The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-03-08

Practically the entire time of two
sessions of the senate was taken ID
yesterday by the debate on and the
final passage of Senator Evans bill,
which is designed to protect from pros
ecution people who practice unlawful
Capitalization. Just before the vote was
taken last night, Senator Alder Sc
cured the adoption of an amendment
which he thinks destroys one of the
objectionable features Of the bill.
1t provides that a complaint for adul-
terry may be made by any relative of
either party to the first degree of con-
sanguinity, or of the father or mother
of the person with whom the unlawful
act is committed. The section relating
20 unlawful cohabitation was left as it
was That is, no prosecution for the
offense can be begun except on COM
plant of the legal or plural wife Of the
accused.
Advocated Bloodshed.
President Evans fought the Alder
amendment as hard as he knew how
He declared it was the duty of the
father or brother or other male rela-
tive of a woman who has been dehled
to pursue her seducer and STAY him as
he would a coyote Senator SmOOt took
the same ground in vigorous terms, but
the amendment went in, anyway
The debate on the Evans bill began
at 2:30 yesterday afternoon, and was
continued until a recess was taken at
500. 1t was resumed at 8 o'clock last
night, and occupied all of the time of
the evening session The starting OF the
row was when Senator Kiesel moved
that the enacting clause be stricken
ous
Senator KieseI moved that the enact
ing clause be stricken out. The mo-
ton was seconded by Allison
And now said Smoot, I'D like to
hear what the senators from Weber
have to say in support OF that mo-
ton"
i think the bill has a. tendency to
revive the rancor of the old days"
replied Senator Kiesel. I would like
to be in unison with my friend, PreSi-
dent Evans, but 1 would like also to
think that polygamy is as dead as
slavery. Of course, l am opposed to
people going up and down this state
terrOrizing those who have lived in
pOlygamy prior to statehood L would
say for our former pOlygamiSts that
they have taken good care of their sew
eral families. They have not forced
their wives to use the home provided
by the government and 1t is to their
everlasting credit. 1 glory in that
achievement on the part Of the polyg-
amists. 1 am glad to see them sup
porting their families and l would lay
nothing in their way. But l consider
the bill entirely superfiuous at this
time and I certainly am in favor Of
striking out the enacting clause"
AIlison's Opposition.
Senator Allison was the next speak
er. There was much force and fire in
his argument and he had evidently
thought over carefully what he wanted
to say. ut is a great satisfaction to
me-" he began, ito know that my col
league from Weber county and myself
at last occupy a common ground He
informs me that he has lived in Utah
thirty-eight years and has been IN
business here during all Of that time
1 am glad to hear ne bases his opPo-
sition 10 the bill on the grounds he
has expressed. He has briefly expressed
my ideas exactly
I heartily concur in a great deal
that was said by our worthy president
Yesterday He said that the people
who opened this country are entitled
to the encomiuns of their pOsterity. He
told the truth. He told the truth, too,
when he said that the morals of the
people of Utah are no worse than the
morals of the people of other states.
Everything he said concerning their
hopes and ambitions heartily concur
in.
my father and mother pulled hand
carts in the weary march over the
plains and no word that 1 will say
here today is calculated to hurt their
feelings Intentionally. But the remedy
proposed here is worse than the dis
ease at which it is aimed. Had 1t not
been for the man whose name has been
mentioned on this floor as a. public
informer this bill would not have been
introduced. 1 submit that there ought
to be some other way to get at such
men. Our worthy president can't use
any language in cOndemning him and
his kind that 1 won't concur in. He's
entitled to the contempt of all decent
members of the community and I think
he has received it A bill to Danish
him, if it could be passed properly and
legally would do more directly than
we are seeking to do indirectly
Our worthy president faithfully and
truly recited the early history of Utah.
Woe and suffering We're entailed on this
people during the long and weary
years when prosecutions were being
conducted for offenses under the Ed
Tucker act We know the nerv-
Gus tension people labored under-nOt
only the Mormons, but all classes of
citizens. and there was many a silent
prayer for the coming of the day when
those conditions should be done away
with. The manifesto Of 1890 was hailed