Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-07-21
NATIONS CAPITAL.
Senate Measures Pertaining To
the Tosus Soldiers Home.
Senator's Decide On the IsI Board Of
Hangers.
Utah Home for Plural WiveA - - at
tess in the House.

favorabiy, without amendment, the bill in
troduced by him July l., authorizing the
Secretary Of the Treasury to settle the in
/ debtedness of the Sioux City and Pacific
railroad The Secretary 10 authorized TO
negotiate with the company and make the
/ best settlement he can for the Government
and execute to the company scquittsnee in
| full of its obligations to the Government.
| The Senate resumed consideration of the
sundry civil appropriation bill. Among the
amendments reported by the committee on
/ appropriation and agreed to by the Senate
was one inserting an item Of Sl00 600 10
commence the erection Of fireproof build
| ing for machine shops at the national arm
I ory at Springfield. Mass.
| Several anne ailments were agreed to- in.
GLIDING one for a. item of 81. .0oo for ad-
| ditiou TO The hospital At the Soldiers Home
at Togus, Ne.
! Allison expressed his re gret that the mat
| ter of the appointment Of managers vas
| found in the bill. The committee on appro-
pristions, he said, had always in these mat
tiers consulted the committee on military
affairs. which was primarily responsible for
soldiers homes. Hswley, the chairman Of
the committee, had handed him (as he
could not be present today an amendment
| proposing the name Of Lewis B. Gunckei
of Ohio in place of General Harris, who
had recently died.
| sherman spoke in complimentary terms
of Gunekei. and also suggested the name Of
! T.. S. Yoder in place of Steele, who had
been appointed Governor Of Oklahoma, aud
might, therefore, be ineligible for manager.
Cockrell mentioned the fact that the
committee on military affairs had recon-
mended striking out the name Of Mr.. Farm
ham of Maine and inserting that of Me.
Hyde, the present member of the board.
| Plumb inquired Rs 10 the reason.
! Cockrell replied that it was because the
committee believed it to be for the best in
terests of the National Home, and because
| it was the desire of the Senator from
| Maine.
| Frye stated that it was very unusual in
! Maine for any member of the board to be
relegated to private life except for cause.
and added that both the Senators from that
State believed tha, MIR. Hyde should be re-
nominated. He was good business man
and had been prominent soldier.
After further discussion the amendment
was agreed to- modified by the insertion of
the names of MIR. Gunckel and Of Mr..
Yoder. The paragraph now appoints as
Managers OF tho Natior al Home
Edmund y. Morrill, of Kansas, for the uh-
expired term of John A. Martin. deceased,
Alfred l.. Pearson of Pennsy lvsnia for the
unexpired term Of John +. Ilartrsnft. de-
ceased, and Lewis b, Gunckel of Ohio, for
the unexpired term of l. A. Harris, de-
ceased; William b. Franklin Of Connect
cut, Thomas w. Hyde of Maine, John C.
Black of Illinois and Samuel s. Yoder of
Ohio.
The next amendment that provoked die
cussion was on appropriating $4,000 for aid
to the Industrial Christian Home Society
in Utah territory.
Cockrell inquired as to the total number
of inmates that have been sheltered At the
home which was established for the pro
lection of Mormon woman desiring to rs.
cape from polygamy , and gave as the re
suit of his information that it had never
had in all more than 20 inmates incluiug
children.
+ imunds stated the purpose of Congress
in aiding the work of Christian women in
Utah to SAFE Mormon women from the
slavery of polygamy. He admitted that
not many Mormon women took advantage
OF it. but said the building was on open in
vitstion to them. and he would be glad to
have the people of the jnited States help
the people for that reason slone
Cockrell stated it as his belief that there
were no persons at the home except those
who were receiving salaries from the United
States.
Vest said that he had recently seen
| statement published to the effect that there
never had been dozen inmates in that
home for which the government had aprro-
priated $50 900, and now Congress was
asked to appropriate - 600 year for no
other purpose whatever than to pay salaries
for lot of people who had managed to oh
tain an appropriation under the pretence of
philanthropy. He had asked woman in
tab whether she was plural wife. She
said yes, that she was a third wife; that
that uas according to the Bible, and that
her husband could not go to heaven If be
did not practice polygamy when he was
able to take care of several wives.
Senator Pomeroy had the idea that suff
rage ought to be given to the women of
| Utah, so that they could escape from po
lygamy. They had got it and every one of
them had voted the polygsms ticket. Then
the Senate bad turned around under the
| leadership of the senator from Vernon
! f imunds) and taken the suffrage away
from them.
| Edmunds admitted that the women CT
I Utah had voted for the hierarchy, but it
was on the same principle that colored men
voted the democratic ticket-probably from
I religious enthusiasm.
| Vest-It is my impression that the relig
Gus en- hnsasm of the colored man 10 al
ways in the interest of the republican par
| ty. When a eolored man is found votip z
the democratic ticket he is ostracised on
religious principles by his own associates
and BY white republicans.
| In the course of the discussion Vest re-
| sen,ed the drift of some remarks of Ed
/ munds.
| Edmunds disclaimed the idea of imput-
| ing anything wrong to Vest. He bad mere
| ly intimated tina, that Senator had persis
emily voted against every proposition to
deal with polygamy.
! After q further discussion, in which
Dawes aud Blair took part, the amend
ment was agreed to.
| Among the other amendments agreed to
were the following: Inserting an item Of
ss1+5 for payment TO the widow Of the
late Chief Justice Waite. that sum being
I equal to the balance of his years salary 7;
! inserting an item of q u 600 for an oil por
trait of Chief Justice Marshall. to be hun z
in the robin2 room of the supreme court.