The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-01-31
FIERCE ATTACKS
ON SUBSIDY BILL
Continued from First Page)

they did not desire extravagant appro-
priations for the Agricultural Department
or the indiscriminate distribution of the
stuff printed about agriculture by the
department
Are you in favor of appropriating
$3.50, goo for experiments" asked MIR.
Latimer.
mo"
why don't you fight it them"
Il have been doing So"
Il am with you" observed Mr.. Latimer.
Mr.. Shackleford referred sarcastical-
ly to Mr.. Mahon's economical ideas as
to appropriations for the Agricultural
Department while he pleaded for the
payment of zig claims for the down
trodden Cramp Shipbuilding Company.
Mr.. Lattiiner's amendment was
adopted 81 t. Sc.
INTI-POLYGAMY AMENDMENT.
Mr.. Lands Qnd) tGen offered his an
ti-polygamy amendment to the section
making appropriations for Agricultural
colleges.
Mr.. King UTAH made point of or
der against the amendment. He de-
clared that he would not oppose it if il
had been offered in good faith. but that
he considered lit simply an aftermath
of what had been denominated the cru
sade" against his predecessor, Mr.. Rob-
erts. A few of those who had entered
into polyga nous marriages prior to
1890 might still be secretly preserving
polygamous relations, but they were
very few in number.
Mr.. Landis in reply said he was
credibly informed that one Of the pro-
fessors in the agricultural college had
three wives and one two and that one
of the trust ees had seven wives who
! had blessed MIN with thirty-nine chill
dren. These statements, he said, had
| been made by one of the leading papers
of Salt Lake City and 50 far as he
knew the official organ of the Mormon
Church had not denied it.
The Chair ruled that the amendmeEt
was in order and the amendment was
adopted 70 to "A.
MAN FROM UTAH STRIKES BACK
Mr., King, taken by surprise, offered
his amendment in retaliation. 1t Great
cd Juror.
Mr.. Grosvenor (Ohio) was recognized
He said he desired to raise a point of
order against the amendment, not one
but half a dozen in fact. He argued
that the amendment was an attempt
to legislate upon an appropriation bill.
He charged the amendment was an as
persion upon the teachers in all the
agricultural colleges. He became en-
gagged i'm a wordy duel with Mr. King
in the course of which Mr.. King decar-
ed that the ohio member had become
common Scold.
IF the law against common scolds
were still III force" flashed back Mr..
Grosvenor, you would have been
ducked to death long ago"
And you would have been ducked
anterior to that" retorted Mr.. King.
The Chair ntimatad that the amend
ment as drawn was not in order, Mr..
King changed it so as to place it in
the exact language of the Lands
amendment and making it apply only
to Utah and Indiana, and later TO In
diana alone. The Chair then held it
was in order.
HIS AMENDMENT DEFEATED,
Finally a demand VAS made for the
previous question and the amendment
was voted down, by a viva voce vote.
Mr. King then asked the privilege OF
withdrawing it. saying he had not in
tended to allow it to come to a vote.
There was considerable discussion
of the question of the irrigation of the
arid lands in connec ion with the para
graph providing for On investigation of
that subject.
When the bill was reported to the
House Mr.. King demanded a separate
vote upon the Lands amendment which
was then sglicken from the bill by a
rising vote, g to 10.
The bill was passed and at 5:45 p. M
| the House adjourned.