The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-05-01

Washington, April 30.-The house to-
day passed the Lacey bill to enlarge
the powers of the department Of agri-
culture and to prohibit interstate COM
merce in ne killed in violation Of
local laws authorizes the secretary
Of agriculture to provide for the intro
duction and restoration of game and
insectivorous wild birds. 1t gives him
power to prevent the Introduction Of
undesirable foreign birds and animals
and prevent the killing Of game IN Vlo-
lation OF stat. laws for concealed snip
ment TO states where it can be sold IN
the open markets.
The senate bill to create a commits
sion Of five to investigate and report
upon the commercial and Industrial
conditions in Japan and China was de-
bated at length, but was vigorously
antagonized by the Democrats, ana
they finally succeeded in striking out
the enacting clause in committee, and
this motion was pending when the
house adjourned. If me motion pre-
walls in the house the bill is dead.
The bill for a constitutional amend
ment to disqualify pOlygamists for
election as senators and representatives
and to prohibit polygamy, which was
reported by the committee on election
of president, vice president and repre-
sentatives in congress, was referred to
the committee on judiciary, after meet
ing with opposition from both s.dS5 OF
the house. Every speaker who antag-
onized the bill said he opposed polyg-
amy, but did not see any reason lot
legislation on the constitution ana IN
vading the rights Of the states.
The house agreed to the conference
report on tie joint resolution extending
the tenure of military officers in Porto
Rico.
Manufacture Of oIeomargarine.
Mr.. DalzelI CPa-). from the commit
tee on ways and means. presented
report of that committee recommend
ing that the Tawney resolution calling
upon the secretary Of the treasury for
information concerning the amount and
character of the material used in the
manufacture Of oleOmargarine by the
manufacturers, as shown by duplicates
in possession Of the internal revenue
bureau lie upon the table. Mr.. TaWney
(Minn.) and Mr.. Dolliver( 1a.) present
ed a minority report recommending
that the report be adopted At the re-
quest Of Mr.. BabcOck CWis.) action on
the report was postponed for one
week
Mr.. Corliss (RIich.), chairman Of the
committee on election Of president, vice
president and representatives in con-
gresz called UP the joint resolution for
a constitutional amendment 20 disqual-
ify pOlygamists for election as senators
and representatives and prohibiting
Dolygamy and pOlygamOus cohabitation
between the sexes. After a short de-
bate it was referred to the committee
on judiciary.
Roberts Case a Precedent.
In the debate preceding the reference,
Mr.. CorlisS said that while congress in
the Roberts case had established q
precedent which would be followed at
all times, it was deemed well that there
should be a constitutional amendment
to render the constitutional disqualifi-
cation certain and provide an effective
means Of eXtirpating the evils Of polyg-
amy by making it unlawful in any
place and extending the judicial power
of the United States so as to cover
prosecutions of this particular crime.
Mr.. SnOdgrass (Tenn), who made the
report IN the case, made an earnest
plea in advocacy of the bill.
Mr.. ShackelfoTd moved ito strike out
the section Of the resolution defining
the marriage relation and prohibiting
polygamy III the United States, on the
GROUND that it interfered with the pow
ers Of the states
Mr.. Corliss called attention to the
fact that section 4 distinctly provides
that the exclusive power to make and
enforce all laws concerning marriage
and divorce was reserved to the state.
Mr.. Ray IN. ", chairman of the
judiciary committee. said the bill was
badly drawn. 1t should have been
framed in his committee, which was
now considering the whole subject. The
polygamy feature could, he said, be
covered in six lines.
Mr.. Grosvenor co. did not think it
wise to be tinkering with the co7sti-
tuition every time an offense became
notorious in the country. The pec'oie
of Utah had learned a salutary lesson
from the Roberts case and would never
sin = rly offend again.
Opposed to Polygamy.
Mr.. Lanham >(Tex.) said he was as
much opposed to polygamy as any
man, but he thought the proposed
legislation uDwise and moved that the
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