The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-01-15
PoLYeAMY MUST GO.

The Edmunds Bill for the Suppression Of
the Evil of Mormonism Passed by the
Senate-Text of the Measure.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9.--The Senate passed
the Utah bill yesterday by vote of S8
yeas to nays and then adjourned unit
Monday. The Senators voting nay were
Messrs. Blair, Call, Gibson, Hampton,
Hoar, Morgan and Vance. The affrma-
tive vote was as follows:
Messrs. Allison. Beck. Berry, Chace, Coekrell,
Coke, Conger, Cuilom, Dawes, Dolph. Ed
munds, Eustis, Evarts, FRYE, George, Harris,
Harrison. Hawley, Ingalls,, jackson, Logan,
Mcmillan, Henderson, MaSey. Mitchell tPa.b
Morrill,, Palmer, Payne, Plat, Pugh. Sawyer,
Sherman, Spooner, Van Wyck, WRltham, VIII
son ]a), Wilson MIDI.
The bin provides that IN any prosection un.
der statute of the United States for bigamy,
polygamy or unlawful rehabilitation the law
ful husband or wife of the accused shall be q
competent witness and may be compelled to
testify; that every marriage ceremony in the
Territory shall be certified in writing, the GER
tificate to be signed by each of the parties and
by the officer or priest performing the ceremo-
ny,such certificate to be prma-facie evidence
of the facts when produced in court failure
to furnish the certificate being made punish
able by fine and imprisonment; that all rec
ords of marriages kept by officiating function
aries shall be subject to inspection by United
States officials, and refusal to permit this is
punishable by fine and Imprisonment; that it
shall not be lawful for any female to vote at
any election hereafter held IN the Territory of
Utah for any public purpose whatever; that
the laws enacted by the Legislative Assembly
of the Territory of Utah comforting
jurisdiction upon Probate Courts or the
said Territory other than in respect of
the estates of deceased persons and
in respect of the guard ianship of the persons
and property of infants and in respect OF the
- Of mo- OfS
mind, are disapproved and ann allied; that the
laws of Utah recognizing the capacity of illegit-
innate children to inherit fathers property are
d'sapproved and annulled; that all acts of the
Utah Legislature recognizing the corporation
known as the Church of Jesus Christ of Lat
terDay Saints, aud the ordinance of the So
called General Assembly of the Stale of Des
eret Incorporating this body are annulled so
far as they may prelude the appointment by
the President of fourteen trustees of tie
corporation, who shall have all the pow
the sad corporation. 1t shall be the
duty of the Attorney General OF the United
States to sinstitute and prosecute pro-
ceedings to forfeit to the United States the
property of corporations obta ned or held in
violation of law, and all property so forfeited
shall be disposed of and the proceeds applied
to the common schools of the Terri
tory. provided that no building shell
pied exclusively for religiolR. w9sNp;
that all laws of the Territory RELAXING ~ IRE
nulled and it shall not be lawful for the Ter
ritorial Assembly to create ANY corpora
ton, or Sassociat<M fop-,kheA pUpose of
6rr n'rSess {SsF sb fGr
be the duty of the Attorney-G eneral to
bring suit to dissolve said corporation ana
wind up its affairs. The existing election dis
tricts and appointment of representation to
the Legislative Assembly of the Terri
tory are abolished, and the Governor
Secretary and United States Judges in
the Territory are ordered to redstrict the
Territory at once, so as to secure
an equal representation of the people Adult
terry is made punishable by Imprisonment for
not more than three years, and in case of
forn;caton by an unmarried man or woman
such is to be punished by not more than six
months Imprisonment or one hundred dol
lars fine
The bill defines the powers of Territorial
officials appointed by the courts. and of
United States Marshals. It declares vacant
the Office of Superintendent of Distrc ct
Schools, established by the rules of Utah. di-
reefs the Sup eme Court to apo lit a super-
iDtendent. and pIeScrb hes the duty of that
Official The bill also provides that marriage
between persons W thin the fourth degree of
consanguinty-bu not including that degree
shall be deemed incest and punished as
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