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Show .• THE VOL V. SILVER REEF JJINER SILVER HEEF, 'CTAH. Pablished E•·ery li[oJ~day, Wednesday aud l'riday treuing. Ofttee-:M.r;'iKR llnildinl'(, Lovrer Main 'Slreet TERMS 0~' SUBSClliPl iON: i~~~~~~!~~-~::.~~~~·::::~~~·:~::~~~~~: . ~~~·::·~~·:f~ ~ Delivered by carriPr, prr WE'ek.. .. ......... 25 J. N. LOUDER, Pnbli&her. •----- - - ------ --- THE question of ·whether Utah is in the United 8tate8, has at last been eettled. lJ if', by n Jm·ge majority. . ~(/Vi,el:;;. SILVER I REEF . MINER. SILVER . REEF, WASHINGTON COUNTY, UTAH, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15, 1882. NO. 12. PA S . E 0-,- I amend the bill. S~ni;tcd it~ -fa\·orcd the J;iu·po. cs of the blll, de-l and Jll'O!ltituted them to the ironclad wisdom ; he did.not~ and w:ts rca(JY to cla ~·ed the belief that it was uneon!'t.i- c?urch n?d . ecel esi asti~Ism. .-,.,very , • vote for it as a step . j m the nght dtrec- tutwnal, and woulu therefore vote btl!, lte smd 10 conclm;wn, that ev~r tion. against it. came Uefore Congress in eigltteen --- Springer, supporting the point of ;l'ownseud argued that the bill was years has been Jdll ed by the same prC'>- The Edmunds Bi I" Railroaded" ordet·, declared the objection of the constitutional. 'l'h ere is no infringe- ce;;s as yon tded to enact in this bill. Througn the House. Democratic side not t1irecled against meut of the r eligious liberty of any Loaderl clown with amendments they --- the bill. 'l 'he.r wanted to consider lt people. have been left to die in the cloister!! The "Twin· Relic" Doomed by as other bills are con~!e:ed umicrtbe '"' McC~rd jnstificd .the course or .the of a confe!'ence committee. That's the Voice of the Nation. rules of the House, and It would then Repnbltcans 'in :l~king the 1mmcutate where the Poland bill went, where be found that the Democrats \Yere as pass<Ige of the btll. the Frelingbuysen bill went, and if it ready as th~. ~epublicaJ'S to pass strin- Singleton saiLl that he had been ue~ >~·ere not for the R epttblican side of The Measure Discussed and gent measures. nied an opportunity of offering an the Hou e it' would lla~ Foot Ed- Passed w ithout a Change. Ilaskell, amid int<:rrnptions, at- amendment to l)erfef't the bill, and mundc>':f>ill 'to its gnn:.e. (Applau~ tempted to state the re11~ons which would be compelled to vote against it. from t_h~ Republicans.) impelled him to a.;k lue immediate The bill did n?t go far enough in the · '.l'he l ill \v'M then pn1; on its final ~ It Awaits the President's Signa- ass:tge of the bill, am.olf•,nnounced hh:i l!il:cet ion of ~uppt~ssiiig polyP.a.u1y pa age, and p~ssed in exactly the Pn.ESU>l<:.'\"' Al 1 Hu n writes a c ear, I ture to Become ra:w. ~ - determination to ha,•e passed with- fuitri kimlred crimes. lle oppo;:cd the shape it ciime from the Senate'- Yeaa, .. bold hand. Hi si!!:n:ttnrc to the Ed- I munds bill will s~1 ow no wav·e riug out amendments, kno\ in!!: as he did bill because it authorized the Presi- 1!l!l; nays, 42. 1 · ~ atroke. Polygamy to the Rear and A mer- that the enemies of tl P bill had been dent to grant the Mormons amoesty lea to the Front. lurking at'ound tbe lobbies begging under-certain conditions. The Pre;:;i- IIoNOR to the flag am! allegianee to I · ___ an opportuuitity to have amendments dent migllt want to contract for luJf a the laws is all that the Ell munds bill adopted: dozen wives himself. The following is ll. gynopsis of the. E<lmnnds' anti~pt>Jygamy bi]}, wbieh bas pa!lsed both branches of Congress, and now awaits the signat11re of the President to become a law l requires. It demands the one and Vox Populi Vbx Dei, ·P.nd Must 'I'he Ilonse then took a recess until Con>erse opposed the bill, which he will ex:1ct the otb r. ba Obeyed. 11 :30 to-won·ow, wl "11 the bill will asserted would legislate out of ollice retain its p~·esent posi tion. all tnillor officers of the Territory aud Sxc. 1. Every person who has a h '11Bban4 TIIE :1\lormon hierarchy will de- organize anarchy instead of law. or wife li'l'ing wbo, in a Terri tory or other nounce and condemn tile Edmunds WASHL.'WTON, March 13.-In the 'V .ASliiXGTO~, ~larch 14. -The Carlisle inquired whether when place over which Lbe United States have ex-bill as "persecution.1 ' Tbe masses of House to-day the Edmunds' bill was ITuuse in contimmnc. of yesterday's offices were vaeant there was any elusive ju1isdiction. hereafter marries ano\h· the Mormon people will sensibly ac- taken up on which the 8th of :llareh session took up the anti-polygamy tn e.·ltlS of fill ill!!: them. 11 .. ''On tended er, whether married orsingleisguiltyof poly· cept it and abide b_v it. 'point of order was made by Converse. b'IJ tl I d'n(J' q te t'o b . ~ v ~ gamy, and shall be tlnnished by a fine of no~ • 1 ' 16 )en 1 "' 1 s 1 11 elllg 011 that the GoYernor could uut appoilit more than $500, and by imprl8onmen\ for a THE conveution which is to call on Congrm:s to admit Utah u.s n. State, meers in Salt Lake City next month. In view of the Edmunds bill, the convention would st;am a little too subse-quent. ~=====~~ IE thet'e is a mau in Utah to-day who feels that life is npt \Vorth lidug, lt is probably Daniell!. Wells. .Tust tbiuk of his little pet J:!roject of utah Statehood being knocked into kingdom come by the pussnge of the Edmunds bill! 0 tempor:t I 0 mores! of Obio, that it must receiTe its first ~ecomliug_ tile licmauc~ for tb~ prev- the officers. and E:tid by this bill, term of not more than five years. consideration in committee of the wus questwu on tbe tlunl readmg. . .1 · b 1 • • oFc. 2. l'rosecntions shall not be had ror. w h o Ie , ns 1't pron'd e d f or an appro~n· - na .. kcll U• ' .t lig a~J... cct t(' allo·w an 1 county JUuo-es y w 10m vacancies 1 . ... .. :fi"'. 1 • 1 th 1 1 pnst offenses. ation. . · . were to ~ 1 ec , were emse ve.;; eg-amenument, s.:u.d l ~J:•d no dl'~I re to islated out of oflh-c, and there would SEc. 3. If any person hereafter tohabita Converse called attention to the fact 1 tb b 1r b tl Il I with more than one woman, he shall beguilly that the bill provided for the appoint- lang up 1 e 1 etwefenl .JC ouse:', be no man left to proQate wills, settle of a :ni8demcanor, and on conviction iB pnn-as was t 1e purpo:;;e o t 1I5 re!lue,: t. ' k 1 d t . b bl b fi f t th S"OO f :fi C · · 1 E'm 0 1·,:-·,11.·I"" of t'Je _, , 01.11, 0 ment O ve ornmlSSIOuer;;:, at a sa- .,, ~" • n Clt tit'Cit 1e states, • eep t 1e r ecor s., or execn e 1s a e y a ne o no more an ., or 1 L .• impri~onmcnt for not more than six montha, ary of $3,000 each, and. cited prece- were here to defeat tl1e bill. proce~se~ . or by both. , dents to support his point. Cassidy said some nemot'l'ats would Haskell-There is power in the :S.ec. 5. That no person is competent as a Haskell contended that the prece- vote for the bi ll wit!,Jout umcnuruent. Governor, under the Organic act, that juryman or talisman. if he has been adjudged dents cited were lnapplicab1e. 'J'bere li' . cannot be repealed bv Le(J'islature en- gnilty of bigamy, polygamy or or unlapfnlco- :1fler much co .t~ton BmTow, actment to appoint e~·ery ~n e of them. habitation with ~ore than one woman; or if wa.s not a line in the bill wbichre- smdhethought thcDcJnocra~;: honlu l . . .. , . . , ., : hcbelievesitrighLforaman to have more qnired an appropriation from the have the right to :no end the bill. ! ~01 e, I s.L! 1t b the llltentwn °1. t~ 1"' than one living 11nd undivorced wife at the '1're1Lsury or attached any liability to (A. 1 b D ts ) I btll to legt::;late out of office thts lll· same time; and if he~;o believes' or decllnea tbe Uovernment for the paJ ment of -1~hpe alulso.eu seY ate. t:dJO !C1'"'d·t oc•k, , by a vote famous Mormon priesth. ooJ ' and (J'ive to nnswer, he shall be rejected as tneomp&- 0 THE House llill to bouuce Cannon h c · · , 1 I 1 •.. , . - . .. • , . an opportuuity to put m honest men. tent. . W&s reported fa-the Se:~c ye;;tcrday. t e omm1 tssw1 ne1· ·s sa ary. · t mere y of 193 .tg,l11·1"t_4,, 1ljJ 1~d the ame1.1tl- , ~:. ljJl.-~·.ttS~" '.} S.ec. 6. Authorizes the President to .'.". 'an' proposec to ocate an electwn syst!:'LU ment to stnke out r e e1g tth sectton \ ~ . .. , . , , . amnesty for past o1fel1ses. Action by that body, however, will in Utah, anu tlte Territorial laws pro- of the bil l. Catlt,le-1 hat s " hat I understood . SEC. 7. That Lhe issne from polygamooa now be U!'ele5s. Some kind of a bomb vided that every election oftiter should Tile r oll was then f'alled on the I am not objceting to the provision marriages prior to Jan nary 1, 1883, shall be exp1oded under George's seat ycster- be allo\ved fair comlw n:>ation . The . f 1. :fi 1 \Yhich ]eO' islates them· out of office, legitimate. dxy which lm.;; kllDcltcd him so hi!!:h qne.;;non o tue ua p:tssagc of the but obJ'eetitw to the crnde and imr)er- ~ SEc. 8. That no polyg!lmist, bigam!Bl; Ol' " Commissioners therefore would be bill. . . "' . . anv person cohabiting with more than one thgt a baloon expedition would be ,paid opt of the Territorial fund . 'l'hey Burrows ·was in f:n ·or of the bill te.ct s~ctwn wh1Ch legtslates th:m out wo"man, and no woman cohabiting wi~b >,my u~ary to !ind any t~ce of his ·ovlrl np ~1~~ · . "t 1 • " ny it m+:; , c of ?ffice and puts no one else 1n, and . of tbe~ersons descri be1 as aforesaid, ~hall MCClJt. l!ellse. L - • . · .,.;t '-.o&&-.. ~" .cr• c;!...l~ ·rr.e a 1\~ .£!:l'!in"' f'; .. tt,..n - ~=....,...---....,--...., perfect. He would mte agai 1 t eve!'.) fu sion , be elig ble for election 61 appoJutiLie!lt t.o. or SENATOR ED.llt:NDS ist one of the Springer asked Mr. Haskell who am ~ndment, but tile majority had 110 · . be entitled to bold any office or place ot pul>- able<!t constitutional lawyers this was goi11g to pay the Commissioners. right to say the minority should not Robeson contended that the blll was lie trn~t. honor or emolnment. oountry has ever produced. He was Haskell replied that the Legislative otte r amendments. progressive in its provisions. It wa~ SEc. 9. That all registration and eleetlve challengl'd to prepare a n:easnre ade- Assembly would proyide for pay. After some further noisv di 'cussion not retroactive, unle,;s so expressed officer~ of any de~cription in the Territory of quate fol'the eradication of polygamy, I Springer-But there is no Legis Ia.- Haskell offered th~ follo~vin!!: whidt directly. Utah are hereby declured vacant, and a board and his critics will soon have an oppo- 1 t1· ve .A ssem bl Y · U · ~ Carlisle agrPCU to that, bnt asserted of five persons to be appointed by tbe Presb- lll ·tab i It is abolished was agi·eeu to by unanimous consent : dent, shall have exclusive control and jurll!'- tunity to consider whetller be is by this bill. Orderded. That the present legisllltlve day that Haskell h:lll jwt announced that diction over all el~clions, and ~>hall perfQI'm lltllte<!lll<lll euongh to fn~me a law Haskell-Then there is no provision continue nntil t)le pending bill be disposed the purpose of the bill was to legislate all Legislative duties, nnti l a Legislature be which will effect the removal of an for their payment, and tbey cannot of. out of office immediately e \·ery man dnly chosen nuder and in accordance witll evil which be bas so fully discussed iu look to the United States for payment That the bill be open to amendment debate amendable to its pro,·isions. the foregoing law. Uie presil. until t~ey are adopte(l as Federal un::.:tt~: t~l:e~~~n~~e ;~e :~:~~~l:o~l;~vion~ Haskell-I did not 8ay ' 'immediate- ---H-o-is-t•i. n..•. g._C.. a _n_n o_n-.-- TRE Edmun'us bill lJ rovides that in otlicers. qne8tion shall be considered and amendmen ts ly." I mean ty process of law. WASHIXGTON, March 13.~The bill tri~tls for polyg-amy, IJignmy, or unlawful cohabitation, it ~hall be suflicleut challenge for ]Wr~o 11 s drawn ~1s Jurors that they bare been living in .. uch rehttions or fJcJ,ne it right to indulge in such pracd,:es. Thus the Edmunds bill re.mo,·es the necessity f»f proving the mtv.-riage ceremony in the case of u Mormon a rraigned on a eharge of polygamy, und' also the \lifficulty of obtaining a jm·y that will eonvict when the e\•idence justifies wuviction . The Speaker asked if the point of then pending. . Carlisle-As I see, the bill provides disqualifying bigamists and polyg-order was i~ regaru to the provision Thllt one honr be allowed, which honr shall no proce8s of law for the pnrpose of H!lJists fiOm sitting in Congress, in the bill abolishing the Legislative ~~~~~~~~~~:~v~~~~ ebnctt;:eret:.~~:·:~~~~~bo: :~~ ascertaining whether people are which passed the Hou~e on the 6th of Assembly. of wh ich bonr tbe question ,;ball be taken on guilty. February, is r eported in the Senate Springet·-The Legislative Assem- the pendiug amendmems and passage of th" Willi:tm», of 'Visconsin, said that to-day . bly has adjourned without a day, and bill. secret Yicc, hO\Yever pren1lent ami -------------.- tllere is no provi8ion that th ere shall Tbc first amendment offered was by Hegan deplorable, was 110 justifi<!ation for or !exus, to amend 8ection s.even by 8Ubs Li· flaf!'rant and open Yiolation of pub-be any Legislative A!lsembly under tntmg •·uny per~on duly conncted of beiug a . ~ . _ . . tile provlsious of this bill. polygamisL" etc.; rej ected. lltc m o ra~ s and pu!)he Ia~. '\'i bile ne Robin son contended thattbeofficers Mills, of Texas, moved to s trike out would gt \'e the Wldest liberty to con-provided for would, according to sections 8 and 9; rejected. sc~ence. allll reli gio t~, he ":ould say to every interpretation of law, be paid Cassidy held that if tuese two sec- tbts Onental p;Igmusm with its ensout of the same fund and the same tions \Yet·e stricken out. the bill \Yould toms and demaiJds: '' l'his far and Treasury as the officers whose places be worthless. 'l'he youth of the 'l'er- no farth er." ( ~pplause . ) UNDER the Edmunds bill the Presi- they would fill and whose duties they ritory must be taught to obey the Jaw Rob~'!'on rcplu~J to tl~e ar~umen ts dent m11y grnut an amnesty to offend- would perform. of the land ns \Veil as other people. that thts was a blow ag:uust tree goy. -eril guilty before the passage of thP. Carlisle-Who pays the salarie3 of Polygamy must be made disi·eputable ernmcnt. act, and it legitimizes the issue of the Governor and the Secretary of the I among the people of Utah, and this Bur row~ stated that he wo.uld vo:e polygamous marriages born before the Territory? could not be done so long as polyg- for tbe _lnll t~1ongh he behe:ed 1: ye~tr 1883. 'l'hus the innocent are Robinson-That's got nothing to do umists occupied all elective offices in ~\·oul~ thsappomt the expeetatwns of l!bicJded from disgrace and the way is with it. Who pay.; the salaries of I the T erritory. He denounced thel' Its fnends. prepared for the removal of polygamy election officers? Mormon religion as one of lust and Haskell characterized the Mormon with the least possible disturbance. 'l'ownsend (Ill.) denied that the prostitutioti. Church as infamous iu its object and 1'be bill wiseiy provides that persons Democratic side fought the anti-polyg- Bucknet·, of Missouri, said that great purposes, and wished that he could violating it shall not be entitled to amy bill under cover. ne did not as the wrong of polygamy was, this •._.> ictnre to the House the :Mormon vote at elections or to hold office. The know a single member who was not bill wns a greater wrong on the Con- hierarchy of Utah, struck at by this ~nf~rccment of ~he law will purge the ready to demonstrate his opposition to stitution and rights of the people. lie bil~. He would like to show the Legtsl~ture of lts Mormon mltjority, polygamy. He appealed to his Demo- belie.ved, and wap sorry to believe it, Democrats who were voting to main•. ou br~ng the government of the Ter- cratit, tri~nds to authorize the.vith- that this measure was being pushed tain this infall'!ons institution how rnory ww harmq.ny with the Geo.erul1 dra. wal of the point of order if the through for the purpose o.( affecting the Morn:10ns had slipped out of the Gu\'P.rtnn~nt f<.>r the euforoelloleut or o~her si.lle woul<l aliow a full a ad free the conteated election case. , cont1:o1 of the General· Government Slm 1a~~8 m UL<ih. 1 thc~cuc~Mlon llnt.l :m OpQortunity to · Sprh:,ser a·n<l E:er}?ert, while they over 400,000 acres of the pt.Jblic lands, P a.-s-s-e.-d ~ 199 to 42 r. Bring aut tbe ba'nd! L et's hear the anvils boom f The cry is: 1'he Edmunds bill _JlM p:•ssed! C. E. Lansing, the Eureka Attorney who, during :m nttack of delirium tremens, killed his wife, has been indicteu for- manslaughter. He baa been r eleased from cnstody upon gi~ .. ing $IO,OUO bonds. Captain Lnbbock returned 011 Monday from a month 's recreation, spent with his family among the or-&ngl' groves of California. The Captai'n'll host of friends are glad to welt."'DM him back. 'l'be clause in the Edmm d8' bill. providing for a Commission to manage our internal affairs, is it!! .~ly otAectionable feature. 1'he peopllr here could be made to respect t'\M 1a\>orst without placing us mHlflr a prO.: tecto rate. |