicans broke away from- Smoot and voted for Gov. Wells. They were Senators Sherman and Lawrence. I The latter made an extended speech explaining his vote, declaring he could not stand for such a union of church and State as would be manifested in the election of Apostle Smoot He cited the manifesto of President Woodruff in thecase of Moses Thatcher to sustain his position. - - Senator Bamberger made an enter-taining enter-taining speech nominating Senator Rawlins for re-election. Senator Rawlins Raw-lins received the solid Democratic vote. . The vote in the Senate was as follows: FOR SMOOT Allison, Gardner, Johnson, John-son, Larsen, C. P.; Larsen, H. S.; Lewis, Loose, Love, McKay, Williams 10. FOR WELLS Lawrence, Sherman 2. , (Continued on Page I.) . . v t , l- I frcm r:e 1.) "";3 ' '3T-, -rer, Earber, - Z'ri:k, Whitmore prevailed upon Gov. Wells of Utah to veto the measure. -With Roberts out of the way, the arr.alg-amated clubs then set to work to amend the Constitution of the United States in such a way as to make polygamy polyg-amy a crime. This amendment was presented pre-sented to the Fifty-sixth Congress in December. 1901, together with over 100,-000 100,-000 signatures to a petition. The matttr was given to the Judiciary committee and, despite continued efforts, no report was rendered on it. "The matter was practically dead, and efforts to revive interest in the anti-polygamy anti-polygamy crusade were in vain. However, How-ever, Representative Parker of Newark, N: J., chairman of the sub-committee, took up the fight, and on January 6th he introduced to the present session the following Joint resolution: 'Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled (two-thirds (two-thirds of each house concurring therein), that the following amendment to the Constitution of the United States be proposed for ratification by the Legislatures Legis-latures of the several States: " 'No State shall legalize bigamy, or polygamy, of any contract for bigamous or polygamous association, nor authorise- the descent or distribution of property prop-erty at the death of any man to his children, chil-dren, by any woman to whom he. has, or shall, not have been joined In lawful wedlock.' i Women at Work Again.. . "Headed by the National Woman's Temperance Union, the women of the United States are at work securing signatures sig-natures to a petition that will accompany accom-pany this resolution when a report la i made, and even our sisters In foreign countries have been furnishing aid, both financial and otherwise. "It is not generally .known, but in every country in the world some branch of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union is organized to prevent -the spread of polygamy and to drive Mor-mon!8m Mor-mon!8m out of existence. - "We have been successful before and we can win again. Sraoot will not be elected, but should be be victorious in his own State he wll find it rather a difficult proposition to secure his seat "Literature will be sent broadcast over the country, and lectures will be delivered by women who have lived In Utah among the Mormons and who know the degrading effects of polygamy. polyga-my. Dr. Sara Elliott spent ten years in Utah, and has somednterestlng facts to present to the public. Dr. Elliott will begin the campaign in the East In the latter part of the mopth, and will probably prob-ably make several addresses In this city." v |