Show E D I 1 LA S EDMUNDS ELECTIONS BILL i THE feature measure mea kure ture that has been IV the states senate during dil ring its 16 present sitting is sanator edmunds bill relating to 0 o presidential elections Bla bia loeb loea re resolution lution ill ilk in lik reference referenced to fo elections in the south S 0 jtb has p erha 0 attracted more attention because it la Is a party measure naturally calou to stir up p party feeling ana aha and by the it revives to jo cause a fi livelier veller general rener gener sl jn interest teres tores t than legislation which involves no bo eee see sectional dional x or oi personal a acrimony V edmunds di ude nde bill has haa ife advocates amoin among g democrats as us well as republicans and its opponents are alap numbered political igana Z al 11 this bill waa was introduced last may and passed through two iwo reading andaas and bas been recently considered in committee of the whole e ilisie ILIs it Is designed siant d to td amend the tho revised alfr utes relating delatin e ta presidential elections arid arnd to 0 prevent the recurrence of the difficulties biffl cuttles which aroe atthe last election for president dent and vice vlee president it pr provides ovidea chiefly for the i settlement of disputed elections for those officers dersIn in the state stated 19 where they occur so as to avoid bringing the conteas before con gress grese to effect changes the time for the appointment of electors in each state from the first tuesday tue aday in november to be barat first tuesday in octobers october and the time for the electors to th meet and cast bast their votes from the first wednesday in december to the second monday in the following january this gives a longer interval ay by more than two months between the appointment appoint went of the thet electors and the giving izing of their votes than is allowed under the existing law it then than authorizes each state by a 1 law enacted beforehand to provide for the trial and determination of any dispute ahat may bilbe alice concerning T eer eel the legal le gal gau choice ot of an elec elect ei 6 l tory tori trial anol and dec decision be had bad daring during the above alamed interval so that thai when the electors meet there may bo be no conflict as to their rights ellch elich settlement being made conci conol conclusive asly e evidence of the lawful title of the electors BO so t determined for eor the counting of votes provides that both hoth h rouses houses of cang congress rew rem shall meet in n the house hoube of depre one oh on tilo the second monday in the february succeeding the time oc of the meeting of the electors the president of the senate presiding places being appointed fon for oc two tellers on the part of the senate on the part of the house the certificates are to 1 bb opened by the president of the senate banded to the tellers and read and acted upon ia n alphabetical order objections are to be called for at each bach presentation presenta presents tion if any they must be made in writing fc tating ahe abe ground thereof without argument arguin eng ent and signed by at least one senator antl anu one beppe sent alivo each house houge is to con alder aider the oba objections object ec iona tiona separately if there sherela is but one return from a state it can only be rejected e eted by the con cont carrent vote 0 of t oth houses in cise case of of elec elect tons tonj or two electoral tribunals in auy any state Stat eOr or a state to make a determination of a dispute the matter cannou be decided except excepts bythe by the tho concurrent action of both houses voting separately no recess la Is to up be taken unless for the consideration of objections andl and a recess of either house acting on such buch ade questions irions may only be taken till the next day at 10 lo am during debate on we tt question in each house no speaker may occupy more than nive five minutes minu minn tes tea and at the expiration of two hours the ques giop is ii to bo be put without further debate de bite the too ow two 0 houses ete ate edw 0 meet me et again ey after the vote ia is given diven ho no recess sista is to be taken after annen the fifth day succeeding the first joint meeting the bill also aiso provides provi dis did fora special election in casoff case of a vacancy in ili the of df president and vice pres ident a contingency now left without a remedy emedy r arises in this regulation in consequence of the rulie rule laid fai fal d own in ln the con ution that those officials shall hold their pos positions altion during the term erfour years thus if a va ta sanoy sancy should occur in both offices durins during the first 1 s eckof ear of being filled indu term terin of the newly elected offices would run one year over the time tinge of the expiration pi tation ration q term this is unavoidable however and aud ia Is an inc that is 1 abnot snot 6 abt likely df often otten i t an t to 9 0 occur ae r tb thero there eie ole are F a f few e W othel othe minor changes from the present bent sent law which n need eid not be I 1 the tija j great greal e 4 difficulty in framing a hill T 1 I this purpose ris waso 0 meet the evil which tho last presidential ae div developed loped and bahe a ibe sama time kae keep beep idith within it L the provision signo signs p the the twelfth Twe fth amendment to chic hakea certain provisions irvi s which of co hau had to be maintained the bill does s jabot ni A P make A k 6 it obligatory noon nie pec q ik the t li 9 staves states t tp to appoint alpo alro lilt flit theae thebe electoral eto eio riu rid j as indeed it without a be the constitutional powers ef of upp Opp greis greks it is not likely that if it lh 40 bill should pas auy any state stale upuia neglect to avail itself of the powers and opportunities it anem of regulating and controlling its 16 owna electoral vats i i it ii la whether r i the bill wll wil il a law tb there are many y the dhert of the P ale fol for Pr predent ident and dud vice pre adl iffa who lioard are opposed thith which retains BYS t eie cie and who adte vl 6 against ain aln t the to 1 0 do otal hg with this thih ques gues amu Bu unil until a more raff radical oeal leal alteration can ban be deflected this dan dati only be done byais by an amendment tb the giop which is impracticable bergre tha the next nest denal al ejection das las 9 there Ss la ngi sufficient i t unie time fa geh leh i k a measure to bath hoddie i s ot tuf C Cori gress gresa and be bb ratified V by the p people As the ibb next yena lefas leTas well weli as the next ho Hous twill will in all probability P boe toe pa democratic it Is iss evident t that t senator Edmu jada bill ia Is not framed from a ito republican standpoint bulia bulfa dilg ned ved for the good of the coja country cob it is perhaps as wise wilse ld and cons toDi int a pae rae asure as eari earl can cau be adape adopted d at the phe dhe present time and it Is C certain ri a that something Is ilee feces sary to prevent ji a repetition of the scenes jeenii of the lat sit pre presidential hiden lial election which have done more to dionis bon son 0 awu thu IE LP U gan van aan an thing that hla haa oce oed occurred dried bince since the e day of ofle organization double hided minded WINDED TR tue TUB E isome missionary contains a communication from the Salt irke lake city eity clergyman i of the church ch school of piety who F d j ad aavo bate the use pee of f the knife 1 in n deal ing 9 w with 1 tb the Morr uon non qu question ea ti on and I 1 s ab 0 o mis himself on a certain ina ira ana a religious meeting a as 9 0 o attract g general lob iob observation and sand inspire general disgust s heo he beems mims lims very much exercised oyer over ar tha the propos proposition nto to ad as a state emte in the union and bloody revolution aa the uhe consequence of buch such adnois blon eion lle lie ile he thinks that thai there ia is a change gol going ng on among ng the carmons cormons lor ber lar mons anit and bat that there are agencies n now aw at work lere jere sufficient to solve this sexed imor mormon niona problem correctly in time if utah can a hew jew few years conj longer g be kept kepi most of tra tre fh leaders he be represents are ire 1 lukewarm r m in the faith falth the fhe talk of kh the p p preachers e acht achi s so sounds godsho hollow 11 aw tila tile ang of of sincerity nger yb is gone kone there a are none to oll the the places 19 gf athe the present leaders when bey hey are gone the young men fee feel no interest I 1 in a mormonism asa as a system of religion polygamy poly gamy is especially offensive to them in salk salti lake I 1 cay chy hut but few poly polygamous is m mar marrage flagel now place a and ad ere long he bo mormons will trem beves sely es reject polygamy ps it amusing to see eee these fussy uneasy anti antl mormon fanatics veering round like weathercocks and telling totally opposite stories of the situation as the humor guides them first they try to stir up the whole nation with the alarming intelligence that the mormons Mor mons are solemnizing solemn leing izing more polygamous marriages than thlin ever before that they are area multiplying their Temple tempie thab that they are spreading into adjacent adia adja ceni territories and thae thai the country is in danger dauger of bf baving having polygamy forced upon it as a national institution when this kind of a sensation has hai run for a time then they turn completely round and abd boldly assert that the whole system of mormonism is dying out that its leaders have lost their vim that the young people are opposed to polygamy yand and that before long it will be a thing of nought only a few weeks ago this writer to the missionary ini onady was so 80 excited over that which ha he now deki dekl intimates is doii degrees ii a si and ully ally jess ap that he publicly I 1 is haly half declared be lie bran stand ac boy any longer I 1 bejia antly called for heroic its suppress suppression lod iod the was wap wanted then now all that is mm sary aryls ari is ls to keep ulah ufah from becoming acetate abs ate tate wa deli dell let iet those who want to keep t tuis this L te territory out of the tha U union coil con tent lent themselves there laws julle little probability ta of the statehood of jot Utah now w as aa at t iny any idy former lormer period there is lees agitation on the tho mate mati ter the people bereth hereth dye dVe met repeatedly peat edly in ab 41 liberal ab gjere ever drafted in any part of the united Stae their irp lip applications lor for statehood and urged their claims with sound argument and irrefutable logic bud but their petitions have been treated with ith coldness cold coid nebs neos and neglects i aad just no now w there thero here is 18 no pard qular being beling paia pala maae made dein doin in except the ex excitement pi 1 emen omen t r which certain bauld opponents are trying to create but thy they inlay may blow hot pr blow biow w cold fabricate exciting it stories ir es of tep ter extension br fl predictions of Us its speedy collapse ft will mii mil bibo adner after difference ened the people bf utah pursue e th the even pvn ted tedor tenor bt o their way build their sanctuaries jo to the god of bf israel as mans an and ana opportunities make ke possible preach the gospel as a EL witness Wit riess to the national gather gatner abe abo elect from the four winds practise their religion according accordini t to the commands of god and the dictates of conscience for the thee pt th the living M lur lug and the dead pro plo prepare date fate the way vay way yd for r the comial of the son SPA of mab nah hah and slid leave their dethmers def deta amers iners and dontile minded enemies who gho W work in the tho interest of the father of lies iles 11 to fill the cup of their iniquity reap abe ahe he reward ot of the their ir and receive froni from a just judge the measure l su rethey they meet bout tout to us pressed down dowa an and abd d gyer over A remarkable vor VOT VOYAGE aai agi I 1 iob lob NOR 1 I han ban a li YF year A i adz swedish nayl giter ator proposed to hia hla government to ina rna make ke a voyage unparalleled in the annals 1 nals of northern exploration ion lon he onn off cohered ered bred to lead an expedition the siberian aud and po polar rolar iter lter beasto behring strait returning home bome by way of the suez cant cann canal a this bold scheme occasioned much comment at the tho time and like all annovi innovations a tI the swedish plan met with ridi lidi pule cuje but bu t the government listened favorably to his mir proposal and explanations fetid placed under his direction til the steamship pega vega duly oin officered and aud manned and provisioned for fbi two years the voyages of captain 4 wigging of england who de demonbra demonstrated montra teed that the mouth of the siberian was wat wa only sonly a fifteen days li trip from loridon london inan in n P open p on season seap bong seabon tended to assist in a making professor Norden pj olds project appear fea fes feasible aible two or three voyages had been nada through the bea bra of lcara kara but no vessel versel had penetrated eastward farther than iban cape Ster legoff professor lorden Jorden skjold started stated last list july with the steamship yaga ea a wooden vessel with 23 inch oak si desand the lena Zent ann dnn tan iron steamer the expedition proceeded by way of mound sound which divides the island of noya NOTA Zel zei zemula libia libla into the earean karean sea soa and safely made Dick sons port at the mouth of or as it appears ou on the mai mah maps ps the from th this point the voyagers statte tf on ow the loth of aug august and found the charta charts of the coast babi east of thit that point alt ait altok okether ether incorrect they were hindered by heavy fogs and float ing lc ice iee but everz overcame amethe the latter jatter by on heavy steam the wooden tega vega taking the lead leads aa as it was better efter i calci calculated flatea ta stand the tha brunt of the ice lee than the smaller though iron sided aided lena on the of August they reached a little bay bu the west bide side of the north i cape capo of aila asia called Chel juskin kini after arter a aJ Russian of that L name who reached that point by laudin 1879 next tay jay h bd ed the northern point of ol the ca cap 1 teiei finkst vessels known to have V lalieu mound it IL from ahe aha wat wp t taft i tius a tho the a in inc alde aide iuen luen in lam laa a letter which wem wom vont vent io torlin alin aud and came from that city to the tho no Y Yare naw raW i 0 who caun catt feelings of triumphant jb joy y with which we at lit llast drew near the long bought sought ab goal I 1 with all t flaga as and greeting point of 06 thee old world with twive bif sif salutes luteA tl the ferega pega vega ly into the the abe BUU buhk acif twive tnt gie gle additional lustre to ohe the fes gho of high isha w eov hov cov bov J ere cerep hills hilts iii in the background fromi brond iho tho topi of u jarge promontory a beir bear stared inquiringly at his unexpected guests guesto but bin a after receiving a few hota deemed ed it prudent to 0 retire to the hills continuing our the la e day ww e g cairn in u fx which ic wigi cifa a document belting 0 ro ui and futua plaris atene at on tuo the auh dub of ot wa we weighed aricher and faud steered eastward ater after batullo arail icil ice ive vve w e attained the coast of bula sula blu almoas ope open J n ekter vh the 0 coast la 19 about nifty fifty ehlich chile nf oreto the dd down dijion llon ilon jion on tbt the chart he hd also rehe lehe befera r a ad a tily illy hau had of the midnight nun sun lown iown low t aa A wonderful panorama spread around us to ahe the ad jay y the ino landT gi glit at red fhi sheraya the rays raya of the murii appearing by refraction high above th the berthern hor bor thern while we the lct ice |