The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1886-01-07


yhcu The tinaucc committee should
omc to report n bil, dealing with tn,
ubicct OF image
IuE TRAN MORMON at tsItuN.
Ou motion oi MIR Edmuud>. III,
cnutc then took up the tain bill: the
Icudiug question being ON MIR lluar's
notion To strike ont sections that
would di-iranchi-c the women OF
| tah
Mr.. Brown expressed himself a.
opposed tu woman suffrage. aud said
tlat IL the question wa. up Ia his own
state lac would vote against IT, bus n-
The question before the -runtc was
one affecting right already given tu
hc women ot tnh 10y the laws Oft That
i territory hc would vote Tor Mr.
! jluar's motion. \ vote having been
reached on the amendment II was re-.
irrtc1 yeas, II. NAYS. 3G The see
ions DISTINGUISHING the women re-.
, mains, therefore. n part ot the bill.
Nn amendment, proposed los MIR.
Edmuuds, was agreed to. providing
that marriages within. hut not in
Guiding the fourth degree of consan.
guiniiy, shall hC deemed iuccstuou.
aud punishable 10y imprisuumcut
Van WNch offered An amendment
I dispensing with the Utah commission.
81 called, The duties OF that body
could, he said. he Just as well per
formed hv army officers At no extra
expense To the government, aud hi.
amendment provided that board oi
three officers of the army should pcr.
form the duties now vested in the
/ commission. lie denounced the cN-
/ trHyagaucc of the commission aud in
/ sisted II had been of no use to tnh
or to the uitcd states. The commis
/ sion, hc said, had half dozen clerks.
/ NOorhcc, denied this and chnllcng
cd Van Wyck to prove his state.
mcnt.
MIR. Van Wyck, IN reply. rcad from
n list IN his hands the names Of seven
clerks nuda iantor
/ Voorhees, remarked that these were
/ not regularly employed clerks. but
had been employed temporarily to
meet an emergency.
MIR. Van Wlck', amendment was
rcir,tc
/ Mr.. Morgan opposed the provisions
/ Tor trustees TO administer the affairs
| ottho Mormon church. tie chnract
| crilcd poiygamy us IAN otlensc that
s'inks ia the nostrils of civilil,tion.r
lie thought if anything was to hc
/ done about il, it should hc torn up,
/ root and branch. ELimnds replied
| that these trustees would deal only
with the property of the church, M
/ the committee had feared to abolish
| the whole corporation. which rum.
! grcss hat aclcar right 10 do. and con
| fined the work Of the trustees To the
temporal affairs Of the church. The
committee had not wished 10 make II
| precedent for Legislative Interference
with religion, apart from the feature
OF polygamy.
Of the mprmons greatly differed from
the belief of other sccis
II. NJ. Teller thought the mormons
mad very little property except thcir
temple, aud that temple was one OF
the most wonderful buildings in the
world, aud had cost II great deal, but
these trustees would haVctO deal with
mOrmoni-m in every way lie did
not believe in polygumy buthc would
say that II We had sent The right mcu
to look after lHh, polygamy would
have hocu drHd long since. We had
cent men there who irriIntcd and
prosecuted the people. II wn. hN ON
persecution that We had kept poly.
gnml alive. Religious culh.,.in-u
had don, much tor civilization. buI
we could not forget that tWO-ihird,
of the people of the world to dny be-
lirvcd in polygamy. Great Britain
had never put It's hand on polygn
mists within it, dominions. Mormon
had their faults, but hr tad seen Snl
Lake city when not grng shop,
gambling den, or "a house of prostilu
tiun could he found within ils limits
II could not be- expected that mcI
who had married wives thirty vcnr
ago could put them aside now "a, =,
many prostitutes. and declare then
children bnsiHrd- The bill under
consideration WHs looked ON ~ one
full of blood. II wns too severe W,
should handle the great evil with d
vclycIy hand Men VINO did not be-,
lievo ia polygamy. he snid, had, b,
hr severity of our government, been
iriVcn into u condition of opposition
10 the policy of the people of th,
l.nilod States.
Edmunds denied that there was
anything oppressive In the bill. Il
was simply an attempt Ia cut oil th,
pnc-man power existing among ia,
people of tab. lie would not dis.
cu-s the crimes committed. whether
At Nauvoo or in Utah, but Mormon
ism could not be successfully deal
! with hy the vclvoty hand referred t.
by Teller, II was u sham, u dGlusiol
md n prctcusc tn cover crime Ate
further argument ~ to the prov isionl
relating Ia the testimony of husbAnI
and wife the debate went over unit
tomorrow, Edmund- saying hc wOul,
lhcu ask the senate to "~it II OUT aut
> bring she bill 10 vote.
SCHOOLS foH INDiANy.
= Morgan offered resolution, whic
was agreed to. directing the commit
? &c on Indian affairs to consider nm
report whether wise policy in lh
, iyili2ation of Indians. required TN
establishment of asChoOl west of Nh
Mississippi river, bnscd on the prii
'iple oi military enlistment, instru,
ton and discipline of Indian youthl
with n view to qualifying them io
= .cryicc in the United States army.
e Among the bills introduced in III
g senate to day were the following:
liy senator Henderson 70 cOnfC
Il brcyct promotion on officers of II
o. army, below the grade of drigadi,
II general, who have distinguish,
II themselves by heroic action again
, hostile Indians. II also provides tn
r non.commissioncd officers and pr
yates who may Distinguish then
d selves by extraordinary bravery
indian BEETLES shall be entitled to II
highest pay ofthcir respective grad,
lr also, after passing succ 'ssful exam
~ mtioh,. to the right Of promotion
IN commissioned officers next aft
+ West Point cadets.
r. By Senator Cockroll TO authOri
ar settlement Of the cnm Of Pres
N dent Monroe for half pi
III due him as lieutenant colon