Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-01-31

Taylor. Ohio, chairman of the com
mittee on elections, No. i, submitted
the report on the contested election
case of Walker VS.. Rhea, from the 9th
Virginia district. The committee found
that while gross frauds and irregulari-
ties occurred in the election, they fell
very far short of changing the result
The committee therefore recommended
that Rhea. the sitting member. who is
a Democrat. should retain his seat.
Linney and Samuel Davenport, Pa.
dissented from the conclusion of the
| majority.
The House then resumed the con-
| sideration of the agricultural appropri-
alton bill.
The sections of the present law relat-
| ing to the scientific bureaus of the de-
partment Were substituted for the pro-
visions of the bill which went out, yes
| terday. on a point of order made by
Mahon, Pa.
Latimer offered an amendment to
| increase the appropriation for farmers
| bulletins to $4,000
Mahon, Pa. declared that the in
! creased dissemination of farmers bull
ietins would not do the farmers anv
good He declared that members de-
| sired to distribute these bulletins to
| make themselves popular with the
| farmers.
| Talbot. S. c., and Shachleford, Mo.
| supported the amendment. Both as
serted that the farmers bulletins were
| of great value. The latter said that one
bulletin on the prevention of mild
| weather on grapes had saved the crane
growers of his district thousands of
| dollars.
Mahon made an imprisoned reply
he lnNelghed against the alleged
friends of the farmers who We're al
ways bowling against railroads and
pratlng of their friendship for the
farmers. He declared they did not de-
sire extravagant appropriations for
the agricultural department or the in
discriminate distribution of the stuff
printed about agriculture by the de-
partment.
Shackleford replied to Mahon. re-
ferring Sarcastically to his economical
ideas on the subject of the appropria-
tons for the agricultural department
while he pleaded for the payment of
big claims for the downtrodden
Cramps Shipbuilding Co.
Latimer's amendment was adopted.
80 to 81
Lands. Ohio. offered the following
provision as an amendment to the Sec
ton making appropriations for agri-
culture colleges:
Provided. that no part of this appro-
priation shall be available for the agri-
cultural college of Utah until the sec
rotary of agriculture shall be satisfied
that no trustee. officer instructor or
employe of said college is engaged in
the practice of polygamy or polygam-
Gus relations"
King, Utah. said the practice of
polygamy in Utah was a thing of the
past No polygamous marriages We're
now made.
Lands, in reply. said he was credi-
bly, informed that one of the profess
sors in the agricultural college had
three wives and another two and that
one of the trustees had seven wives who
had blessed him with SO children. These
statements, he said. had been made by
one of the leading papers of Salt Lake
City and SO far as he knew the official
organ of the Mormon church had not
denied it.
The Chair ruled that the amendment
was in order and it was adopted, 20 20
A.
King, who was taken by surprise by
the amendment. retaliated by offering
an amendment providing that no per-
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