The record-union., 1893-12-13
PROCEEDINGS IN CoNGnEss.
Battle in the Senate Over the Repeal
of the Federal Election Laws.

Battle in the Senate Over the Repeal
of the Federal Election Laws.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12.-In the Senate
to-day Senator Cullom fired the first gun
in the battle over the repeal of the Fed
eral election laws, and succeeded in draw
ing a sharp return fire from Hill of
New York.
After Hoar's second Hawaiian resolu-
ton had been laid over till to- morrow.
Cullom took the floor and spoke at length
on the election repeal bill. He asked if
the mandate Of corrupt Judge like
MAYNARD should determine the complex
ion of Legislature which elects Sena-
tor. or that the Drawn and muscle of a
McKane should control the election of a
Representative in Congress, and Congress
have no power to protect the integrity Of
its own membership?
In the course OF his remarks CullOm
attacked the New York machine and
MAYNARD, and was Interrupted with a
reminder from Hill that the election re-
ferred to would not have controlled the
New York Senate, and whether Or not
there was anything criminal in that cleo
ton was not relevant to the present ques-
ton.
Cullom retorted that the action of May
nard inaugurated scheme which re-
suited in changing the character OF the
| Legislature.
! Hill desired to inform the Senator and
the country that his statement was not a
correct one.
A further colloquy ensued, Cullom
maintaining and Hill denying that the
result of the recent election was an in
dication of the Republican protective
| policy.
Cullom then went on with his speech,
referring to the pulling down OF the
American flag at Hawaii, which could not
/ have been accomplished by all the power
of monarchied Europe, but which had
| been committed by order of the American
/ President upon the advice and recon-
,nendation of newly baptized Demo-
! cratic Secretary of State.'' Laughter.l
| Stewart addressed the Senate in favor
! of the repeal of the Federal election laws.
| He soon drifted into a discussion of the
| financial question, and attributed the
! evils complained of to the gold standard.
/ The Senate then went into executive ses-
sion, and at o'clock adjourned till to-
/ morrow.
! IN THE HOUSE.
! WASHINGTON, Dec 12.-The House be-
! gan with discussion OF the admission OF
Utah TO Statehood. The principal point
! at issue was whether the enabling Act
should contain prOviso imposing pains
and penalties for polygamous marriages,
! the contention on one hand being that the
/ State should come in on an equal footing
with other States. Utah was handicapped
! by such provisions. On the other hand,
/ that as poiygamy had been stamped out
/ by the Federal statutes. and as the adj
mission of the Territory would repeal the
statute, Congress should make 1t prac-
/ tically part of the enabling Act.
! Morse of Massachusetts opposed the
! bill. HI made vicious assault on Utah
and Mormonism, recalling all the out
RACES of plural marriages, the Mountain
Meadow massacre, the blood atonement
and the revelations of the Endowment
House.
Rawlins, the Utah Delegate, replied to
| Morse, and worsted him very badly. He
opposed the amendment proposed rela-
tive to polygamy as too complex, but ex-
pressed his willingness to accept a simple
amendment prohibiting pOlygamous
marriages forever.
Harter opposed the bill on the ground
that it gave a sparsely settled Western
Territory too much influence in the Sem
ate The general impression seemed to
be that his real object was to prevent the