St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-01-09
SURPRISING SAINTS.
The Senate Passes the Edmunds Mormon
Bill By an Almost Unanimous
Vote.
Senator Morgan Charactsrizes the Trustees
Named in the Bill as Mugwump
hormans.
TO Secure a Majority in the
senate.
Gen. Sheridan's Opinions Upon Fight
Ing Apaches--House Committees
Organizing.
The Utah BiIIPassed.

The Utah Bill Passed.
WASHINGTON, Jan. SIN the senate
Mr.. Eustis introduced a concurrent resOlu-
ton that the $40, 600. 600 in bonds TO be paid
on Feb. be paid in silver dollars. and OBJ
tanned consent to have it referred to the
committee on finance. Mr.. Voorhees, pen
sion inquiry resolution went over TO Mon
day in order that a substitute might be
drafted agreeable 10 Mr. Harrison. In a
debate upon private relief bill Mr.. Dolph
said IL would be necessary 10 make some
general provisions for the consideration of
private bills. and take them away from
congress. He showed that during the first
fifty years Of our government the number
OF bills introduced i'm the house Of represen-
tatives was S, 777. while the number intro
duced in the FOrty-eighth congress alone
was $3.50. The bill went over, ana the
Utah bill was taken up. Mr.. Edmunds
created some meTriment on rising to speak
on one of the amendments offered yester-
day. Looking about him and finding but
comparatively few Republicans in their
seats. he said:
As hardly any of the friends OF human lib
erty are in the senate 1 viii address IN, self 10
the reform men.
AFTER SOME DEBATE,
Mr.. Browns amendment, offered yesterday,
which was to strike out the words that
would compel the lawful husband or wife
Of the accused 10 testify, was rejected
yeas IL. nays ~. and the compulsory pro-
vision was therefore retained in the bill.
Mr.. Morgan again called attention 10 the
twelfth section, which provides for four
teen trustees to administer the property,
business affairs and operations of the cor
pOratiOn known as THE Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-Day Saints" He wanted
TO know what their duties were 10 be. and
why the bill was silent as TO their salaries.
lie demanded an answer from his fellow
members of the judiciary committee. MIR,
Edmunds replied that Mr.. Morgan should
have an answer. Mr.. Morgan saw no
authority in congress to appoint trustees to
manage a church business. lie character
lZed such trustees as ''Mugwump MOrmOns."
They would be occupied necessarily. he
said. in promoting MOrmOnism. as ne inter
preted the bill under consideration, for they
were to exercise all the powers granted by
the territorial laws creating the corpora
ton. Mr.. Edmunds replied that the bill
had nothing whatever to do with church
matters or
MATTERS OF FAITH,
but only with property, 10 see that the
church moneys, which were enormous. were
not applied TO the propagation Of polygamy.
Not One-quarter of the MOrmons, as Mr..
Edmunds understood. believed i'm poly
gamy. Mr.. Teller inquired if the Mormon
church moneys were now applied Illegally
that is. in violation of the charter of that
church? Mr.. Edmunds replied that he be-
lieved they were. Mr.. Teller asked how?
Mr.. Edmunds-They are used for the pur-
pose Of inducing and securing immigration
that may contribute TO the lusts of those vag-
abonds.
Mr. MaXey supported the bill. He held
that Mormonism was mere cover TO licen-
tiousness. He thought the judiciary COM
mittee had Disseminated with great skill
between religious liberty and secular license.
Mr.. Call said we owed our liberties to free
dom of speech and worship. We were de-
parting from that ground when we passed
such bill as that under consideration.
The Mormon had as much right to proclaim
his faith as the distinguished man who
denies the divinity of Christ" The reason
why MormOniSm had become so successful,
he thought. was because OF its great activity
as a secular organization. 1t had gone
abroad over the earth and drawn people
from
MISERY AND POVERTY,
anu Drought lneIn 10 q lanO OF plenty. III
was no wonder. under such circumstances
il had become successful. But these people
could now be brought under the influence
of the Christian religion. The ministra-
ton of that religion was sufficient to con-
quer MormOnism, and would do so more
completely and happily than the bill before
the senate could. Some amendments
offered by Mr.. Call were voted down. AS
the bill was about to be brought to a vote
Mr.. Morgan said its friends seemed deter
mined TO press it without giving its oppO-
nents chance to study 1t. He again in
quired as to the salaries which the commits
siOners were 10 have. He did not want to
send fourteen men out to Utah to loot
the Mormon church. He had announced
his determination to wipe this church out
and leave nothing of il but a name and an
unholy memory, but had been met by a
proposition on this bill to perpetuate the
church. While the bill was on final passage
Mr.. Van Wyck endeavOred TO fix the duties
of the proposed fourteen trustees upon the
members of the present Utah commission,
but was ruled out of order. He asked Mr..
Edmunds whether he had any objection to
such an amendment, to which that senator
answered that he had. the bill having
been brought to a vote. The bill was
passed-Yeas Ss, nays Z, as follows: