Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-01-07


terest, his voice being clear, resonant and
well sustained. and at the close of his remarks
he received the congratulations of several o,
his senatorial friends.
Mir. Mcpherson followed with the same
subject He said if coinage was now sus
pended silver might be got to a proper rela.
ton with gold In the opinion of the bes,
authorities in the world we had now got to a
point in silver coinage beyond which it was
dangerous for US to go. The need of cur
rency was need created, not BY law, but bv
business. With currency of fluctuating value
as ours was, tending to become a speculation,
II was encouraged and monetary ruin has
tened. The loss would always fall on pro-
ducers,a AS importers would protect themselves
Referring to the effect of silver in India, Nc.
fherson exclaimed "God forbid that an Am
ericsn lsborer should ever come to the condi-
tion like that of lsborer of India"
On motion of Mr. Edmunds the Senate
then took up the Utah bill, the pending ques-
tion being on Hoar's motion to strike out the
section that would disfrsnchise women of Utah
vote having been reached on the amend
ment 1t was rejected; yeas, IL; nays, 81.
The section distranchising women remains
the refore part of the bill The amendment
proposed by Mr.. Edmunds was agreed TO,
providing that marriages within, but not in
eluding the fourth degree of consauguinitv.
shall be deemed incestuous and punishable by
Imprisonment.
Mr.. Van Wyck offered an amendment dis
pensing with the Utah commission, so called
The duties of that body could, he said, be
performed by army officers at no extra ex-
pense to the government and his amendment
provided that board of three officers of the
army should perform the duties now vested
in the commission He denounced the ex-
travagance of n commission and insisted it
had been of no use to Utah or the United
States.
MIR. Morgan opposed the provision for the
trustees to administer the affairs of the Nor
mon church. He characterized povgamy as
an offence that ''stinks in the nostrles OF
civilization" and thought that if anything
vas to be done about it, it should be torn up
root and branch
Mr.. Edmunds replied that these trustees
would deal only with the property of that
church. The committee had feared To abol-
lsh the whole corporation which Congress
had clear right to do, and had confined the
work OF the trustees to temporal affairs of
the church. The committee had not wished
to move a precedent for legislative intefer-
ence with religions apart from the feature OF
polygamy. Mr.. Edmunds did no, think the
belief of Mormons differed from those of
other sects.
Mr.. Teller did not believe in polygamy,
but said if we had sent the right men to look
after Utah, polygamy would have been dead
long since. 1t was by our own prosecutors
that we had kept polygamy alive. Religious
enthusiasm has done much for civilization,
but we could not forget that two-thirds of the
world today believed in polygamv
iol hot
thing oppressive in the bill.
The debate went over until tomorrow
Mr.. Edmunds saying he would ask the
Senate to sit it and bring the bill to vote.
Mr.. voorhees, gave notice that on Wednes-
day, Jan. 90 he would call up his resolution
expressing the sense of the Senate on the
death of the late Vice-President Hendricks
Mr.. Blair, from the committee On educa-
tion and labor, reported favorably on bill to
aid in the establishment of common schools,
same as the bill that passed the Senate last
session.
At 5.20 p. M. the Senate adjourned.
HOUSE.
BY Mr.. Hermon, of Oregon-To place
Gen. Rufus ingalls, on the retired list; also
fixing the salaries of United States district
judges at $4,000 per annum also for the re-
tirement of Gen, Alfred Pleasanton.
BY Mr.. Bingham, of Pennsylvania-Ex-
tending the letter carrier service to cities of
10000 inhabitants; also prohibiting the mail
ing of any newspaper or publication contain
ing lottery advertisements
By Mr., STAN. of Pennsylvania-For the
retirement of the trade dollar
BY Mr.. Negley, of Pennsylvana-For the
relief of the Merchant Marine of the United
States engaged in foreign trade. 1t provides
there shall be paid ont of the treasury to any
vessel, whether steam or sailing, built and
owned wholly in the United States and en-
gagged in the foreign trade, the sum of 80 cents
per registered ton for each 1000 miles sailed
BY Mr.. Randall, of Pennsylvania-Provid
ing for filling vacancies in the offices of pres
ident and vice president.
Before the conclusion of the call the
House at 4.40 adjourned.
There were S82 bills introduced today.
During the greater part of the day Speaker
Carlisle was absent from the chamber the
chair being occupied by Mr.. Springer, and
the impression was that the speaker was en-
gagged in the final revision of his committee
list. As far as can be learned no change.
have be been made in the formation of the
committees since Yesterday forenoon. There
may be before the announcement, however
1t is the speakers intention t. complete the
call of states before naming the committeees
Only two states and the territories remain 10
be called, but the recognition of members
who were absent on recent bill days may oc-
cupy a couple of hours.