, 1890-07-20
SENATE AND HOUSE.
The Civil Appropriation Bill
Passed by the Senate
Senators Edmunds and Plumb
Have a Personal Tilt.
Original Packages Discussed
by Representatives.

WASHINGTON, July 10.-Frye. from
the select committee on Pacific railroads,
reported back the senate bill authorizing
the secretary Of the treasury to settle the
Indebtedness of the Sioux City & Pacific
railroad. Calendar.
The senate then resumed consideration
of the sundry civil bill.
Allison presented for Hawley an amend
ment proposing the name of Lewis B.
Gunckle OF Ohio in the place o fGen. Har-
RS, who recently died.
Sherman suggested the name of s. s..
Yoder III the place of Steele, who had
been appointed governor of Oklahoma.
After further discussion the amendment
was agreed to, modified by the insertion
of the names of Gunckle and Yoder. The
paragraph appoints as managers of the
National Home Edmund N. Morrill, of
Kansas, tor the ~unexpired term of John
A. Martin, deceased; Alfred l.. Pearson
OF Pennsylvania, for the unexpired term
John f. HartraDft, deceased; Lewis b.
Gunckle Of Ohio, for the unexpired term
of l.. A, Harris, deceased, VIM. B.
Franklin of Connecticut, Thos. w. HYDE
of Maine, John G.. Black OF Illinois and
Samuel s.. Yoder. of Ohio.
The amendment appropriating a, 900
for aid to the Industrial Christian Home
Association in Utah (which was establish
ed for the protection OF Mormon women
desiring 10 escape from polygamy) pro-
voked a long discussion.
Cockrell said it never had had more
than twenty inmates.
Edmunds admitted that not many Nor
mon women took advantage of the home.
but it was al open institution to them.
Vest said the government had appro-
priated $50. 900 for the home and con-
gress was now asked to appropriate $4,-
900 a wear for no other purpose than to
pay the salaries of a lot OF people
who had managed to obtain the appro-
priation under h pretense of philanthro.
ply. 1t was a notorious fact, he said,
that the women of Utah we're more OBJ
posed to doing away with ~polygamy than
the men. This arose not from sensualIty
or from any degraded feeling but FROM re-
ligious sentiment.
Senator Pomeroy had had an idea that
suffrage ought to be given the women of
Utah so they could escape from polyga-
my. They got it and every one of them
voted the polygamy ticket.
Edmunds admitted that tho women of
Utah voted that way, but it was on the
SAME principle that tie colored men voted
the Democratic ticket-proDably from re-
ligious enthusiasm
In the course of the discussion Vest re-
sented the DRIFT OF some remarks of Ed
munds as to his (Vest's) uniform opposi-
ton to anti-Mormon legislation. He said
he was as much opposed to polygamy as
any one, but he SAID there was a line be-
yond which he would not go.
Plumb expressed the opinion that the
home was an utter failure and said he had
found that to be the general view in Salt
Lake.
Edmunds intimated hat the senator
from Kansas, like other righteous men
who had gone into strange places, had
fallen among persons who did not tell ali
the truth. He knew there was a certain
opposition to the home in Salt Lake be-
cause the property was wanted for specu-
latlve purposes. This led to q warm per
sonal colloquy between Edmunds and
Plumb which lasted some time.
The amendment was finally agreed to,
as was also the item granting to the widow
OF the late Chief Justice Waite the bal.
ance of his years salary.
Inc amen1ment as 10 the proposed
Latin-American memorial library as pro
posed BY Hawley, by striking out the pro-
vision for a building to cost $500, 900 and
by substituting the provision for a section
OF the library OF congress, aud a%ppropria-
ting s25. 900 for its outfit.
After the adoption of some further
amendments the bill was reported to the
senate and all the amendments agreed to
in committee OF the whole were agreed to
IN bulk, except those as to the irrigation
survey. The discussion Of the irrigation
question occupied an hours time and then
the amendments were agreed to and the
bill passed.
The tariff bill was taken up as unfn-
ished business aud Aldrith gave notice
that he would move to take it up at 2
O'Clock on Monday. The senate then
adjourned.