Show the bill in the senate washington feb 06 ism 1873 the tile senate ilas bas devoted today today to day dan day to the tile discussion of a bill deslon design designed ea to overthrow the mormon religious anci and civil rule in utah chaplain kewman newman who has been very active in this crusade was on oil the tilo noor hoor of f the Senate Sena teall wail Lall day going el from senator to senator to prompt remarks while delegate hooper of utah was wag equally active in endeavoring endeavoring to mollify action and procuring a ton toning ing down of those sections calculated to oppress the saints at the tile expiration of the tiie morning hour ilour mr air edmunds of vermont called up the tilo bill to aid in TILE tiie EXECUTION V OF tue THE raws IN mr frel frei I 1 rep of N Y explained tilt th thrill bill mr thurman dem deni of 01 ohio ilo iio 1 moved to recommit the tile bill to the tile judiciary with instructions to provide for tile tiie the election by the legislature og 01 by the tile qualified electors of utah of three jury commissioner erg wiio wilo shall act let lct in ili conjunction wit al 11 the tile judge marshal marshai Mars marh dial and clerk wit equal n i power in selecting the tile ni afi from whom juries alc nio to be constituted d and to provide for writs of error to tile tilo supreme court of the tilo united states ili in criminal cases where tile punishment it ig capital L a or imprisonment for six bix mont months lis ils or a line fine of 1000 mr morton rep bf ind said that while every one of or course disapproved of polygamy it might be well to inquire how far tile U united M I 1 states government was wag it itself self responsible SPOIlAble 1743 for the tile institution orl oil in M utah in IS 1851 il tile tiie territorial olal ial lal legislature had llad passed an act ili in deflect sanctioning polygamy that net act had never I 1 been eon een annulled by C congress oil except constructively by the tile act of 1862 1802 and by the tile organic act ci eating the tilo territorial government mel mei it all acts nets of the tiie leg legislature which were not disapproved d by I 1 13 congi congre ers ess were declared valid there vas was a question qi therefore theredore whether the effect of this had llad not been to legalize polygamy mr thurman withdrew his hia motion to recommit and offered his proposed provision as 4 an in amendment on motion of mr M r Freling huysen rep of N X J mr Thur maii mait s amendment was amended so as to provide do for two commissioners irl lit instead of three and was then agreed to mr trumbull rep lep of III moved to substitute the surveyor general of the territory for tile tiie judge as an to aid ald in selecting persons to serve as jurors julon jul jui ON agreed to mr sherman rep of ollio moved to strike out the tile section W I 1 11 I 1 ch provides that aliens living in ili bigamy or poleg polygamy namy gamy shall not be aan admitted 11 tt e d t to 0 c 1 t 1 zen 81 mr edmunds of vermont opposed the amendment i nir air Sherman argued against this section and albo alo against the f section limiting the amount of property that call can be held heid by the tile mormon church and forbidding it to solemnize polygamous marriages mr hermans motion to strike out was lost mr lvir sye nye rep of nev said that laws must of course o be enforced but the tile best way for congress to deal with the tile mormon problem would be to dom doh do as little as possible the public sentiment surrounding was the tile influence that would destroy it 11 he deprecated direct interference wit with I 1 i the tile rel rei religious I 1 scruples of the mormons cormons Mor Morn mons ions he ire was himself a descendant of the and a presbyterian and lie was willing illing u to concede that ilat the tile mormons cormons Mor ions mons held heid their tile ir faith with til ill tiie same earnestness and yeal peal with winch lie ho adhered to lii lis his ali own laught laughter Naught cl or EVENING SESSION i the tiie senate resumed tile consideration atlon i of the tile utah bill mr cragin rep of 1 X IL jr offered pro providing that atall it al 11 teet teft ton lon in ill rith tilt tite shall shail be counted and the result announced immediately after the close of tile the polls and making 0 a failure to do t this alls a felony ag agreed reed to mr Thur manof ohio moved to strike out the section which provides A a legal process by which plural mormon wives call can get released from husband bli mil and receive the tilo custody of their minor children and a share sharo of their hus bands banda property he argued that this thia provision would tempt disreputable lawyers to stir up ilu lid litigation gation gatlon and disturb society mr Freling huysen defended tile tiie bill mr chas Clas casserly dem of california earnestly argued against this thia section as impolitic and unjust and urged the tile senate to strike it out mr logan rep of illinois replied denoun denouncing cin polygamy and defending the provision the motion to strike out was lost yeas 18 nays 22 2 mr thurman offered ered an amendment providing for writs of error to tile supreme court of the united states in criminal cases where the punishment is six months imprisonment or a fine of a thousand dollars I 1 mr Freling huysen moved to amend the tilo amendment so as to mako make it apply only to capital cases mr stewart offered ered a substitute creating three new united states circuits appeals to be taken to the circuit courts from the territorial supreme courts and from the circuit courts to the united states supreme court ili in cases arising under tile tiie constitution and laws of the tiie united states mr windom thou lit that mormonism was being treated too ten derly and recited borne some of the tiie outrages and crimes committed by the tile saints mr stewart maintained that eliat if the government would enact just laws and provide tribunals presided there w would 0 uld bo no trouble with utah Mr Thurman modi modified fled his amendment so as to provide for fur writs of error from the tile territorial courts to the united states supreme court ili in criminal pases vases where the punishment id is capital or imprisonment for two years or a nine fine fi no of 2000 and it was then amended as proposed by toy mr afir confining the tile appeal to capital em ease case sand kand adopted mr bayard moved to strike out t the he orl ori provision oil authorizing the tile united t states marshal or his deputies to call oil on the tilo united states troops in case he is threatened with resistance lie he mr bayard did not think it ought to be loft left to the discretion of a deputy marshal to call out troops on what lie iio to call a threat of resistance jost lost several seven I 1 other amendments were offered and rejected and tile bill was wm then passed adiv ew york irea iret uhl ald |