Show 9 SEW NEW STATE arguments against the infamous moui thing called COO its constitution r lea for the morcom Mer moni apt and lo 10 tto DO point and dubois india lind ind lethe ii anil and bigoted rejoinder washington jan 13 the senate commit committee teo on territories thie this morning listened to the arg argument ament against and in fit support of 0 the constitution prepared careld for or the propos td new state ol 01 idaho 1 I sho there were present pree ent bishop IV wm m budge ex governor stevenson and jolin john sharp of idaho and a full ol 01 members of the committee mr J II 11 wilson of thia this city epe speaking aking for the mormons cormons Mor mons argued against he the acceptance of the constitution which ebi co the cormons mormons Mor mons and ho he assef as tertod ted that without Ait hout the mormon residents who lio will be thus cut off from citizenship the population ot of idalio territory la not laree large enough to ft arrant warrant making a state of it As a legal eutch of the proposition mr wilson argued that every good purpose would be bened sor ed by dis franchising the mormons cormons aller after they were convicted of crime instead ini of dis franchising them in advance delegate dubois of idaho replied to mr wilson in a long statement reciting the history of the charch church and from judicial ludi cial decisions in idaho to sustain his charge that it was a criminal conspiracy cona piracy lie ile stated that it waa was necessary nece esary to disfranchise mor mons in in a body la in order to destroy their political power which keeps thein them together A conviction of bigamy or polygamy is is a difficult matter and when han successful doea does not affect T the e convict 1 I 1 mr dubois eaid said because six months in the penitential has no effect on them the only oly w way ay to reach the mormon church 1 is to deprive it of political power an this tle constitution of idaho adopted with only 1700 dissenting voles votes does |