The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-01-09
AMENDMENTS VOTED DOWN.
s1irht difference OF OpiniOn-NO
MstsrisI Changes in the Bill
As At First Reported.
F0RpY-NINTH CONGRESS-.
SENATE.

WASHINGTON, January S.-Eustis
offered a concurrent resolution, regard
inc the recent call for $1O,OOO,OOO OF
bonds, made by the Secretary of the
Treasury, as follows;
ResoJyed, that in the opinion of Con-
g-egs. said bonds of $4,000, 900, payable
on the LIST of February, 1886, should be
paid in silver dollars; such payment be-
ing in strict compliance with the existing
law. and in aid of the financial policy
established By the legislation of Con-
g-ess. Referred to the committee on
finance.
Morgan again called attention to the
twelfth section, which provides for
fourteen trustees to administer the
property and business affairs and opera
tons of the corporation known as
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints" He wanted to know what
their duties were, and which bill was
silent as to their salaries. He demanded
al answer from his fellow members OF
the judiciary committee.
EdmUnds replied that Morgan should
have an answer.
Morgan saw no authority in Congress
to appoint trustees to manage a church
business. He characterized such trus-
tees as "Mugwump" Mormons. They
would be occupied necessarily, he said,
n promoting Mormonism as ne lin
te-preted the bill under oonsid1-o Oh,
Tor the trui.ees to exercise all the pow
ers granted By the Territorial laws Gre
ating the corporation.
Edmunds replied they had nothing
whatever to do with church matters, or
matters of faith, but only with property
to see that the church monies. which
were enormous, were not applied to the
propagation of pOlygamy. Not one
quarter fthe MormOns, as Edmund's
understood, had believed N p olygamy.
Teller inquired of the Mormon church
moneys were applied illegally. that is in
violation of the charter of that church.
Edmunds replied he believed they
were.
Teller asked how.
Edmunds answered They are used
for the purpose of inducing and secur-
ing immigration that may contribute
to the lusts of those vagabonds."
Maxey supported the bill. He held
that Mormonism was a mere cover for
LCeniousness. He thought the judiciary
committee had Disseminated with
great skill between religious liberty and
secular license.
Call said, we owed our liberties to
freedom of speech and worship. We
were departing from that ground when
we passed such a bill as that
under consideration. The Mormon has
as much right to proclaim his faith as
the distinguished man vino denies the
divinity Of Christ" The reason why
h
successful, he thought, was because of
its great activity as q secular organiza
ton. 1t had gone abroad over the earth,
and drawn people from misery and
poverty. and brought them to land of
plenty. Il was no wonder, under
such circumstances, that 1t had become
successful, but these people could now
be brought under the influence of the
Christian religion. The ministrations
of that religion were sufficient to con-
quer the Mormons and would do so
more completely and happily than the
bill before the Senate could.
Some amendments were offered by
Call and voted down.
As the olll vas about to be brought to
8 vote, Morgan said its friends seemed
determined 20 press ii without giving
is opponents chance to study it. He
again inquired as to the salaries which
the Commissioners were to have. He
did not want to send fourteen men
out 70 Utah TO "loot" the Nor
mon church. He had announced
his determination TO wipe this church
out and leave nothing of it but name
aad an unholy memory, but it had been
met by { proposition in this bill to per
petuate the church while the bill was
or its final passage.
Van Wyck endesvored 20 fix the
duties Of the proposed fourteen
trustees upon the members of
t1e pre ent Utah Commission.
but i Wss ruled out of order. He
asked Edmunds whether he had any
objection to such amendment, to which
that Senator answered that he had.
The bill having been brought to a
vote wa passed Yeas IS, NAYS I; as
follows Xeas-AlIison, Beck, Berry,
base. CoCkrell, Coke, Conger, CulIom,
dawes, Bolph, Edmunds, Eustis,
4varts. Frye, George, Harris,
4arrison. Hawley. ingalls,, Jackson,
logan. Mcmillan, Henderson, Maxey,
Sitchel tot PennsylYania), Morrill,, |
Salmer, Payne, Platt, Pugh, Sawyer,
SnermaI. SpOOner, Van Wyck, Wal
nam nam wilson (of Iowa) and Wilson (of
Msrylsn6-3S.
p, NayS-Blair, Call. Gibson. Hampton.
ES9ar, Morgan and Vance,.
Hoar, explaining his vote, said. he