St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-05-28
The Senate Discusses the Mormon Bill
at Great Length, to the Editica-
ti0n of the Galleries.
Senator Brown Says Some Very Severe Things
about Marital Relations in New
England.
The House Gives McKinIey's Seat to Wal
lace by Surprisingly Large
Majority.
The Senate.

the uncompleted portion of the Northern Pacific
railroad.
Senator Hill submitted a report of the commit
Tee on postoffices and post roads, on the subject
of postal telegraph.
Senator Lapham submitted report fIom the
committee on privileges and elections, on the
Danvil!e Investigation. Senator Vance is pre-
pairing minority report.
Senator Salisbury submitted minority report
on the Copiah county Investigation.
Senator Ingalls, introduced bill to provide for
the sale of lands belonging to the Prairie band of
Pottawattamie Indians
The senate took up the bill to grant the Gin
nabar 81 Clarks Forks Railroad company the
right of way through portion of the Yellow
stone park.
Senator Conger submitted amendment to
limit the company's control to 100 feet width and
prohibiting the company from erecting buildings
except for station purposes.
Senator Logan opposed the bill. There was,
he said disposition to gobble up everything in
connection with the park by the railroads and
hotel companies, He Uogan) had found herds
of cattle and horses in the park. A department
of the United States government had divided up
into seven parts, the ten acres which the law al
lowed to be rented to one company and placed
one company in possession of all hotel privileges
in the park and drove everybody else out, and
now congress unwsely asks the states to be
made 4 football to be kicked about by men out
side of it for their personal gain. He Iogan)
would have to do some plain speaking on the
subject. He had been lobbied more this winter
in behalf of this railroad by an official of the gov
ernment, who was receiving $50,O0C year, more
than he ever had been lobbied in his life Of
course he knew the gentleman well, but thought
it in very bad taste for officer of the department
having charge of the park to become lobbyist
for the destruction of the park. Whatever that
gentleman may think of his Q1ogan,) remarks
was immaterial. That gentleman and himself
had always been good friends, but he Nogan)
had lost his respect for any man that would lobby
for corporation. He protested against the de-
struction of the park.
Senator Vest gave some details of the park,
and said every word stated by Logan was true.
Although congress had absolutely forbidden
monopoly it had been permitted, and the park
was under control of private corporation.
The matter then went over and the Utah bill
was then taken up.
Senator Brown said that the Edmunds bill was
a shameful violation of the constitution. He
contrasted what he termed polygamy in New
England and poygam in Utah. The picture he
drew, he said, was drawn s'more in sorrow than
in anger There had been over
$1,000 divorces granted in New England
within the last twenty years. destroying $4,000
families, and turning loose $1,000 persons to
marry again. all Illegally except those who were
divorced for adultery or fornication with another
party. Assuming that one-third of them had
been divorced for adultery, it would leave SO, 600
persons divorced and married again, who were
practicng polygamy i'll New England, while a
having searched Utah with a test oath, could find
but 900 men and women who would not swear
that they had never in their lives been guilty of
polygamy. Prostitution was practiced in New
England to an alarming extent and fGticide to
such an extent that if continued it would in less
than century depopulate New England of its
Puritan stock. nation of Mormons was impos-
sibe. Not so nation of libertines. In Massa-
chussetts within the last twenty years, the popu-
lation had increased A per cent, and marriages
81 per cent, while divorces increased 147 per
cent. 1t behooved the Christian and patriot to
ponder the consequence that must follow from
snch state of society. The churches
denounced polygamy, and demanded its suppress
sion, and the churches were right, but how then
could they wink at illegal divorce. How, with
out censure, their ministers officiating for a
petty fee at adulterous marriages. IL ministers
and churches did their whole duty, public senti-
ment would soon sweep from our statute books
the licked and immoral divorce laws He
claim no right to lecture either the Christian
chur les or their ministers, but as a citizen and
senf n, he felt it his duty to express his convic-
| tions with regard to this great evil, which was
undermining the sanctity of family, society and
| state. Many persons advocated putting Mormons
to the sword 1t would be an outrage on morali-
ty and decencY to attempt to slaughter helpless
| people because they entertaided views on moral
questions to which we could not sub
scribe. 1t absurd to assert that the
Mormons were in rebellion. No people could
be in rebellion who did not resist the laws by
force. The Mormons held themselves at all times
ready to respond to legal process. A people so
conducting themselves could not be in rebellion
| in any legal sense. Brown turned some sarcastic
periods in what he termed the intermeddling OF
! New England in other peoples business, as in
the affairs of the southern states. People did not
object so much to the practices in Utah to the
names by which they were called. The Utah
| commissioners in prescribing test oath for
voters were careful to exclude only those who
cohabited with more than one woman in the mar
riage relation. The Gentle who had one wife
and one or more mistresses could take the oath
without difficulty. There was an immense
amount of cant and hypocrisy about the whole
thing. Brown was ready to sanction all consti
| tutional legislation which could be devised fol
the suppression of polygamy in Utah and Of
| illegal divorce, prostitution and feticide in New
England and elsewhere, but he not willing tc
stitution to crafty New England's intermeddline
| or to suppress any sect or ordenomination however
| unpopular it might be.
Hoar said he had heard enough of Browns
speech to comprehend its character, but not its
motives Itdid not seem possible that any sena
| tor had taken much pains as his speech indi
Gated for the mere purpose of making malicious
and malignant attack on the people of New Eng
land. Hoar could only infer that Mormonism
was more in accord with that senator's convict
ions than opposed to them. The senator from
| Georgia BROWN had made speech. the logica
inference of which that polygamy was better
than the lawful marriage of one husband to one
| wife. Each country and each section of each
country may have vices, but whatever there was
| in New England that a reproach to her, Hoa1
said, was carefully written down by New England
historians. There were sections oi
country in which that course
was not pursued. IL he cared
to follow the style of argument followed by
Brown. He could say some things, without ever
referring to statistics, which would be sufficiently
disagreeable. with desire to credit the position
of country from which the senator came with as
much propriety as he could Hoar thought tha
| the presence of large number of mulattos re
would not enter upon this sort of argument. This
was bill, having a specific purpose applicable Il
Utah.
A motion to adjourn was made, to which Hoa
objected, and the vote being tie, 81 to 81, tn,
motion failed. A motion was Immediately mad,
to go into executive session, resulting in anothe
tic vote, 90 to 90.
Hoar then said he would not insisti Id keeping
the senate, but expressed the hope that to-morro
there would be long sitting in order to pres
the bill through, Adjourned.
The House of Representatives..
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