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crans, Shaw, Singleton, T. G. Skinner, Springer, 

 Charles Stewart, Stockslager, C. A. Sumner, D. H. 

 Sumner, J. M. Taylor, Thompson, Throckmorton, 

 Tillinan, Tully, H. G. Turner, Oscar Turner, Valen- 

 tine, Vance, Van Eaton, Ward, A. J. Warner, Weaver, 

 Wellborn, Weller, Wilkins, Williams, Willis, W. L. 

 Wilson, E. B. Winans, G. D. Wise, Wolford, Wood, 

 Worthington, Yaple, York 131. 



NAYS G. E. Adams, Bagley, Barr, Beach, Belmont, 

 Binsham, Boutello, F. B. Brewer, J. H. Brewer, T. 

 M. Browne, W. W. Brown, Buckner, J. M. Camp- 

 bell, Cannon, Chase, Collins, Connolly, W. W. Cul- 

 bertson, Cullen, Cutcheon, Dargan, G. K. Davis, E. 

 T. Davis, Deuster, Dibble, Dingley, Dorsheimer, 

 Dowd, Dunham, I. N. Evans, Everhart, J. H. Evins, 

 Fiedler, Fincllay, Funston, GofF, Greenleaf, Guenther, 

 Hanback, Hancock, Hardy, Harmer, Hart, H. II. 

 Hatch, Haynes. Hemphill, T. J. Henderson, A. S. 

 Hewitt, Hiscock, Hitt, Horr, Houk, Hovvey, Hunt, 

 Hurd, James, Johnson, B. W. Jones, Kasson, Kean, 

 Kelley, Keteham, Lacey, Lawrence, Lewis, Libbey, 

 Long, Lytnan, McComas, McCormick, Milliken, 

 Mitchell, Mori-ill, Morrison, Morse, Moulton, Nelson, 

 Nutting, O'Hara, Charles O'Neill, Parker, Payne, S. 

 J. Peelie, Perkins, Phelps, Poland, Potter, Puscy, 

 Kanney, G. W. Kay, Ossian Ray, Reed, Rice, J. S. 

 Robinson, Rockwell, Kowcll, Russell, Seymour, Shel- 



Woodwar^ 119. 



NOT VOTING J. J. Adams, Anderson, Atkinson, 

 Barbour, Bayne, Bennett, Bisbee, Blackburn, Bowen, 

 Boyle, Brainerd. Buchanan, Burleigh, Burncs, Calk- 

 ins, Felix Campbell, Candler, Cobb, Converse, Cook, 

 Covington, W. R. Cox, Davidson, L. H. Davis, Dun- 

 can, Eaton, Ellis, Elliott, Ermentrout, Foran, Garri- 

 son, Geddes, Gibson, Green, G. W. Hewitt, Holton, 

 Hooper, Hutchins, Kellogg, Lore, McAdoo, McKin- 

 ley, Millard, S. H. Miller, Morey, Muller, Murphy, 

 Mutchler, Gates. Ochiltree, Pettib'one, Randall, Ran- 

 kin, Ryaa, Scales, Seney, Smith, Snyder, Stevens, 

 Stone, Struble, Talbott, Thomas. Townshcnd, Wads- 

 worth, Richard Warner, Washburn, Wemple, J. S. 

 Wise, J. D. White, James Wilson, Young 72. 



The bill was then passed April 1st, by a vote 

 of 198 to 45. In the Senate, it was referred to 

 the Finance Committee, and June 20th, Mr. 

 Cameron, of Pennsylvania, moved to discharge 

 the committee from the further consideration 

 of the measure, which motion was rejected by 

 the following vote : 



YEAS Brown, Butler, Call, Cameron of Pennsyl- 

 vania, Cockroll, Groome, Hampton, Hawley, Jones of 

 Florida. Lapham, Logan, Mitchell, Morgan, Platt, 

 Pugh, Saulsbury, Sawyer, Sewell, Slater, Williams, 

 Wilson 21. 



NAYS Aldrich, Allison, Bayard, Beck, Blair, 

 Bowen, Dawes, Edmunds, Fair, Garland, Gibson, 

 Hale, Harris, Harrison, Hill, Hoar, Jonas, Lamar, 

 Maxey, Miller of California, Miller of New York, 

 Morrill, Palmer, Pike, Sherman, Vance, Van Wyck, 

 Voorhees 28. 



ABSENT Anthony, Camden, Cameron of Wiscon- 

 sin, Coke, Colquitt, Conger, Cullom, Dolph, Farley, 

 Frye, George, Gorman, Ingalls, Jackson, Jones of 

 Nevada, Kenna, McMillan, McPherson, Mahone, Man- 

 derson, Pendleton, Plumb, Ransom, Riddleberger, 

 Sabin, Vest, Walker 27. 



Polygamy in Utah. May 26, 1884, the Senate 

 took up the discussion of the bill to amend an 

 act entitled "An act to amend section 5352 of 

 the Revised Statutes of the United States in 

 reference to bigamy and for other purposes," 

 approved March 22, 1882. The bill was re- 



ported by Mr. Hoar, of Massachusetts, from 

 the Committee on the Judiciary. It provides : 

 That in proceedings in any prosecution for 

 bigamy, polygamy, or unlawful cohabitation 

 under any United States statute, the lawful 

 husband or wife of the person accused may 

 be a competent witness, and may be compelled 

 to testify; that in such proceedings an attach- 

 ment may be issued against any witness on 

 reasonable suspicion that the witness will re- 

 fuse to obey a subpojna; that any prosecution 

 under any statute of the United States for big- 

 amy, polygamy, or unlawful cohabitation may 

 be commenced at any time within five years 

 next after the commission of the offense ; that 

 every ceremony of marriage or in the nature of 

 a marriage ceremony shall be certified in writ- 

 ing by a certificate stating the fact and nature 

 of such ceremony, the full names of each of the 

 parties concerned, and the full name of every 

 officer, priest, and person, and shall be imme- 

 diately recorded, and the record shall be prima 

 facie evidence of the facts stated therein ; that 

 every certificate, record, and entry of any kind 

 concerning any ceremony of marriage, or in 

 the nature of a marriage ceremony of any kind, 

 made or kept by any officer, clergyman, priest, 

 or person performing civil or ecclesiastical 

 functions, whether lawful or not, in any Terri- 

 tory of the United States, and any record 

 thereof in any office or place, shall be subject 

 to inspection at all reasonable times by any 

 judge, magistrate, or officer of justice appoint- 

 ed under the authority of the United States ; 

 that nothing in this act shall be held to prevent 

 the proof of marriages, whether lawful or un- 

 lawful, by any evidence now legally admissible 

 for that purpose ; that it shall not be lawful 

 for any female to vote at any election held 

 hereafter in the Territory of Utah ; that all 

 laws of the Legislative Assembly of the Terri- 

 tory of Utah which provide for numbering or 

 identifying the votes of the electors at any 

 election in said Territory are hereby disap- 

 proved and annulled; that all laws of the Legis- 

 lature of Utah conferring powers other than 

 those connected with the estates of deceased 

 persons upon the probate courts shall be an- 

 nulled ; that illegitimate children shall not in- 

 herit from their fathers ; that all laws of the 

 Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Utah 

 which provide that prosecution for adultery 

 can only be commenced on the complaint of 

 the husband or wife are hereby disapproved 

 and annulled ; and all prosecutions for adultery 

 may hereafter be instituted in the same way 

 that prosecutions for other crimes are ; that 

 the acts of the Legislative Assembly of Utah 

 incorporating, continuing, or providing for the 

 corporation known as the Church of Jesus 

 Christ of Latter-Day Saints, and the ordinance 

 of the so-called General Assembly of the State 

 of Deseret incorporating the Church of Jesus 

 Christ of Latter-Day Saints, so far as the same 

 may now have legal force and validity, are 

 hereby disapproved and annulled ; that it shall 



