Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-03-28
P0LYGANOUS ISSUES
form tho Basis Of a D.bais ID ih3
House This norIll,
On The senate Bill to Legliimauz' The
Issue Of Polygamlug Marriage
Serlculiurc Blll win Pass

this morning on y majority EcpIri uI
the Judiciary committee fgc1um ..
Ing change Of date .n Senate bill lI2.
The report sought to make the datu "
lorltmsl cation October ], 1890, iu.
s,esI OF Jsuuafy (, 1890. The minor
Ivy report, ip favor OF the later date,
wa, however, adopted.
Another question Of bouuty.payius
cnmo Up On two reports on thos onl.
Iuro bin. Tho Republican members
adhered 10 Marty principles anu msdc
their mlIonty lu the House count iu
favor Of the bill
Mt Gibbs presented House claim Uj.
from BOX Elder c9unty, In the sum o.
tiU4O2, ono.nal! cost Of aa,cuofa'
maps. Referred to tue uohtl OF Ca.
amiuofs.
ACCOUNTS Oh ruuHg iStTi1uTIoNs.
The claims aud public accounts
| committee reported the employ mrnt
| NJ Mussfs. a nutfs1n nud March, vxprt.
acC0uulAuls,tJ examine the accounts "
report on tho fctult u their LAHORE.
Inn LAND COMMITTEE.
Tho committee un public lands 70.
/ ported "a fDilDwf;
Il icrring House petition ~ 70 the
/ state board n examiners; returning
| Housr petition 6S with tue opinion
thst tue ground h. iully covered 10
Houso bill GJ, recommending the 10.
/ lection Of House OH liI, providing tof
sue disp0sition Of Stale, mineral, sN-
liue, oil, stone AMI gas LANDS. All tue
reports were adopted.
SILK HAtsISG.
Majority auG minority reports came
| from lhu committee on agriculture auu
| irrigation on Senate bIll ll2, iUr tue
e.tauiisumeut VI tefICIltuty Ia the
| State u Utah. Ihu majority report
recommended the passage Of tho BIZ,
anu was higned ~ Mestfs. CEEiUf,
Thompson VI Sinpriv, HcinUr uuu
/ Gibbs, lne minority report recon-.
mrn1oi tho rejection u the bill, aud
" rs signed ~ Altssfs. Murdoch, Lem.
mon ana BeTnhsissl.
Tue m,lurily report was adopted By
vote ui 22 10 -,
CAREY LAND ACT.
Tho iuiiciasv communities reported
substitute iot Senate bill l07, 10 pro
vide for the acceptance Of the pro
Visions OF the Carey land aci. Adopted
~ ANUIiGEE BILL,
The same committee recommended
the rejection ui Senate bill ne, 10 pfO,
vide for tho discharge of fhtfltis, ttc.,
On the ground that tho provisions vl
the bill are contained In House BIZ IS.
Adopted.
10 AMESD.
Tho judiciary committee recon,
meuitu tuU passage Of House bIll 1853,
amending section 2U3s, Compiled Law
" l5ss. Adopted.
IpLYGAMUus CHILDREN.
A mi uiy report Of the judiciary
committee offered an amendment IL
senate hill 40, 60 lugitimat,
the issue Of polygamous mari.
ages, ana recommended Its pas.
sage. The amvnument changed tho
Gate OF ltRitlmatizttiUn from Jan 4
1896, tie date OF admission, 10 Oct ],
! sBU, the date Of the issue OF the
Church manifesto prohibiting the
practice Of polygamy.
| a minority Of the committee, Msssfs.
HOwarI, Maughan and Hatflf, recon.
mendod the passage Of the bill ~ II
came from the Senate.
| A motion 10 adopt tue minority re-.
port pTeoipithted quite n lengthy de.
bate.
Mr. Ctilchlow-ln the adoption Of
the majority report on this I'LL We " M
announce 10 the world that tho people
OF UlAh have been sincere and faithful
IA their observance OF the manifesto
Issued by the Church Of Jesus Christ
VI Latlerday Saints, Ia relation tu
polygsmy, In 1880. Ths adoption Of
tho minority report, would make y
contrary announcement. II We pass
n bill ~ legitimatizr the issue Of polyg.
nmUus children up 10 January I, 1885.
tue date Of admission " Utah 10 tue
Uuion, We viii admit that pplygamy
has been pTGotioed since 1890, contrary
bUtn to the laws Of Tho United states
aud the promise OF the Church itself
do not wish 10 "ylsit the aims Of the
fathers upon the children unto the
third and fourth geacrstiOo," but n
We are going 10 make legitimate the
children resulting Since 1922 from
pOly gamOus marriage, We should be
/ NNNA nav hAANhA NAN NhNAu
boon 90 all illrgilimatr Offspring U.
any pRTeutage. / AN In f,yuTuf doing
tnia OF combining ourselves ~ tAu uate
vi the Issue VI the mauiiustu,
MI SuedAkeT-l am n member OF
the Church Of jesus Chrs VI Latter.
day Saints, aud 40 member u that
uoIy heartily agree with my colleague
ia his position on this mater. / was
sincere In my adherence 10 the mani.
frstU anu believe the majority VI tue
members OF the Church we're. De.
cline 10 DO instrumental Ia helping "
cast any reflection upon their honesty
MT. huwRTd-l had not hoped ~
hear long dlsOuss on on tnis matter
Tho object Ia presenting the minority
report WAS TO Let the House decide "a
itsulf as 10 tue host course 10 pursue. /
nope tho minority report Will be
adopted,
MIR. Bcati-I believe Mr. CriichloW
IL correct IN some " his ideas TtEutdlu.
th.s matter. Hut / DO not believe that
the passage Of the Senate DilI will o.,
to tnu disoredit ui tho people. The
President u the Uuiteu states has
been mITcilul ~ pArdOnlug IN many
Of these cases aud We viii uO no worse
than be,
Mir. Nye-Tho very obloot Of having