New-York tribune., 1886-01-09
no WIPE OUT MORMoNISM.
THE UTAH BILL PASSED BY TIE SENATE

AFFAIRS OF THE CHURCH TO BE WOUND UP By
TRUSTEES APPOINTED ny THE PRESIDENT.
WASHINGTON, Jan. SIN the Senate to-day
the Utah bill called up and after some debate was
passed. AS II about 10 be Drought to vote Mr.
Morgan said that Its friends seemed determined to press
It without giving its opponents chance TO study it, He
inquired as the salaries which the commissioners were
20 have He did to send fourteen men out to
Utah to loot the Mormon Church lie had announced
his determination to wine this church out ana leave
nothing OF 1t but name. and an unhoy memoryout had
been met by proposition In this bin to perpetuste the
church.
While the bill was final passage Mr. Van Wyck en-
dssvored to fix the duties OF the proposed fourteen
trr upon the members of the present Utah Commits
sion but was ruled order He asked Mr. Edmunds
whether he had any objection to such an amendment TO
which that Senator answered that he had
The bill having been brought to vote was passed,
yeas SO; nays z; as follows: Yeas, Messrs Allison,
Beck Berry. Chace, Coekre Coke. Celquitt, Conger.
Culom, Dawes Dolph, Edmnnds. Eustis Evarts, Frye
George Harris, Harrison Hawley. ingalls,. Jackson,
Logan, Mcmillan, Henderson MaXey. Mitchell, OF Penn
sylvania Morrill,, Palmer Payne, Plat. Pugh Sawyer,
Sherman spooner, Van wyck. wsltbal Wilson, OF Iowa.
and Wilson of Msryland3S. Nays-Blair, CAN, Gibson.
Hsmpton, Hoar, Morgan. and Vance,.
Mr.. Hoar explaining his vote said that be voted
against the bill only of tho section dsfranchsng
women, but even with that section in, he would have
voted for the bill had his vote been necessary to Its
PASSAGE
The bill Is substantially the same as when reported
from committee December 81, and published in tho
newspapers of December 22 Tho only change of conse-
luenre the addition OF section declaring marriages
that contracted between persons Within
and not ineluding the fourth degree Of consaneniy
The main features as follows
It makes lawful husband wife OF the person &C
sused OF bis amy, competent witness, who may be com
PEELED testify without the consent Of the wife or nus
band may lie. An attachment may be Issued
Tor witness without previous subpoena when there Is
reasonable ground to believe that subpoena would not
be effective Every marriage shall be certified 10 III
urritfu nv
Women prohibited from voting In the Territory All
laws recognizing ilegtmato Children are annuled
The Territorial laws providing that prosecutions Tor
adultery be begun only ON the complaint or ho nus
band wife, annulled. Tho Territorial Jaws
cSeang and continuing the Mormon Church corporation
are annuled; aud the President is TO appoiDt-by and
with the advice OF the trustees TO man.
age the property business OF the corporations ana
tie Attorney s ordered to institute proceedings
forfeit and escheat all property acquired by the cor
poraon cDntraventoD OF the United States laws the
escheaed property then sold and the proceeds de-
voted school purposes In the Territory put
building to DO forfeited that Is used exclusively fof
worship.
immigration companies organizations created by
tbs Territorial Government abolished, and the At
torney General take steps to have the Egrat ng
Fund Company wound up The existing election dis-
fricts abolished and tnat will give
the people equal representation are to be marked ont
Msrriages between persons Within, and not Including
the fourth decree OF consangunity, declared IN
Adultery ispunishaole by imprisonment IN the
pententiary. exceeding three years The once OF
school superintendent declared vacant ana the
court is directed TO ill The Vacancy.