Show THE NEW BILL AND THE DELEGATES DELEGATED SEAT tem THE action of the lower house of congress on monday in relation to the qualifications of delegates from the territories aa as reported by teje graph does not speak very highly tor the decorum or devotion to business of that body of law makers li ii appears that advantage was taken of a time of general inattention to suspend the rules so that the bill whatever atvas it was wab might be rushed through without any deliberation the speaker quite ready to aid in anything of this kind announced that the motion was carried and the bill was passed although but a very few members were aware of the proceedings and only when a burst of laughter followed the announcement was the house apprised of what had been done the exact provisions of the bill are not given in the dispatch the press telegrapher giving more attention to what blaine was going to do or bay eay the change of ownership of a newspaper newspapers the retirement of ar army officers and other similar startling st artlin tidings than j to a lucid account of the bill passed in such a peculiar manner it i 13 believed that the object of securing the passage of the bill in this unseemly style was to forestall the expected action of the committee on elections which in all probability will have to report that hon geo Q cannon is lawfully entitled to the seat of delegate for utah if this view is correct it is quite likely that the attempt to prevent mr cannon from obtaining his rights will prove abortive the bill in order to become a law will have to pass the senate it is unlikely that this can be effected and the signature signa bigna ture tuie of the president to the bill be obtained before the elections committee has reported and the delegate has been sworn in once seated he would have to be formally expelled to remove him and expulsion could only follow a definite charge charges which would be very difficult of proof proofs for it is not in evidence that mr AL cannon has ever broken any law of congress or of tb the a territory of utah but sup bup supposing I 1 that the senate urged on by the fanatics and the public excitement should hurriedly pass the bill and the law should be established that no person who ia is guilty of bigamy or polygamy shall be eligible to a sat stat s at in congress as a delegate Delegat efrom from a territory would not the charge have to be legally substantiated against any delegate objected to before he could be excluded the only law of the united states against bigamy is the act of 1862 and as we have shown repeatedly that law cannot be made applicable to our delegate are common rumors the accusations of enemies biess bless or the suppo supposed sed Eed admiEs admissions ions lons of the accused to be taken as proofs of guilt will not a definite nito arraignment for bigamy or polygamy as the offense I 1 is denned dennec in tile the law of 1862 have to be made and judgment thereon render rendered edg eds before it can be urged again against sfa a delegate that he is I 1 ineligible under the now law there Is another view of this matter and that is the ex post facto question the bill which passed the house in such an undignified way defines a new now qualification for the delegates from the territories this can constitutionally apply only to the future mr cannon was elected under the laws jaws providing that certain qualifications shall be required and he possessed all those qualifications should the committee appointed to examine into his election nind find as there is no doubt they will that he was duly elected isa Is a citizen of the united states and over twenty five years of age they will havo have to re port in his favor if they act lawfully and in accordance with their of caal olal oath and th the e new now qualification fi cation catlon i required oven even if the bill should becomes comes a law cannot properly apply in his big cafe case not having any back actions action but only bearing upon cases arising after its passage th tho the 0 are arc therefore yet in favor of justice being done to utah in the matter of the campbell of course has not the ghost of a chance to be seated our delegate has all the law nna ana and the equity in his favor and notwithstanding the partial success of tho the trick played upon the house on monday if the committee on elections has backbone enough to do what is right regardless of priestly Y clamor george Q cannon will be declared entitled to the seat sent as delegate from this territory Terri oy |