The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-01-22

StateG Such provision, however, was absolutely
necessary because the ormon religion and the practice
OF polyeamy are spreading the adjoining Terri
tories OF Idaho, New Mexico and Arizona where the
AZ hose mees Up the sam yana c,y
Idaho Territory, one George Steward indicted
early IN 1877 for poIyg my. and tried. His poly
gainous vile on her OATH and with young babe IN
her arms on the witness stand denied that Steward
was her husband denied that he was The father OF the
child she then heId 10 her breast said did
know It's sire. Her father, aud mother also put
upon the stand and testified that they
and that tho repuled father OF their daughters
child unknown 70 either Of them Yet It was no.
steward was living with the woman as his polysa-
nous wife, and that too, IN the very dwelling
great vlgor by District Attorney Houston OF Idaho,
but no was forced to abandon IL together with hiS
place. Tor prosecuting bigamists and polygamists
ibat territory until adequate legislation by Congress
could be had. These matters Of judicial record
LUrTRBLL's BILLS.
Mr.. Luttrell's aati.Poygamy bill aims unerring
blow wild relic, this foul blot upon the conn
ry's honor. His bill provides as follows:-
Every person having husband vile living who shall
marry any other person, whether married sinsle in
she ess 's HIass
guilty Of posxa%y and sSuvSn s Ss snsSs
mont NOT s2cssonS i've ys and any person who has
husband wife living shall continue to sohsbis With
cohaSns deemed guilty Of poygamy and shall be
'.d ~ S ss I and &c
proved by such evidence as is admissible
~ hs o. Of each OF
marriages. and the prosecution may had either where
itation may be shown to have taken place. act
sy aSs s. xy ~s
such marriage has been absens for i've successive
Of %srsss
person by reason Vi any former marriage which has een
nSv By Ss cI On &
net shall mot affect any tor me- e.. sa
bixamy
1t WILDE seen that this bill will render tho ndict-
ment and punishment OF polygamists possible by
making evidence Of conabtaton proof OF the crime OF
poygumy, aud, as II will DO Impossible for men ana
women 10 live together IN poiygamy without dscov-
ering the fact TO Tho ever wachiul eyes OF the Cen
lies, tins will be within the grasp oil the United
States corresponding, however. tho Jury law OF
Utah Is so amended as TO exclude polygamists from
the panel.
Tho fact has above been mentioned that all Nor
mons either practical theoretical polygamiss.
Tho pretended revelation on poly gsmy all Mormons
Utah proclaim 10 DO binding upon their conscicnces,
ZION declares that all those TO whom IL comes must
obey IL.
The language OF that high toned commandment is:-
and II ABIDE not that covenant. then dnmn9d
% se e al % VI. sSS s
hands shall .slds the which was appointed that
before tie world; pertaining
The new and % ma ws os
The third bill introduced by Mr.. Lnttrell provides
for amended jury law for Utah. aud was framed IN
view the TACT mat Morn0pS neuft
mists whose religious DUTY, as jurorsor otherwise, a
to acqut fellow Mormon accused OF any crime. 1t
Is true tue Mormon butcher, John ID. Lee, was con-
victed by Mormon jury, put II must DO borne IN
mind that the Mormon priesthood were charged, and
rightly. 100, with having committed the Mountain
Meadows and That tho whole country, alter
the nrst trial oil Lee, which the priesthood
stood between him and Justice was camorng for The
conviction Of the Mormon leader. There was
imminent danger at that time Of speedy and
decisive Legislation for Uta the priesthood fnt forced
to 10 10 appcase The wrath Of the Countless
nd wal ~.
Lee A conspiracy was entered into between Brig
Young aud some ofth corrupt United States OIL
Gals whereby Brigham was TO verdict oil con-
victon by a jury composed exclusively OF Mormons,
the fact was TO DO proclaimed mat Mormon jurlet
Jury 90 the second trial Of Lee took 'tLe
thunder out OF the Gentle campaign In Utah."
the Mountain Meadows' murdersrs escapsdi
the county was temporarily appcascd and the Nor
mon de'esato IA consless was iu,nisuev WIN suo.
would not convict Mormon criminals.
MORMON
1t Is claimed by The Mormons that Utah iB exclu'
siveIy theirs. George Q Cannon, thar delegate Ia
Congress, declared In the Mormon Tabernacle vt Salt
Lake City on July "a. 1874, that:-
This land is God has given to and it Is
duty to protect It by every means in our power.
Lem Courel afens,Ie, pre-emp.ed quarter sec
ton OF public lana near salt Lake City some Yeas
ago, aud got government TILE thereto. Suisse
quentIy II was claimed TO be within tho corporate
m,niou. named RoScr, Smith. 10 drive Cos.re OF
the land. Every Improvement that Was placed ON Tho
premises by the destroyed by smith,
FINALLY when q non Mormon graud jury drawn,
Smith indicted Tor MALICIOUS destruction vi prop
erty and was tred last September, ono year after
the conviction OF Leo, for the offence. HIS attorney
was iurnished by the city authorities, anu he
tried before jury composed OF Two Gentiles and
seven Mormons. The prosecution made Out u periect
case, the defence put IN evidence, and the Court
churxed tue jury to convict Alter remaining out all
ngn. % 5uy f1PS,'ea maj 'n'y c'0 sapy NC.
ton TO seven Mormons Tor acquttai, and were
thereupon discharged. These facts arc cited TO show
hat AnyAt ol Is.a nv una
simply measure OF seli-deicnco on tho part OF tho
Utah hierarchy. ana that the tact still remains that
faith accused vi CRIME Hence the passage by Con.
gress OF Mr. Luitrclrs Anu-poygamy bill will prove
providing Tor tho exclusion OF theoretical and
practical bigamsts and polyGamists from juries on
rExr OF rnx JURY BILL.
The text OF this Jury bill, which Is as essential to
the iuturc welfare Of Utah as the Anti-poygamy bill
itself, Is as ioiiows:-
BE It eascted Section four Of the act entitled IAN
act IL relation courts and ucs officers n in the Terri
hereby amended BY adding at this end Of said scction.
ii .os.euslon: r., sIE.@y and under
G"sS state. ana '' PLACES and SIspp,sviHs
sa o s' s ~ es ss #
be sufficient cause ehsiIsnse the rejection u
a fsy Sss
s d! ~ 'S' the ss 1 ss sns
.alihs; or any other ceremony or proceeding
Of said TERRITORY sraass either ordinary merely
temporal cr spiritual marriage. aud by reason OF
which may her either q spirit.
provued that they sDit together husband
and wife usually In that Territory second that be-
than living ana undvorcsd wife ~ the same time he
knowing them be alive In the Territory, or to
habit habituay, with wife. with more than
Any psron challenges juror either OF tho
foregoing gronhds DO Questioned upon hts
the exstrnce Of either OF shem bat to the first
ground snail bo bound to answer. IL he
say upon his oath that he declines ground
that ne Tears his answer might tend 10 criminate
himself: u shsli that ground his
answer shslI b. given in evidence In any criminL
prosecutuu AGAINST him hut he declines to
she ground that he his might tend to crim
nate himself shall rejected juror. Ii by reason
the rejection ct ctef both the grounds
panel Of jurors drawn Tor the
exhausted, the Marshal shall BY
Of the Court proceed talesmcn TO
such jary until the requisite number Vt competent Jurors
shall Dc aimed In the
THE SOUTTLED SCHOONER