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Show Tills was all tight of course it would have to be all tight anvw.iy but il was most amusing to lead in biind.ij's Tiibune a petition to the Congtess ol the I'tilted States In which was set loilh well, Just lead the aiticle below The point is, that the gentleman who wtotc its this lct-tet lct-tet Is one vho-,e name appeals in the list of signets to tliat petition. We piesent tills without, unkind feeling and only that vou may see the funny side. To the llouoi.ible, the President and Mcmbeis of the Senate of the Fn lied Status: Youi petiliouets tespectfnlly ic-piesent ic-piesent that they ate members of the Mate Senate anil House of Itepie.sen-tatives Itepie.sen-tatives ol the Legislatuie of: the Mate ol Utah. That on the Hid day of Februai), A. I). 18!n, the two houses of the Legislatuie afoies.ud convened in joint session accoidlng to the laws ol the United States, for the uuipose of electing a Senator in the Congiessof the Fulled States. That at said election Moses Thatcher, a citl.en of the said state of Utah, qualified accoidlng to law to sit as a henatot in the Congiessof the United States, icceived the votes of 2t of the said Seuatots and Hepiesentatlves of the said Legislatuie That said Joseph i Hawiins, a cltien of said Mate, duly qiialillcd as afoies.ild, icceived ic-ceived .U votes; that lleiny P. Hen-deison,a Hen-deison,a cltien ot said Stale, received 1 vote: that Aithnr litowti. a cltien of said State icceived 1 vote. That ui)ou the announcement of the ballot, the presiding oillcei of the Joint session ses-sion declated the said Joseph L. ltawllnsdiil) elected as a Seuatoi In the Congress of the United States. Your petitloneis chanre and alleire. that there Is In the Stale of Utah an otganlallon, religious In chaiacter, to wit, the Church of .lesiis Clnlst ofl Laltei-d.iy Saints. That said chinch 1 lliioitgli ilsotllccisaud dhectoishave cxeiclsed an undue Influence upon 1 cuitaln of the membcis of the Legislatuie Legis-latuie afoies.ild and that ly thtealsl of lellgious iieisecutlonand threats of tempotal and sphltual disadvantage the oillceis and dhectois of the said Chinch or Jesus Christ of Lattei-d.ii saints did ptevent ceitalu members of the Senate and House ol Itepresen-tatives Itepresen-tatives of the Legislatuie aloicsald fioin voting foi Moses Tliatv-hei and l undue Influence ca.tsed the election elec-tion or the said Jo-opli L. Kaw litis. Petitloneis allege that all this was done in violation of the Constitution of Hit United States and of litis State, and respectfully but earnestly urgo upon jour honorable body to cause an investigation to bo made of the action of the officers of the said church; that the said Moses Thatcher lc declared elected as Senator In the Congress of the United States, and for such other tellef as tnav be deemed deem-ed equitable and as In duty bound vour petitioners will cvar pray, Vm. (8. cbckcr,GcoigcA. Whltaker, Jos3ph Monson, I). O. Hideout, Jr.. IlcnJ. A. Harbour, N. C. Sorenson. I. C Thoreson. |