The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-12-15

| Q6C1Q6Qly 1QC6IcSIluS III VIC" VI ohS
fact that the voting is secret, and the
ballots must be so folded as to hide
their contents. Men having more
than one living wife are not above q
'to serve and perform the solemn
duties of a grand or petit juror
nor to be eligible to civil or military
Office. Tine first legislature under
the act is required ito repeal
all the statutes or parts.of statutes OF
the Territory which authorize OF
sanction plural or polygamous mar
| riages." But here comes what the
boys would call the "daisy" part of
the bill. Upon our word and sacred
honor, we declare that the following
is neither a stump speech, nor a
newspaper article, but an exact and
literal extract from Senator Lap
hams bill:
| And in view Of the manifold sorrows,sn
miseries which that unwholesome prac
tie in the Territory has entailed upon
ignorant and deluded women and help
| less and suffering csildreu, that the said
| legislative assembly endesvor to provide
by some law for the support during the
| remainder OF their lives Of the homeless
| and destitute female victims of polygsmy
and their he pless children. For that
purpose the said legislative assembly is
hereby authorized and empowered to
erect and build one or more houses Of
refuge and protection for such victims,
and to levy on the real and personal
property of the inhabitants OF the Terri.
tory to defrav the expense OF the erection
and maintenance of the said charities
titute children, and minors born Of wo-
required to fulfill the natural paternal
obligations, the said legislative assembly
is autF orized and epjoined to enact suit.
able laws for the enforcement Of that
parental obligation against fathers who
have the means to respond to it.
Section I provides that future
marriages, Gin order to deserve pub-
lie respect, shall be publicly solem-
nized in some building or place
other than any Mormon endowment
cloister, in the presence of disinter-
ested and respectable witnesses,
by a justice, judge, mayor
or alderman, or by minister
of the gospel of some accredited
religious denomination other than
the establishment or society of the
Mormons. The ancient statesman
then proceeds to say and declare
that "as marriage in law is civil
contract, no particular ceremony is
required when the same shall be
solemnized by justice" and so on,
but when solemnized by minister
the ceremony shall be according to
the forms prescribed by the church.
Having provided Cor marriages Mr.
l.apham next empowers the mar
shall and his deputies, when they
shall be forcibly resisted in eXecut
ng their duties or serving process, to
summon the bystanders to their aid
and when these latter are INSULT
Gent, to call any organized militia or
United States troops. Ii the legis-
lature, at any time neglect or refuse
to levy and appropriate sufficient
money to defray the necessary ex-
penses of the courts, and thereby
cause failure of justice, the Gov
ernor must dismiss and dissolve
that body, stop their pay, and order
a new election of members" All the
present federal officials of the Ters
ritory of Utah are continued for the
Territory of AltamOnt, until the
President shall remove them.
One can scarcely believe it pos
sible that any sane man could, in
all seriousness and earnestness,
string together such a lot OF slush
and present it to dignifed and intel
ligent Senators for their approval
In reading the bill one is impressed
that its author has intended it for a
joke or burlesque, or that
the man is a rank fool. The mea-
sure itself can excite not the slight
est apprehension, for there couldn't
be drummed together a corporals
guard of Congressman who would
for moment seriously think of
putting such q cranky production
in the statute books; but it does ex-
cite sorrow that the grand old State
of New York, with its thousands of
able and brilliant statesmen, should
be represented in the United States
Senate by a crack>brained old idiot,
who is playing the last act on the
stage of the world, that Of
Second childishneas and mere oblivion.
SENATOR MORRILL, has found
hobby which will doubtless furnish
him amusement during the present
session of Congress. 1t is scheme