Show THE THEU UTAH BILL the senate discusses the bistran of the tile utah women by W U telegraph Telee Telez raph to the Il herald 11 washingto IV ASHINGTON feb 21 daring during transactions in tho the senate ed eds munds moved to take up the utah bill the call was opposed on motion the senate by a vote of 22 ayes to 17 noes decided to take up the bill hoar hear moved to strike out the seventh section which provides it sh shall a 11 not bo be law fulfor fulfor a any ny female to vote at an election hereafter held in the territory of utah for any purpose whatever edmunds defended the provision the votes of mormon nl women were controlled by men who desired to keep up the power of tho the polygamous mormon church he ile thought the importance of breaking up the mormon system could fully justify the suspension of females voting in utah without any reference to the general question of women suffrage hoar said edmunds proposed to deprive all tho the women of utah of the right of suffrage because he lie believed a earl certain in clas class of them would not T vote ot as th they ey should vote edmunds said the question que tion of suffrage was a political question quest ioa within the control of the political po what hoar said about the opinions op irions of tho the 31 mormon ormon women is entirely apart from this bill I jf f the real opinions of those women could find filed expression he would wish ito to have them the nature of every virtuous woman revolted against polygamy and all its influences it would not bo be constitutional to undertake to disfranchise any man or woman on account of opinion but everybody eve r except perhaps judge bla black 11 would agree that in point of lawon krets gress could regulate suffrage in the district of columbia or in any territory and could co confine ibi ne it to property holders of to paupers haupers pau pers or to any other class ay blair lair moved tho the amendment odthe of the seventh section of the bill BO so as to make chis provision apply ply to persons instead of females on only af y and only to bensons lawfully convicted of tho the crime of bigamy or polygamy the till bill and amendments were still pending when the senate adjourned |