Show s DEFECTIVE the anti polygamy bill which was driven through t the lie birou house ae depre representatives with such impetuosity on oil tuesday does not seem to give satisfaction after all cither either to the author or supporters of it the majority of the members of the house during the short debate appeared to fear proper arid decent discussion cus ion of the m measure lest reason should have prevailed over the tide of intemperance and tile most illegal unconstitutional sections should li ave been cither either amended or entirely clemina dominated ted from th the bill notably was this manifested in the unseemly conduct of sir hask has ell of kansas who refused to agree agree to any amendment whatever I mr fr C cassidy of nevada and others were determined to have it rushed through the house in exactly the same shape in which it came from fron the senate in vain did the more temperate the more considerate portion of the members endear or to point out the most objectionable because the most illegal features of tho tile bill and abe disastrous consequences that would inevitably result from their the mca arc become law mr converse of ohio showed tufit the tile bill would organize anarchy instead of law mr irr buckner of missouri declared the measure itself was a greater evil than the ono one it was proposed to cure it was unconstitutional and lie believed that the only purpose for which it was being pushed through the house was far for the purpose of affecting the contested election case of cannon vs campbell theold the old singleton opposed the bill because it authorized the president to grant amnesty conditionally to the mormons Mor mons he treated the matter in a flippant styleano sty leand talked more like an imbecile than a statesman every objection to the bill was overruled by the more radical members of the house the tile speaker adding his influence to them the tile voice of reason was drowned the tile fair minded few outvoted and the measure was rushed through in ill a disgraceful manner As before stated it does not satis fy the author or its supporters sup portera since ita its pass passage adeby by the lower house men of legal attainments have canvassed it more thoroughly and are satisfied that it will not work senator edmunds is apprehensive that it will be a failure and lie hardly knows how to correct the blunder he lie lias has committed he now wishes to introduce two more bills into congress which must become laws in order order to furnish him with the force necessary to encute the other original measure the senator mry in this manner go on ad in infinitum V only to learn that each measure may be a failure and arid that lie lias has committed the greatest mistake of liis his life in attempting to solve the mormon problem the bill h lias is been shown to bo be defective first in that altho although it dis franchises edises polygamists big bigamists biga a m mists ests or persons sons who cohabit with more than one woman ac it provides no process of law by which they shall be proved guilty of the off lenses named in the instrument every person peron is presumed to bo be innocent until ho lie is proved guilty and if he lie is not proved to be guilty of violating the tile law punishment would bo be ille illegal a and the tile ends of justice would be defeated abed second it is defective in that it makes a great number of offices vacant by the tile removal of the present incumbents but mal malics males es no provision to replace the deposed officers with others there arc are other defects in the bill to which we do not care to refer at this time the anti polygamy bill is incomplete its author lias has discovered at such an early date that such is the case and clience his desire to complete it by the formulation of other measures |