Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1905-02-18

future.
"As have said, have some amend
ments pending which / shall offer at
the proper time. trust the Senate
will adopt them or, If not, point out
in the debate wherein they are faulty.
At any rate, these amendments will
direct the attention of the Senate
along these lines.
GAS I said a while ago, this inves-
tigation has been of such a nature
and the country is now aroused to
such an extent that Congress must
act, and act in such way as to curb
this institution and to stop polygamy
and it's kindred and attendant evils;
but believing that the safest and best
course is to admit New Mexico alone,
| shall vote for her admission. If that
proposition fails, shall vote against
joining the two Territories"
"Mr. McComas. Mr.. President, the
Senator from Michigan (Mr. Burr
ows) has discussed the provision on
page 25 of this bill prohibiting polyg-
amous marriages. The language, if
1t Is intended to be effective, is too
mild to serve such purpose.
1T seems to me, Mr.. President that
it will be very difficult to put into
the ordinance required by the act any
provision which might not, by and by,
at the will of the people of a sover-
eign State, be nullfied or repealed.
But 1 hope that before this bill shall
have finally passed, If it shall pass,
a stronger and better provision may
be inserted in that place.
1.-The nearness of Arizona and Mex
leo to Utah bring to the minds of the
Senate and the American people the
very serious consideration whether
Mormon problems in Utah, now con-
fronting the whole country, may not
overlap the boundaries of that State
and present themselves in new form
in these old Territories to be made a
new State. If believed that in the
future, by growth of population and
public sentiment, many things which
have recently been brought to the at
tention of the committee already re-
ferred to by it's chairman, the Sena-
tor from Michigan (Mr. Burrows), and
the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Dubois)
/ would have very serious hesitation
about voting for admitting one or both
of these Territories but if the dan
ger must be met, and If the problem
is to be minimized, it will be min.
imized better by adding the Ameri-
can population of Arizona to the pop
ulation now in New Mexico.
"The population of the combined
State will present enough of Ameri-
can sentiment to make it most likely
that effective prohibition of po,ygam-
Gus or plural marriages will be made
by the State. Mr.. President, | am
not now indicating any opinion on my
part as to the result of the investiga-
ton to which the Senators from Mich.
igan and Idaho have referred or any
opinions | have or that the commit
tee may have, and / am not now in
dicating my own; but apart from the
opinions of Senators in respect to the
situations investigated in Utah, it is
wise to put in the bill far more eff
fective provisions in regard to this
matter than there are here now"
What tommyrot to say that any one
safe pale abject and helpless" wher
a discussion such as the one above
quoted took place. Why, Dubois de
clared the power of the United States
ample to govern in all cases of law
violation and asserted he would vote
for the measure because he believed
the federal government competent tt
dna1 with mira ptionc pf law MpCO