The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-02-17
The Anti.Polygamy Bill Again En-
CROSSES the Senate's Attentions
A Sandwiched Execu-
tive Session. ts
The Lower House Passes Bill PEN
sioning the Wife of the Late
President,
And Then Resumes Consideration of the
AppOrtiOnment Bill and Reaches
Action Thereon.
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Forty-seventh Congress


WASHINGTON, February l6 The presi-
dent pro ten. submitted message received
from the president of the United States
the annual report of the In
dian commissioners with letter from the
secretary ofthe interior suggesting egisa.
tive points in the report. Also a letter
from the commissioners of education,
recommending the appropriation of $4,000
for educational purposes in Alaska,
Mr.. Hampton reported iayorably joint
resolution directing that copies of official
letters of the executive department to the
state OF North Carolina be furnished TO
said state.
After an explanation by Mr.. Edmunds
that short executive session ut this
time would be more desirable than
ut the close of the session, in order to per
feet arrangements for the final disposition of
the anti-poygamy bill the senate, at 1910 y.
m. went into executive session, and at ll5 y.
NJ. resumed legislative business, when the
regular order, the anti-polygamy bill, was
proceeded with, the question being upon
the Sth section reported from the judiciary
committee. The section vacates all the reg
istration and election offices
VI iilc anu utNplNt5
their duties, until provision therefor
is made, by the legislative assembly, TO be
created as provided by the bill, on board
of five persons to be nominated by the pres
ident and confirmed by the senate, all OF
whom shall not be members of one poli'-
ical party. 1t further provides that the
canvass and return of votes for elections
for members OF the legislative assembly
shall be made to this body, which
is to canvass such returns and issue
certificates of election to those persons
who, being eligible for election, shall ap-
pear to have been lawfully elected and that
the assembly, alter its organization, shall
have power TO decide upon the election
aud qualifications of iUs members, and to
fill offices made vacant, Us directed by the
bill in the preceding or seventh section.
and DISTINGUISHES and makes ineligible to
offices in any territory or other place under
the jurisdiction of the United States, any
polygamist, bigamist or person cohabiting
with more than one woman.
An interesting debate followed, in tlo
course of which Senators Brown and Nor
gan, among others, spoke against the re-
turning board feature of the bill, which
gave commissioners power 10 disfranchlse
all polygamists, which term they might
construe to cover all Mormons inasmucll
as polygamy is tenet of Mormon faith.
HOUSE.
Cox from the committee to audit ex-
penses accruing out of the death and burial
of the late president, reported bill grant
ing pension of Sj,0 600 year to Mrs Lucre-
tia X. Garfield.
Atkins, of Tennessee, said he would not
agree to the bill. He thought that similar
measures should be adopted to pension the
widow of any other president.
The bill was passed.
Ellis, of Louisiana, by request, introduced
bill to provide for the establishment OF
fast ocean steamers for United States mail
service between the United States and
Great Britain, and TO secure TO the govern.
ment the use of vessels for postal, naval and
other purposes. Referred
Flower of New York, presented a petit
ton of 400 merchants and other citizens
of New York city, for the abolition OF the
tax on bank deposits and of the stamp tax
on bank checks.
Cox presented similar petition, bearing
1900 signatures, and McLane, of Maryland,
similar petition from 900 citizens OF Bal
timore. They were all referred to the com
mittee on ways and means.
Under the call of committees, the follow.
ing bills were reported:
BY Burrows, of Michigan, from the
committee ON territorieSl the admission
of Dakota into the union as u state. Placed
on the house calendar.
Bills were reported from the committee
on public buildings and grounds, and re-
fCrred TO the committee of the whole, pro.
yiding for the erection of public buildings
at Shreveport, Louisiana, Macon, Georgia,
and San Antonio, Texas.
BY Dunnell, ofMaine, from the commit.
tee on ways and meansl-Fixing the term
of office of collectors of internal revenue at
four years. Placed on the house calendar
BY Hoar, of Michigan, adversely, from
the committee on civil service)-To reduce
the salaries OF heads of departments and
members of congress.
Butterworth, Of Ohio, asked that the re-
port of the committee be read,
Randall objected. A little fun, he said oc
casionally was not Objectionable but he was
averse to the house being turned into al
amusement body.
Warner, of Tennessee asked that the bill
and report be referred to the committee o
the whole.
Consideration of the apportonment bill
was resumed at l;i5.
Prescott offered resolution providing
that whenever the house shall determine
upon any number of members, the samt
shall be apportioned among the states on
the same basis of division used in the i0tl
congress, and now known Us the Ole
method.
/ Baync moved to amend so as to provid,
that the apportionment shall be based upor
the Seaton method
Converse moved to ADOPT this plan, or. lc
adopt the plan previously presented nd
favored by him.
Hooker, of Mississippi, submitted nr
amendment 10 the bill selecting 32J as th,
total number of representatives.
Ats o'clock the previous question Wa
seconded, and vote was taken OH IN,
amendment offered by Converse to the reso
luton submitted by Prescott, and 1t was re
| jcc,ed.
A vote was then taken on Dayne's amend
ment, but 1t only received nine aflirmativ,
votes, while liS members were recorded a
being opposed to the adoption ofthe Seatoi
method Of npportionment.
Baync endeuvored to obtain the yeas an,
nnys, but was not successful IN his ei
| fort.
| prpscott's : resolution, basing representa-
| ,ion upon the old system ot Hpportionmcnt
Was then agreed to without u division.
| The last hour OF debate opened will
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