Wichita eagle., 1888-10-03

ing turned over to the supervising arcnl-
tect of the treasury. He appealed TO the
senate to insist on the amendment.
Mr. Cockrell, one of the senate con-
ferees, stated his conviction that no infiu-
ence of the Mormon church had been
brought to bear in any shape or form IN
the discussion of the question. The pfin-
cipal ground of difference between the
senate conferees and the house conferees
was that the former wished to have
the money expended by a charitable
institution, while the latter insisted that
the money should be placed in the hands
of the secretary of the treasury.
Mr. Teller favored the amendment AS
measure that supplemented the other
legislation against polygamy in such a
way as to be effective and the same time
merciful and right Other nations that
had dealt with the question of poiygamy
had made provision for the women and
children. but the United States had made
none 1t had insisted that the relations
should be severed; it had made poly2amy
crime, not only for the man. but for tn Q
woman, but had made no possible provl-
sion by which the woman could break
those connections without meeting want
and starvation. He would .prefer to see
the words 'who desire to sever their allie
glance to the Mormon church" omitted
from the amendment.
, Mr.. Hale remarked that change OF
expression could be agreed upon by the
conferees.
Mr. Call favored the appropriation and
said that he had always protested against
legislative persecution OF the Mormons.
That legislation not only violated the con-
stitution but violated the principles OF
civil liberty. He approved the prln-
ciple of the amendment on the
ground that if the Mormons were to
be convicted 1t would have to be done IN
accordance with christianity by persuasive
efforts and not by force
Mr. Blair argued against the idea OF
yielding to the demands of the house con-
ferees on the ground that transfer OF the
work to the treasury department would
delay it for years and thus promote the
policy of the Mormon leaders.
Mr. Hale declared that there was but
one object in diverting the appropriation
and that was delay; it was not claimed
expenditure of the money or that
everything was not being done IN
good faith Because it was not
not dared or ventured to oppose the ap-
pointment IN terms comes this proposition
to divert the appropriation, which had
nothing in it but delay. He wanted the
senate to understand that After further
discussion the conference report was
agreed to and the senate insisted on Its
disagreement to the items
The conference report on the joint reso-
luton in aid of the sufferers from yellow
fever was presented and added to after
some explanations by Mr.. Edmunds. The
house conferees said that the house would
not agree to the use of the phrase adopted
on the joint resolution in direct
aid Of the sufferers" on the ground
that it was beyond the con-
stitutional authority of congress to
do a thing of that kind as particularly
illuminated and set forth in a message
from the president vetoing a bill for the
distribution of seeds III certain counties in
Texas, and so in order to accommodate the
solicitude of the house the conference
committee had agreed to a paraphrase
which meant precisely the same thing.
Thesenate confrees thought they had &C
complished the end without wounding the
Constitutional sensibility of anybody.
The house bill authorizing the president
to appoin A. q. Smith, late colonel Of the
Seventh United States cavalry, and place
him ON the retired list with the rank of
colonel was reported and placed on the
calendar.
Mr.. Jones. of Nevada, offered a
resolution which was referred to
the committee on foreign affairs,
requesting the president to negotiate a
treaty with the government of Her Brit
tianic Majesty and with the republic of
Mexico respectively for the exclusion of
Chinese labOrers from the North American
continent and for the prevention of their
entrance into the United States from the
territory of either Of such governments or
from dependencies thereof
A resolution was adopted authorizing
Mr. Hales committee on civil service re-
form to continue in session during the re-
cess.
Adjourned.