Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-03-27

each State republican form OF govern
| ment that the proposed Constitution for
the State OF Utah submitted to Con-
Qress contains provisions which would
deprive such proposed State, il admitted,
of that equality which should exist
among the different States, and that it is
the sense OF the Senate that the Terri
tory of Utah ought not to be admitted
10 the Union as State until IL is certain
beyond doubt that the practice OF plural
marriages, bigamy, or polygamy has
been entirely abandoned by the inhabi-
.ants OF that Territory and until it is
likewise certain that the civil affairs OF
the Territory are not controlled by the
priesthood OF the Mormon Church. He
asked for an immediate consideration of
the resolutions.
Mr.. Hoar: "The resolutions are very
important; let them be printed and so
over"
II was 80 ordered.
Mr.. Cullom also reported back the
Utah memorial and draft of Constitution,
and asked that the committee be dis
charged from their further consideration.
So ordered.
Bills were reported from the commit
tee and placed on the calendar for the
erection of public building at Green
vile, s. G. "a House bilD, and a similar
bill for the benefit of Birmingham, Ala.
The resolution offered by Mr.. Riddle
berger last Thursday, to suspend the
rules for executive session in respect to
the fisheries treaty, was taken up, and
Mr.. Riddleberger expressed the hope
that the Senate would agree to ii.
Mr.. Sherman said that the treaty was
now under consideration by the Commit
tee on Foreign Relations, and that that
committee might probably report in IA
vor of the public consideration OF the
subject in the Senate, but for the present
he thought it better that the resolution
should lie over Enacted on.
Mr.. Riddleberger consented and the
resolution went over.
The Senate then took up House bill to
provide for the purchase of United States
bonds by the Secretary OF the Treasury.
Mr.. Plumb offered an amendment in
the form of new section requiring the
Secretary OF the Treasury whenever the
circulation OF o national bank is surren-
dered) to issue Treasury notes to an
equal amount.
AT 2 o'clock. pending the discussion of
the bond bill, the special order-being
bill for establishing q bureau of ami
NAL industry and to extirpate pleuro-
pneumonia-was laid before the Senate,
but after considerable objection to such
q course it was laid aside and the dis
cussIon of the bond bill was resumed.
Mr.. Sherman argued against delay in
the passage OF the bill by lacking
amendments to it, and he therefore
moved TO lay Mr.. Plumb's amendment
on the table. Agreed to.
YEAs.-Messrs. Allison. Bate, Beck, Blackburn,
COllom. Davis, Dawes, Farwell. Frye, Hampton,
Harrison, HiscOck, Hoar, Jones OF Arkansas,
Morren. Payne, Plat Salisbury. Sherman,
Spooner, Stanford, Stockbridge, and Wilson OF
IOwa-23.
NGYEs.-Messrs. Berry. Bowen Call. Cameron,
Manderson. Mitchell. Palmer. Plumb. Ransom,
Reagan. Sabin. Stewart, Teller, Vance, Vest,
Voorhees,, and Walthal-22
Mr.. Plumb renewed the amendment,
modified in regard TO the legal-tender
quality of the proposed Treasury notes,
and proceeded to argue in support of it.
After some discussion Mr., Morrill,
moved to lay the amendment on the
table. Defeated-yeas, "a nays, "a.
The amendment was then adopted
yeas, %; nays. 2l-as follows: