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CONGRESSIONAL
T fHB WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. ATLANTA. GA.. TUESDAY JANUARY 18
1881
Mr. Sherman introduce* a Bill for tho Reimburse
ment of the Depositor* of the Freedman'*
Bavins Bank—The interstate Commerce
Bill—Senator iColQUittl Addret*.
The Senate*
Mr. Sherman, by request, introduced a bill
to reimburse depositors of tho Framin’*
hank of Washington. Referred.
The bill provides that successors in office of
the commissioners of tho Freedman’s Savings
and Trust company be directed to pay all de
positors of the defunct company, whose ac
counts have been properly verified and balanc
ed, a sum of money equal to the verified bo
unces due tho depositors at the time of tho
company's failure, less the amount of dividends
which may have been declared from tho assets
of the company. Tho sum of $1,200,000 U ap
propriated for this purpose. It is also provided
that claims not presented within two years for
lament under action shall be barred on limi
tation and nothing In the act shall be construed
to entitle depositors to the amount of any divi
dend under the existing laws.
The senate in secret session passed a resolu
tion advising the preddeht to enter into nego
tiations with Xicaurauga for concessions for an
Inter-oceanic canal. Tho resolution camo from
tho committee on foreign relations. It was
debated for two hours, and was vigorously
opposed by a minority of the senate.
The House.
In the morning hour, tbo house resumed, in
committee of tho whole, tho consideration of
the bill for tho erection of a public building at
Charleston, 8. C. The bill appropriates $100,-
000 for the purchase of a site and $400,000 for
the erection of the building.
Hr. Hepburn, of Iowa, moved to reduce this
latter amount to $200,000. Tho city, he as
serted, was in its decadence, aud in support of
this assertion, he stated that between i860 and
1880, tho white population had increased only
1,700, and between 1870 aud 1880 the entire
j,on>, »uu iitiimu loiv nuu uiu uuiiru
population only 1,053, while betweon tho samo
periods the government receipts from all
sources had steadily fallen off.
Hr. Dibblo thought that Hr. Hepburn’s state
ment was not a fair ono. In tho period bo-
tween 18G0 and 1880, Charleston had passed
through all the misfortunes of a fouryears war,
and at the close of the war, grass had been
growing in her streets. Out the peoplo had
accepted the situation; had bocomo onco moro
again loyal citizens in spirit ns well ns in namo
and had laid their heads nnd hearts together to
revive her fallen fortunes, and statistics would
prove that they bad done so. As he did not
wish to imperil the bill, he asked the commit
tee toagree to Mr. Hepburn’s motion.
This was done, the committee rose, aud tho
bill, us amended, was passed.
The houso went into coiuuiittco of tbo
whole on tho bill creating a department of
agriculturo and labor. An amendment was
adopted increasing from $1,000 to $3,000 the
salary of tho commissioner of labor. Tbo
committco then roso and the bill was passed—
yess 222, nays 26.
The bill provides that there shall be at tho
scat of government an executive department to
be known os tho department of agriculture and
labor, under control of tho secretary of agri
culture and labor and an assistant secretary.
There shall be in tbe department of agriculturo
and labor a division, which shall be under
charge of tho commissioner of labor, who shall
hold its office four years aud until his suc-
ccmor shall bo uppoiutod, unless sooner re
moved. and sluill receive a salary of five thous
and dollars per year. Tho commissioner shall
collect information upon the subject of labor,
its relation to capital, hours of labor, rate of
wages, cost of production of articles produced,
earnings of laboring men and women, means of
promoting their material, social, intellectual
and moral prosperity, aud the best means to
protect life aud prevent accidents in mines,
workshops, factories and other places of indus
try. Tho secretary is empoworod to inquire
into tho causes of discontent which may exist
between employers and employes within the
United States, and he may invito and hoar
•worn statements from both such parties com
corning the matters in controversy.
Washington, January 12.—In the honso,
the speaker announced the appointment of
Hears. Skinner, Peel and Perkins os conferees
on the bill for the allotment laud in severalty
to Indians.
Hr. Scott, of Pennsylvania, from tho com
anittee on coinage, weights and measures, re
ported back, tho senate bill for tho retirement
and rccolnago of the trade dollar. Referred to
committee on the whole.
Hr. Richardson, of Tennessee, on bobalf of
the committee on Pacific railroads, called up tho
joint resolution authorizing tbo investigation
of books, accounts and methods of the Pacific
railroads, which havo received aid from tho
United 8tatcs.
Tho honso proceeded In committco of tho
whole (Hr. Blount of Georgia, in the chair) to
consider tho same.
A motion to take up tbe pleuro-pncumonia
bill was lost—105 to 130.
Washington, January 10.—In the houso
Hr. Dibble, of South Carolina, presented the
oath of office taken aud subscribed to by D.
Wyatt Aiken, as representative in congress
from tbo third congressional district of 8outli
Carolina, and offered a resolution citing that
Hr. Aiken, by reason of sickness, had been un
able to appear personally in the house and telco
tho oath of oflh o ami declaring that the oath
now presented bo received by tho house as tho
oath of office of Mr. Aiken.
[The ostli is identical in form and words
with that administered hy the speaker.]
Ur. Dibblo stated that though Mr. Aiken
bad not been able to appear personally in tho
house he had attended to all his duties by
means of correspondence.
By Hr. James, of New York, a resolution
calling on tho secretary of interior for infor
mation as to tho authority under which certain
wild Indiana ire absent from their reser
vations and engaged In presenting, before tho
public, scenes representing their lowest savogo
characteristics, and whether in his opinion tho
same is calculated to elevate and benefit them,
retd in what way and to what extent tho oxhi-
. ldtions are under the auspices of tho govern
ment of tho United States as claimed by tho
exhibition.
By Hr. Tillman of South Carolina—To pre
vent the destruction ot human life by fire in
railroad accidents. It forbids the use in mail
or passenger cars of any stove or heating appa
ratus containing inflammable substance, except
■ illuminating gas. Tbo bill also requires cars to
be heated by steam and lighted by gas or elec
tricity, and to carry saws, hammers and other
tools for wrecking purposes* Tno bill provides
for the punishment of railroad directors who
neglect to observe its provisions.
Tlie Inter-State Commerce 1)111.
The senate, at 12:50, took up the instcrstetc
commerce bill and Mr. Beck took the floor with
a speech in favor of the conference report.
That report, be said (which must be cither
adopted or rejected as a whole), presented an
issue fairly between those who believed that
great interstate railways were, and of right,
ought to be, subject to law, and those who
thought that they ought to be a law unto
themselves. After a struggle of ten years, the
committees of the two houses had agreed upon
a bill which, they said, wm the >>cst that could
be had. They said tlut it was this bill, that
or nothing. Of oonne the railroads wanted
nothing. No bill could be framed which the
railroad advocates would not oppose.
Because this bill was supposed to be imper
fect, and to havo some shortcomings, they in
sisted that the railroads should continue to
exercise unlimited control of interstate com
merce. The defeat of the pretent measure,
either directly or by amendment, would ac
complish their purpose. In support of tho
right and duty of eongrem to legislate on the
aatdoct, he quoted the opinion of tbo United
States supremo court, but October, in the Wab
ash case, and the still more recent decision of
the Msssarhuictts court in tho case against tho
IToomtonic railroad company, tfo believed
that the country would aceopt tho hill os on
honest, earnest effort to brook np ths system
•f fovorftism and extortion which some mil-
1 road managers bad exercised and maintainol
I for the last twenty years He read from
I bock on “Railroads of the Republic," by J. L.
Hudson, a chapter upon tho history of tho
Standard Oil company, which Is represented
M It having in eighteen months received from
railroad companies rebates amounting to ten
million dollars, aud having thus crashed out
all competition in tho oil trade. Ho
commended that chapter to tho peru
sal of those boards of trade and
chambers of commerce that wore now so
earnestly protesting against the passage of this
bill, and ho asserted that if the facts therein
stated were laid !>efore any commercial body
in America not on© of them would vote for a
continuance of the system under which such
monstrous outrages had been committed, and
might bo repeated. Ho declared that not only
tho commerce of the country, but tho fortunes
of all engaged in it, were at the mercy of a
few railroad magnates. Yet congress was told
by boards of trade, professing to be guardians of
commerce, that it would ruin tho country if it
would prevent discriminations, rebates and
drawbacks. Ho knew of no higher evidence
of the omnipotence of thoso railroad people
than their ability to obtain from respectaolo
boards of trade such resolutions as wero daily
sent to senators urging them not to interfere
with railroad despotism.
In conclusion ho said that ho was not au
enemy of the railroads. They had done moro
than all other agencies to develop the resources
of tho continent, but ho would require thorn
to do equal and exact justice to all. Believing
that tho bill would do so, without injury to
any of tho legitimate rights of railroads, he
should vote for the bill.
Mr. Cullorn addressed the senate in favor of
tho conference report, confining his remarks
principally to the fourth section as to tho long
and short haul. Tho bill, he said, had stood
remarkably well tbo test of tho general and
particular scrutiny to which it had been sub
jected by tbe press and the railroad companies.
Its general provisions hnd for tho most part
met with approval, while tho features most
strongly objected to, tho fourth section,
was misunderstood, if not misrepro*
rented. Ho admitted that any moasuro
that could be passed by congress
might prove ineffective and unsatisfactory,
in some respects, until supplemented by stato
legislation—just as stato legislation now in
force had been fonnd unsatisfactory, in somo
respects, because of tho absenco of national leg
islation. He believed tlmt if this legislation
conld be fairly tested, it would provo bauctl
eial both to the railroads and tho general pub*
lie, when once fairly in operation, and when
business bad adjusted itself to tbo changed
conditions.
In reply to an Inquiry from Mr. Hoar, Mr.
Culloin stated that there was no question but
that every member of llie confcrcuco commit
tee in both houscj was unqualifiedly of tho
opinion that the fourth section was to be con
strued as pro rata i»er ton, per distance b-.id,but
ns to prohibition to charge in tho aggregate a
larger amount for a shorter than a longer dis
tance. Ouc of the eiemeuts in tho objoctioi to
tho bill was a misinterpretation of tho fourth
section.
Mr. Gcorgo asked whether Mr. CnHorn meant
that tbo fourth se* tion was not to apply where
tho circumstances and conditions wero not ex
actly similar—for instance, whore ono point
wos competitive nnd the other was not.
Mr. (’iiHorn said he meant this: Thoro was a
railroad lino between Washington and New
York. It bad its schcdulo rates, under this
bill, and so far, os referred to the operation of
its own road notin connection wish other
lines. That road would not bo at liberty
to charge moro for a shorter distance between
its termini, under like circumstances and con
ditions, than it charged for tho full distance.
Mr. Gcorgo said ho had understood that tho
senator made a distinction betwccti competitive
and non-competitive points as affecting tho
question of “Like circumstances and condi
tions.”
Mr. Cullom raid that he did so.
Hr. George said that if ho believed that that
waa tho meaning which the coarts would attach
to it, ho would vote against the bill, because,
with that construction, the provision of tho
bill in regard to a long and abort hanl would
amount to nothing.
Hr. Cullom remarked, that if it amounted
to nothing it would not hart anybody.
Mr. Gcorgo remarked, that he did not want
to hurt anybody, but that he wanted to savo
somebody by a substantial provision.
Mr. Cullom—So do I; and 1 do not want to
humbug anybody, either. Those words, “un
der liko circumstances and conditions," woro
placed in tho original bill by a unanimous vote
of the senate.
Mr. Gcorgo—I do not object to tho words, but
I object to tho Interpretation which tho senator
from Illinois puts upon thorn. I do not beliovo
that that la a true and legitimate interpretation
and I protest against this bill going through
tho senate without an authoritativo exposition
or interpretation of tho mcaniugof thoso words,
such as is given by tho senator from Illinois.
Mr. Cullom—The senator from Mississippi
has tho right to put any construction ho
chcoseH on tno words. They were put Into tho
original bill by tbo senate because the section
without llicm was too rigid nnd it was feared
that it would interfere with tho general com
merce of the country. Thov wero put thoro to
intnn something, and they do moan something.
Mr. George—I hopo they do not mean what
you say they mean.
Mr. Cullom—They mean Just what they
fay. Railroad companies shall not chargo
moro for a shorter distance on tho same lino,
in tho same direction, nndcr substantially simi
lar circumstances and conditions, than for a
longer distance, nnd thoso circnin-
stunccs and conditions may ha
lf you please—that one is a competitive point
and the other is not,for that at ono place there
is a very largo amount of business dono, and
at tbe other place, perhaps, not moro than a
carload per month.
Mr. Fryo moved to recommit, with instruc
tions.
A vote waa taken, and the conference report
was agreed to—yeas 43, nays 15.
Yess—Messrs. Allison, Beck, Berry, Blackburn,
Bower, Cockrell, Coke, Colquitt, Conger, Cullom,
Dolph, Edmunds, Eustls, Fair, Frye, George. Gib
son, Gorman, Gray, Hale, Harris, Hawley. Ingalls,
Jones of Arkamns. Jones of Nevada, McMillan,
Mandcnon, Mitchell. Ogden, Palmer, Plumb,
Pugh. Baffin, fiaulsbury. Sawyer, Sewell, Sherman,
Spooner, Teller, Vance, Vest, Walthall, Whithoroo
and Wilson of Iowa—13.
Kays—Aldrich, Blair, Brown, Cameron, chace,
Cheney, Kvarts, Hampton, Hoar, Mahone, Mitch
ell of Pennsylvania, Morrill, Payne, Platt, Will
iam*.— If*.
Finally, the motion to recommit was lost—
25 to 36.
Yeaz—Messrs. Aldrich. Blair, Brown, Cameron,
Chace. Cheney. Kvarts, Frye, Gray, Hale, Hamp
ton, Hawley. Hour, Mahoue, Mitchell, or Oregon.
Mitchell, or Pennsylvania, Morgan, Morrill, Payne,
Platt, Sawyer, Sewell, Sherman, Bpooacr, N\H-
UflUJv—'J,'}.
Xa)*—Messrs. Allison, Beck, Berry, Blackburn,
Bowen, Call, Cockrell, Coke. Colquitt, Conger, Cul-
lom. Dolph, Edmunds. Fusils, Fair, George,Gibson
Gorman, Harris. Ingalls. Jones,of Arkansas. Joinis
of Nevada, McMillan, Manderxon. Palmer. Plumb,
Pugh, Sabin, Sauhburv. Teller, \ance, Vest, Wal
thall. Whlthornc, Wilson, of Iowa, Wilson, of
Maryland-30.
Fairs wero announced between Messrs. But
ler »nd VanWyck: Camden and Stanford;
Dawes and Maxey; Kcnna and Miller; KcPhcr-
Koii and Voorhccs; and it was stated that Mg,
Ransom waa absent on account of illucss in his
family.
Senator Colquitt was ono of the four senators
who had voted againat tho Cullom hill last
session, and he felt it Incumbent on him to ex
plain why he was going to vote for the confer
ence report. He began under tho most un
favorable conditions that can be imagined. Ile
spoke less than ten minutes, but in that time
he gainid the attention of fifty senators, and
made tbe most decided impression that has
been created by any short speech at this sea-
don. When he concluded he was surrounded
by bis collegues, who heartily congratulated
him on his success.
Senator Colquitt said:
Mr. President—Before the vote I* taken, I wish to
make a few remark*, and only a few, in explana
tion of the vote that I »hall give in support of this
bill It has not been u ithout a conflict of imprev
»Ionx that I have agreed to cost my vote for tho
bill. When this Mil, in Its original shape, wo* be
fore the senate, I mode one of the four
who voted again** Its pawage. My
conviction*, my political prepowamtooa, were
all against the policy of such legitUtion. I Impe l
that the states whh h created tho railroads would
exercise their power of control. It ia »y fiJ|» be
lief that the note* posses* this prrer. Great as I
regarded the causes and necesdty for iuterposltloa.
Ishrank from the risk nnd tho tendency of such
interposition on tl e part of the general govern
ment. I do not hciitate to say now, that if I hoped
that the vital matters involved in this bill could
be remanded to the stato authority for state ad
justment, I wculd vote again ns i did upon the oc
casion referred to, tut I am shut out from such
hope by the ruling of our high courts. Questionable
n« I regard the roundness of that ruling, I shall not
gainsay it. I respect the voice of that tribunal
and yield my difference to it. Jam confronted,
therefore, by this alternativc-either to intervene
and control, by the power of the general govern
ment, or to submit to the domination of corporate
w ealth and power. The power to tax nnd the
power to exact tribute of labor and industry is the
highest and most decided attribute of sovereignty.
'Van and revolutions have sprung from the unjust
exercise of it. It is, as quoted by the senator
from New York, Mr. Kvarts, yesterday, tho power
to destroy. It is thockiug to my sense of popular
rights, and of popular lil>crties, that a corporation,
a body of men associated together for personal
ends and personal aggrandisement, shall have the
power to exercise the sovereign right, without con
trol and without limitation. They have exercised
this right and this power, and they have abused
the power. A reuse of Justice, of fair dealing, will
not condone such abuses. The spirit of a free
people will not tolerate tho cxerciso of
inch a right. I make no professions
of my estimate for the railroads, of the value I at
tach to them. To do so would be as commonplace
and as frilsome as to express gratitude for the
blessings of life aud of wuter, but \yhllc we re
joice in the nominal results which follow upon
theso ministering agents of civilization nnd of
human progress, we cannot become tho defenders
or (he apollgists of their abuses. These have been
great and serious. They will continuo os long a«
the temptation lasts. The temptation will con
tinue until men cease to be avaricious. I,
therefore, think I choose by far the
lesser of tho two evils when I *ccept
the proposition of this MU, aud being forced to
elect, 1 shall give my vote to it; and believing ns I
do that this legislation can only bo accomplished
by the adoption of the mensuro before us, and that
its reference to a committee, with a view to rein-
vcMIgfttion and readjustment, and rcbarmoulzlng
the differences of opinion, will result in no legisla
tion, I shall vote against recommitment.
Tonight I asked JndgcCrbp, who will havo
charge of this bill in the lioueo, what were its
prospects there.
“It will surely pass,” he aald.
"When will you call it up?’’
“1 think 1 shall ask the honso to consider it
on Monday."
“How long a debate do you propose to sug
gest on it?"
’ One day will 1m sufficient, in my opinion
It may bo Into Monday before wc get tbe bill
up, but I think wo can vote before Tuesday
night."
Tlie Anti-Mormon ISitl
The bouse then proceeded to the considers
tion of the Edmunds' anti-polygamy bill, nnd
tbe Tucker substitute therefor.
After the reading of both measures, Mr.
Tucker, of Virginia, stated that ho would per
mit the debate to continuo for four hours to
be divided between tho friends and opponents
of the bill.
Mr Bennett, of North Carolino, ono of tho
signers of tho minority report, considered the
timo inadequate. He would consent to it Ihj-
cause he could not get any more. In his
opinion- tho provisions of this far-reaching
measure were simply atrocious.
Mr, E. B. Taylor, of Ohio, opened the delnte
In a spe ech in favor of tho bill. He was fol
lowed In order by Mr. Cain, of Utah, in opposi
tion, in a speech which wou for him the ap
plause of the house.
Mr. Bennett, of North Carolina, opposed
tbo bill upon the ground alono that It was a
measure of iniustico to helpless people and that
it was in part expost facto legislation and in
conflict with decisions of tbo supremo court of
tbo United States, and in violation of basic
principles of tbo American government. Mr.
Bennett also objected to It hccauso it imposed u
"test oath" upon all male inhabitants of Utah.
Messrs. Reed, of Maine, and Caswell, of Wis
consin, supported and Mr. Randolph Tucker,
of Virginia, closed the dobs to.
Mr. Scott, of'-Pennsylvania, asked leave to
offer an amendment to the bill.
Mr. Tucker declined to permit him to do so,
raying he wanted to pass tbe bill horo and
now, so that the 12th of January, 1887, would
bo mcmorablo in the history of tho country,
[Applause.]
The houeo substitute was agreed to nnd tho
senato bill as thus amended was passed without
division, only eight members rising to demand
the yeas and nnys.
Washington, January 15.—[Special Corres-
pondence.]—Tbe Mormons havo boon piling
up wrath against tho day of wrath.
Their obstinate devotion to their faith has
finally provoked tho direst strokoyct aimed nt
them. It Is bard to eoncoivo how congress
could pais a moro extreme measure than tho
Tucker amendment to tho Edmunds bill which
was carried In tbo houso without a division
last Wednesday. Tho sennto 1ml already
amended tho Edmund! bill, but whoa the
senate amendment came to the houso Mr.
Tucker thought it did not go far enough and
went to work to frame a substitute for it which
would, in his opinion, cover tlie caso complete
ly. I think there can bo no doubt that he has
covered it. There is but one step beyond tho
bill bo baa framed and which passed through
the house, and that Is tbe submission to tho
Mormon of tho alternative of exile or death.
Mr. Tucker has shifted his position oil this
question considerably within tbo lost three or
four years. He is known in congress as ono
of the greatest sticklers for the strict construe
tion of tho constitution, hut Ills Mormon bill
a law unto itself and I trust wo shall have
men as wise, and prudent, and just ns Mr.
Tucker to administer it. In this ago and in
this country everybody except tho polygamists
themselves must loathe pollgamy. Tho feel
ing which exists sguinst It,alike in the mind
or the educated and tho ignorant, is basod on
that common love of thoso thingn which are
tho beauty and strength of our civilization.
Not a voico was raised fn congress, oven by
tbe Mormon delegate, who by tho way uiario
by far tbe ablest sjtecch of tbo debute, in
dcfraco or apology for polygamy. On
tho other band tho advocate* of tho
Tucker bill argued from first to last as if tbo
two terms, Mormon aud polygamist woro syn
onymous. They know that this is not the
case, but they chose an admirable method of
giving streagtli to their position.
Do you know bow many polygamists there
are in Utah?
TUB POPULAR IMPBRSfifON
is that every inon in that territory is surround
ed by from ten to forty wives. But the popu
lar impression on this, as on most subjects, is
not tbo truth.
Tbe sworn officers of the United States who
took the census of Utah in 1880, and who were
not Monnons, reported that out of a popula
tion of about 140.600 la tbo territory only 2per
rent, were polygamists. That would make less
than 3,000 polygamists counted by iui)Kirtial
rnturn ratoTH. I Hippose there are fully that
number of practical polygamists in Wash-
inton today and ten times as
many In the city of New York. The differ
ence between the two dosses was once ex-
nre»«d by Gail Hamilton, when she said tb it
in Utah men drove tneir wives In gangs while
in Washington they drive them tandem.
I have inquired of government officials who
have served in Utah since the beginning of the
legislation against polygamy, ned testimony i*.
that the practice is decreasing. Admitting
that there are 3,000 polygamists in that terri
tory today, which I think is very doubtful,
there are fully one hundred thou-aml Mor
mon-, besides this number who are living with
one wife and in domestic relations, which
would ]*ix8 muster even in this
PIOUS MTY.
It Is a mistake to suppose that the Tucker
hill is aimed only at this handful of old men
(for there are very few young men with a
. luralily of wives in I*tain who arc living ns
the patiiarcbs of tbe Bible used to live, but as
wc have resolved It in not decent nor well to
live any longer. The bill which has just passed
the bouse affects every man, woman aod child
who cherishes tho Mormon faith. In fact. It
legislates a religion out of existence, and make*
a futile attempt to annihilate social customs
wbb-b are beyond tbe reach of legislative
1 ill can never reach the ends at which It is
r imed. Its material portion begins with a
t lauso declaring that in order to eqjoy tho
privileges of citizenship In Utah, a man must
swear first to support the constitution aud
statutes of tho United States. Then ho must
swesr especially and emphatically to support
this ucw law. This is modest, to say tho least
of it. It reminds mo of the joke tho boys used
to tell at college about a boy who swore in an
exchange of juvenile confidence that ho had
never committed a certain misdemeanor. Ouo
of his companions asked him tho Pinafore
question, “What, never?"
“No, I never did," was tho emphatic re
sponse.
“Never in your life?"
"Oh! In my whole life?" exclaimed tho
culprit, who then admitted that ho had stoleu
watermelons. A man in Utah must swear that
bo will support nil the laws of tho United
States, and then must swear all over again that
he will support this one law, no matter what
ever els© ho may do. Mormonism is olovatod
in tho criminal calendar abovo treason and
murder. Another provision of the bill makes
a wifo a witness against her husband.
There arc many other provisions on a par
with these, none of which would bo too harsh
if thty reached only tho polygamists, but they
all fall upon tho Mormon whatever his belief
or his practice may l»o in the matter of mar-
ringo. Tho Mormon church is to
be disbanded nnd its immense property is to bo
distributed by the strong hand of federal
power. As Judge Bennett, of North Carolina,
raid in his speech against tho bill: "The ark of
tho covenant is to bo placed in tho hands of a
receiver, aud tho assets of tho church are to bo
administered by a court
FOUNDED IN FRAUD.”
This is what is called a heroic remedy. It is
nu net to authorize tho ralo of millions of prop-
city which has been accumulated and held for
many years under tho cognizance and protec
tion of tho United States. Tbo magnifleont
temple at Suit Lake City, on which three and
a half millions has boon expended, is thrown
into the gross assets of tho church. Tho prin
cipal Ubo of this superb building has boon tho
administration of the rites of Free Masonry
IN A SPLENDOR
not approached iu any city of this couutry.
Under tho Tucker bill it may bo bought, per
haps. for thirty or forty thousand dollars, to bo
con veil rel into n thmeo hull or a barroom.
Tlio dangers which 1 bear thoughtful men
predict from such legislation are various. In
lbc fii>t place it may defeat its own object.
The extreme severity of tho measure will
arouse among tbo ouo hundred thousand Mor
mons who repudiate polygamy a sympathy for
the three thousand ot their old
fellow citizens who cling to this
oust mu. Tho nefarious Institution
is dying of its own inherent weakness, but the
young Mood of tho territory, which has prac
tically abandoned It, may bo fired by a sonso
of injustice which will consolidate ono hun
dred and threo thousand people iu defenso of
an Institntion to which only threo thousand
now owe allegiance.
Besides this, hero Is a precedent established
for tcrritoiial legislation which may be the
pretense for such federal oppression In tho fu
ture ss no man would now advocate, even for
tho Mormons. Senator Brown raid not long
ago that there is dnngor of legislating on this
subject under tho influcnco of moral passion.
In the righteous wrath which nearly all tho
people of this country feel against polygamy,
there lies the danger of reckless conclusions ns
to the beat methods of eradicating an admitted
evil.
Tho Monnons are now enduring an infliction
sufficient to touch tho hearts of their most ob
durate foe. It is the influx of an oloraontof
carpetbaggers who expect to profit by tho dis
comfiture of tho latter day saints. They are
there ready to practice on the prejudices of tho
ontsido world and to prey on the fruits of years
of parent toil which nave converted a wilder
ness into a garden of beauty. It will boa
grand thing If tho government is ablo to eradi
cate polvgomv in Utah. It will bo a grander
thing if, whon the work la done, the power
which wrought tho reform can truthfully say:
Tlie Week In Congress*
Washington, January 10.—Tho unfinished
business of the senate is a bill providing for tho
creation of tho agricultural experiment sta
tions. This measure, and the bill prohibiting
tho members of congress from acting as rail-
read attorneys, are oxpcctcd to consumo most
of tho timo of tho senate, not devoted to ap
propriation bills, and to secret sessions, dur
ing tho coming week. Tho ar
my and pension appropriation bills
are on tho calendar, ready for the consideration
of tbo senate, and tno sundry civil blfl is ex
pected to be brought out of the committee in
season for action before tho end of tho woek.
Tbo executive calendar of nominations
reported from tho committoos, Is said
to be a long ono, but it is thought that
few of tho cases will provoko
discussion. Tho cnnfcrcnco report upon tho
electoral count bill, which is likely to bo brought
up for action Monday orTucsday, wfU probably
not consume much time.
Tlie first business licforo tho houso tomorrow
will bo Mr. Townsond’s motion to pass tho bill
to limit the jurisdiction of United States courts
in patent cskch, and protect inno
cent purchasers o! patents, which
was diMur.sed when tho houso adjourned
on lust “Conimittcc-sUBpcnHlou-dny." When
this motion Is disposed of, Chairman Matson,
iu behalf of tho invalid pension committco, will
move to suspend tho rules and pan vho bill for
the relief of depeudent parents and of honor
ably discharged aohllera and aallora who
arc now disabled and dependant. If
opportunity offers to-morrow, Mr. Kldridgc will
u!m> request tbe house, under suspension of tho
rules, to paxs tbe Mexican peusion bill.
In tbo morning hour of Tuesday tho com
mittee on Pacific railroads intends to call up
for action the resolution providing for tbe in
vestigation of tho books of the Pacifte railroad
<’Miii*nics. ]t is probable that tho houso will
sho bo asked to net upon tho conference
report of tho interstate commerce
bill on the same day. When the.©
matters nre disposed of, there will be a strug
gle for the floor between the river and harbor
committee, with its appropriation bill; tho
agricultural committco seeking for considera
tion of the pleuro pneumauia bill; the naval
committee, which will press the bill for tho
reorganization of the navul bureaus, and tho
Pacific railroad committee, In charge of tho
funding bill. Tho postotlice appropriation bill
will be reported to tbe houso early in the
week, and tuny he placed in antagonism with
measure* already referred.
General Huzcii Dead.
Washington, January ltk—Genera! W. B.
Ilxzcn, chief signal officer, U. S. A. died at
Washington of diabetes, at eight o'clock this
evening. Ho luul suffered fr tm diabetes for
home years, but of late had improved In health
and strength, and hope* were entertained of
his complete recovery. At tbo reception of tho
diplomatic corps given by tho pro-blent, he
took a severe cold, causing him to keep bis bed
on the 14th. On the 15th Instant he was up,
and repotted himself much Improved, saying
that he would go to his office on Monday. Ou
Sunday morning, his physician, P. F. Harvey,
V. S. A., was summoned to see him soon after
daylight. He at once repaired to his
rooms, and found an alarming change
in his condition, suggesting poisoning
of tbe blood. He at once adopted measures to
overcome this condition, aud restore strength.
Consultation was also at once sought with Dr.
J). Jj. Huntington, of the army, who agreed in
the main with tbe attending physician. The
care v. as deemed of so extreme gravity that his
relatives in the city were informed, and they
at once giAhcicd about him and spared no ef*
fort to bring him relief. Some improvement
resulted from the treatment, but towards even
ing hi* symptoms became aggravated, sod at
the request of bis family. Dr. Lincoln matDrs.
Harvey and Uuntiagton in consultation.
Information of General Hazen’s death was con-
eyid immediately by Colonel Huntingdon and
Ospfain G reely to the secretary of war, who com -
ditiou of Mr. McLane’s hoaltli, tho fuucral
will take placo from St. John’a church. Mrs.
Hazen, who Is in Franco, haa been notified by
cable, and will return immediately to America.
Washington Gossip.
Washington, January 10.—[Special.]— Mr
Randall went to Philadelphia Saturday to
attend it reception of the Amertens club, srnl
has not yet returned. Ho will bo here tomor
row and will probably try to get up his tariff
bill some day this week. 8ome of the repub
licans look on this bill ns a checkmate of Mr.
Hiscock’s game to capture public sentiment in
Virginia and North Carolina, by plac
ing tho republican party in the
attitude of opposition to tho internal
revenue, nnd will therefore oppose It.
Anderson, of Kansas, a man who usually
speaks on ono sido of the tariff question and
votes on tbe other, said today that if Mr. Ran
dall attempted to carry out his revenue plans,
there would bo enough republicans who
would stand by Mr. Morrison to enable him to
call up his bill aud para it through tho house.
Mr. lliscock and Governor Long will also sup
port the Morrison bill iu preference to the
Randall hill.
Mr. Oates, of AIa!«ma, introduced a bill to
day, which created some little atir in the
house. It provides that all immigrants shall
live in the United State* ten years before they
can vote; that as n condition precedent to fho
right of suffrage, they must formally declare
an intention to become citizens, and
that any violation of the laws
of this country abovo tho grade
of misdemeanor, or during the ton years of
their probation, shall operate as a forfeiture of
their claim to tbe franchise. Mr. Oates thluka
some Kuril legislation as ho proposes is nocow
ry to check the spirit of communism and nihil
ism, which is becoming dangerous in all of the
great cities of this country, and is uowconflnod
vigners.
against a show ever
offered in congress was introduced hy Mr.
James, of New York. Daring tho holiday rc-
cc8s.Hr,James attended Buffalo Bll'.’smammoth
wild west exhibition nt Madison Square gar
den, in New York. Tho real Indiana impressed
him very deeply, and set him thinking. His
resolution calls on the secretary of tho
interior to explain why he has
loaned there wild Indians to Buffalo
Rill, |icrmittirig them to Iks absent from their
reservation ami engnged in presenting to tho
public scenes representing their lowest savAgo
characteristics, and whether in tho opinion of
tbo secretary there proceedings are calculated*
to elevate and licnefit the Indians, nnd to what
extent tho exhibitions are under tho auspices
of the United States, as Is claimed hy tho exhib
itor. It is said that Buffalo Bill and Nat
Sahhury are clearing ono hundred thousand
dollars a month on their mnnmioth New York
show, and tlmt|sovoral countries in Europe ure
clamoring for them to como over.
Tbo announcement that Speaker Carlisle will
contest Mr. Beck's scat in the Konato two years
hcnco docs not surpriso those who know tho
moil. Beck nnd Carlisle havo nover boon on
very friendly terms, and the speakor has a
strong ambition to get into tbo senato. Well
posted Kentucky politicians say ho cannot pos
sibly bent the jovial Scotchman, who!* the big
gun of tlio democratic sido of the renato.
Washington, January 11.—It ia understood
that negotiations with tho Chinese government,
to which allusion was made In tho president’s
mersoge, for such a modification of existing
treaties as will entirely prevent the introduc
tion of Chinese coolie labor into this country,
have just been brought to a successful termina
tion and that In a few diivs, nu amondod
treaty, covering this |K»int, will bo submitted to
tlie senate for ratification. Both the atate do*
S irtmcnt and Chinese embassy are much grati-
cd at the satisfactory conclusion reached,
laist session Secretary Manning sent a special
message to courtohs, giving a plan for the more
economical collection of customs. Itpropowd
the consolidation of a large number of collec
tion districts. Ho recommended that thoro be
only one collector for all tho Georgia ports of
entry, to bo stntloned at Savannah. Tho frays
and means committco today agreed on a bill,
soon to be reported to tho house,
which virtually carries out the rooom*
mendations of Secretory Manning, and
it allows a collector at Savannah, who snail ap
point deputlcsat Brunswick, St. Marys, Auguita
aod Atlanta, and make* ouly one coBect/on
district for Georgln. In all the other states,
with port* of entry, similar consolidations are
proponed. Tho bill will be strongly backed hv
tlio secretary and tho ways and means commit
tee, hut its passage at this session la doubtful.
Mr. Harris, of Georgia, made an excellent
speech today in support of tho hill to establish
an executive department of agriculturo with a
cabinet officer at Its head. Ho spokeof the vast
agricultural Interests of the country, and the
light they bad to expect such consideration
from the government. Mr. Harris hold the
undivided attention of tho houso, and made a
fine impreislon. The big majority for tbo bill
in tho fiouic Inspires its friends with tho hopo
that it will bccomo a lawat this session.
Among the diplomats in Washington, tho
prospect of European war at an early date la
regarded as cxcellentT^Tho European repre
sentatives here are in frequent ©oirmunlciilon
with their home governments, and the bunr
movement at their official healqnarters Indi
cate that something unusual Is transpiring. A
special cable telegram received by the Evonlog
Star today, from London, gives tho following
gloomy outlook for the contlnuanco of a gen
eral peace in Europe:
The speeches of Bismarck and Von Mollko were
swatted with intense interest, and have produced
a deep Imprwlon throughout Europe. Tho out
come certainly will bo tho passage or ths army Mil
by tills or, If not, os Bismarck plainly sajo, by a
ils. or, If not, as Bismarck plainly said, by a
now relchstar Tbe Times correspondent describe*
Bbmarck's speech a* delivered with a stammer
ing sort of caution when «wr-
lug to Germany'! relation whh
ItUMln, and with prompt, rapid utteranco whut
dealing with France. Tno general tono of th<
speech, and hi* contempt for tho Bulgarimi qtw
tion, and tho bluntnc** of his threat* to the rcleh-
itsg, were characteristic. Ths alarming nature of
the speech I* shown by one sentence: “In com*
partfon with the war of tm, or l know not what
'reuse in the mmy estimates. The government is
prepared to modify tho budget, re
ducing tho expenditures on pnbllc
works, for Instance, by fifteen million francs, and
have resolved to Inerease the army expenditure by
clghty-Mx million francs. The Increased anny
estimates are to t* met by a now loan. The
English papers all ask thlsmorning, how long,
aim Go *~*— * “*
„„ arankated tbe sad intelligence to the pre*i-
enactmeht Great a* Charles Sumner wax. he * dent. The general of (he army, who waa ad-
could not make a civil rights bill which would I vised of tbo death by telegram, will bo con-
be more thaw a dead letter and a monument to I frrml with by Captain Greelj in behalf of Gtn-
his persistent devotion to an arcadian theory I era! Marco's Ibmnyju to tbe military honors to
of ''abolition." Great ss Mr. Tuekor U, hU I Wpaid tbe deceased. Owing to the delicate c“
Itn Germany Hoklng for moro men and Franco
money, Is peace likely to be preserved?"
Washington, January 13.—In the case of
the Alabama and Chattanooga railroad compa
ny against tbo Tennessee and Coosa railroad
company, the secretary of tho Interior has if-
filmed tbe decision of Commissioner Sparks, of
July 23,1885, which held that a tract of land
within the six miles granted limits of tho grant
to tbo state of Alabama by tho act of June 3,
1856, to aid In (he construction of the Tennes
see aud Coosa railroad la not subject to ■elec
tion by the Alabama and Chattanooga railroad
company, a* Indemnity, notwithstanding the
ftict that tbo Tennessee and Coosa railroad has
not been constructed. Tho decision la made on
tbe ground that tbe grant in question bos never
been forfeited by congress. The case Involve*
several thousand meres of land In the Hnnte-
villc. Ala., district.
Representative Randolph Tucker, of Vir-
glnia, who I* to retire from congreai on the
4th of March, Is regarded ai the coming sne-
reteor of Chief J notice Carter, of tbe District
of Columbia, who will soon retire. The office
psya five thousand a year, and ha* a life term.
Mr. Tucker will take it If it is tendered to him,
but he is understood to bo waiting In confident
expectancy of securing the first vacancy that
may occur in the supreme court of the United
States,
WjumiXOTOir, January II.—Th.prciJwit
m lit Ike following nomination, to tlio .entto
today: J.coh A. IIowIh, to be pmtncutcr,
HIl'kory, X.0.; Wm. If. Adklru, Home. (I»; O.
B. Collin,, of MlHlMipid. to be United Bute,
count at Cbarlotulvin, I'rlnce Bdwnrd blwid;
Tlioma, T. Kun.ltll, of AUhaiu, nt Awiodon.
Biliolw Div>. okm, Mm Complaint*, Cot-
tirtncM, T)y«t*l*!t, Ac., are ipecdlly removed
by Dr. D. Jayne’, Sanative Pill*. Fifty yeni*
nae b*« proved them superior to nil other rnme-
dl.. for tbe mire of tb* vnrfou* dlwnnpn for
wbiek they nre recommended. To their notion
they nre nib! nnd eertnln,nnd liny be token nt
any tine witlnut risk from exposure.
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scriptions of tho sewing mschlno it offers to Its
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Tna Constitution machines are accepted all
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that came from a sowing machine agent who
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2 7-inch Blake ateom pomp*.
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I B0 hone return flue burner.
1 35-horeeenginc.
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