Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1886-05-15
MoRMoNlsM AND JEFF DAVIS.
Exposition of the One and Crltl-
clsm of the Other.
pecial Correspondence Of the ISrER-OcEAx.l

SASA0 VI tA0 0GkX6T.
Special Correspondence Of the IS1ER.OcEAx.l
WASHINGTON, May o. While the
country is shocked by the news of the
Ali is quiet along the Potomac" Wash
ington is indeed a quiet city considering
that it is itself the scene of a strike.
There are to be seen on the streets knot
of men whose bearing and dress stamp
them as wOrkingmen and the fact that
they are so assembled indicates that they
are out of employment. This IS the only
evidence that theys,are on astrike. The la
Dor troubles seem to have developed into
coming a matter of doubt whether or not
work will be fully resumed again this
season.
The proceedings of the week in con-
gress have not been SO interesting in
character as usual, or perhaps l should
say that events in congressional commit
tee rooms have been more interesting
There was a little sensation III the house
judiciary committee room while the
anti-polygamy bill was being consid-
cred. Judge Baskin who is representing
the Gentiles Of Utah in advocacy of the
bill, is a remarkably impressive old
man. 1t was through his efforts that
the Mountain Meadow massacre of set
tiers was traced to its perpetrators twen-
ty years after its occurrence, and his ex-
periences in Utah haye been varied and
thrilling. He read to the committee the
affidavit of a young English woman who
stated that she had been converted to
Mormonism by her lover, who came to
this country and returned to England as
a Mormon missionary, finally bringing
her back here with him. After entering
the Mormon church and marrying ac-
oorlin~ ~ tho Aforn,on n,oIa Sho Gioo0x-.
cred that her marriage was a pOlygamous
one. Upon this discovery she made rev.
Citations and gave descriptions that were
revolving II character. At he. cOnclus-
ion of his remarks, the judge pointed to
Il handsome goung woman sitting i'll the
room beside Miss Kate Field, and an
nounced that she was the victim to whom
lie alluded, and that she was ready to un-
dergo cross-examination and verify the
statements.
After ten days discussion he senate
passed the postoffice appropriation bill,
together with the amendment appropriate
ing $SOO,OO for subsidies to American
vessels for carrying the mails. Senator
Plumb, of Kansas, referring to the oppo-
sition of the southern senators to the sub
sidy amendment, took occasion to re-
mark that the south was behind the
times. 1t responded, he said, to the
wishes and principles inculcated by CAL
houn, enforced by Yancey and represent
ed today by Jefferson Davis. Senator
Morgan, Of Alabama, here interposed to
comment upon tho unfairness of this
class of argument. He complained that
it was made at so late a stage Of the de-
bate that the southern men could have
no opportunity to reply to it. As for
himself, every name mentioned by the
!. senator from Kansas was ~consecrated in
his memory as h nance Of an honorable
and great man. He hoped the state Of
Kansas might sometime produce such a
character as Mr.. Calhoun or Mr.. Yancey
or Mr.. Davis. Mr.. Plumb answered that
the south was today taking up the song
where it left off in 1861, and he criticised
the course of senators who would ask for
millions to improve the Mississippi for
commerce, but were not willing to vote
anything to develop commerce from
the the mouth of the Mississippi to other
lands.
Certain society circles have been much
interested in al event which has just
taken place in connection with the fam
lily of Col. Jerome Bonaparte, who lives
in this city and who is a great nephew,
leon. On Wednesday Col. Bonaparte's
step-daughter, Miss Edgar, aged twenty.
who took the white veil a year ago, took
the black veil and the perpetual VOWS OF
nnn-poverty, chastity and obedience
She vii! be A"e Ss,a. i" her her religion a.
action was a surprise to many. Not only
was she much admired in fashionable
circles, but her surroundings have al
ways been most attractive. and her home
on X street is n of the handsomest in
the city. She never had any fondness
TOR society, however, and since she left
school has been disposed to be a recluse
in her elegant abode.