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was passed.
Mr.. Edmunds called up the Joint resolution
to provide for the termination of the articles
of the treaty Of Washington relating to
THE FISHERIES.
Mr.. Window asked Mr.. Edmunds whether
the section Of the joint resolution repeating
the act to carry into effect the provisions Of
the treaty relating to the fisheries would re-
peal the law under which goods are permitted
to be transported in bond through American
territory. He was quite willing to give
notice Of the termination Of the fisheries
articles Of the treaty, but not to repeal this
part Of the law.
Mr. Edmunds said that, to avoid all possible
misconstruction on this point, he would move
TO limit the application of this section of the
resolution by inserting the words $50 far as
IL relates to the articles of said treaty so TO be
terminated" This amendment was agreed
to- The joint resolution was then passed as
follows
Resoled by He senate and house Of representatives
gf fhe UHtcd States Of Amsricd IN congress assembled
That in the judgment of congress the provisions
OF articles NUM- cred eighteen to twenty-five, In
elusive, and ointicle thirty ofth trcnty between
the United States and her Brlt0nnic majesty, for
au amicdlle settlement OF all causes of difference
between the two countries, concluded at Washing.
ought to Ie terminated at the earliest possible
time, und lie no longer in force; and TO this oud
the President be, and he hereby s, directed TO
mai sty That the provisions of each aud every one
Ofthe articles aforesaid will terminate and be ofno
force on the expiration Of two years next after the
time of giving such notice.
SIC. 9 That the President be, and he hereby is,
directed to give and communicate TO the govern
ment Of her Britannic majesty such notice OF such
termination oil the first dny OF July, ~ ID. 1883 or
us loon thereafter as may be.
SECTION 8 That on and after the expiration of
the two years time required by the said treaty,
that each and every of said articles shall be
deemed and held TO have expired and be ofno
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government Of the United States shall execute the
laws of the United States dn the pemses), in the
same manner and to the same effect rs IL said Artl
clio had never been In force the act OF congress
approved March first, ammo DJmini eighteen nun
drcd and seycnty-three, entitled, IAN act TO carry
the United States and Great Britain, signed In the
rity of Washington tho eighth day Of Niny, eighteen
srs so ap r S f. Eysoe re edb bn 10 s S ssa
treaty so TO be terminated, shall bc and stand
repealed and be of no force on and afler the time
of the expiration OF said twolyears.
Mr.. Edmunds moved to take up
THE UTAH BILL.
Mr.. Call opposed the motion. Tho bill in
volved grave constitutional questions which
could not be properly considered now when
the senate was pressed by public business of II
practical character requiring immediate at
tention.
The senate by a vote of 90 ayes to II noes
decided to take up the bill
Mr. Hoar moved to strike out the seventh
section, which provides that il shall not be
lawful for any female to vote at any election
hereafter held in the territory of Utah for
any public purpose whatever.
Mr. Edmunds defended the provision. The
votes of the Mormon women werc controlled
by the men, who desired to keep up the po-
litical power of the polyRamous Mormon
church. He thought that the importance of
breaking up the Mormon system would fully
justify the suspension of female voting in
Utah without any reference at all to the gen.
cral question of women suffrage
Mr.. Hoar said that Mr.. Edmunds proposed
to deprive all the women of Utah of the right
of suffrage because he believed that a certain
class of them would not vote as he thought
they ought to vote
Mr. Edmunds said the question of suffrage
was political question within the control of
the political power, and that what Mr.. Hoar
had said about the opinions of the Mormon
women was entirely apart from this bill. If
the real opinions of those women could find
expression he would wish to have them vote,
because the very nature of every virtuous
woman revolted against polygamy and all its
influences. But at present they were like the
women in central Asia, dominated by the
lords of creation, who desired to maintain the
system and to liberate them was the object
of this provision. 1t would not be constitu-
tional to undertake to disfranchise any man
everybody except perhaps Judge Black,
would agree that in point of law congress
could regulate suffrage in the District of CO.
lumbia or in any territory, could confine II to
property holders of 100000 each, to paupers,
or to any other class.
Mr. Blair said he believed in the right of
every mature human being of mature powers,
whether male or female, to vote. The power
to regulate the exercise of this right belonged
of course to the political organization but
whenever in any republican community the
exercise of the right had been extended to
any class to whom IL belonged by nature but
to whom it had been formerly denied, he
would never vote to take it away or restrict
it, The senator from Vermont (hlr. Edmunds)
sought to justify the provisions of this sec-
tion upon the ground that q certain class of
women in Utah voted at the dictatiOn of their
husbands or masters TO sustain polygamy.
This statement of fact was open to question
He Mr. Blair had visited Utah, and was the
last Gentle" who had conversed with
Brigham Young; and from all that he had
seen and heard In the territory, and from
persons well informed on this subject he
believed that the Mormon women rs class
were as strongly attached to the institution
as the men We're. But assuming the object of
the senator from Vermont (Edmunds) to be
a good one and his means legitimate, the
provisions of this bill would not attain that
object because they did not touch the right
Of the Mormon men to vote, and it was
notorious that the territory was in their
hands, the proportion of Mormons to Gentiles
being about four to one.
Mr. Blair move to amend the seventh sec
tion Of the bill so as to make its provisions
apply TO persons" instead of to females"
only, and only to persons lawfully convicted
of the crime Of bigamy or polygamy. The
bill and amendments were still pending when,
at o'clock, the senate adj joumed.
CONTRIBUTIONS.
The senate in executive session confirmed
the following nominations:
Lot Wright, to be United States marshal for the
James II. Teller, of Ohio, to be secretary of Da-
kota territory
Arthur l. Thomas ofPennsylvauia, to be secre-
tary of Utah territory,
Mass Philo Hall, Bradford, Conn; Henry Porter
COnnellsville Pa; John A. Myler, Allegheny, Pa
Melville $. Thompson, Condersport, Pa; John L.
Kinney, Steelton, Pa; Mrs, Martha a, MGClin-
Pa. Miller Beaty, Clarion, Pa. Gustave A. Dreut-
ger, Sturgeon Bay, Wis; George Phillips, Brooklyn,
Iowa; NJ, f. Cheshire, Montezuma, Iowa; Wilber
+. Richards Clarksburg w Va, Joseph II. Yager,
qordonsyille,V Edward G, Anderson, Bozeman,
Mon.
NOMINATIONS.
The President sent the following nomina-
tions to the senate to-day:
Corps of englneers-L Col. Quincy A. Gil.
more 10 be colonel Mai. William L. Morrill, to be
lieutenant colonel, Capt. Andrew n. Damrell TO
Charles w, Raymond TO be major First Lieut.
Philip NJ, Price to be captain, First Lieut. Francis
V. Greene 10 be captain, Second Lieut. John Bid
die to be first lieutenant, Second Lieut., Harry L,