Show WIM wlm A deor dece ED WIPES SISTER al the folios ing lett iett letter ietter er has been beon an dressed to the governors of the v vax vat ous oua states slates Sla sta test I 1 10 charnis charnes ST berkeley ft february 18 isaf your excellency in the last session scission of tha parl parly ment of great britain and irk lm a bill for legalizing marriage win vin a deceased wifely Slater was defeat defesi ed in the house of lords by a ing of if 1118 k ulam hiam ial am rightly informed thed thee marriages have now for many yesra years been legal in every part of the unit ed states of america and you yon have therefore had bad ample experience exper ienco lenco of their effect on social and domestic lifee iloe ilfe and can bay eny from practical knowledge whether morality has butle bufie suffered red from the fact that in the state or of marriage with a deceased vites cifes bister bisler is permitted oy loy law the opponents of the legalization of marriage with a deceased wifely wines sister bister in ane united kingdom are fond of referring to america as illus brating in a marked degart degree a the ban bar bale bace e ful elili which it is alleged allege cl must follow if these marria marriages 9 es are arc recognized as legal in order to give your excellency an example of the statements that are made I 1 enclose a letter quoted in an article which has bas re recently ceAty appeared in one of our leading period cals cais the iThe church quarterly review which is being extensively I 1 circulated I 1 am anxious to ascer tain whether uch fuch f meent weert assertions long iong as those contained in this letter are gen gendral pral gral ly by facts or whether r the writer has drawn his startling inference urence from an isolated cabe ca may aisy I 1 ask that your excellency wilf wiil kindey honour me with such information as you can conveniently give as to how the law which per iper mis mits mia marriage with a deceased cifes bister sister has worked in the state of my reason for making this request is that I 1 hope to introduce into the house of lord nord again this thia year a bill similar to the one which 0 eo o nearly became law during darlng the last hession session of parl pari ment and am naturally com cam orr fm ej to have all the knowledge of thuc thuu practical working in america of 0 a law jaw similar to tho the one which I 1 am anxious to persuade the legislature to adopt in this country 1 I 1 truet therefore your excellency will forgive me for troubling you in the matter I 1 have the honour to be your excelle ny very faithfully and obediently aly yours fours DAI dal DALHOUSIE to his excellency the tho bover governor govermor of the state of |