The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-06-11
From the Capital.

WAsHISGToS, June 10.-The Senate.
in secret session, has rejected the nomI-
nation of Posey s. Wilson, to be
assayer of the mint at Denver, Colorado.
Land Commissioner Sparks has APP
pointed Captain Jack" Crawford, OF
New Mexico. custodian of the aban-
doned Fort Craig military reservation
in New Mexico, vice Z. Amijo resigned.
II is understood that Captain Crawford
will soon join General Miles as chief
of scouts IN his campaign against the
Apaches.
Acting-Second Comptroller Mcmahon
has rendered a decision to the effect
that every volunteer soldier who was
mustered out and discharged with his
regiment or other organization. mem
bers of which were kept together and
under discipline, and did not receive
their discharges until they were paid
of, should be regarded as continuing
in the service until the day of payment.
and are accordingly entitled to credit
for that period of service in computing
their right 70 service.
THE EDxUSDs BILL.
The report OF the House Judiciary
committee on the Edmunds anti
peIygamy bill, which was presented TO
the House to day, is a very long docu-
ment. After a detailed statement of
the charges made by the committee (al-
ready published) aud the reasons there
for. the report says: Your committee
has no disposition TO recommend any
measure 70 the House which will in
volve the sanctity Of any religious faith,
however wrong in their opinion 1t may
be. but the distinction between overt
acts resulting fro belief which the
law makes cTiminA. and the right of
opius,.a arc o. wcT>h p:u2 God accord
M 10 me tIciafc. a. constance. was so
~. -ssiel 80 the re-g-t on the Con-
sti,utional amendment as TO need no
rendition. The committee does
not hesitate to express their
dissent from the twelfth sec
ton of the Senate bill. the
eject of which would be that the
conduct Of the corporate Church OF
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, weuld
be controlled by trustees OF the church,
in conjunction with trustees appointed
by the President. This UNION OF trus-
tees OF the church and those OF the
government cannot be distinguished
from the union OF Church and State,
and the Law respecting The establish
ment of RELIGION Nor can II be other
,ns-, a IirisftStion OF the free exercise OF
rsiigion where the majority who control
in matters o. faith and discipline are
APPOINTED by thr President. This sec
ron would resc mble. IL IL be not in fact,
ar estabIishment o! the Mormon Church
hv law TO be controlled by the govern
mead Your committee recommends
a dissolution of the corporation.
This Is clearly public policy, If II
can constitutionaily be done But can
Congress take away this charter II is
ssked. Several reason make It plain
fbat n can be done withoutany strained
90 strurtiou of authorities, SAYS the
rsno-f Roth the charter of the church I
!. IA Immigration Fund Company
~ere null for lack OF power. The !
80 confirming these charters were
-o;d Tor fhs same reason IL is matter l
~ rrTve doubt whether the organic act !
snthorized the original grant of such |
chsTte-s a. these were The Emigra-
tion Fund Company act trenches upon |
.Se nower o Congress as 10 foreign I
81 ration and assumes 10 regulate q !
,,s,ier neither delegated 10 Il, nor
w;fh;n is authority Bot both these
u r. are constitutional. for II Is OBJ
v;ous they rive preference 20 this form
ri religion over every other. Law
rhich thus discriminates IN favor OF ore
form Of religion over another IS. in q
rroper sense. a''law respeccng the estab
fishmenf OF religion congress, which
posse IN original power over the Ter
ritories. has . right to void the acts OF
its subordinate agencies and assert its
own policy. With this view Of the