Show aftel THE IONS one would naturally suppose that tho vermont senator who framed and engineered the passing vi that infamous bill of of last march as tho edmunds bill would have been satisfied with tho unenviable notoriety that its enactment brought its reputed author but it scorns that to him at least there 13 yet something ing which deficiency according to tho following bill he proposes to supply by bishing something after the style of the spanish inquisition or tho venetian council of ten van zile tho defeated candidate for tho utah del is undoubtedly at tho bottom of ahe entire disreputable measure although a prior bill under tho lauio litlo tho construction of which was with good cause imputed to P T awas laid on ono side or at least tho body of it by the committee to whom it was referred and this yet daoro measure substituted that this now edmunds bill mil pass is rather doubtful from th fact that many who for the first bill now seo tho gr BS injustice that it imposed upon a industrious and law abiding people as can bo found anywhere in tho world tho following is a verbatim copy of the measure as reported to tho senate on the alth instant 1 all to provide further means for ac suppression of the crimes of bigamy polygamy and the unlawful co in the territories of the unius states and to provide for the lifter government of ahe of utah and for other purposes be it enacted etc that in any proceeding and examination before a grand jury n judge or a united states commissioner in any prosecution fur bigamy polygamy or unlawful coha bilion under auy statute of taft states nl ahna band or wife of the person accused shall bo a competent witness and may bo called and may be compelled to testify in such proceeding examination or prosecution without the consent of tho lius band or wife as na the case may bo sec 2 that in any prosecution tor bigney polygamy or cohabitation under any statute of tho united states whether before a united stages commissioner judge 11 grand joiy or any court an attachment for any witness may be issued ty the cobit judge or commissioner without a previous subpoena compelling the immediate attendance of uch witness when it shall appear to the commissioner judge or court as tho case may bo that there is reasonable ground to be iceo that such witness donld unlawfully fail to obey a issued and served in the usual course in such cases sec 3 that any prosecution for bigamy polygamy or unlawful co habitation may be commenced at any tica within fio years next after tho commission of tho ou anse but this provision shall not bo construed to apply to any kofl anso already by any existing of limitation sc 4 that every ceremony of marriage or in tho natura of marriage in any of tho territories of alio united states whether either or both or moro of the carlies to such ceremony bo lawfully competent ts bo tho subjects of such madriago mar riago or ceremony or not shall bo certified in writing by a certificate slating ibo fact and nature of such ceremony the full names of each of the parties concerned and the full name of every officer aud of every person in auy T ay taking pait in tho performance of such ceremony which certificate shall bo drawn up and signed by the parties to such a ceremony aad by every officer or person taking part in the performance of such ceremony and shall be by tho officer priest or other such marriage or coio mouy filed in the office of the probate court or if there be none in the office of tho county hav u probate powers in the court or district in which euch ceremony shall take place for ic cord imd shall bo immediately recorded such certificate shall bo ancie evidence of tho facts required by this act to be stated thor ciu iu any proceeding civil or criminal in which tho matter shall be drawn in question any person who violate any of tho provisions of this section shall bo doomed guilty of misdemeanor and shall on conviction thereof bo punished by a fine of not moro than 1 or by imprisonment not longer than ITCO years or by both baid pun iu tho discretion of the court soc 5 that every record and dairy of any kind any ceremony or marriage or in tha calure of made cr by aay officer priest cr civil or cc functions lawful or r not in any territory ofilio united slates shall bo subject to inspection al all reasonable times bj any officer or appointed under the authority althe united state anil dball on be produced and shown to such by any in whose or control abe maujo my be ry person who shall I 1 violate the provision or tah section shall be guilty of misdemeanor and shall on conviction convict ron lc punished liy a fine of not cipro than one thou and dollar or by not longer alian two years or bj both said punishment in the discretion ot the and it shall bo lawful for any unite states commisa ioner judge or court before whom anny proceeding shail bo pending in which such record of enry may lie by warrant lo 10 such or and alic bool document or paper tho same lo 10 bo talen and ht buforo lim or it fur tho pur pase of hucl sec G tint nothing in ibis act shall be to prevent the proof ot marriages whether lawful or ui by any evidence now legally admissible for that purpose sec 7 that it shall not be lawful for any female to vote at any election hereafter bold in tho territory of utah for any public purpose whatever and no cuili vote shall be received or counted or given effect io any manner whatever and iny and every net of governor and legislative assembly of the territory of utah providing for or allovio allo wio tho res istrati oa or voting by females n hereby annulled fcc 8 that the election dis ricas and ol 01 representation concerning alio llio members of the legislative isla tive assembly of the territory of utah anro hereby abolished and it fidall of the territorial and the united states judges in aid Teni tory forthwith to ie district aid territory ind apportion liou in abc bame in such manner as to provide as nearly as may be for au equal representation of the excepting indians not taxed citizens ot the united states according to numbers in said legislative assembly and to the number of members of the council and bmw of as now by law and a record of tha establishment af such new districts and the apportionment ol 01 representation thereto shall be made in the ofies ol 01 the of slid territory and such establish mant and represent ahall continue congress shall otherwise provide and no persons other than c of the united states otherwise qualified llull bo lo 10 vole at any election iu ej |