Show THE disfranchise OF j 1 THE 0 bix B ix vs inmon 04 ge i 31 W 1 camo cid juve 11 3 ki k i lilb 13 it guif iia er ae crime of being women for no fault b bf f acir females mr ed kd them which might apply epailly squally to dog and for xav 15 cri eho punish h the than NO withof th UT aidoo bidge or T fury I 1 ury and no at i pw wo we me inerd cit lz of the ballot and and con cl X by no persons ota other 7 citrini of the united stales qualified sh shall alIbe entitled to vote at any election in ifil said ter LTer 1 r antory I to ii asaho and now w the ti title ot ilic tho bill is amended aa as follows I 1 1 A bill ull to provide farther means for the suppression oft of the e crimes rime of bigamy in A vol an ay Y unlawful iton pon tit athe g T obries states and to provide for the tile better govern Julei tit ol 01 the territory of utah and L fr or ot t i ler pap purposes oses t ditt did ever a politician I 1 cannot say statesman get up so flimsy a P pretext for so unjust an be act t punish sh innocent women for the crines men 1011 oes any I 1 f oiz orthis afi ini audience believe that that was the honorable gent lemans motive disfranchisement is punishment land land punishment sup supposes posea Zand crime under ayr our tp lution and ana laws calls fo for r a trial b by a jury of ones peera peers and a condic tion of the offense see decision of in touted it ed states supreme court in in case e 0 of cummin ath wl wallace allamel suppose that mr Edia unaa should attempt to intro duco nto the of his own little state come some sweeping leiis legislation 9 lation like this thi sand and under tha the state pretense that some I 1 persons in that state were guilty of unlawful fulco eq i habitation unde undertake artoe to wipe out or vote votes not after trial and conviction of crime but 4 on general principles punish the innocent with the tho guil guilty ly if the hoa 0 gentleman is really li so intent t upon the promulgation of virtue tire and the purity of the morals of tho the Ile republic public is what is really disturb digestion let him expert ment meni upon the congress of the united states and nod sec see if he will 1 aa y 4 aate a fUrth mt but B aire 11 f tiep unafa IV juo andes nd amsire ae sire irea to make ilig bil anotn not only ly UP tcP that unhappy ftc but to all ofle tern tones I 1 6 odthe united stasea to every spot that that invade lie me IV h as nl ld read yh ay hand in a ising the men of the district of columbia and his appetite is whetted for more ore 1 conquests of defenseless ad and mis mis represented territories ed S states tates thua thus shutting out woman suffrage raFe by positive legislation in oilier other territories adrid nd new news territories that maybe formed invading k those right usually delegated to states and territories of the union of arranging s biging their own internal af aft firs fai rs ille ho seeks to take imay away the right of choice from them aa as to who shall orph 0 shall or who shall not vote voter but let us sec see what else in in thi this bill belain relating g to bome women acad I 1 section 1 arct SEC 1 that in any proceeding and examination before a grand 1 jury a judge or united juda er m u any prosecution for foe b bigamy po polygamy gain or izler u under any statute of the tile united Stat stales esthe the lawful awful husband or wife of the period accused e used ill shall all be b a campp tent wifeless and may bo be called and may bo be compelled to testify in such ro ee diug examination or prosecution I 1 without tile consent of tho 10 bills husband or wife wire as tile case may way be SEC 2 that in any prosecution for bigamy polygamy or unlawful cohabitation under any an statute of the united states judge a grand jury or any court an attach any witness may be issued by the court J judg or commissioner without a previous subpoena compelling the tile Immediate attendance of such witness when it shall appear to the commissioner judge or court as the caso may be that the there re Is ia a reason abl ablia ground to believe that such wit ness would unlawfully fail to obey a gub subpoena pena issued and served in tho the us I 1 11 nal al course in ili such cases rr y this 14 I 1 lasinak lawi nak er in thia see section tion proposes not ilot only to override over ride the old common law and statute law lava respected from time immemorial by bringing witnesses into court by process i of bf subpoena sub poua poona but proposes to jo attach them at once fand bring them bodiot bod iut port or ah rubt them into injo jail as need mav be to compel attendance to mal make e the wife testify a against I 1 her husband or the husband against the tho wife in defiance ance of law statute or custom and the learned gentleman d does 0 ce not ilven even allude to ft precedent tor such unheard of legislation 1 I atio I 1 n he ile proposes 0 ases to punish indiscriminately by disfranchising franchising dis women never charge rj edor dior leq even sua elected of j a crim crime c I 1 much indell leas less convicted of a felony he ile pro proposed poses posea to bring a wife in into to court again against st her husband whether hether willing or willingto un convict him of felony and thus beg beggar f ar herself and her children the lie learned earned jurist 11 r buries the blackston of r the je 0 oneness aai oft of the I 1 husband lug and wife before the law BO so I 1 deep that it ia is 1 doubtful with I 1 bia 3 I 1 w learna came I 1 em e ahafi 0 u it it W wll 1 11 again er that barrister a 01 judge will in the days to come 64 d allude to th i ft L juht B t jie he 81 arkle on e and ll 11 alie ie laws for the tension office f ce quite 1 in in the shade aid 0 when bejin e pu dermake der take 4 V f aal I 1 L e if bf markia marriage VP lole q be jabe peri person 01 dece ed of the facts required d b by T this a act t to le e I 1 I 1 tf Itier berei eifim I 1 il in tiny proceed ing clail or criminal in which the i matter shall b drawn in question nowhere i in checo theco the Courts arts in the United states s altes br in mhd department of the thi government as a certificate hofmar marriage rit which 02 any n person can falsify t taken e as evidence id Y nee now listen is ten to tp another paragraph of thia this remarkable bill I 1 ikc ft c 3 that every ever y record and d entry of any aly tind N I 1 ca concerning cotini pg any ceremony of damage orin or in the nature of mama mamago jr made or oi kept py y any officer 0 falce clergyman de Vyman brit or person performing civil or ecclesiastical functions uhel whet fier hiir lawful or not of in any of the united states blates shall be subject to inspection at all alf reasonable times by any 0 officer meer o of justice appointed pointed tin und erthe authority of the united states and shall on request be produced and shown ta t such officer by any person in whose possession te os session or control the same may be every person who shall violate tho the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and sh all on conviction thereof bo be puns dished by a afine fine not more than ona thousand idol dollars lars not longer than two years or by both said punishments in the discretion of the court and it shall be lawful forlan for danyl united states commissioner judge or court before fore whom any proceeding may bo be pending in which such record or entry may be material by py proper warrant to cause gu such c h record or entry and the book d document acu or paper containing the came same to be taken and brought before him or r it 11 for the purpose proceed anzi 0 1 ahat says the constitution arice ice IY IV the right pf af the people to 0 o be secure in ill their persons houses pa papers era hn and effects effiec ts against unreasonable able peare searches eg and seizures shall not be vio violated and land no warrants shall issue iesue but upon probable cause supported by oath or affirmation and particularly describing the p place lareto 10 be searched and t the e person or thing to be seized whenever before this proposed posed ased legislation waa was an officer of authorized to iuvale the ty 0 privacy of priest or clergyman or other private individual not bust oust ar or A accused i of crime and 0 alliry ca or fore v court of 0 justice civil CIVIL or crimin al without a warrant of law I 1 th abo Sio proposition position is monstrous section ao 20 of article 4 of the cu ution 4 caf 10 the citizens citi I 1 zen s of each state shall be entitled to all the privilege tm a and immunities of citizens citizens in in t the tit e I 1 several states 1 thia territory tory which for two yet years krs past aea been made the football of the congress of bf the united states lias bas now voters enough andu gh to io be admitted ju iut otlie union hi ki the full hedged fledged dignity y of a state as ia is her tier right aud and i privilege when here come these monstrous propositions to deprive one half of her now citizens of citizenship by depriving them of the tile elective franchise by heap leaping ing pi apon on them other indignities and disqualifying them for of fico as convicted dd felons the po of women lias IM hitherto abject enough but we wo have prided ourselves mrs president that in utah and wyoming women are enjo enjoying ying a freedom de denied nied to roost most 0 of f us that they could y ute and d be voted for elect ababa elected to office we cannot talie take this backward step without driffin drifting into anarchy or monarchy q woo abeto be to the security of american liberties if the en croach ments proposed to be made b by y t thia b is incipient incipient inci pien t legislation can be enacted iad law i but do any of my hearers suppose that the gist of this affair r is to do sway away with bigamy and polygamy and that this ia is a virtuous uprising odthe of I 1 tho united states congress the territory of utah was organized iu in 1850 with all these of a portion other of her citizens to the ad not only tolerated but winked at and allowed to attain gigantic pro portions portio this present strife ia is a palt ayoob ayo yoDe oc and raised for political effect and political ends the real question at tit issue is whether utah aaa state will wil I 1 bo he democratic or Republican Republic aj 1 yand and the honorable senator from frol JAI vermont lo 10 ermont is anxious to cut off democratic votes enough to secure to tb this state when ushered shered u ju two senators for his party he lie proposes to do this by cutting q votes of the women and at theams timo time indulging a narrow poeju prejudice d ice against t the so called woman Wo roana tj rights Right movement emont ho ile ia is determined to keep utah out of the union or make her subservient to his ends while li he e demands to slavery tike the x omen of th the territory oh I 1 consistency sis tency encyl 1 thou hm aft a jewel anthe on the December of 1882 thia this lie honorable nor gentleman was before the tile U S Su supremia prenia court ourt in the pay of or a moneyed corpora corporation tiou when with pathos and anti tears he endorsed and a sustained uie tile following remarkable declarations from his cellem colleague ague the he nan conkling Cun kling after elaborating ing a aj length upon the tile point that ft a cor corporation oration is a person r iff n I 1 fill 11 I 1 I 1 A 11 I 1 ailt 1 I 1 1 entitled 1 to all the righta and privileges 0 of f a person before thal law and ai f elaborating babor A ting the history of the ileth 5 th amendments amendment 4 fo to the Coni iCon 4 t i i di lion fri oil he lie says I 1 I 1 I 1 inferring referring to chief justice Afat marshall shall inthe dartmouth college cwek chae mr ca conkling ini ki r read ead I 1 a strong statement that it elul a evenia F ohp trainers framers of odthe the constitution ution did not riot intend to defer to or a wen waso it must never I 1 t th eless helAss fI all the constitution Irth dil language cohered it he r ad oed I 1 I 1 I 1 i A poet wet and philosopher fond of ot parables es liaa bas said I 1 the hand hind that rounded tiers dome and grained the aisles aisle of christian romi wrought Ir rought in i a sad sincerity I 1 ii He better than he be knew knel lj A 4 t t the men who proposed the ath iv brought rought in some sine sincerity ria 1 it may be they better than they knew if it be true that needs have arisen of which they never dreamed if it be true that wrong wrongs have arisen or shall arise which ta they never apprehended and which shaft X I 1 be cur cured by tho the ards v they established ti then en all iho more will those words ibe be sanctified and consecrated to humanity and progress mr Con conkling klink next argued that the proceeding by which the defendant defenda nf was assessed and taxed nan was not due process toc s s of law reciting Ke citing tile various discriminations m to which his client was subjected bo be said such unjust and discriminating requirements are ar e not due processor proc essof of law and matter by what instrumentality they aro are in Ilic ted whether by one ohe of the departments de part of its or another or by all orby or by the org organic anle law aw of efio state the amendment of the chai ution of tho the united stater acts upon them and rind prohibits then 11 mr edmund edmunds recently in the united states senate shed tears to the allu allusion sioni made to his da daughter lighter dead if ishia his sorrow be indeed sincere let him eon consecrate secrate the memory of hia his beloved ono one by doing Joing justice to the daughters of the republic to her app oppression cannot come and now comes the honorable edwin willets of Michi michigan pui who taking the cue fram mr edmunds introduces as 1 inobe house of representatives Representative i which also proposes toses to disfranchise the women of df utah tali the last two sections of mr willeta willets bill have no affiliation whatever with the text of it which js entitled A bill for the gup pres aion sion of baga bigamy ny hnud all d poly gamy in the Torri territory tor of utah it lacks some of the tre oppressive features odthe of the edmunds s bill but kain i tj the duain 1 hem them is odious odious I 1 and 1 opposed dw la twin to the constitution and government I 1 ov 1 ern ment which ahil ch was founded upon of felig religious ious toleration and which has ever held that it waa was the privilege of each state and 1 ry to regulate its own inter internal liAl affairs fairs the authority given to congress to control the affairs of the terri Territories id a general one and arr I 1 r to the enactment of the tile V edmunds d bill lias has never been inquisitorial in character the territories of the united states have hitherto enjoyed all the privileges that were originally granted ranted to the colonies under alte 9 confederation cration the progress of woman yoman rage depends upon the nomination and election of upright hien to office I 1 |