Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-01-09
WASHINGTON.
THE UTAH BILL PASSED In THE
SENATE,
dan and the Apaches-
Anti-Lottery Bill.
isrEcrAL BY TELEGRAPH TO THE REOoRp-uMosl ]
United states Senate.

| WASHINGTON, January 8th.-Eustis offer
| ed concurrent resolution regarding the
recent call for $40 0,000.00 of bonds made by
the Secretary of the Treasury, as follows:
Resolued, That in the opinion of Congress said
| bonds of $4,000 900, payable on the 1st of Feb
such payment being in strict compliance with
| the existing law and in aid of the financial
policy established by the legislation of Congress
Referred 10 Committee on Finances.
Consideration of the Utah bill was re-
sumed, and Morgan again called attention
| to the 18th section, which provides foI
| fourteen trustees to administer the prop
ertv, business affairs and operations of the
corporation known as the Church OF
| Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints" He
wanted to know what their duties were to
| be, and why the bill was silent as to their
| salaries. He demanded an answer from
his fellow-members Of the Judiciary Com
mittee.
Edmunds replied that Morgan should
have an answer.
Morgan saw no authority in Congress to
| appoint trustees to manage a church busi-
ness. He characterized such trustees as
mugwump Mormons." They would be
occupied necessarily, he said, in promoting
Mormonism, as he interpreted the bill un-
| der consideration, for the trustees were 10
| CAtACict eiil pOMCiS DN lIle leT-
| ritorial laws creating the CORPORATION,
Edmunds replied that they had nothing
whatever to do with church matters, or
matters of faith, but only with property
to see that the church moneys, which were
enormous, were not applied 10 the propa-
CATION of polygamy. Not one-quarter OF
the Mormons, as Edmunds understood,
had believed in polygamy.
Teller inquired if the Mormon church
moneys were now applied illegally-that
is, in violation of the charter of that
church
Edmunds replied that he believed they
were.
Teller asked how.
Edmunds answered "They are used for
the purpose OF inducing and securing i'm
migration that may contribute TO the lusts
of those vagabonds."
Maxey supported the bill. He held that
Mormonism was q mere cover tor licen-
tiousness He thought the judiciary Com
mittee had Disseminated with great skill
between religious liberty and secular
license.
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 has as much right to pro-
who denies the divinity of Christ" The
| reason why the Mormon religion had be-
| come successful, he thought was because
OF its great activity as a secular organiza-
| ton. 1t had gone abroad over the earth,
and drawn people from misery and poverty
and brought them to take land of plenty.
| 1t was no wonder, under such circum-
stances, that it had become successful.
But these people could now be brought
under the influence of Christian religion
| The ministrations of that religion were
sufficient to conqGer Mormonism, and
would do so more completely and happily
than the bill before the Senate could.
Some amendments offered by Call were
voted down.
| As the bill was about to be brought to a
vote, Morgan said its friends seemed de-
| termined to press it without giving its op-
| ponents chance to study it. He again in
quired as the salaries which the Commits
sioners were to have. He did not want to
send fourteen men out to Utah to " loot y
the Mormon Church. he had announced
his determination to wipe this Church out
and leave nothing Oft but name and an
! unholy memory, but had been met by a
! proposition in this bill to perpetuate the
| Church.
While the bill was on its final passage
| Van Wyck endeavored to fix the duties O
the proposed fourteen Trustees upon the
members OF the present Utah Commission
but was ruled out of order. He asked Ed.
munds whether he had any objection te
such an amendment, to which that Senator
answered that he had. The bill, having
been brought to vote, was passed-aye;
3S, noes 7-as follows:
Ayes-Allison, Beck, Berry, Chace, Cock
rell, Coke, Conger, Cullom, Dawes, Dolph
Edmunds, Eushs, Evarts. Fry, George
Harris, Harrison, Hawley, Ingalls,, Jack
son, Logan, Mcmillan, Manderson, Maxey
Mi Pennsylvania. Morrill,. Palmer
Payne, fiatt, Pugh, Sawyer, Sherman
! Spooner, Van Wyck Walthan Wilson 0
Iowa and Wilson OF Maryland-3s.
| Noes = Blair, Call, Gibson, Hampton
Hoar, Morgan and Vance,.
Hoar, explaining his vote, said he votej
against The bill only because of the section
DISTINGUISHING women but even with tha
section in he would have voted for the bill
had his vote been necessary to lis passage
adjourned till Monday.
General Sheridan and the Indian Stu