| Show H on te ti Statehood mill Bill H POLYGAMY and the tue CHURCH H tT nm the tho Congressional n d 0 the tho house iOU reaia In g t ra d was that It t jn M III of that tIiu Is 1 In III tho IiO d aJ J t It t as ani on ate 8 ie It t la ti B t N 11 no 1 Political drastic meas HITh M no I hh h fl td cM tho tto I Act wo uru It J hj all lurked their WILY way too I 5 ed the lah M 0 d In the tho face i nl nJ tW fIT ar t and In of tb om for Cor a V 1 live II the pe face fa ate f I I iO H Ilon The Y YUho WI Iven Iv en before a n cheap pan oC Q t t h had like Iko that tr R of at f the union Th Thlik I h hIn la In the tM th o Ot Ol lik U It contented tho the thon I n mu mu h V re e Iko I have havo I U man as os a ho was wn tad h dO d in tan away troll from I I o nd tho chaIrman seems dut their rIU bc nuee he maIo II ao n siy y ottob tO n this tillS matter ana anaI I a nl 9 laue of ot this neg negi i de It u ii I i i 1 ilah tab statehood bill re Fe reIt It to put tl th Monn Mormon Church unon Morlon iii an t j the Iho minority report in It that tha thai len h IH i in the lh house tho thon Ft ruIn i l must have hall n tl u nil of ot the commit t I lU d that ni the Iho argument be ho het i t fr and a h sal tP of or the th senator lentor from C t Cl fr i eh tb L I h t HI iad the tho aion a 0 1 but that ho lie still ad nd b u dIO ta hIs h b bel beit that mat something must mUt mUti e I kl m They i with outside o tho bd hi to fight wih hoped I t I t I I omo I II lii UnIon They rhey bd t 0 A th fp p P the tl UtAh h tw do r tin fd I n P In ln the eta ma und New NOll tute ut AI ln M c but a D 1 ey eo strong atron provI Si c Ii StIn In n U 13 1 of ot the tho L lio i 1 M Iii 1 h n by h the tho pei 0 e hl t tl uh l Ii h n they knocKed at athe It thea he doors door of or for tot lon Ser t my rn i I ml nd polygamy be belor lor Irr cons i t n with w h a 1 re f olm if ni of r f g each of ot often ten is i t her v forbidden declared a Any f jl r in Iho ho IiO Khali violate to tills thia thereof ho 10 Ii flon rh I i l mm I b bv v u 4 fn n of It f not moro more 1010 thal than c il si r ion I fl I for a term terni not I Ils j than tiun sit ait FC nor moru nore maI than thun 11 eJ in the Ile discretion I creton of at tho the court Lb s ion Rha bo be construed con trull U cW the tie aid all of I ia opet fl and he h offenses or ne prohibited l Iy ly y this Ihl ic se I i hll a 1 not be barred burrel by any of ct alto within three years enrA I Ce ft th tb th slon of ot the tha offense I nor rr th i loWer o er of ot extend until unU tint t lu u h tt jurdon shall sMI ho bo ap op approved lP opt proved te ty L t th ti i resident of the United Statu Not t by bl b a M Irmon non governor mark rou but tui lV bl U ih hI h president of the United 11 I Flau An ti ii r section of that Utah Itoh crait o n nd the foregoing foregOinG pro 1 in fl i able I Orn Or then said anid the tho people o I lt 1 had thus c f sal he 5 hT ur r against the tho repeal of oft t Iba A dI M P I r to ti restrain rl polygamy iw ear in I I h n the Ile senator N front from tron 11 s 11 1 bi t j fi nJ a out because I do 10 not Hot to t i it jt the th senate that mn Imn aa It i I to lato a intuit mrm 1 loly v following Ca a if 1 I I iJ i tin th same alne ale line lne providing I lr for fr r in the III aln t ii h a W hr when senators or ort t of iii ii hIO come tu to frame framo an al il II I T vr three stases 11 They he do docot doot tot cot ot firtl tr u H a revision In either cither of ot otI the I t t ii II i i hi hr h rp the lornIt tavi tol Uv lu su h ii u I I I hold where they tho are aro I ui i th lii y ore le In the state tOtt of fr tri in Hi 1 slut ment ot of the sena rena senator renar lena tor IUT r fum Ida I t a n degree dOl reI For New Mini iiii UI i M I re 9 eter cr r Mormons and AI u i 1 Many 1 tj tny 1 Mormons there ii ia I no M n t f It v ii a provision In the then at it I n a i f t p ther There Is Ii no pro IHO pron 11 n i t i enactment so eo 10 lira fa far 4 U c n h find out oUI There Thero Is t 4 dun PS tt to Insert parrot lit Ib i I L nI l nut lne of utterly Idle pro HI iL i n a ol 1 th lh h of the rites Iles Iv fIal f I wai a m Its tag I which mentis means noth not i ai t t wind winI and Ind sound without 1st Et Ht I Ij sul 1 t M 1 j ii r j ij j til nl fl following the line lino linel Ino I l n f t in tn p chairman Gen Jen hb r t oJ j In amendment and 1 l I U i P Jn j j ft fit f It to Liu Bur f r i shall Ihal prohibit r p rg my lily juil marriage anti and polI my amy 01 ou nil 1 n shah be he declared vI lu h i b ton to 10 be felony and hable ty SOy any an of ot the courts ourt of oC said Ile of omit an tInt tent nt Jurisdiction by I sall In a Ca fn of ot not less les than 1000 or 0 fla r than thun I and lb n nt In C 11 j J J rOl fui not less IeM les than one ono pil or 11 o r than lOin live five f years ears 3 Mit l framed by Lt a gal galI galLt 1 I I lie Ie nI not a I lawyer re ie ier f I t celebration r Ih of at mar mary t a In i r I I 10 ne f the hou house t to d mJ h i this I pro proa II f I a m Ir I i y amous or orA plural a r Prohibited An A 1 l ift ur Consideration I nn D tt I 11 h curd Uld without dIs c I In R Rn al Ie Ic the Utah bill bi 1 IJ hood bill hi tn M sent wi pr U jt t r I his signature I 01 V li In i UI o A t frame this bill bi on f eS ed Presence r i r i ID l th t 1 r fl In Arizona b I f in New Mexico r In ti f 1 he statehood bill a it n hurry that thai they tile the thet i omy n lf t note re single line lne and no noM not noA t j A I or tr plural MP r hl I k teat it u i Mi h President if It this n ik lb Ih r Jl J 1 n a soporific effect m d t un senator ng os It u t I 2 t the mind of or my b tire It r tr r rom New iCS J IL i quite quie effective I cP a s had ben been wn omitted t I 18 i 1 I f 1 I I ome PIC 1 rn lb t h P 1 ti 1 d without al aI hy It t I t i fully ul of the senate fen ate M Li 4 timi time ln a L hen en this body which I ir CI I and then 1 in n mi the I It 1 l sin mn m nl r 1 I lion of the revised 1 Punishment for tor fort torU t U h b train n the t e Mormon tn ml a practices n I think the thIs thet iii t h r t d J be t M I w negligent rIpy l 1 m In the words wo of It 1 I iv of indecent fUr cx ox J I ts when they tIle the lb tb I so II act of t C th tl r i and with Ith so 80 lit l litte le te for l I knee nt nl and tonU r the h states of ot this lib Ilk Ih In ln the tho flag K Ib I 5 If r tin I upon It I and anil anilI 1 I t t 1 tf r f r 1 apparent I cL L b 1 n my y and the con col cone I e gf i If 1 i he the priestly PreaU con conk cn lw hierarchy hl Iw Ill f k that tI i ir L I i has b is r ul The Te I I b I m P a state so 80 s far Car r Ihle t t H a h J h i to 0 read this t t me Tao e that all ni of ot tho lie Dt ih 1 kr 1 ri legislation of or tt arT ry 7 The act of ot ft nJ l 3 territories I u and 1 1 a IL I territory What IU L th Il IU has ha as Only On I tt rc Ih t s not this fot fo If It it 1 I rf R R n t tt I t IP speak k of I it itta I ta t k senator from 1 10 W t not t t n gres M t 1 11 1 ir b the luna senator tor tH tell t vI na Itt tl tt to the taiL lait 1 Congress Me Mt III 1808 1898 Mr ir McComas Yes Ithe tho former fonner Con Can pre gross s Ere Mr President Mr Ir McComas 1 yield to the Mr would like Iko to rail call the senators attention to the tho statement he lie Just mode made Presiding The senator from frol Is II not nol In order lr 1 yield to the senator trout from fro 1 Utah Tho The Prodding The senator must address tho the Chair before taking tho the hoot Door Mr Jl PresIdent Pre thought I J did lid address tho the Chair Chall I suppose tho tue tho hair Chair did Old not hear lour me meThe m rho The Presiding The senator from Utah Mr Jr M r Mr President all 11 those provisions lon of ot the tho federal ted I which wore wort In force torce nt itt lt the of the admission of Utah Uth Into the tho Union If It the senator will wi examine he h will wi Und find M wore were continued In h force Corce by b an al express provision In tho the net act of Congress under nailer which Utah canto Into tho lie Of course the Ile Legislature elected under the Constitution had hall the power to 10 super sOlie that legislation or to repeal U it It I as ns a a mutter of or fact mil luh uli Manually reenacted those and tho th federal laws Which rero In force In iii the Ito tle territory before the tho admission of ot as ns a U u state are aro 1 I think In nil all ni particulars In force foree today If It I remember r mom her bee rightly I may be bl mistaken as ns to the Iho details of ot legislation I will state further that I think every case ensa of polygamy which has hns como come I to light since tho ito of ot Utah into the Union has Ifal been bech heel prosecuted Iro Mr lr lr President I desire to 10 ask the senator from utah if It I ho has ha Information from the public press or whether Mr Mv Hobert who was LIlI then thou elected ns as n n a member of ot the house of ot representatives against whom honi It I was charged that ho had hiatt three living 1111 wives In Utah with wih whom he ho cohabit cohabited ed tins bus hl been heen prosecuted for any al of ot those Iho e offenses and has been brn vindicated or punished punched Mr M II i Mr President Pre there thero are areat at II least two offenses relating to po vo polygamy 11 ly One OM On Is blamy or polygamy Mr Yes Mr lr Which Is IR entering Into Inton n a marriage by a 1 man who already line has linea hll n a 1 lawful wife vIt was wal not amen amenable able to that statute because this tho mar marriages which he contracted worn con contracted traded so su Ion hong before that the offenses ero barred It I was nR charged that he Woe was guilty gui of what whal was known ns its Is unlawful Ion that Is living with wih more Ioro than one Oi woman Soman as his wife Ho He was WI Indicted for tor that offense orense o and tried and alid ald I think convicted by b a n Jury but I think upon appeal the tim supreme court held luh the tho con conviction conviction unlawful unla the trial I that the prosecution hind had foiled failed to make mako a 1 case The Xh Judgment was M reversed subsequently the case CIO dismissed That Tat 1 II is ns as al I 1 recollect tho the proceeding In that matter Mr am nm very er glad the tho senator sentor from Crom Utah Interrupted me rne be because because cause ho Is IJ In III II the the right nad he lie has hns made mado a n correction which strengthens my argument The Tho nineteenth section of oC the tho organic net act nc as ne the tho senator ban haR lia sold said Rall I now find od this Important provision lon ut all ni laws In force forca mado by hr b raid aid nt nl tile tho time of or Its Is It admission Into tile Union shall hal bo be enforced In Inal said al elate except ns as ni modified or changed by b tufts nils act or hy by the toll of at the thic state and ll the tho laws of the tho United States Siales shall have the sumo force and effect In said sll state as else elsewhere elseWhere where 1111 In the United States StaLes I should like to 10 ask ark the senator from distinguished sena sean senator senator seanor tor or who Is so much concerned In tim tho passage e of ot this bill billit If he lie h will wi accept the amendment now to insert In II the tle bill billIn bi bIllIn In reflect t of oC Irlon and Now New Mexico the provision I have havo hlo Just JURt read extend extending extending ing the tho Edmunds act net as nR a n part pirt of ot tho the organic law of oC New Now Mexico and ald Art Ari Arizona Ar Satin zona Mr Ir Quay QUa Mr lr President I was virn WI not listening when the senator train from m Mary Maryland Maryland land made mado matI his proposition I am not prepared or authorized Just now 10 to accept any nn amendment to the tho pending bill hi but there Is 11 no ns as I said yesterday y about the adoption of the most mot stringent amendment the tho senator can n offer ofer to the tue bill bi upon the question queston of pol m If he ho hl will wi permit us UR to have a 0 vote ote on the tho bill bil The procedure proper for the tho senator sentor from Crom rein Maryland Jui ju jut t now seems se ml tobe that adopted by bytho bythe bythe the tho senator from tom Texas and the sean sena senator seanor tor lor or from Georgia If I he ho has an amend amendment mont ment Of ot that hint character to propose ho lie should solid send sOld It to the Chair to 0 have It printed as C an nn amendment which he be will wi propose to the bill bi when the proper time line conies como Mr Ir 1 Will the senator en enlighten enlighten lighten me rHe as an n to when Will wi be bo the prop proper cr or Limo to offer an on amendment 1 Mr Ir When we proceed to take action upon pan the bill Will Wi the senator kindly Inform me Inc upon that point pol t Mr McComas I t hire have no nu Information subject upon that Mr or have e I 1 Mr lr I 1 can not see wh whIt why If It I introduce this amendment I should not be he able to tr be hI assured of the power powerful powerful ful tul appreciation and approval of or the Iha senator from fr n Pennsylvania without re regard r the tho clock when a gard garl to tho tM time by hy I final vote oto Is reached re upon ullon this huh bill LI which we are nil all ni desiring to perfect Mr Mt Qua Is of ut the tho essence of or ortho the tho II findings In everything In relation to this bill Whenever the senator Is IR ready to fix hi a n day for a u vote ote upon tipon the bill bl his amendment fx rn can bo offered olId and ond voted u Mr hope this bill bi will 1 never pass without wt hout a n provision at least as ns strong ns as ni that In tho the Utah act It ItIs I Itis Is a n powerful Incentive to n a 1 still strong stronger er or prohibition when the senator train from Utah rightly corrects me and leads mo moto m moto to read his further provision In the tho or organic ganic act of ot Utah prohibiting and ond tend tendIng lag Ing Ilg to 10 prevent polygamy by h extending to 0 the state till all ni the Ihl federal laws which then lien affected the tho territory of ot Utah With Wih that provision and with lh the tha carefully prepared legislation of ot and ISS If It we now find that nil all ni these barriers were Idle and vain how ridiculous lous bus how light how hol how I inconsistent Is the Ito single lIne lino of ot the tha prohibition In ln this omnibus bill hi With Wil nothing in the constitution ot of Arizona or 01 of ot Now New Mexico to restrict polygamy no extension of tho lie federal prohibition of ot polygamy or 01 0 restriction of or Mormon control In Iii II lie thu omnibus bill bi for New Mexico und and Arizona Aloa How 10 wrung 1 I 10 ny ay with wih all al respect how hOlY Im un Improvident provident how HId bud It U Is to otTer offer er a a state statehood hood bill bi under these conditions with without out having put In lit II the bill bi those clauses which In Utah have havo la h ln only partially effective In restraining the eK of or orthe the people and ald the lie control of the lie stale by the lie Mormon hierarchy We e ought to toke take lame to better be tel them thorn What further resulted Mr canto came hero ns as a n member of ot Congress In Inthe Inthe the tho exercise of ot Its Judgment Its tight right and nM control ovum over ovel tho lie Privileges and eleo 1110 ton Iou of members the deposed him from his lila seat Keat expelled him hiI from train Its 18 membership Whether or not lot that lint was wise wIl or legal wo we are aro not here to discuss lint Hut he he WI wi reputed to have had hal three thieo wives and It seems scenic Ilem not nut to be bu dun dUlled dollied led In lit Inthe II the time debate If It I am right rIght antI and the tho lie son sen senator ator train from Utah Ulah 81 that the th prosecution kilt tion tul which followed was wal not effective hero Here Congress for fo this the Ih offense put luit him himont out ont of the tho pale hale of at Us Its 11 membership and alli the tho having been buen contracted prior II to the 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