Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-01-08

its money-pcwer, and generally IFS e.
ganising vigor had been the wonder Of
our time. Instead Of appointing trus-
tees for the management Of these ten
poral matters Congress should cut up
the organization, root and branch.
Mr.. Call did not believe that Con-
gress bad the right TO destroy the re-
hgious establishment Of the Mormons.
The practice Of polygsmy, unholy
though it was, did not authorize us to
violate the Constitution of the United
States by legislating in regard 10 an
establishment of religion or take private
property for public use. Referring to
Mr.. Edmunds's point that it was not
the religious, but the temporal con-
Germs Of the Church that were to
be administered by the trustees pro-
vided by the bill, Mr. Call in
ouired what would be thought Of
Congress IL il should undertake to adj
minister, by trustees or otherwise, the
property and temporal affairs Of, for
example, the Roman Catholic Church,
He read from the early Puritan laws
to show that in the seventeenth century
the Quakers were denominated "a
dsmnable Sect" and that all persons
who encouraged their entry in the colo
MES were subject to fine of El00, as
well as imprisonment. The Christian
sentiment OF the country and the ordi-
nary laws, If enforced, were amply suf-
ficient for dealing with polygsmy. He,
therefore, opposed the bill.
Mr.. Edmunds said the bill would not
affect the religious affairs Of the Nor
mons. It would only affect the tenn
poral arrangements Of the Mormon
Church, so far as those arrangements
contributed to the perpetuation Of what
the people Of the United States regard
ed as crime.
Mr.. Morgan did not feel that we were
dealing with an establishment Of reli-
gion. II might pass as religion In
China, or in the Valley Of the Congo.
Here it was an establishment, not Of re-
ligion, but Of vice. The sentiment Of
the whole people Of the United States
was against it. 1t was an establish
ment opposed to the spirit Of our ma.
tional Constitution.
Considerable debate ensued as to the
legal effect of the provisions relating to
the testimony to be given by husbands
and wives, and some amendments Of
detail were made; but Mr.. Morgan's
amendment was lost, as were also some
amendments offered by Mr.. Brown, as
to one Of which THAT certain portions
of the act should apply equally to Gen.
tiles and Mormonsl Mr.. Edmunds
exclaimed, soto roce "0h, don't put
any such provision as that into the
statutes of the United States !" Laugh
teri Mr.. Edmunds said that the laws
Of the United States applied to every
body in the United States.
Mr.. Voorhees, sent to the desk and
had the Clerk read telegram from Salt
Lake City, which, he said, in justice to
the Utah Commissioners, ought TO be
read. 1t was a dispatch from A. S.
Paddock, saying: Ivan Wyck is mis-
taken about the clerks of the Commits
sion. The average permanent clerks
from beginning to date does not exceed
three-possibly four-including tenn
porary clerk. Only one clerk is now
employed"
Mr.. Van Wyck thought it extraordi-
nary that the Commission did not know
how many clerks it had. He did like
that expression, " Three-possibly
four" Perhaps il they employed an
other clerk they could probably find
out exactly how many clerks they had.
Laughter Taking into account the
distance and allowing for the mis-
takes of the telegraph, he guessed it
would turn out, after all, that they had
about the number OF clerks he had
stated--namely, six. [Great laughter. J
At 6:l7, without concluding the con-
sideration of the bill the Senate ad-
journed.
House of Representatives.
Immediately after the reading Of the
Journal the call of States was resumed,
and the following bills and resolutions
were introduced and referred:
BY Mr.. Wilson, Of West Virginia
To prevent the dissertation Of graves in
the District of Columbia.
BY Mr.. Golf, Of West Virginia To
repeal the internal-reyenue tax on to-
bacco,
BY Mr.. Joseph, Of New Mexico A
resolution for the appointment of COM
mittee Of three members to investigate
the conduct Of the campaign against the
hostile Apaches in Arizona and New
Mexico as conducted by General Crook;
also, to provide for the organization Of
a regiment Of volunteers in Arizona and
New Mexico for the purpose Of suppress
irg Indian hostilities.
By Mr.. Voorhees,, of Washington
Territory; For the admission Of the
State Of Washington also, to forfeit
the unearned North-Pacifc Immigrant
also, to secure more efficient civil-ser-
vice reform.
By Mr.. Bean, Of Arizona Calling
on the Secretary Of the Interior for
copies of the correspondence between
his department and the Governor of
Arizona on Indian matters.
BY Mr.. Clifford, Of Dakota: For the |
admission of the State OF Dakota.
BY MIR. Symes, Of Colorado: For |
coinsge Of the silver dollar. |
BY Mr.. Henderson, Of Illinois : For
the construction Of the Hennepin Ca
nal.
At the conclusion of the call the
Speaker announced his committee APP
When the reading of the committee
list had been completed the House, at
$50, adjourned until Monday.
HOUSE COMMITTEES.