, 1886-05-08
Congressional Notes.

WASHINGTON, May Mrs. Newman,
ex president of the industrial home, an
Incorporated institution Of Utah, ad-
dressed the senate committee on educa-
ton and labor to-day, advocating an ap.
preparation for the support of that insti-
tuition. She is endorsed by the Utah
commission, by Chief Justice Zane and
his associates, by ex-G Governor Murray and
the Gentle clergy of the territory. The
object of the institution is TO fit for self
support such of the women and girls of
Utah as wish or can be induced to escape
the evils of %polygamy. 1t is proposed to
teach the duties of domestic service and
such of trades and professions as the
women are fitted for, and by means of a
bureau of information to find employ
ment in the states for graduates of the in.
stitution and supply them means Of get.
ting away. Mrs. Newman made an ele
CANT address, depicting the forcible horrors
of ~polygamy as described to her by
women who had suffered them, aud
stated that it was the belief of the intelli-
gent Gentiles of the territory that if an
opportunity of escape was offered, many
of the women who are now in a condition
of slavery would be rescued. The Nor
mon legislature, she said, could not be
depended upon, of course, to give sup
port to an institution of this kind; the
G%entiles who we're there to make their
fortune could not identify themselves
since that would result in business ostra
cism, and the Gentle missionaries had
not the means to support the institution.
Mrs. Newman represented the local SEN
timent among the Gentle portion of the
Utah community as favoring, first. the
government of the territory by a commits
sion, and second the disfranchisement OF
women in the territory.
The committee on territories Of the
house to-day reported back substitutes for
the bills introduced by Mr.. Lanhan. of
Texas, to nullify the acts of the legisla.
ture of New Mexico and Arizona to pre-
vent the introduction of diseased cattle
into those territories, The substitutes
allow tine introa -ation of cattle without
restriction during the months of Deem
Der, January and March and limits the
inspection fee on other months to 10 per
cent per head.
The bill which gave rise to the most in
teresting discussion was the one paying
500 to w. F.. Haldeman. The report
states that during the war H%aldeman,
then a boy Of IL years of age, desired to
ioin an Ohio regiment, but was refused
muster on account OF his age and size.
He. however, purchased a uniform and
served in the regiment a year, acting as
bugler and performing scout duty. He
is said to have performed gallant service.
Bragg, of Wisconsin, in a sarcastic
speech, opposed the bill. He ridiculed
the idea of a boy too young to be mustered
in fulfilling scout duty and doing gallant
service. One of the most glorious mem
cries of the war was Of the noble women
who became nurses in order to alleviate
the sufferings of soldiers, but now these
women were found coming to the war
claims committee begging that their gratu-
itous service should be coined into dollars
and cents. That knocked all the senti-
ment out of the thing. He wanted some
of the rich memories preserved. He did
not want them all brought down to dollars
and cents.
Weaver, of Iowa, admitted hat the
war pictures were very deceptive, but
more deceptive than the picture of a
dead drummer boy was that which de-
picted an officer with epaulets leading the
charge, sword in hand, singing out come
on men. If there was a humbug in
American military history it was that por-
ton which represented a commissioned
officer leading a charge on the enemies
works As a rule they were where their
orders and the rules of wal required them
to be-in a safe place in the rear-while
the private soldier did the fighting, shoot
ing and dying.
After a lengthy cross. fire between Bragg
and Johnston a vote was taken on the
amendment Of the bill, but a number of
its opponents refrained from voting and
the committee being left without a quorum
arose.