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The Project Gutenberg EBook of Conditions in Utah, by Thomas Kearns This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: Conditions in Utah Speech of Hon. Thomas Kearns of Utah, in the Senate of the United States Author: Thomas Kearns Release Date: January 10, 2005 [EBook #14661] Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK CONDITIONS IN UTAH *** Produced by Audrey Longhurst, Andrea Ball and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. CONDITIONS IN UTAH. SPEECH OF HON. THOMAS KEARNS, OF UTAH, IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES, Tuesday, February 28, 1905. WASHINGTON. 1905. SPEECH OF HON. THOMAS KEARNS. * * * * * POLYGAMOUS MARRIAGES AND PLURAL COHABITATION. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Chair lays before the Senate the resolution submitted by the Senator from Idaho [Mr. DUBOIS], which will be read. The Secretary read the resolution submitted yesterday by Mr. DUBOIS, as follows: _Resolved_, That the Committee on the Judiciary be, and it is hereby, authorized and instructed to prepare and report to the Senate within thirty days after the beginning of the next session of Congress a joint resolution of the two Houses of Congress proposing to the several States amendments to the Constitution of the United States which shall provide, in substance, for the prohibition and punishment of polygamous marriages and plural cohabitation contracted or practiced within the United States and in every place subject to the jurisdiction of the United States; and which shall, in substance, also require all persons taking office under the Constitution or laws of the United States, or of any State, to take and subscribe an oath that he or she is not, and will not be, a member or adherent of any organization whatever the laws, rules, or nature of which organization require him or her to disregard his or her duty to support and maintain the Constitution and laws of the United States and of the several States. Mr. KEARNS. Mr. President, I will not permit this occasion to pass without saying, with
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