The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1893-12-21

calling upon the president for additional
information in the Hawaiian matter was
laid over in order that Mr.. Frye of Maine
might submit some remarks.
The house discussed the question oil
pinning another star on the American
flag. The consideration of the bill fol
the admission into the sisterhoOd OF
states was begun. The principal point al
issue was whether the enabling act
should contain proviso imposing pains
and penalties for polygamous marriages
the contention on the one hand being tina
the state should come in on an equal
footing with other states, unhandicapped
by such provisions, and on the other that
as polygamy had been stamped out by
federal statutes, and as the admission OF
the territory would repeal that statute
congress should make it practically part
of the enabling act.
Washington, Dec. IA. The Bower.
amendment to the bill of the admission
of Utah prohibiting polygamy forever
has been agreed to by the house. The
bill, was then passed without division
Just before adjOurnmI Mt. the resolution
by Mr.. Hit calling for the correspond
erce in the Hawa allan affair, amended 81
as to include an extension of period tC
be covered by the correspondence tC
March, 1889, the beginning of the Har
riSon administration, was taken up anC
Pc ssed. 1t was expected that a lively
debate would occur when this resolution
was reported back to the house, but Mr.
Hit, the author, refrained from criti
cism, and there was no explosion. Mr.
Boutelle of Maine, who manifested q
disposition to speak, was taken off hi.
feet by the motion to order the previous
question.
The president pro fem. lsid before the
senate the resolution offered by Mr.. Hoal
calling on the president for further in.
formation on the Hawaiian matter, and
Mr.. Frye Rep. Me- addressed the sen,
ate thereon, and said that Mr.. Blount
in his report, has not written one single
unvarnishcd line of truth, given one un'
prejudiced opinion or rendered an i'm
partial Judgment. Mr.. Vest followed Mr.
Frye. He said as he nderstood the con
ditiOn of affairs in Hawaii, the prOvis,
ional government was defactO govern.
ment. AS he underStoon international
law, de facto government had all the
rights of de jure government, whether
that government was established right
fully or wrongfully. 1t was to-day a
dc factO government, and any assault;
III on it by armed force on the part OF
tie United States or any other country
must be an act of war, which can only
be brought about by the action Of col-
gress. The resolution was referred ia
the committee on foreign affairs.
Washington, Dc. 1J.-The house was
dead-locked for two hours by the refusal
of the Republicans to vote Oh the motion
to go into committee of the whole for
the considerations of the Arizona state
hood bill. The Democratic leaders had
decided to proceed with the considcrati ton
of the Arizona and New Mexico bills
end dispose of them before the holidays.
The Republican leaders do lot relish the
idea of bringing these Democratic ter
ritories into the Union, and they at the
request of the leaders refrained from
voting, except those from the far West,
especially those from the newly admitted
States of Washington, Wyoming, Mon
tana, Idaho and the Dakotas. who could
in they way of their sister territories.
uc DcuOCIdlS 6ApSCl W nave lllelI tN III
quorum tomorrow. The McGarrahan
hill was called up during the morning
hour. but was Ilibustered against by
Mr.. Sayres of Texas, chairman of the
appropriations committee.
II the senate much bl siness of mis-
cellaneOus character was transacted. The
house bill repeating the federal election
laws, referred to the committee on priv
ileges and elections a few days ago, was
reported back favorably and placed on
the calendar. Among the bills introduced
the most important was one by Senator
Voorhees,, chairman of the comr.ittee on
finance, providing for the coinage of the
silver seignorage i'll the treasury at the
IA tc of $2,OOO,OOO per month, and when
that is exhausted, for the purchase and
coinage of a similar amount of silver
monthly. The senate bill to repeal a
clause in the last pension appropriation
bill which prohibited the payment of
pensions to persons residing in foreign
countries WAS taken from thc calender
and passed.
Washington, Dec. 16-The course of
ev ents in the house resembled the halcyon
days of the Reed congress when legisla-
ton was rushed through at galloping
speed. The bill for The admission of
Arizona was put through Under whip
and spur, and the bill for the admission
of New Mexico was we'll under way
when a wrdngle over what was to be
done with Oklahoma interviewed, and the
debate thus precipitated lasted until ad-
journment. The bulk of the Eastern
opposition to the territories as expressed
by Mr.. Bingham of Philadelphia, was
predicted on the theory that while the
Eastern states, rich In wealth and strong
in population, would be able to hold
their own in the house where the basis
of representation was population, intu-
ence of the real states of the Uuion
would be oyerbalanced by the greatly in
creased state representation in the SELL
ate. Mr.. Hepburn of Iowa in an i'm
passiOned speech precipitated very 1--WE
ly discussion of the merits of the bill.
He said the house ought to stop and
consider what 1t proposed to do when it
passed this bill. 1t proposed to give to
Arizona four sections in every range. or
one-ninth of the total area of the state,
73,OOO,OOO acres. In addition to that it
gave a part of the sale of the proceeds
of one-tenth of the land besides several
other grants Of 100000 acres. The Re-
publicans Continued their filihustering
trttics and the ayes and rays were de-
manded. AS on yesterday the Republic
ans, except a few from the West, refused
to vote, in order, if possible, to break a
quorum. They We're unsuccessful, how
ever, as the motion was carried by vote
of 1872 to 5. As soon as the vote was
aLrounced Gen. Wheeler mvved that the
house go into committee of the whole on
the bill for the admission of New Mexico.
The Republicans made no attempt to
filibuster against the molten, which was
carried without division, but. when it