The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-02-03
WASHINGTON NEWS.

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appointed by the General Conference Of
the Reformed Church of Christ Gatter
Day Saints. is here to wait upon the Pres
ident and Congress. and present their pro
posed solution of the Mormon problem.
q. III. Gusley and e. L. Kelley constitute
the committee, and they were presented to
the President by Representative Kasson,
and had long conference. Their memor-
ial sets forth that the, Mormon church, al
though generally known as Mormon, is
and ever has been opposed to any COM
promising with that polygamic body in
Utah The re-organized Mormon church
has for thirty years opposed and denounced
polygamy, and sustained missionaries to
preach against polygamy, with the result
of rescuing 200 persons from its evils.
They ask that more effective measures be
adopted and carried out by the Govern
ment for its suppression; they urge that
the true standpoint upon which to act is,
that polygamy is no part of the Mormon
faith proper, but a loathesome encum-
brance; that the bigamists be excluded
from the juries in cases where one of their
number is being tried; that the statute of
limitations be amended SO as to punish all
persons, male or female, for the crime of
polygaInY; that the homestead law should
not recognize polygamous unions under
the title of "'Heads of Families;" that evil
dence of living together and cohabitation
be received in the courts as evidence to
prove marriage relations
Senator George introduced bill to en-
| force the forfeiting of lands granted to
railroad corporations upon conditions not
complied with, and to apply the proceeds
of the sale for educational purposes among
the states and territories.
Rlaiue has sent the following talapram
| to Christiancy at Lansing, Michigan:
"Your first telegram was not under
stood by me-. Your confidential commu-
nication, of whose publication you com
| plain, was addressed to me as Secretary of
State and related wholly to the public af-
fairs. | had no right to remove it or de-
stroy it; its information was as valuable
to my successor as myself The files OF
! the State Department are full of equally
| confidential notes never intended for pub
| lication. Your note doubtless inadvert-
emily was sent to the Senate by Dir. Ere
| Hnghuysen with the remainder of the Peru
| Chilian correspondence. / regret the oc-
currence, but had no power to prevent it.
| had not intended your note should be
included in the volume of my diplomatic
correspondence.
! TSigned] BLAINE.
The draft of the bill relating to internal
reqenue taxes ETC., was submitted to the
Committee on Ways and Means to-day, by
delegate of the National Distilers' As
sociation. It provides from August LIST,
| 1882. for q tax of fifty cents on each proof
| gallon of distilled spirits or wine by the
gallon when below proof
Section 5 provides for a statement under
1 oath from owners, of the number of pack
ages of distilled spirits and proof of gal,
| ions contained then stored in the ware
,-ouse or warehouses on certain days and
tho deciarstion Of the largest number OF
10 c1,o .ees and the number of proof gallon!
IF disti,' '''ed spirits he intends to have stored
Of tho cIos . Of any day in said distillery,
u.orebonse ~ W special bonded warehouse
S,'r;nr ~ ti,e voc, or fraction of q year, end
inc, tIa ao,b dav, VI April next ensuing ant
shsu at the time It fling the statement
and dec,ar;no give a bond. in duplicate
in form presented by the Commissioners oi
Internal Revenue, with tw =" or more sur
cites, conditional that the priAN Ncapal naniee
in the bond shall pay all ,21es nPel
the spirits withdrawn from tL~ "~rc
house, the penalty sum in the "ops
to range from 81, 900 upon so barrels stors g
to 800, 900 upon 10000 barrels stored in
bond in no case exceeding 100000:
special bonded warehouses are not to ex-
ceed three in any collection district, and
each to be in charge of a storekeeper In
ported brandy and other spirits distilled
from grains or other materials the duty be
$3.50 per proof gallon, and on cordials,
liquors, arrack, absinthe, and other similar
spirituous beverage or bitters containing
spirits imported into this country, III. oO
per proof gallon.
The President has nominated George
Il. E.. r. sat Eufr
Ill
It is the general belief that the present
Quartermaster General Surgeon General
and Pay1naster General win soon be placed
on the retired list.
The President has approved the add
tional pension bill for Mrs. Lincoln.
Secretary Hunt has ordered an autopsy
that it may be definitely shown that Car
penter Duncan, whosfen from the yard
arm of the steamer Portsmouth, did not
die from undue punishment.