[Apostle Wilford Woodruff Journal] Thank God Congress has adjourned and the [anti-polygamy] Hoar Bill has not passed and we have five more [months] of Breathing spell. The Lord has heard and Answered our prayers in this respect.
[Source: Wilford Woodruff's Journal: 1833-1898 Typescript, Volumes 1-9, Edited by Scott G. Kenney, Signature Books 1993, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies]
The bill to punish bigamy (the Hoar anti-polygamy bill) passed the [U.S.] Senate but failed in the [U.S.] House [of Reps.]. [Source: The Louisville, Kentucky Courier-Journal, Mar.4,1885.]
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