The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-02-24
XLVII. CONGRESS-.
SECOND SESSION.
SENATE.

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Dawes submitted the conference
report on the Indian appropriation
bill. Agreed to.
On motion of Hale the Senate re-
sumed consideration of the naval
appropriation bill. The pending
question was on the amendment
offered Yesterday by Rollins, previd-
Ing for board to scrutiniZe the
active list of the navy, and select a
certain number of officers of each
grade to be retained on the active
list, the remainder to be considered
supernumeries. The point of order
raised yesterday, that the amend
ment was inadmissable as proposing
general legislation, was sustained.
On motion of Hale, the paragraph
providing that the secretary of the
navy should invite proposals for the
construction of three steel cruisers
and dispatch boat, was amended
to exclude the armament of vessels
from the proposals. and apprOpri-
atlng for the bureau, yards and
docks increased $64, 900.
On motion of Lapham, the pro-
vision that hereafter no officer of
the navy shall be employed on any
shore duty, unless the secretary of
the navy shall determine that such
employment is required by
public interests, was modified.
The Utah bill, being the regular
prder, it was temporarily laid aside
| with the consent of Edmunds), and
the Senate took uD the bill making
appropriations for the District of
Columbia, which was considered,
amended and passed.
Allison, from the committee on
appropriations reported, the legisla-
tive,executive and judicial apprOpri-
alton bill, and gave notice that he
would call it up and ask the Senate
to dispose of it to morrow.
The committee amended the bill
by striking out that provision which
contemplated the consolidation of
the internal revenue collection dis
tricts and the reduction of the ag.
gregate number from 126 to eighty
two; and also the provision requir-
ing eight hours labor in the de
partments. The amount apprOpri-
| ated by the bill, as it passed the
House was S20,349,S6O, to this
amount the Senate committee added
$215, 129, mostly for the pay of ad
| ditional clerks in the several de-
partments.
Allis N ubmitted the report Of
the committee Of conference on the
consular and diplomatic appropria
| ton bill. Agreed to.
The Senate resumed the consider.
alton of the Utah bill, the pending
| question being on Blair's amend
ment making the prohibition of Yot.
ing apply only to persons tried ana
convicted Of pOlygamy or bigamy
instead of to all families. The
amendment was l0st-ayes 6, hayes
81.
Logan believed polygamy to be a
cancer in the body polite, which
should be cut out by the roofs.
Therefore he would vote for the
bill or for any other legislation
within the Constitution of the
United States 10 extirpat6 this evil
and if legislation should fail and he
e1uld have his way, ne would resort
to stronger measures.
| Call said the bill was a direct at
tack on the Constitution Of the
| United States, and d fragrant insult
to the Christian religion, and argued
that If Congress was authorized to
deprive citizen of the right 10 vote
because of any opinion he might
entertain of the propriety of hay
| ing more than one wife, it would
have equal right to prescribe the
pOsse sSlOn of q dozen wives or the
| practice of strict celIbacy, as necas-
sary qualification Tor tile exercise
of The right of suffrage. Polygamy
would be extinguished by the at.
tacks of the Christian religion, and
the influences of our civilization
and our economic laws.
Ingalls, moved to amend section
seven of the bill so as to prohibit
the voting of women in any terri
tory of the United States.
Edmunds opposed the amendment
| because he desired to confne the
operation of this law to the specia
question for which it was framed
and not tolraise the general question
of female suffrage.
After discussion, in which Jones
of Florida, Beck, Garland, anC
Maxey took part, vote was takeI
on Ingalls, amendment, resulting
!; ayes IL, noes 20. No quorum voting
Pendleton moved TO adjourn.
Edmunds demanded the ayes ant
, noes on the question which resulted
l ayes Is noes 10.
;; On call of the Senate thirty-si.
l senators answered; three less thal
4 quorum.
3 DEdmunds moved to instruct ia
sergeant alarms to request the i'm
; mediate attendance OF the senator!
Agreed to 10 TO IL.
at little before o'clock the ser
geant-at-arms made a report /
q regard to the absentees. The TO
D was again called and thirty-tH
d senators answered.
V Edmunds offered an order namiu
), the senators absent, without leaY
ond diraofad tha SerOnaOt-at-aru