| Show THE CULLOM CULLO yli BILL rire rile THE measure W L COM I 1 EV tit THE I 1 bol eol beati geati SE ATi T 4 the herald of this moin morning inge contained obita ined the following special washington january II 11 the cullom billi bui bul providing for the placing of utah under a legislative commiss commission ion lon composed of a governor and nine citizens of the territory came up in the the senate today to day ana and a long iong animated discussion followed senator cullom author of the measure I 1 delivered his maiden speech and the e effort was certainly not creditable to him either as A a lawyer or statesman ills his speech was no argument being simply the regular anti mormon tirade full of misstatements and abounding in abuse of a people and institutions of which lie he proved 1 oved himself deplorably ignorant fh the e effect upon the senate did not seem favorable to the senators position senator brown of georgia replied to cullom with an eloquent and earnest speech in 0 position opposition to the bill brown discussed discusses tile measure on legal I 1 leia lega grounds and in a clear and a able abie ae manner showed that the bi bill was radically unconstitutional lie he said the bill could be defended on no lawful ground round incidentally lie ai aL tacked the edmunds slaw A law which he dec declared lared unconstitutional and an outrageous usurpation ur of unwarranted po power by Co congress ogress agress brown said that congress had no authority or power under the constitution to deprive the citizens of a territory of the right to local self government browns brewr Vs able argument was listened to with marked attention and interest final action upon the bill was postponed |
