Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-06-06
IN CONGRESS-.
Summary of its Work for the Past few Days.

W HthNhio Aoi Allc uittANsto " Wv
United States IN respect of any incumbranees
on property wherein they have any interest.
Mr. Morgan of Ala. moved an amendment re-
quiring that if the lien in any case be upon
ailroad, it shall not be paid till after court OF
competent jurisdiction declares it valid. The
gu ston went over, and the pension appropr-
alton bill was taken up and passed as reported
by the Senate committee.
The labor bureau bill was then taken up, and
finally passed with nm amendment moved
| by Mr.. Aldr,ch of r. |. 1t is as follows:
There shall be established in the apartment of
the interior bureau of labor which shall be
under tho charge of n commissioner OF labor
who shall be pointed by the president, by and
with the advice and consent of the Senate.
The commissioner shall hold his office for four
years, unless sooner removed, and shall re-
ceive.a salary of 5000 q year. The commits
sioner shall collect Information upon the sub
ect of labor its relations 10 capital, he hours
oflabor, and the earnings OF laboring men and
women, and the means of promoting their
material, social, intellectual and moral pros
perity. The secretary of the interior shall APP
point a oh Of clerk at a salary Of $4,000 per
annum, and such other employees rs may be
necessary for the said bureau; provided that
the total expense shall not exceed S25, 900 per
annum. Tho commissioner shall annually
make a report to the secretary Of the interior Of
inc anu COlltlIeu ny
and containing such recommendations as he
may deem calculated to promote the efficiency
of the bureau.
Mr. ingalls, of Kan. reported from the Judi.
ciary committe a substitute for the joint reso-
luton introduced by Mr.. jackson Of Tenn, pro-
posing an amendment to the constitution in re-
lation to the terms OF Office of president aud
vice-pr sident. The amendment to the con-
| stitution provided for in the substitute is as
follows: Article 20. The executive power
shall be vested in president of the United
| s ates of America. The president and vice
| president hereafter elected shal hold their
offices for the term of six years, but the presi-
dent shall not be re-sligible, nor shall the vice.
| president be eligible to the Office of president
| if he shall have exercised the same in the case
| of q vacancy therein.
Mr. Logan OF Ill. reported from the judiciary
committee the bill heretofore passed by the
! Senate, extending until December 81, 1884, tho
| duration of the court of Alabama claims with q
recommendation that the Senate non-concur in
the House amendment extending the time one
Y, ar longer. Mr.. Hoar OF Mss. moved that
the bill be taken up at once and that the Senate
| concur in the amendment. He said the court
| had decided 1906 cases in IL years and there
were 1866 yet to be tried These could be
| decided by December, 1884. Agreed to-
| Then the Mexican pensions bill came up. The
principal changes made by the Senate commit
| tee in the bill as it came from the House are,
| FIRST in striking out tie clause that limits
| widows pensions TO cases of widows who were
married before the soldiers discharge from the
armv' and perm ting the payment Of the pen
| sion to all Mexican soldiers widows who have
not remarked; second, limiting the benefits of
| the act to persons who are dependent in whole
or in part upon their own labor or assistance
| from others for support. Mr.. Logan moved to
strike out that part of the amendment which,
as he un lerstood it, refused man pension
unless he acknowledged himself to be pauper.
| The bill was debated at great length and finally
! went over.
These bills were favorabIy reported From
the committee on public lands, t forfeit the
unearned lanus granted to tho Northern Paci-
fic; from the finance committee, to regulate the
| payment OF bills ofexchange drawn in foreign
countries on persons, firms or corporations in
the United States where the amount to be paid
| is named in foreign coin.
Mr.. Hill of Col. submitted tho report ofthc
committee on post-offices on the subject of n
| postal telegraph.
Mr.. Ingalls, of Kan. introduced bill to pro-
| vide for the sale OF the lands belonging to the
| prairie band of Pottowattomie Indians in Kan
| Sas.
The Senate took up the bill granting q right
| Of way throu II the Yellowstone park to the
| Cinnabar and ClarlI's Fork railroad company,
and Mr.. Conger of Mich. submitted an amend
ment limiGag the company's control to 100 feet
in width, and prohibiting the company from
erecting buildings except for station purposes.
An animated debate followed, most of the
speakers vigorously denouncing the bill, which
! finally went ov without action, and considera
ton of the Utah bill was resumed.
Mr.. Brown of Ga. spoke in favor of the
amendment submitted by him. He contrasted
what he termed the polygamy of New England
and the polygamy of Utah, saying that, while
| he had no purpose to attack New England, he
made the comparison between it and Utah, be-
cause New England had kept statistics of its
crimes while other states had not. The pic
| ture he drew was drawn "mOre in sorrow than
in anger" There had been over $1,000 di-
vorces granted in New England within the last
20 years, destroying u 900 filmilies and turn
ing loose $4,000 persons to marry again, all il
! legally, except those who were divorced for
adultery or fornication, in the other party. AS.
| Stunning that one third Of them had been di.
| vorced for adultery, it would leave $4,000 per-
sons divorced and married again who were
| praclicing polyguny in New Eng and while
the Utah COMMISSION, acting under the Ed
munds bi |, after having searched Utah with the
test oath could fini but $4,000 men and women
who would not swear that they had never in
| tHelE llNeS Db6n guilty VI polySdulS. ITOSbllu
! ton was practiced in New England to IN
alarming extent and feticide to an extent that
| if continued, would in less than q century de-
| populate New England Of its Puritan stock. In
Massachusetts within the last 20 years popula.
ton had increased A per cent. and marriages
! 81 per cent while divorces increased l47 PEI
cent. If the ministers and the
churches did their whole duty, pub
! lie sentiment would soon sweep from oul
statute-books the wicked and immoral divorce
laws. Mr.. Brown was ready TO sanction al
constitutional legislation which could be de-
vised for the suppression Of polygamy in Utah
and Of illegal divorce, prostitution and feticide
in New England and elsewhere; but he was
not willing to violate the oath he had taken tC
support the constitution to crafty New England
Intermediates, or to suppress any sect or de
nomination, however unpopular it might be.
Mr.. Hoar OF Mass said he had heard enough
of Mr.. Browns speech to comprehend its char
acter, but not its motive. 1t did not seem pos
| BILE that that senator had taken so much pain.
as his speech indicated Tor the mere purpose o
making malicious and malignant attack Oh
the people Of New England. Mr.. Hoar coulC
only infer that Norm onism was more in accorC
with that senator's convictions than opposed tt
them. Each country and each section Of eacf
country may have vices; but whatever there
was in New England that was a reproach t.
her, Mr.. IIoar said was carefully written dow
by New England historians. There were sec
tons of country in which that course was no
pursued. Ifhe (Mr. Hoar) cared to follow thu
style of argument followed by Mr.. Brown, he
could say some things without even referenc,
to statistics which would be sufficiently disa
greeable. With desire to credit the portion o
| country from which that senator came with n
much propriety rs he could Mr.. Hoar though
that the presence of large numbers of mulatoe
remained to be accounted for in some way. Blu
he would not enter upon this sort of argu
ment.
Mr. Hoar, of Mass, reported from the com
mittee on claims bill to reimburse the severa
states for interest paid on war loans: also (,