Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-07-20
TARIFF BATTLE NEXT.
The Senate Passes the Sundry Civil
Bill After a Long Debate.
RELIEF FOR THE MORMON WOMEN,
An Appropriation for Home at Salt Lake
Causes Trouble.
A CHANGE IN THE TREASURY POLICY.
Another Plan Has Been Substituted for the Daily
Purchase Of Bonds

Purchase Of Bonds
The tariff bill will come up in the Senate
at 2 o'clock Monday. The sundry civil ap-
preparation bill has at last been passed.
Secretary Window has adopted new plan
for the purchase of Government bonds.
WASHINGTON, July 19.-Senator ALI
son insisted that the Senate should remain
in session until an unusually late hour this
evening, to pass the sundry civil approprla-
tion bill, in order to clear the deck for the
tariff battle, which is to begin on Monday.
An amendment to the bill which provoked
considerable discussion, was one appropri-
ating 81, 900 for aid to the Industrial Chris
tian Home Association, in U tab Territory.
Mr.. Cockrell inquired as to the total num-
ber of inmates that have been sheltered at
the Home (Which was established for the
protection of Mormon women desiring to
escape from polygamy), and gave it as the
result of his information that it had never
had, in all, more than 20inmates, including
children.
DID NOT APPRECIATE IT.
Mr.. Edmunds stated the purpose of Con-
gress in aiding the work of Christian women
In Utah 10 save Mormon women from the
slavery of polygamy. He admitted that not
many Mormon women took advantage of it,
but said the building was an open invita-
tion to them, and that he should be glad to
have the people of The United States help
the Home for that reason,alone.
Mr.. Cockrell stated it as his belief that
there were no persons at the Home except
those who were receiving salaries from the
United States.
Mr. Vest said that ne had recently seen a
statement published to the effect that there
never had been dozen inmates in that
Home, for which the Government had ap-
propriated $4,000, and now Congress was
asked to appropriate $4,000 year for no
other purpose whatever than to pay salaries
for lot of people who had managed to OBJ
tain an appropriation under the pretense of
philanthropy. 1t had been started as an asy-
lum for poor deluded Mormon women who
wanted to escape from polygamy, but it
seemed that they did not want to escape. 1t
was a notorious fact, he said, that the
| women of Utah were more opposed to doing
away with polygamy than the men were.
A PERVERTED RELIGIOUS SENTIMENT
That was easily explained. 1t arose, not
| from sensuality or from any degraded feel
| ing, but from religious sentiment IF one
| wanted to find absolute religious enthusi-
asm, he would find it among women. The
| great Architect of the universe had con-
structed them in that way. The essence OF
the female nature was dependence-in this
world and the next. He had asked woman
| in Utah whether she was a plural wife.
She said yes; that she was third wife; that
that was according to the Bible, and that
| her husband could not go to heaven if he
did not practice polygamy when he was
| able to take care of several wives.
Senator Pomeroy had had the idea that
suffrage ought to be given to the women of
Utah so that they could escape from polyg-
amy. They had got it, and every one of
them had voted the polygamist: ticket
Then the Senate had turned around, under
the leadership Of the Senator from Yer
mont (Mr. Edmunds), and taken the
suffrage away from them.
Mr. 'Edmunds admitted that the women
of Utah had voted for the hierarchy, but it
was on the same principle that colored men
voted the Democratic ticket probably
from religious enthusiasm.
A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION.
Mr. Vest-It Is my impression that the
religious enthusiasm of the colored man is
always in the interest of the Republican
party. When colored man is found voting
the Democratic ticket he is ostracised on
religious principles by his own associates
and by white Republicans.
In the course of the discussion. Mr.. Vest
resented the drift of some remarks of Mr..
Edmunds as to Mr.. Vests uniform opposi-
tion to anti-Mormon legislation. He said
that he was as much opposed to polygamy
as any living man, but there was line be-
yond which he did not propose to go. The
essence of liberty was liberty of conscience.
He had no rlght to put himself on pedestal
and say that no man should believe differ
emily from him. If the Mormons had the
absurd opinion that polygamy was right.
as a religious matter, they should be al
lowed to enjoy that opinion, but if they un-
dertook to put it in practice where Congress
had jurisdiction, Congress should eradicate
it.
No man had the right to put him (Mr.
Vest) in false position because he had not
seen proper to vote forscertain bills.
ONLY AN INTIMATIoN.
Mr.. Edmunds disclaimed all idea of i'm
putting anything wrong to Mr.. Vest. He
had merely intimated that that Senator had
persistently voted against every proposition
to deal with polygamy.
Mr.. Plumb expressed the opinion that the
Home for Women, in Utah, was an utter
failure, and said that he had found that this
was the general view in Salt Lake. He re-
garded the expenditure for it as a great
waste Of public money
Mr.. Edmunds intimated that the Senator
from Kansas, like other righteous men who
had gone into strange places, had fallen
among persons who did not tell all the
truth. He knew that there was certain
opposition to the Women's Home, at Salt
Lake, because the property was wanted for
speculative purposes.
Mr.. Plumb said that Mr. Edmunds' in
situation was somewhat characteristic of
that Senator. He (Mr. Edmunds) saw no
motive in any one which was not, compared
with his own, vile. The persons whom he
(Mr. Plumb) had seen in Utah were persons
who ha6 gone there from Kansas. and it
was the universal talk among them that the
whole thing was failure AS to the idea
OF speculation, he did not see how there
could be any speculation in it, as the build
nng covered the entire lot.
A LITTLE IRONY.
He had no doubt, however (this was
spoken Ironically that ii there was any
speculation in it. he (Mr. Plumb) would be
part of it. The Senator from Vermont was
entitled to his own very amiable opinion of
him, and he reserved his opinion of the
Senator.
Mr.. Edmunds-IfI said anything thar
cast the slightest personal reflection upon
the Senator from Kansas, withdraw it
with all sincerity.
Mr. PIumb-I do not wish the Senator to
withdraw it. l wish him to retain it. I
.sh ho hod a.