Ellsworth American., 1886-01-21
frvia our Regular ,orr, -IpnIent
Washington Letter.


sinee IT. holiday vacation, Coagrcs, ha.
been IN session week. and the Senate HI.
been ai work. Silver. uoman ,ltFragc. anI
pol!gamous Utah have bern pr9mInrn,
features IN ITS discussions, Mormonism j.
doomed So for the Senate s. concerned,
passed that body BY q uajority ofth,rt,-onr-
The measure i crushing blow AZ the Sa.t
Lake hierarchy. |; places n.. temporal af-
flr> ofthe Mormons IL the hand, of faar-
teen trustees and makes TIE church f1nd>
unavailable for immigration.
The delegate from Utah. Mr. Caine, "a:
% a sofa in Tie Senate chamber uhlie III
territory was under senatorial fire. listening
eagerly to all that Mas said When the
final vote commenced be Strengthened up
and grew ,traigh,er aEd s;raIghter as It be
came more evident that The bill. would carry.
lie looked very unhappy oyer ihe re.u.',and
when asked what the Mormon people would
think, he sad WIKI sigh, "Oh, they are
used 10 II now
Daring the week Senator Edmund, ha,
displayed some Of hi. u,d-time formidable
ness IN the Senate Hr was aroused By op
position q his anli-poIgamy bt... Sscretlf,
Tciier, Of Colorado. is conservative IN regard
10 tie Mormons III lhink, the evil Ia
Utah shoul! he treated with a velvet! hand,
and that the Government is per,tcuting the
Mormous Senator NAn Wyck of Ne
bra,ka, pictured the extravaganza " the
present Utah Commission II ludcrous
way ,ha, greatly amused the galleries.
About this time Senator Gray, of Della
ware. the successor Of Secretary Bayard was
to make his maiden speech, and Senator
Edmunds was asked q retire polygamy for
the day in favor OF the silver question. The
Senator from Vermont wanted his Utah bill
"sat out" and hroulh to a vote. Besides
he had said these financial dissertations,
which the Democratic Senator, were press
ing to the front for publication, 70 the eN-
clnslon Of business, were untimcly, lnasmuch
as there was 10 financial measure before the
Senate at present. He yielded to the de
buiaEt however. saying it was so important
for new Senators TO make their first speeches
that they should not be rhwarted by any
thing but the falling in Of the walls. Afler
this ungracious introduction Mr.. Gray read
speech in favor Of suspension Of coinage
in which be used the current arguments. He
was followed by Senator Mcpherson, Of
New Jersey, who is on the same side Of
silver The latter had been supplied with
information from the Treasury Department,
and his speech was more interesting from
the fresh facts it contained.
Woman suffrage is not popular in the
Senate The gallant band who recorded
themselves in favor Of it BY voting against
that provision of tie Edmuuds bill depriving
the women of Utah Of that privilege num-
bered only eleven, while thirty-seven hard.
cruel Senators said yes, take it from them.
Senator Edmunds declared he would vote
to grant the right Of suffrage 10 women
whenever he thought that a majority Of the
women of the United States wanted it. At
present he thinks they do not want 1t, and
he believes that their wishes should govern
the matter.
The House has received and heard the
titles read Of hundreds Of new bills, and
members have learned where they are to
work on the standing committees. There
were many disappointments and surprises, of
course. In the distribution of hOnors, the
South received twenty-one chairmanships,
the West fifteen, and the East seven. As
was expected the committees that are to
deal with the tariff and coinage reflect West
ern views. and the House may be said to
be organized on a Southern and Western
basis.
If nothing is done in the House again this
session, dilatory statesmen will not have the
sold rules to blame for it. Some of them
will regret this. for, bad as the old ways
we're, they served one useful purpose in be-
ing convenient seapegoat for Congression-
al laxiness.