ANOTHER BLOW AGAINST POLYGAMY.—Governor Murray's first veto message was sent to the Legislature of Salt Lake City, Utah, on the 27th ult. It was on the bill giving the absolute right of bail to all convicts, except of those guilty of murder in the first degree, pending appeal. The Governor says that the present bail law has been adjudged in the United States Supreme Court and sustained. It has been wisely applied in the discretion of the courts, which discretion the propose measure would take away altogether. Since the beginning of the enforcement of the Edmunds law Judge Zanc has gen-erally refused bail to all persons convicted of unlawful cohabitation and polygamy pending appeal. In this he has been sus-tained by the Supreme Court. The object of the Legislature was to break up this way of dealing with Mormon convicts, who always appeal, and thus allow them often to escape punishment or delay the evil day for an indefinite period.
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