 Meanwhile, Senator Shelby Cullom of Illinois together with Congressman Struble pushed the "Cullom-Struble Bill", whose sanctions against polygamy included exclusion of the Utah Territory from statehood.The bill was on the verge of passing Congress in 1890, but the legislation was preempted when The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) formally disavowed polygamous marriages with the 1890 Manifesto.During their political careers, he and his brother, George R. Struble, were cultural conservatives of the 19th century sort.