The Portland daily press., 1882-04-20
XLVIIth Congress list Session.
SENATE.

WASHINGTON, April 10.
The Senate bill authorizing the President OF
| the United States in conjunction with the
State of Texas to run and marx me pou9dasy - az
United States and Texas and to complete the
| survey was passed.
/ Discussion of the Mississippi river improve
ment bill was resumed and Mr.. Jonas argued
| in favor of applying part OF the appropriations
to the immediate repair or construction OF the
levees.
| Mr.. Frye remarked that the votes OF north
ern members against any appropriation for
repair of the levees ought not to DO construed
/ as Indicative of any hostility on their part and
| as evidence dispelling any assumption to the
| contrary he referred to the prompt and gener-
| Gus response of the North to Southern appeals
in the yellow fever epidemic and to the fact
| that no Northern member raised MS voice
| against voting an amount aggregating $oVo,-
600 at the present session for relief OF sufferers
| by the recent floods.
| Without action the bill went over Till To-
| morrow.
Mr.. Miller, from lthe committee on foreign
relations reported with amendments the
House bill to execute treaty stipulations rela-
ing to Chinese. He stated the report was not
a unanimous one and he would ask considera-
tion of the bill tomorrow
Adjourned
The House met this morning at IL.
The committee to audit the expenses OF the
Illness and death of President Garfield submit
ted the bill and report on that subject, and
that and minority report was offered to the
committee offthe whole. The bill appropriates
fol. the relief of Mrs. Garfield $4,000, less an
sum paid to the late President on account of
his salary; DIR. Bliss $780, 900; to DR.. Agnew
and Hamilton SO 900 each; to Or. Reyburn
and Boynton $4,000 each; DR.. Susan Edison
$4,000; to William j. Crump $1,000: to the
secretary of the navy $2,7SS40; to,WilhamsR.
Speare, undertaken, $1,835, and to various
merchants and others, sums ranging from 90
cents to 81 900. 1t also provides for the ulti-
mate retirement sof Surgeon General j. Il.
Barnes and provides that there shall be added
to the medical corps OF the army one surgeon
with rank, pay and emoluments of Lieutenant
Colonel and authorizes the President to pro-
mote Joseph j. Woodward to that position.
The House then resumed the consideration
of the Utah consisted election case.
Mr.. Beltzhoover presented an argument in
support of report of the majority and asserted
that man believing in polygamy was not
qualified to hold his seat as delegate from the
Territory of Utah.
Mr. Jones Of Texas sustained the claims of
Cannon.
Mr.. Miller of Pennsylvania criticized the
speech delivered yesterday by Mr.. House and
quoted an extract from that speech to the ef-
feet that one of the causes of complaint against
polygamists was that they belonged to the
democratic party. 81 thank God they do"
continued Mr.. Miller; II thank God every pol
ygamist, every man that disregards the laws
of the United States in the Territory of Utah
belongs TO the democratic party, and | am
glad it devolved on one who in 1861 spat upon
the constitution of his country, and the oath
he took to support it, to stand up in this house
to defend that monstrous evil.
Mr.. Bragg said he should vote for Mr.. Cam
non as mere bald legal proposition.
At o'clock the previous question was or
dered and an hour accorded to Mr.. Cannon to
present his claim. "If," he said,g one-twenti-
eth part of what had been said in debate rela-
tive to the people of Utah were true their rep
resentative would deserve to he driven from the
halls of Congress. But while this flood of false
statements had been pouring over the country
concerning Utah not a voice had been heard in
defense of her people," He asked those gen.
tlemen who said the people OF Utah violated
the law whether they would set an example of
shifting down law, justice and right because OF
the alleged bad character OF that people. lie
then proceeded with an argument in defense
of the institution Of polygamy, denying that
to the institution was attributable the licen-
tiousness of the people. 1t was not necessary
that lie should have four wives in order to be
lecherous. Mormons believed God had given
a command the object of which was to redeem
the humane family, to make marriage honora-
ble to uplift it, to liftit out of its present con-
dition, TO cut off the opportunity for prostitu-
tion and concubinage and leave no margin for
lust to prey upon.
After further speeches by Messrs. Cassidy
and Calkins in opposition to the seating OF Mr..
Cannon, a vote was taken on the resolution of
the minority declaring Cannon entitled to
seat, and it was defeated; yeas 79, nays 123.
The majority resolution declaring neither Cam
non nor Campbell entitled to a seat was then
adopted without division.
Adjourned.