Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-01-11
AT TER THE MORMONS
MORE ALLEGED POLYGAMISTS TO
BE CALLED TO ACCOUNT.
HOUSE WILL INVESTIGATE
Two Utah Postmasters Under a Cloud
Idaho Riots Aftermath Senators
Over Philippine Question-Race
Problem Again Up in Court.

Washington Jan. 9,-The house yes
terday ordered two Investigations as a
result of resolutions introduced by
Representative Lentz of Ohio. The
first will be an investigation by the
committee on postoflices and postroads
into the charge that two federal APP
pointees of the president, Postmaster
John c. Graham of Provo-City, Utah,
and Postmaster Orson Smith of Logan,
Utah, are under indictment as polyga-
mists. The other is the general in
vestigaton of the military committee
into the conduct of Gen, Merriam and
United States army officers during the
Wardner, Idaho, riots and subsequent
thereto The house adjourned until
Wednesday.
SENATE.
During the discussion in the senate
of the resolution inquiry offered by
Pettigrew (pop., S. ID some sensa-
tional statements were made in the
senate regarolng the attitude of the
United States towards the Filipino in
surgents Senator Pettigrew declared
this government had attacked its al
lies and thereby been guilty of the
grossest treachery This statement
was resented warmly by Senator Lodge
| rep Mass) who declared the govern
ment had done nothing of the kind,
that not even remotely had it recog-
nized the so-called government of the
Filipinos Morgan (dem. Ala,) dis
cussed at length the race question in
| the south, basing his remarks upon
| the resolution offered by Senator
| Pritchard (rep, n. c.. He maintained
| that the attempt to force the black race
/ into social and political equality with
| the white race was only to clog the
progress of all mankind Senator
| Morgan (dem, Ala) spoke against the
4 Pritchard resolution which condemns
racial restrictions on suffrage and at
tacks the new constitution OF north
| Carolina. He discussed the negro
question in general, maintaining there
was a natural supremacy in the whites
and natural deficiency in the blacks
morally. socially and intellectually. He
| declared that in many places in the
south thousands Of negro votes in
doubtful counties were bought for 81
each. IF southern white men said
he, "haye falsified election returns,
they have stronger, II not better
reason that they are acting upon the
same law of self-defense that insulted
outraged human nature resorts to for
the protection Of homes and families
! from a race that sets at defiance all
moral restraints upon their brutal de-
sires" This evil, he thought, would
end only when the United States had
provided a home for the negro race
suited to their traits. At the conclu-
sion Senator Pritchard gave notice
that he would address the senate on
! the resolution Jan o. The bill
Iamending the dependent act Of June
q. 1890 was passed providing that in
case 2 widow shall have resources
| instead Of an income from which
$3.50 a year is derived or deriyable
she shall not be pensionable further
/ The bill does not apply 70 widows who
Ihave married former soldiers since
June II. 1890. The bill was also passed
providing that a widows pension shall
commence with the application and
not Al the date Of the soldiers death
At 1855 the senate went into executive
session
The senate took up the Samoan
treaty in executive session, after hay
ling II read from the desk Senator
Davis. chairman Of the committee on
foreign relations made brief explain
larory statement He referred 70 the
h0stllities of last summer, saying
these were merely forerunner OF
what might have occurred on a far
larger scale IL the trpartite arrange
ment between the United States, Great
Britain and Germany had been per
mtted ia continue in force He con
tended that Germany had simply made
quit claim deed TO the United States
and that In turn the United States
had quitclaimed 10 Germany Sen
ator Bacon stated his opposition TO the
treaty and gave notice be would ask
| tO BE heard upDn III when the treaty