Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-01-07


to the appointment of Postmasters in
Maine, and alleged TO have been procured
through the appointment of S. S. Brown,
Chairman of the Democratic Committee of
that State.
The communication having been read,
long debate ensued, participated in by Hale,
Vest and VOORHEES,, at the close of which,
on motion of Hale, the communication of
the Postmaster General was referred to the
Committee on Civil Service Reform.
Consideration of the Utah bill was re-
sumed, and a vote having been reached on
Hoars amendment, it was reiected-ayes
II. noes 81.
The Senators voting ayes were Aldrich,
Blair Brown. Call, Dawes, Dolph, Hoar,
Mitchell of Oregon, Palmer, Stanford and
Teller.
The section DISTINGUISHING women re-
mains, therefore, a part of the bill.
The amendment proposed by Edmunds
was agreed to. providing that marriages
within bu; not including the fourth con-
sanguinty should be termed incestuous
and punishable by imprisonment
Van Wyck offered an amendment, dis
pensing with the Utah Commission.
Van Wyck's amendment was rejected.
Morgan opposed the provision for trus-
tees to administer the affairs of the Nor
mon Church. He characterized polygamy
as an offense that stinks in the nostrils of
civilization" He thought, if anything
was to be done about it, it should be torn
up, root and branch.
Edmunds replied that those trustees
would deal only with the property of the
church. The committee had feared 10
abolish the whole corporation, which Con-
gress had a clear right to do, and bad con-
Tined the work of the trustees to the tenn
poral affairs of the church. The commit
tee had not wished to make q precedent Tor
legislative interference with religion. Apart
from the feature of polygimy, EdmundS
did not thint. the belief OF the MormOns
greatly different from the belief OF other
sects.
Teller thought the Mormons had very
little property except their temple.
Edmuuds had been informed they had.
Teller said the temple was one OF the
most wonderful buildings in the world,
and had cost g great deal, but these trus-
tees would have to deal with MormOnism
in every way. He did not believe i'll DO
lygamy but he would gay thai Il we had
sent tie right men TO look after Utah, pc
lygamy would have been dead long since |
We had sent men there who iriitated and
prosecuted the people Of Utah. 1t was by |
our prosecutions thatwe had kept polygamy |
alive.
1t the conclusion of Te!ler's speech, the |
debate went over until tomorrow.
GRAY called up Beck's recent resolution |
of inquiry regarding the payment of Gus |
toms duties in coin, and the application Of |
that coin TO the purposes of the sinking |
fund etc. and a lengthy debate ensued |
participated in by Gray and Mcpherson |
at the close of which Brown gave notice
that tomorrow he would ask TO be heard |
on the resolution of Beck.
Adjourned.
House OF Representatives.
.errr~crox Tapua-v 9Th bo SDaala- |
laid before the House the Senate joint reso-
luton rendering the thanks of Congress to |
the Governor and people of the State of |
Ohio for the statue of James A. Garfield |
and accepting the same.
On motion of f. B. Taylor of Ohio, the |
resolution was laid on the table for the |
present.
The call of States for the introduction of |
bills and resolutions was resumed, and |
many bills and resolutions were introduced |
and referred.
Before the conclusion of the call, the |
House adjourned.
There were SS2 bills introduced to-day.
Speaker CarIisIe's Committees.
WASHINGTON, January 6th.-The Speaker |
again disappointed the House to-day by |
failing to announce his committees, but to- |
night he informed your correspondent that |
he would name the committees tomorrow, |
Immediately after the call of States for the |
introduction of bills and resolutions was |
completed great deal of dissatisfaction |
was expressed to-day by members of both /
parties at the Speakers delay in announc- |
ing the committees. A general feeling of |
anxiety and uncertainty prevails, and Rep |
resentatives who thought on Monday that |
they knew the places 20 which they had |
been assigned were completely ct sea this |
morning. Ii was reported that the whole |
list had been revised within the past |
twenty-four hours, and that many changes |
in the personnel, if not the Chairmanships, |
of the committees had been made. So far |
rs can be learned, however, the Speaker |
has made but few alterations in the list as |
prepared for announcement Monday. The /
Ways and Means Committee Will be COM |
posed as follows William Il. Morrison, of |
Illinois, K. q. Mills, of Texas; A. 5. Hew- |
lit, of New York c. r. Breckenridge, of |
Arkansas w c. z. Breckenridge, Of Ken |
lucky; w. c. Maybury, of Michigan Ben |
ton Mcmillan, of Tennessee IL. r. Harris, |
Of Georgia: W. B. Kelly, of Pennsyl,.
vania; William Mckinley, Jr., of |
Ohio; Frank Hiscock, of New York;
Thomas b. Reed, of Maine; John NJ.
Brown, of Indiana. This committee is
composed OF stronger men than those who |
belonged 10 il in the last Congress. The |
majority is III favor of revenue reform. |
Mcmillan, who was slated originally for |
Claims, has abandoned that position to Sc
cure place on the Ways and Means and |
Springer, who was booked for the special |
committee on the law respecting the cleo |
ton OF a President and Vice President win |
be made Chairman of the Claims Commit |
tee. The Democratic members of the APP !,
preparation Committee viii be S. J. Ran
dali, of Pennsylvania; w. 5. Holman, of |
Indiana; 4. J. Townshend, of Illinois; J. !
n. Burnes, of Missouri; w. II. Forney. of |
Alabama; G. G. Cabbell, of Virginia; W |
l.. Wilson, of West Virginia; Lefevre of |
Ohio, and J. J. Adams. of New York. The |
Republican members of the committee will |
probably be j. G. Cannon, of Illinois; |
Thomas Ryan, of Kansas J. D. Long, of |
Massachusetts, and three new men. Bland |
Will be Chairman OF the Committee on |
Coinage, Weights and Measures, and it is |
reported that the new members of the com |
niittee viii be Hemphill of South Carolina, |
Bynum of Indiana, FELTON, of California, |
McCreery Of Kentucky, Scott of Penpsyl- |
vania, Seymour of Connecticut and Nor |
wood of Georgia. This committee will I'M |
doubleday be formed in the interest of the |
silver advocates.
MorTow's Chinese Restriction Bill,
WASHINGTON, January 6th.-The utter |
ineificiency of the bill recently introduced |
by Representative Morrow amending the |
Chinese Restriction Act. to solve the |
problem of prohibiting Chinese immigra-
tion is apparent 10 a majority of the men,
bers of the Pacific coast delegation. Rep
resen;ative FELTON,, in a conversation with !
your correspondent to-day, said that he |
intended shortly TO introduce in the House |
resolution to pave the way for the abro- |
cation of the Burlihgame treaty.
VIII Protest.
WASHINGTON, January 9Th. = Senator's
Stanford, of California, and Mitchell, of |
Oregon, Representatives Woodbury., of
Nevada, Healy OF Idaho and Henley of !
California have an appointment to meet |
Second Assistant Postmaster-General Knott |
tomorrow at 10 O'clock. They will pro-
test against the recent curtailment of the |
star service on mail routes in northern |
California, Oregon and Idaho. The mail |
service has been largely reduced, to the |
great detriment of the interests of the peo- |
pie living in those sections.
Land Commissioners Ruling in the At |,
lsntic and Pacific Case.