Daily Republican., 1882-03-15
POLYGAMY DOOMED.
POlygalny-It Passes the House
Only Democrats Voted Against II.

iuess to be the consideration of til
Anti-Polygamy bill, and the pendiD
question to be.on secopding the deman
for the previous question on the thir
reading Of the bill.
Mr.. Reagan, of Texas, appealed t
Mr.. Haskell to allow an opportunit
for the offering Of amendme nGs.
$ Mr.. Haskell, of Kansas, said that
, was understood that the opponents G
/ the bill-those who desired no legisla
, ton at all-were Gesirous of tacki ng u
t some slight amendment for the purpos
| of hanging up the bill between the tw,
, House. The eIGissaries of the Mormon
Churches were there to defeat the bill
, Mr.. Cassidy, OF Nevada, said thai
there were number of mem bers on th
Democratic side who would vote for th'
clean bill WITHOUT amendment,
Mr.. Haskell inq aired how many
Democrats would do so?
Mr.. cassidy replied that there was a
least one " ho would.
Mr.. Blackburn, of Kentucky, asked
Mr.. Haskell whether he was willing tc
refuse the right of the minority to vote
upon amendments to the bill?
MIR. Haskell replied that he did no,
want to deny to the other SIDE debate or
amendment, but he wanted to have the
bill passed as it was. Let vote first
be taken upon the bill as it came from
the Senate and, if it were voted down,
then it could be amended.
| Mr.. Blackburn said that he knew of
M man who was not willing to vote tor
any bill that looked to the suppression
of polysamous practices In every por.
tiou of the United States. He was sure
that there was no mau on the Demo.
cratic side who would offer any objec-
ton or dilatory motion to the passage
Of this bill, whicn many members be.
Ieved to be bad in several regards.
ThAy wanted Al opportunity 10 perfect
the bid bcturc it WAS voted upon.
Mr.. Haskell coulendeu that it the
maj,rity OF he house desired 10 amend
the bill 1t could vote down the previ-
GUS question.
Mr. Blackburn-There is no prece-
dent for such a practice.
Mr. Haskell-It is the practice of
Justice ant equity.
Mr. Il burr-You must perfect
legislation before you vote upon Il bill.
Is the gentleman afraid Of an amend
ment.
MIR. Haskell replied by renewing hi,
demand for the previous question.
Mr.. BlaCkbnrn-fo won't get vhe
previous question under gag law.
For sever II nome At there was great
confusion in the ch lnber, the. voices
OF those members who were endeavor
ing to arrive at some salts factory ar
raugement being drowned by the sharp
rapping of the Speakers gavel and the
loud cries for the regular order.
At last, however, Mr.. Burrows, of
Michigan, managed to make himself
heard. He thought that the proposition
coming from gentlemen on the other side
was perfectly fair. He remembered pIeyi
Gus Congresses in which the Democrats
were in tn, maj)rity, when day after
day the Republican minority had
fought for the simple right of voting
upon amendments. He believed that
they we're right then, lie believed that
the gentleman who were insisting Oh
the same privilege were right now.
Applause on the Democratic side. He
was in favor of the bill Just as it was.
Though it might not be perfect, he
would vote against every amendment;
but the majori y had no right to say
that the minority should not offer
amendments.
After some further noisy discussion,
Mr.. Haskell Offered the following order,
which was agreed to by unanimous con
sent
Ordered, that the present legislative
day continue until the pending bill is
disposed of; that the bill be open to
and debate under the live
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 b. allowel after the pre-.
vious question is ordered, which shall |
be equally divided betwee the friends
aud opponents of the bill, at the end OF !
each hour the question shall be taken On
pending amendments and passage Of the
bill.
The first amendment offered was Ly |
Mr.. Reagan, Of Texas, to amend tho sec
ton providing that no polygami,t or
bigamist shall vote at any election in
Utah Territory by the insertion of the
words "any person duly convicted of
being" polygamist, &c. Rejected.
Mr. Mills, OF Texas, moved to strike
out sections and g, which prohibit
any polygamist or bigamist from voting
at elections and provide Tor the ap
p )inment of territorial election officers
by the President
The first part of Mr. Mills amend
ment, striking ont Section s, was re-
jected without division, and the latter
portion, striking out Section 8, by a
vote of yeas, 80; nays, 139.
The following Democrats voted in
the negative with the Republicans:
Berry, Cassidy, Colerick,
Morse, MOsgrov', Phelps, Rice OF Mis-.
souri,. Townsend of Illinois, and VIII.
son.
The vote by which the House refused
The roll call consumed the remainder
Of the hour, and when Mr.. Hammond,
Of Georgia, desired to offer an amend
ment, the Speaker ruled that it was
not in order.
Mr.. Singleton, of Illinois, thereupon
usgested that Mr.. Haskell had been
Vey successful (probably on account
If ais experience in trapping with ami
nals) in trapping the Democracy.
Mr.. Springer, of Illinois; Mr.. Kenna,
If West Virginia and Mr.. Herbert, OF
while stating that they were
u favor Of the purposes of the bill, de-
,lared their belief that, as it stood, it
Vas unconstitutional, and they would,
therefore, vote against it.
TLe bill was debated by Messrs.
3uckIer, of Missouri; McCoid, of iowa; ,
sayne, of Pennsylvania; Tucker, OF
u ginia; Converse, OF Ohio Carlisle, of +
( ntucky; Williams, of Wisconsin,
Burrows, of Michigan and Haskell 1t
vas gen orally opposed by the Demo-
rats on the ground that it's disfran
hising So tions were unconstitutional I
md that it legislated the members OF q
he Territorial Government out of otlice
Without supplying their places. The
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