Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-05-23
DEATH OF GEO. H. PAUL
He Passes Away in Kansas City Sun
day Morning.
A Long and Busy Life Brought TO a
Sudden Close.
Arrangements for the Funeral-LiSt
of Pail Bearers.

MINIATURES, May 9.-Surrounded bv
relatives Geo. H. Paul, ex-poStmaSter Of
Milwaukee, died at Kansas City early
Sunday morning. The rsmalnS will reach
Milwaukee tomorrow afternoon and the
funeral will occur on Wednesday afternoon
at : clock, from the residence. the ser
vices beng at st. John 5 Episcopal church.
The remains will be brought to Nilwar-
6ee over the st. Paul road NJ $50 to-mor-
row afternoon, They will Do taken off the
train at Elizabeth street and I'M
medlately conveyed to the late residence
of the deceased. at S2l Hanover street,
where they will remain until O'Clock
on the following afternoon. when they
Will be conveyed to st. Johns church,
where the funeral services Will he held.
ntermeut will be made at Forest Home.
The honorary pall-bearerS will be: q. l..
RoSenkranS, Jas. kneeland, Judge NAL
lory, Judge Jenkins, Elias Friend, H. ].
Hilbert +, W, Barnes, Emil purr, n. J,
Whi:temore, George k0ppen and Judge
Moves. The gentlemen selected as active
pall-hearers, are; Chas. Burnham. s. II.
Chase. Ed. podmln, Aug. Nogel, ThoS.
Bentley, :, A. Hooper, J. +. Burke, and
II. 7. Richardson.
1t is likely that there will be large at
tendance at the funeral, rs MIR. Paul was
well known throughout the state. He
took very prominent part in politics in
the time of Taylor, and many of his old
friends will doubtless I've present
WASHINGTON, March l9.-Thc supreme
court today rendered an opinion Of vital
interest to the Mormon church in the suit
of the church of Latter Day Saints against
InR nltnI StnTRS l1El, htr., ,,,,
appeal from a decision Of the supreme
court Of Utah IN favor of the United
States. The case grows out Of the passage
Of EdmundS antl-polygamy law 10y the
5Oth congress. This law dissolved the
Mormon church, annuled Ito charter. di-
reCted the appointment of receiver to
wind up its affairs and eSChcatrd to the
United States all the real estate owned hy
the cdurch in excess of s50. .OOo. which WAS
not on the date Of the passage ot the act
held for purposes of Worship or burial
When the United States under the terms
of tins act, began proceedings, the Nor
mons immediately entered suit to have the
EdmuudS law declared unconstitutional
In Its opinion the court SAYS. The dos
tnguishmg feature of MormoulSm Is wei
know to hc-poygamy and absolute erclcs-
IastIcal control of its church members.
Notwithstanding all efforts TO suppress
this barhlrIouS practice of polvgimy,
the sect preserves In defiance Of the law in
propagatug and promoting tins nriaYiOuS
doctrine The question therefore is
whether the promotion of such an unlaw.
tul system, rcpugnmt to our laws. Is to hc
allowed to continue, and whether the euor-
nous funds which have been accumulated,
will be welded for the propagation of an
obnoxious practice for t1c promotion Of
organized rebellion against the laws of the
United States. The con
tention that polyganty is part Of the
Mormon'S religious belief is Il
Sophistical idea. No doubt the thugs
of India imagined that their helet IN
| assassination was a belief. bat that did
not make it SO. After an elaborate his
tOrIc review the common law, IN couclu-
sion says: Congress had before 1t
Il ContumaClous organization welded toy
! its resources an immense power In the ter
rItory of Utah, and employing those re-
| sources i constantly attempting to OPP
! pose, subvert and thwari the legislation Of
| congress and the will of the government of
| the United States Under the ~Ircum-
stances we have no doubt of the right of
| congress to do ds it did The decree of
| the lower court is affirmed. Justice Brad
| ley delivered the opinion.
| Chief Justice Fuller said that he and
Justices Field and Lamar were constrained
| 70 dissent from this decision. The power
of congress to legislate over territories was
not incident to the treaty-making power,
and its power is restricted directly to that
| expressed or implied in the
constitution There is no such power rs
that involved in the act under considera-
ton. Congress unquestionably has power
to suppress poIygamy, and it is immaterial
whether crime committed is in the name
of relation. But congress has not the
power to seize and confiscate the property
of corporations because they have been
| guilty of crime.