The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-03-15
LATEST TELEGRAMS
FORTY-SEYENTH CONGRESS.
REGULAR SESSION.
HOUSE.

|
ing question being on seconding the
demand for the previous question
on the third reading.
Haskell being asked to allow
amendments, said a desire to hang
up the bill between the houses was
the purpose of this request. Ennis
saries of the Mormon Church were
here to defeat the bill.
Cassidy said some democrats
would vote for the bill without
amendment.
After much confusion, Burrows
said he thought the democrats
should have the right to amend the
bill. applause by demOcrats).
Burrows was in favor of the bill
just as it was. Though it might
not be perfect, he would vote
against every amendment, but a
majority had no right to say the
minority should not offer amend
ments. After seme further discus
sion, Haskell offered the following,
and it was agreed to by unanimous
consent: It is ordered that the pre-
sent legislative day continue until
the pending bill is disposed of; that
the bill be open to amendment and
debate under the five minute rule
for one hour; that at the end of that
hour the previous question shall be
considered as ordered on the bill
and amendments then pending /;
that one hour be allowed after the
previous question is ordered, which
hour shall be equally divided be-
tween friends and opponents of the
bill, at the end of which hour the
question shall be taken on the pend
ing amendments and passage of the
4 bill.
The first amendment offered was
by Regain, of Texas, to amend the
section providing that no polyg-
amist or bigamist shall vote at any
ELECTION in Utah Territory, by the
insertion of the words: ANY per-
son duly convicted of being a polyg.
amist, etc" Rejected.
! Mills Of Texas, moved to strike
/ out sections s and 9, which prohibit
any polygamlst or bigamist from
voting at elections, and Provides
for the appointment of territorial
election officers by the President.
Cassidy, Of Nevada, held, that il
these two sections were stricken
Tout the bill would be worthless
The youth OF the territory must bt
taughU to obey the law of the lane
as well as other people. Polygamy
must be made di.reputable among
the people Of Utah, and this could
not be done so long IS polygamlst
occupied all the elective offices il
the territory. He denounced tn,
/ Mormon religion as promulgated b,
the lecherous element in Utah a
Z lust, as prostitution carried on, AM
8 promulgated by the leaders, apostle
4 and chief scribes Of the Mormon
church III Utah.
The first part of Mills amend
ment, striking out section 8, was re
jected without a division, and tn
latter portion, striking out section
| by vote of yeas 90, nays 139.
The following democrats voted il
the negative with the republican:
Beethoven, Berry, Cassidy, Cole
rick, Morse, Musgreye, Phelps, Rice
(MiSsourD Townsend (IllinOis) an
Wilson. The vote by which tn
House refused to strike out sect:O
s was reconsidered. Roll call cor
sumed the remainder of the hOu
. and when Hammond, of GeOrgi;
desired to offer an amendment th
Speaker ruled that it was not /
order.
Singleton. of Illinois, thereupo
suggested that Haskell had bee
very successful probably on a,
count of his experience in trappin
wild animals) in trapping the den
Ocracy.
Buckner, of Missouri, said: 4
great wrong as pOlygamy was, tn
bill was greater wrong or the Coz
q stitution and the rights of the PEI
pie. He believed, and he was sOrr
10 believe it, this measure wa
pushed through for the purpose O
affecting the contested election cas-
Y of Campbell Us. Cannon.
J Springer, OF Illinois, Kenna, E
West Virginia, and Herbert. c
Alabama, while stating that the
were in favor of the purposes of til
bill, declared their belief that, as
stood, it was unconstitutional an
they would therefore vote against i
TOwnshend, Of Illinois, argue
that the bill was constitutional an
was no infringement on the Teli:
( lous liberty of any people.
McCOrd Iowa justified til
course Of the republicans in aSkin
the passage bill as soon as it Wa
l reached upon the Speakers tab
and predicted that the gentleme
on the other side who had fllibu
tered against the measure to SUI
press pOlOgRmy, would learn to II
:. greet 1t, as well as the fact they ha
: voted almost solidly against til
e Sth and 9th sections. which COZ
tanned the very strength of the mea
!. ure.
Singleton, of Illinois said thu
! being denied an opportunity {
: offering an amendment ~ perrzc
the bill, he would b. co~Tcll4d [
, vote against it. In the IL plact
: the bill did not go ;. on UGH IL I'll
direction of SURPRISING pOlygam,
ana Its kindred crimes against s.
ciety and good morals. Here va