Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-12-19

second. mrulUaf and. iHr iga. bling of the
Mormon Church 900 ihlt Huuisrs
II was found On l552 thrrc were s,2-5
aiul. male puiyrtWiaiH IN the Territory
OF Utau. This report proceeds 20 say
10 BE- not dsn.,a by ucadyas7to. ot adm.s.
zion tlat uoyMuV B. uupueHd Do inl' l,l1.
tory. U1t iuuI uIHIm tIHt % iH not uH.I 'fi.'g
unuu thu IHrmIurH 40. tIU Mormon tIuI|l. iINt
% hlH boon ardlllly l}IlE uut uuNl now th,,r
amuu. relations. ana that ihIH lrW orc
generally pact iuH Mcnllih nl Nlt. Ah.
claim luat polyglm1uH mnrfnfga N.'o ,'A''N
tl ug sulcmufrd, iultiu tuu near future pulE
AIMS. viii HlVr CEASED Co rNIst altogether. and
D. even now practically dead uuN llIHi Ii IH un'
iust 90 deprive thn wluy gi rolN'lI ltnN
IaU lu tu.H F1 ard
Nj. Dluglyy: Was that iu l6s-2
Mr.. EAwllug This Is The report
maize In 1855.
Mr. Dlupleyi L. the statement
based uron the number that was d.
qualified from vYtiug2
Mr.. Rawlins: The act OF Cougrcis
that disqualified polyRsmist l. vote or
hold oillou IN Utah was passed iu 1852.
The Utah Commiasiuu was appointed
and thoy prescribed or ruc0mmrniad a
test oath, unutr thr operations Of whlrn
10 pOlygnmisis were excluded from
voting. Fumaic Huilrsgu prevailed 30
tine Territory ut that time, and IL wac
reported that about 10000 males aud
females were disqualified from
voting under tue operations Of
the act ~ 1889. 10 be- a p1lyg.
ennis; man must have two or more
wives, and all the wives were disqunll-
lied under the act OF 1852. These Zig
ufes were asCUrlainu5 by a calculation
which showed that there were 2,g-o
ADULT males in tho Territory Of UMH
who were polyRamlsts IN 1859.
Tho majority report Of thu committee
in 1855 found tlut the practice o p1lyg.
amy mad been decrvaaiug. II wac
: claimed then by the Representatives OF
the Mormon people that polyEamy had
Ueuu forbidden by tue Church, and
/ they asserted that II was no longer iu
existence anu would mol revive. The
majority gave some credit 10 that
statement. The minority report
| (presen,uI by Mr.. S,iuble Of Iowa
states the objections that were mglo NJ
that time 10 the admission U' the Ter.
ritofy, which were the existence 0f
polygamy and alleged church inter.
/ ference.
Mr.. Dingley; Then, AH I understand,
the number OF persona praoiicingpolyg-
amy ut tho time was dulermiuoI
solely by the number Of persons who
were disqualified from voting.
Mir. RaWlins; Yes, sir.
Mr.. Ding.cy; Those who declined
| 10 take the tost Ohth?
Mr.. Rswllns. Yes, sir.
MIR. DnglrS: But by that method
| the whole number may not have been
nscerlained, because there may have
been others who did not apply 10 vote.
Mir. Rawliub: The gontIemau from
Maine will remember that % was made
perjury TO take the oath falsely, aud
! that mnu who nnd been y pOlygam'
ist In years past and who hsd more
than one wife and had had children
born 10 him Of such marriage, could
not well conceal thu fact. POlygamlsta
were eliminated from tho registration
! lists,
The relation vas such that II could
not be- concealed. Acts OF Congress
! had put tue enforcement OF the law In
the hnud5 OF the Umit u states marshu,
aud numerous deputies aud UultuI
States commissioners existed through
uut tho Territory, All tue msaus of
ascertniuing who were poly ynmi Is
Wora AT hand, including ample iuusU
for tue arrest, conviction ana pualsI-
mUut OF the otiunuers.
Mr.. Dlnglry: Has my friend any
mvsn5 OF ascUr,aining irom any o,hsr
statistical source within the Territory
the number Of polygamists IN Utah ~
that timer
Mr. RawllnG Another toI,, l sup.
pose, would be- 10 ascertain the uum.
Der arrested anu oonvlCtui. There
were some Ten peOpls arrested for
p0lygnny during tho ye1fa of the
active en- OrccmGnt OF these laws. II ey
we're men who hat married aler 1867
ami within three years next prior 10
the hndug OF The indictments. But
tho statute did not run rs against
persons who were gully Of unlaW al
cohsbitaiiOn. Unlawful cOhabitatlou
consisted m this: Where a man having
previously married more chan one
wile, san hol1 10 tho relation by a.
sooiatIng with the uninwiul wife aud
holding her out 10 thp word s3 his
wife even though there may have
beeu no sexual iuterG. u .su.
Such was the uUhniuOn OF unlawful
cOhnbitatiOn given 10y the Supreme
Court ofthe United States. Men who
had married years before, two wives,
and had had children born ~ them
OF the polygamou' marriage, would