Mohave County miner., 1886-01-24
WASHINGTON LETTER.
(rRoa our REsuLAR coREEsrosDEsT)
WAsnISoTox. Jan. IL. 1876.

llLau nave DSwu IsiytbihrHt iNa'uFfo IA
its discussions. Mcrmonisp Is
doomed so far rs the Senate III coz
cerned. the Edmupds anti. poiyganiy
bill having passed that body by
majority Of thirty-oDe. Tho meas
uro is "A crashing blow at the Salt
Lake Hierarchy. Ii places oil ten
poral affairs OF the Mormous in the
hands Of fourteen trustees, aud makes
the church funds unavailable for inn
migration.
The delegate from Utah, Mr.
Game, sat on a sofa 10 the Senate
chamber while his Territory was mn
der Senatorial fire, listening eagerly
to ali that was said. When the fnal
vote commenced he siraighttned up
and grew stfaigbter aud straightsr
"a il become more evident that tho
bill wonld carry. lie locked very
unhappy over the result, and wpen
asked what the Moraaen people woul,l
think, be ssid with a Ugh, oh, they
are used TO Il, now"
Daring this week Senator Ed
munds has displayed some Of his old
time fcrnidableness IN the Senate.
To was aroused by opposition TO his
anti polygany bill. Secretary Tel
Ter, OF Colorado, is conservative il
regard to the Mormsps. Eo think.
the evil 10 Utah should bs, treated
with q yelysty hand, aud lbst tb.
Government is psrsecnfing The Nor
mons. Senator Van Wyck. OF. Ne
braska, pictured the extrayagsnco o!
the present Utah Commission in a
irdierous way that greatly amused
the galleries.. About this time Sen.
ator Gray, OF Delaware. the saccas-
sor Of Secretary Bay ard, gas TO make
bis maiden speech. and Senator Ed
munds wss asked 10 retire bis yolyg
amy for the day in favor Of the sii
yer question. The Senator from
Vermont wanted his Utah bill 'sat
ont" and brought to yote. Besides
he had said these financial disser-
tations," which tho Democratic Sen
ators are pressing to the front for
publication, TO the exclusion Of busi-
ness, were untimely, inasmuch as
there was no financial measure be
fore the Senate at present. He yield,
ed to the debutaDt, however, saying
it was SO important FOR new Senators
to make their first speeches that they
should not be thwarted by anything
but the falling ip Of the walls.
After this ungracious introduction
Mr.. Gray read speech in favor Of
Of coinage, in which be
used the current arguments. He
was followed by Senator Mcpherson.
Of New Jersey. who is on the same
side Of silver The latter had been
with information from the
Treasury Department, and hisspeecb
was more interesting from the fresh
facts it contained.
Woman Suffrage is not popular 10
the Senate. The gallant band who
recorded themselves 10 favor Of it by
voting against that provision Of the
Edmunds bill depriy!ng the women
Of Utah Of that privilege numbered
only eleven, while thirty-seven hard.
cruel Senators said yes, take it frop
them. Senator Edmnnds said be
would vote to grant the right of suf
frage to women whenever he thought
that a majority Of the women Of the
United States wanted it. At present
be thinks they do not want it, and
be believes that their wishes should
govern the matter.
The House has received and heard
the titles read Of hundreds OF new
bills, and members have learned
where they are to work on the stand
ing committees. There were many
3isappointments and surprises, OF
course. In the distribution Of hon
ors the South received twenty one !
chai,manshIps, the West fifteen and
the East seven. As vas expected,
the committees that are to deal with |
The tariff and Coinage, reflect West |
srn vie vs., and the House may said |
10 be organized on a Southern and
Western basis.
II nothing Is done in the House
again this session, dilatory states
men will not have tho "old rules" to
blame for il. Some of them will re- |
greet this. for, bad as the old ways
were. they served one useful purpose
in being a convenient scape goat for |
laziness.
At the close Of the last Ave Con.
crosses there have never been less
than two hundred Senate bills lying |
% the Speakers table. 1t was prob
ably due to this fact that Senator
Hoar, Of Massachusetts, has Just in
troduced q bill for longer sessions OF