The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-05-29


he will let mo know tho time ard place
shall be there; II he wants that kind OF sat
| isiaclion he may have Ii. My
character has never been assailed."
FORrY.EiGurH CONGRESS - FIRST
| SESSION.
| SENATE.
Senator Cameron, OF Pennsy lvanie, up
| peared In The sena'e this morning ana the
senators coma rAtulated him on his safe re.
turn and improved health.
Several ps,itions were presented opposing
the governments assumption oil Geographic
| functions.
Mr.. Slater, from the committee en- public
lands, reported iavorablg the bill to forfeit
The grant along the uncom pleted portion OF
the Northern Pacific railroad.
Mr.. Hill submitted the report Of the rom.
mittee on post-cftices and post.roads on the
subject Of : postal telegraph.
Mr.. Laphsm submitted report OF the
committee on privileges and elections on
the Dsnville investigation. Mr.. Vance is
| preparing o minority report on The Copinh
county investigation.
Mr.. Ingalls, Introduced bill to provide
for the sale OF lands belonging to the prairie
bard Of Polowa.tomie Indians.
The senate then took up the bill to grant
the Cinnsbar & Clsrk's Fork railroad
compsny rght.of-way through q portion OF
the Yellowstone park.
| Mr.. Conger submitted an amendment to
limit the company's control 10 100 feet in
width and prohibing the company from
erecting buildings except for station pur-
poses.
Mr.. Logan opposed the bill. There was.
he said, q disposition 10 gobble up svsry.
thing IN connection with the park by rail
roads and hotel companies. He uogar) has
found herds OF cattle end horkes IN the park.
department OF the United States govern
ment had divided up into seven parts the
ten acres which the law allowed to bs
rented 10 one company, and placed one
company in possession of sill hotel privi-
leges IN the park, and drove verybody else
out; now the congress- OF the United States
was to be made q football, to BIZ kicked
about by men outside of 1t, for their own
personal gain. He (Logar) would have to
do some plain speaking ON this subject,
even II it caused pain. He bad been lob
bied more this winter in behalf Of this
railroad by IN official of this gov
eminent, who was in receipt of $50, 600
a wear, than he ever had been lobbied in
bis life: OF course he knew the gentleman
well, but thought it very bad taste for an
officer OF the department having charge of
the park to bees me n lobbyist for the de.
struc,ion of the park. Whatever that gen
tleman may think of his (Logan's) remarks
woe i'm m sterial. The gentleman and Mr..
Logan had always been good friends, but
he (Log ,p) lost respect for any man who
would LOBBY for corporation. He pro.
ested against the destruction of the park.
MIR. Vest gave the details of the manage
ment of the park, and said every word sta
ted by Logan WAS true
Although congress had absolutely forbid
den monopoly " mad been permitted, and
the park was under the control OF private
corporation.
The M after then went over and the Utah
bill was taken up.
Mr.. Brown said the Edmunds bill was
shameful violation OF the constitution. He
contrasted what he termed polygamy
in New England and polygamy in
Utah. The picture he drew he saio, Was
drawn more in sorrow than in anger.
There had been over q 900 divorces grant,
ed in New England i'll the last twenty year,,
loose "a 900 persons to marry again, all
illegally, except those who were
divorced for adultery or tornicstion.
Assuming that ope.third had been
divorced from adultery, 1t would have 49,
600 persons divorced aud married apain,
England, while the Utah commission, act
ing uuder the Edmunds bill after having
searched Utah with q test oath, could tiud
but 10 900 who would not swear they had
never 10 their lives been guilty Of polyg amy.
Prostitution was practiced in New England
to an alarming extent and fn!icide to an
extent that If continued would 10 less than
Puritan stuck. A nation of Norm ons was
was Impossible, but not nation of liber-
tines. Ia Massachusetts within the last
twenty pears the population has increased
A pr cent. and marriages 62 per
cent, while divorces increased lA7 per
cent. 1t behooves Christians and patriot
to ponder the consequences that must fol-
low from such state of things in society.
The churches denounced polygamv and
demarded its suppression, and the churches
were right, but how then could they wink |
at illegal divorce? How, without cen.
sure, see their ministers officiating tor q
petty fee at adultefous ma riages? lftha |
ministers and the churches did the whole
duty, public sentiment would soon sweep
from our statute books the wicked and i'm |
moral divorce laws. Mr.. Brown claims no
wright to lecture either Christian churches
or their minister, but as citizen |
and senator, be felt 1t his
duty to express his convictions with regard
20 This great evil, which was undermining
and the existence of the state. Many per-
sons we've advocating utting Mormons to
the sword. II would be an outrage
upon morality and decsBcv to attempt TO
slaughter helpless people because they en- |
tertained views on moral questions to which |
we COulU NOT kuOSCIlOo. lb WIS uuSutu w |
assert the Mormous vera in rebellion. No
people could be In rebellion who did net
resist the laws by force. The Mormons |
held themselves az eli times ready 30 re. |
spond to. legal process. A people
so conducting Themselves could not be in
in nsy legal sense. Mr.. Brown |
turned soma SARCASTIC period on what he |
termed the intermsddling OF New England |
in other peoples businsss. as in affAt,s OF
the southern states. People did mos object
SO much to the practices 10 Usah as TO she |
names by which they were called. Tha
Utsh commissioners In prescribing test |
oath for voter were careful 10
exclude only those who CO.
habited with more than one woman,
ia marriage. The Gentle, who bad one
wjfe and one or NOR mattresses, could take l
the oath without difficulty. There was Cd
immense smouns Of cant and bypocr,y IL
the whole tbins. Mr.. Brown Wa ready 70
.aro,inn oil CO. s,itutional legislation which
cond be- devised fo~ the suppression OF
noIv,amy In Utah aod OF Illegal
Siyorce., prostitution and 9'icids in New
r, gland and elsewhere but ne wa' NOS will.
IN TO violate the oath be hsd taken 70
,nnport the conyttsn.ten 70 crafty New
intermirgl'us. or TO suPoress SCOT
Il denomination, however unpopular 1t
Mr. Hosr said hs had heard enough OF
Mr.. Browns speech tn compartment IT.
character, but not its motive. It did not
a..ar,, NOS sible that any senator hsr ''4-"'.'