Show I 1 IN F 10 10 US AND aa ansurd tim THE act for the punishment ol 01 bigamy polygamy and unlawful cohabitation in the territory of idaho 11 introduced into tile the legislature of that that territory Is a singular document after its introduction into that body by mr mckern it was referred to the committee oil on ludi judi judiciary elary diary uncle john halley hailey is credited with being the fetherof fathe crot erot crof the measure this seems beems almost beyond belief as that gentleman has hitherto been noted for lor fairness if it be true it can only be accounted for on the ground that he has become scared seared by the abuse that has been heaped upon him by the rabid arti ahti mormon mordou clique lie he probably has not the backbone to stand up in the ranks of those who favor antice justice and fair play for the mor alor mons the attitude being so strongly unpopular we cannot but think however lio llo wever weser that his ills summersault summer saul sault 11 if it has been turned 1 is against his own estimate of right the situation entitles him to lose the familiar name b which ho hei has his been called of ho Honest honesta 0 john halley for no genuinely honest man can fly the track of ills his convictions and no square man of any creed or color could sustain much less institute and formulate such a ihie ifie measure asure as that under consideration the act is conspicuous for two ingredients only infamy and idiocy the uli ull section places a prein premium lum upon and aud poltroonery by offering amnesty at the sacrifice of honor and manhood the chief condition by which pardon can be secured is that a man who has several wives shall discard all but one and cut adrift from froin them thesa wives nuy have been mar may ried to him before the existence of any law forbidding the plural marriage arriage lu relation yet the consequences growing out of the contracts are aro sought to be broken up by unconstitutional and barbarous measures and ail an effort made to create rascals out of apri upright lit and respectable men ruen by threatening I 1 g them with pains penalties and dia dja disabilities unless they cast off those whom it Is their duty to protect and cherish section 7 is where the id idiotic lotic element crops out we reproduce it 11 abat any person permon or persons who teaches c counsels olin sels seis or adal advises advices es any other person or persons in this territory to practice bigamy polygamy or unlawful cohabitation snail be deemed guilty guilty of polygamy and upon conviction s shall shail all ali be punished as provided in section one of this act it is thus pi provided that a person may be deemed guilty of ail an act which he I 1 has never performed all be he has to do to insure conviction ia Is to speak in favor of polygamy it may be a elor oran or an old maid a man without with but one wife or it in mar may a be a married woman if be or she but advocates cates the 0 obnoxious doctrine other cither comes under the category of any person or persons and fory Is s liable to line and imprison imprisonment bent or 01 both at the discretion of the court 11 it is not necessary that a person should do the deed to be convicted of performing it but merely to preach in lavor favor of it the asinine qualities of the bill are immense and aud it is doubtful if it will luven ulven pass the idaho legislature in its present absurd shape and that is saying a good deal |