Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-01-19
PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS.

In the Senate on the 10th, the tariff queS-
ton was debated, the discussion coming up
on the report of Mr.. Bayard, from the finance
committee, of the Morrill, Tariff Commission
bill, with the recommendation that it be pass
ed. BY unanimous consent the debate of the
tariff question in all it's bearings was contin-
ued until the hour of adjournment.
In the House the day was occupied in dis
cussing the Utah contested election case. One
of the contestants is an avOwed Mormon,
holding to the polygamous doctrines of that
people, and is said to have plurality of
wives while the other is a "Gentile." 1t is
claimed that the Mormon delegate received
large majority of votes over his opponent !;
but his opponent has the Governors certifi-
cate of election. 1t is represented that this
was an adroit scheme of the Territorial Gov
ernOr to force Congress to take some decisive
action in reference to the Mormon question :;
but in the case under consideration the House
only adopted a resolution referring to the
committee on elections the question of prinso
facie right as between Campbell, the Gentle,
and Cannon, the Mormon, to be sworn in.
In the Senate on the 11th, a number of petit
tions were presented for a commission to in
quire into the liquor and alcoholic trade.
Nearly every Senator presented one or more
memorial on the subject. The President pro
tenn. announced the special committee on the
Rights of Women, under the resolution of
Senator Hoar as follows: Laphan, Anthony,
Ferry, Blair, George, jackson and Fair. The
Sherman funding bill was then taken up and
debated until the hour of adjournment.
In the House, the debate on Polygamy came
up again, when Mr.. Burrows, of Michigan,
asked leave to introduce and put on it's pas
sage bill defining the qualifications of Ter
ritorial delegates. 1t provides that no person
shall hereafter be admitted as delegate from
any Territory who shall not have attained the
age of 25 years and been for seven years
citizen of the United States, and that no such
person who is living in bigamy or pOlygamy,
shall be eligible to sit in the House as dele
gate Armfeld, of North Carolina and Sin
gleton, of Illinois, objected when Mr.. Bur-
rows gave notice that he would introduce the
bill again on Monday
In the Senate on the 18th, the President
pro tenn. presented communication from
Isaac n. Arnold, President of the Chicago
Historical Society, asking the cooperation of
Congress in. the celebration, Oh April 9th at
New Orleans, of the 200th anniversary of the
discovery of the mouth of the Mississippi
river by Robert, Cavalier de la Sale. Mr..
Frye reported from the committee on rules
resolution authorizing the select committee
on Woman Suffrage to employ a clerk. De-
bate on the Funding bill was then resumed,
and at the hour of adjournment the bill was
informally laid aside until Monday, to which
day the Senate adjourned.
In the House, Mr.. Bayne, of Pennsylvania,
introduced bill to repeal the tax OH bank
checks, and to reduce the tax Oh the circula-
tion of national banks. Mr.. Prescott, of New
York, introduced an apportionment bill pro-
viding for 3l9 Representatives. Both bills
were referred to appropriate committees. The