The morning call., 1893-12-14
Mr.. NEWLANDS ON NEVADA.
Why the State Has Lost Wealth
and People.
UNION PROPOSED BY MR.. OATES.
Finally the Enabling Act Was Passed
With a Provision Forever
Prohibiting PoIygamy.

WASHINGTON. Dec 13.-The bill for the
admission of Utah was passed without di-
vision by the House to-day at the conclu-
sion of the debate, the only amendments
of importance incorporated in the enabling
act being one by Powers of Vermont pro-
hibiting pOlygamy forever and another by
Wheeler reducing to one-half the land
granted to the State for common school
purposes.
Just before adjournment the resolution
of Hit calling for the correspondence in
the Hawaiian affair was amended so as to
include the extension of the period to be
covered by correspondence to March, 1889.
the begir ming of the Harrison administra-
tiOn, and was then taken up and passed.
1t was expected a lively debate would
occur when the resolution was reported
back to the House, but Hit refrained
from criticism and there was no explosion,
while BOutelie, who manifested a disposi-
tion TO speak. was taken off his feet by the
motion to order the previous question.
NewlandS of Nevada made his maiden
speech in support of the admission of
Utah. he thought Utah was fully pre-
pared for statehood. but objected to leav-
ing the question of the allotment of lands
ton Who did not understand the conditions
there. The United States should Cooper
ate in the reclamation of the arid lands of
that region. In defending Nevada he said
he was unable 10 understand why there
should be so much aversion to the State
which when the country was in revolution
had poured S600000.000 into the treasury.
Newlands claimed that the cause of the
present depression in Nevada was the re-
suit OF legislation Ieveled at her interests.
The silver that had enabled the country to
resume specie payments had been stricken
down, and now the Democratic tariff bill
proposed to crush Nevada's sheep-raising
aud borax mines by placing wool and
bOrax on the free list.
Oates of Alabama proposed the union of
Utah and Nevada. He had observed that
Nevada continued TO lose population and
that it was a question as TO what was to
become of Nevada. He had no doubt of
the intelligence of the people of Nevada,
but the fact could not be controverted that
the population was decreasing. The census
of 1890 gave her 100000 and recent San
Francisco papers say that her population
has since been reduced to $4,000. If her
mining Industry continues TO be depressed
her population, Oates said. would continue
TO fall off until it might get down to 20, 900.
Mahon offered an amendment reserving
to Congress the right TO prohibit and pun
ish polygamy, TO continue the present laws
IN force there and to give United States
courts exclusive jurisdiction.
Powers of Vermont offered substitute,
providing that polygamy and plural mar
riage be forever prohibited.
The Mahon amendment was defe ated,
and Doliver made speech favoring adj
mission. and dwelt on the fact that the
Republican party had always been the
friend of the Territories. The Powers
amendment was then ed to.
An amendment was proposed reducing
TO one-half the land granted to Utah by the
bill for school purposes and was adopted,
as were amendments reducing the grant of
land to the State University from 200. 600 to
10000 acres; increasing the grant for the
use Of the Agricultural College from
10000 TO 100000 acres, and decreasing the
percentage of proceeds of the sale of pub
lie lands subsequent to the admission of
the State, which shall be set aside as
permanent public school fund, from 10 10
Der cent