Sacramento daily record-union., 1890-04-03
CONGRESSIONAL.
IN THg saxArE

| hAsHINGroN, April 2d.-In the Senate today,
fumnnas. from the Judiciary Committee. re.
ported back the antitrust Sili in the form of a
substitute, and said that as saon as the Montans
eiec'ien case is disposed Of the bill will be taken
up.
The conference report on She urgent def.
clency elA was presented and agreed to- The
House recedeS from the disagreement to the
senate amendment as To irrigation surveys, with
the proViso that no part of the amount be ex-
pended in sinking wells or the construction of
irrigation works, and the Government will not
De committed 70 any plan of irrigation.
Inc Senate then proceeded to consideration
OF the Montana election case, The majority
report was in favor of Wilbur Sanders and
Thomas c: Power. The minority report was in
tavor OF William 4. Clark and Martin Nagiuuis
Hoar stated the case on the part of the major
lty OF the committee, the whole matter turning
upon the question whether one set of delegates
VINO voted with the twenty-five Republican dele
gates for Sanders and Power were legally elected
from the county of Silver Bow, or whether the
other set, who voted with twenty-iour Demo.
elected deputies.
Gray, representing the minority of the COM
mlttee, made statement in support of the claim
that clark and AagipniSS were entitled 20 the
seats. lie commented on the statement OF the
CanraSSing Board OF Montana which declares
that no abstract of votes had been received from
silver Bow county. and that they had "ex-
nauSted the authority given TO them by the
statute in endeavoriug to obtain it. aud that il
thereiore became their duty to assert aud de-
clare 1t from the best sources OF information OBJ
talnable, and he argued that the c4nvassers had
no authority TO act on any information obtained
from any source other than the election officers
OF the county, declaring he had never known
OF such bold and Aagrant act of usurpation.
The members of the CanvasSing Board OF Mon
tsna ltEe Governor Chief Justice and Secretary
carts tail III every country town in the Terri.
tory.
George-Is there any evidence in the record
that the Legislature which this Iron Hall meet
ing claimed to be part, ever performed any leg
islative act or passed any law?
Gray-None whatever. The Governor never
recognized this Iron Hall House but recognizef
the house which met at the Court house (the
House.
Teller interrupted Gray 10 say that yarious
communications had passed between the Iron
Hall House and the Senate.
Hoar-There is no other lawful evidence of
tne title OF the Governor, Or any other State Of
nicer OF Montana, except this very canvass
which the Senator from Delaware saws has no
validity whatever.
Gray then VT mt on to denounce the Indecent
haste with which the Territorial Canyassing
Board had made its report and adjourned with
full knowledge of the fact that Court of
competent jurisdiction had issued peremptory
mandamus ordering the abstract of votes in sill
yer BOW county made and furnished. The
members of that Territorial CanyaSsing Board
stand convicted of participation in those
sharp practices in which the majority OF the
committee on Privileges and Elections would
have the Senate, also 10 become a participant
Gray went on TO speak of the evidences of haste
with which the Presidents proclamation for
the admission of Montana had been issued He
did not accuse the President of being a partici-
pator in the conspiracy, but alleged that the
President had been persuaded by coEspirators
to make himself the instrument in consummat-
ing their design The minority of the,committee,
he said, accepted the findings of the County
Board OF Silver Bow county, and they held that
Clark and Maginnis held lawful credentials.
Gray yielded the floor without concluding his
argument, and the death of Representative
Wubering was announced and the Senate ad-
journed.
IN THE HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, April 2d--In the House to-day
Baker of New York called up the bill authoriz-
ing the constr ction of a bridge and approaches
at New York City across the Hudson river. to
regulate commerce in and over such bridge be-
tween the States of New York and New JERSEY
and to establish such bridge mil tary and post
road. The bill was passed.
The House then proceeded TO consideration of
the Idaho admission bill.
Dorsey of Nebraska, who has charge of the
bill, made speech in its favor. The only op-
position to the admission of Idaho, he said
came from the Mormons They protested
against the provision in the Constitution which
disfranchised bgamists and polygamists and
persons who are members OF associations which
Mansur criticised the provisions of the Con-
stitution DISTINGUISHING the Mormons, and SAID
the real reason was the Mormons voted the
Democratic ticket.
Dubois earnestly advocated the admission of
Idaho, critlcising .he minority report. He said
IT proposed that bigamists and polygamisis
should vote in Idaho. Wnat right had men,
bers of the minority 10 impose upon Idaho
conditions which never before had been i'm
posed upon any etate coming into the Union.
Smith of Arizona earnestly denounced the
action of the Committee on Territories in fail
ing to report the bill for AIiZona's admission.
Her people had been unfairly treated. arizona
had every qualification for Statehood, but the
bill for her admission was to be smothered in
committee because she had seen fit to send q
Democrat to Congress. The Territory of New
Mexico, with popula' ion greater than Idaho
and Wyoming combined, was also kept in the
background. Was it because poor Joseph (the
Delegate) had started wrong in his youth and
had become a lemocrat?'
Chapman. while favoring the admission of
the Territories, criticised the proposed Consttu-
tion OF Idaho as an invasion of sacred, individ-
ual religious rights. Polygamy was crime
which should not be tolerated, but the Consti-
tuition closed to the accused the Courts, the
only asylums against passion and corruption.
Perkins spoke in favor of the bill, and pend
ing further debate the matter went over till
tomorrow.
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