Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-02-21
THE IDAHO LrarsLArumr.


Boise, Idaho, Feb. -. Especial
telegram TO the Herdid l-One II the
worst crimes IsfpHtmt,d ON Idaho was
today, when the house passed the Aus.
tralinn ballot law, revised edition. for a
special occasion. II denue- the uuill-
hcatiOn Of electors, prOvid,r for npmin.
niioDs TO public Office, authorizes the
proclamation N rules 10 govern and
regulate elections, to specify the dulles
OF election officials nnd their fees. TO
regulate the procedure IN contesting
elections, govern aud regulate elections
for changing county s.nts aud bOundar.
les, provides forphnting and distrilui.
Ing ballots anu other election supplies ut
the public expense and for tho pu5lica.
iiUn and distribution Of ruTics Of the
election laws ani Iorcailus all terri.
torial laws ON elections. Thus u VIII
bc seen how swneping the law r.. Not
even one amendment was mnde tu the
hlll as tue Republicans hal caucusud
and decided 10 push n through with.
0ut delay. A few days ago when iin.
al action was hulng taken In The sen.
ate, Senator Bnndslultur pI1pUef to
amend section %, striking out "iss9n
aud Inserting "lsgs," which amend.
mcnt was voted down. Shoup arguing
that II was 70 prevent Mormons from
voting who were guilty Of those crimes
up TO that time.
senator Whitoargucd that It was an
cr pos fdc,D law and that crime
should NOS he puulihed by law unnci-
ed at this day, bu, have references ~
crimes committed Ia the fitur-. SDisr
A. throwing safeguards around the
80 A..
In favor Of II ~ Shoup aud that he
favored any CLAUSE that would prevent
MOrin0ns from participating la cleo
lions until such TIME ~ they could be
reconstructed by law, but lac was sn,ls.
tied that Shoup saw tile necessity Of
bringing tho Mormon question bsforc
the Legislature fOf arurIOsr, and Il was
not by accident. II was Tor the puf.
pose 81 putting little ilfc under that
question and " keep the Mormon quet-
ton from dying out, thus answering
two purposes, One 70 keep the Republic.
can party IN power In Idaho, ana the
other to Inake II possible Tor the salt
Lake IL Dme 10 cSl.i, ne II has hccn able
TO 10 for many Year,, and hr again
reiterated the Mormon question did
not fall Into the bill by accident.
This afternoon In the House the bill
came up for flnal reading aud action,
and the members 81 tue salt Like
Dramatic club wcfo Interested listen.
efs aud wcre honofcd by being Invited
within the bar among tue legislator.
When the oath wN being read, "a
glance over In their direction showed
they were listening closely aud CATCH
Ing every word. When the reading
was finally finished, Ballcntlnc oh.
Jectcd to section 3 aud took the same
grounds ~ senator White aud thought
II should be bloitcd out and said he had
In his heart forgiveness for the wrongs
or supposed wrongs these people had
done, and now polygamy had teen
dropped, he did not believe In con.
tinually hounding.
Emery said he would SONS tlmv for
give, but not this, nv the Mctmens
never gave up their cause, aud the
section suited him.
Jones said he was an antI.Nformon
democrat, 'Mt was opposed 10 the sec.
ton, ~ the present laws wcr. nil right.
Steuneberg said he was opposed 10
the bin, M II prevents those unable to
rcnd OF write from voting. lie said the
democratic party was pledged 10 sup.
port the Australian ballot bill, hut not
this kind. lie said among his constit.
uents weretwo blind persons and three
or four other person, who could not
read, and these, too, wcro dlHfmnchiscd
and II was most unIustmeasufe. The
bill passed by n vote VI - %.
The bill also passed for dividing this
(Adal county and creating Canyon,
with Caldwell ~ the county seat.
a bill was introduced, and passed
both HOUSES, approprialing 5000 for
Legislative expensc.. As today Is the
end Of the sixty days session, aud no
one can tell by reading tho constitu.
ton whether this II q regular or special
session, they will continue about ten
days longer and the pay Of some mem.
her for morrow Will be- refused by
the auditor who will claim the session
was through today. Tho matter viii
then bo taken before tho supreme
court and he brings suit, iNnd II II II
decided IN his favor, the session l. un.
limited. n itngrres with the auditor,
It Ia but sixty days.