Morning journal and courier., 1886-01-09
FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS-.
WASH NGToN, Jan. 8, 1885.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 5, 1SS5. ! SENATE.-The chair laid before the Senate | to-day resolution of the New York produce exchange favoring liberal provision for the ! signal service; referred. MT. Eustis offered concurrent resolution with & mble which recites that the act of 1878 declared the silver dollar full legal tender; that by the act of 1869 the faith of the United States was solennly pledged to the payment of it's obligations, not bearing interest, in coin or it's equivalent; that by the refunding act of July, 1870, the principal and interest were made payable in coin of the then stand ard coin; that since those laws were enacted, the Secretary of the Treasury has paid the bonds and interest in gold; and that the Secretary of the Treasury had called in $10, ,000, 900 bonds payable February l, 1SS6 Therefore, resolved, that in the opinion of Congress said bonds of $1O, O,000, 900 payable February 1, 1886, should be paid in silver dollars such payment being in compliance with existing law and in aid of the financial policy established by Congress- Mir. Eustis asked it's reference to the Committee on Fiji nance and hoped for early report to deter mine whether the practice of paying bonds in gold coin was approved or disapproved by Congress; 50 referred.
 Among the measures introduced were the following: By Senator Logan to increase the pensions of persons who have lost eye to s25 per month By Senator Hale, to prohib-
 
 sens who employ convict labor. By Senator Wilson, to establish a postal telegraph sys- tenn. It is identical with the bill reported by Senator Hill from the Committee on Postof- fees and Post Roads during the last Congress.
 At 2 o'clock, on motion of MT. Edmunds, the Utah bill was taken up and it's consider ation proceeded with. MT. Edmunds created some merriment on rising to speak on one of the amendments offered yesterday. Looking about him and finding comparatively few Republicans in their seats he said: "As hardly any of the friends of human liberty are in the Senate l will address myself to the reform men"
 After some debate MT. Browns amendment offered yesterday. which was to strike out the words to compel the lawful husband or wife of the accused to testify, was rejected yeas II, nays 42-and the compulsory pro- vision was therefoSe retained.
 MT. Ma1ey supported the bill. He held that Mormonism was mere cover for licen- tiousness. He thought the Judiciary con- mittse had discriminated with great skill be- tween religious liberty and secular license.
 MT. Cali said we owed our liberties ts free dom of speech and worship. We were de- parting from that ground when we passed such bill as that under consideration. The Mormon had as much right to proclaim his faith as 'the distinguished man who denies the divinity of Christ" The reason why Mormonism had become so successful he thought was because of its great activity secular organization. It had gone abroad and poverty and brought them to 8 land of plenty. It was no wonder that under such circumstances it had become successful But these people could now be brought under tke influence of the Christian religion. The min istrations of that religion were sufficient to conquer Mormonism and would do so more completely and happily than the bill before the Senate could.
 As the bill was about to be brought to vote Mr. Morgan said it's friends seemed de- termined to press it without giving it's oppo- nents a chance to study it. He again in- quired as to the salaries which the commit tees were to have. He did not want to send fourteen men to Utah to loot the Mormon church.
 While the bill was on it's final passage Mir Van Wyck endeavored to fix the duties of the proposed fourteen trustees upon the mem- bers of the present Utah commission, but was ruled out of order. He asked MT. Ed munds whether he had any objection to such an amendment, to which the Senator an- swered that he had.
 The bill having been brought to vote was passe d; yeas 3e, nays I, as follows:
 Yeas-Messrs. Allison Beck, Berry, Chace, Cock Edmunds, Eustis, Eysrts, i, Frye, George, Harris, , Milan Manderson: Maxey; Mitchell, of Pa:, Nor E paWsr T a5 waegb FTg WsMyer Wyn of sherman Wilson of Mas.
 MT. Hoar said he voted against the bill only because of the section disfranehising women, but even with that section in he would have voted for the bill had his vote been necessary to it's passage.
 The Senate then at 5:50 p. m., on motion of MT. Edmunds, adjourned till Monday.