The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1886-01-23
WARRINGTON LETTER.
(FRON OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT.
WAsHINGrOy. Jan. IS. 1856.


fOrty-eight much discussed and
prophesied of House Committees
were announced to the expectant
members and the usual biennial
expressions Of dissatisfaction, dis
appointment, and allegations of
blunders made, followed. High
tariff men and anti-silver men com
plain that the House has been
organized against them, and in the
interests Of the Administration.
Others say that the Speaker has
been as conservative, wise, and fair
as was possible in dealing with 325
egotistic, ambitious politicians,
whose abilities and opinions differ
widely on the great questions of
the day.
The Edmunds Anti-Polygamy
bill got through the Senate fully
fledged and was sent to the House
for concurrent action. Should the
latter body feel kindly disposed to
it, as it probably will, the "twin
relic" in Utah is doomed. The
terms Of the measure places all the
temporal affairs of the Mormons in
the hands of fourteen trustees. All
immigration companies or organ
izations created by the Territorial
government are abolished and the
Attorney-General is to take steps to
have the Emigrating Fund Com
pany wound up. The existing
election districts Of Utah are to be
abolished and the office of District
School Superintendent declared
vacant, besides many more restric-
tions relating to marriages and other
peculiarities of the MOrmons. The
Delegate from that Territory, Mr..
Caine, was much pcrturbed over
the passage of this bill, and
remarked grimly afterwards that
he "guessed Utah was a part of
the United States now"
Debate i'm the Senate over the
admission OF Dakota will be
resumed soon, and it is likely to
prove one of the features of the
session in both Houses. Some of
the hardest battles Congress ever
had were over the admission of
new States. The bill will be
shrewdly argued on both bides.
The Republicans of course want
Dakota. She would seal the Sen
ate Theoretically against the Demo-
Gratis for four or six years longer.
The Democrats remember how, in
1876, the admission of Colorado to
the sisterhood Of States gave the
Republicans just enough votes to
elect Mr.. Hayes. 1t is only nat
ural they should look askanse at
the GLAZING Of Dakota and resist
them until the pressure becomes
imperative. Governor Mellette, and
the two newly-elected Senators Of
the Territory, Edgerton and Moody,
are in the city and have attracted a
good deal of attention. The Gov
ernor remarked that they had come
to "stick" until this question is set
tied. The two Senators-elect made
their appearance upon the floor of
the Senate, where they had been
admitted, through resolution of
courtesy of course, they have to be
content to sit on the sofas in the
rear of the chamber for some
time yet.
The avalanche of bills is over
now in both ends of the Capitol,
though on Monday of every week
more bills will come. About one
thousand have been poured into
the House during the week, max.
ing nearly three thousand that have
been dumped upon the Speakers
table since Congress met. They
embrace every possible subject of
legislation, from the private claim
of Sarah Jones for a COW killed
during the war, to an elaborate plan
for a new navy.
One bill asks for longer sessions
of Congress, another asks that the
widow of General Grant and her
correspondents may write to each
other as long as Mrs. Grant lives
without paying postage. There are
= dozen bills pending to extend,
amend, restrict or abolish tho Civil