The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-01-31
GrOsvenor Calls King n Scoid, aRd
There Is n Lively Tilt That
Ends I'm Landis's Defeat.
SHIPPING BILL BOMBARDED
DEMOCRATS ENDEAvORING To SINK
THE SUBSIDY MEASURE.
Two More Broadsidcs Fired Its
Hulk by Senator Turley and
Arkansas Jones.

WASHINGTON. Jan. sO.-The anti-polyg-
amy crusade which resulted in driving
Mr.. Roberts, Utah's representative. from
his seat at the last session. had an echo
in the House to-day during consideration
Of the agricultural appropriation BILL When
the section making the appropriations for
agricultural colleges OF the several States
was reached Mr.. Lancis, OF Indiana, offered
an amendment providing that no money
should be paid to the college in Utah
until the secretary Of agriculture was sat
isfied that no trustee or teacher in the
institution practiced polygamys The
amendment came as a complete surprise.
Mr.. King, who succeeded Mr.. Roberts. tried
I'm vain to head IL of with a point OF
order and then inveighed against It as
simply an aftermath OF the Roberts cru
sade. He insisted that polygamy was a
thing Of the past. Mr.. Lands replied by
alleging that two OF the professors of the
Utah Agricultural College were polygamists
and that one OF the trustees had seven
wives and thirty-seven children. Upon this
showing the House adopted the amend
ment. whereupon Mr.. King retaliated by
Offering an amendment providing that
cultural colleges whose instructors or trus-
tees have engaged In lynchings or being
guilty of adultery or fornication. He aft
erwards modified It so as TO apply only
to the Agricultural College of Indiana IL
was. of course, Overwhelmingly defeated.
Subsequently when the bill was reported
to the House the Lands amendment was
stricken out by a vote of 81 to ~.
The friends OF the farmer" were very
much in evidence during the day and.
against an aggressive opposition led by
Mr.. Mahon, OF Pennsylvania. voted into
the bill an additional appropriation of s5o.-
90 for farmers bulletins" There was also
considerable discussion of the irrigation
Of the arid lands in connection with the
paragraph providing for an Investigation
of the subject. The bill was passed.
When the House met to-day Mr. Tay-
Ter, chairman of the committee on cleo
tions No. J. submitted the report on the
contested election case Of Walker VS.. Rhea.
from the Ninth Virginia district. The
committee found that while gross frauds
and irregularities occurred in the cleo
tion. they fell very far short of chang
ing the result. The committee therefore
recommended that Mr.. Rhea. the sitting
member, who is a Democrat. should retain
his seat. Messrs. Linney, OF North Caro-
lima, and Samuel Davenport, OF PennsyI-
vania, dissented from the conclusion of the
majority and were given leave to file their
views. The report will be called up In
the near future.
MIR. LANDIS'S PROPOSITION.
Following is the provision offered by Mr..
I.andfs IN the Sacffor mo t<for
tions for agricultural colleges:
Provided. That no part Of this appropri-
alton shall be available for the Agrscul-
tural College OF Utah until the secretary
Of agriculture shall be satisfied and shall
so certify to the secretary OF the treas
ury that no trustee. officer, Instructor or
employe Of said college is engaged I'm the
practice Of polygamy or polygamous rela-
tons"
Mr.. King, In making his point OF order
sgainst the amendment. declared that he
would not oppose 1t IL IT had been offered
in good faith. but that he considered Il
simply an aftermath OF what had been
denominated 1.-The crusade" against his pre-
decessor. Mr.. Roberts Mr.. King said The
practice OF polygamy in Utah was a thing
OF the past. No polygamous marriages
were now solemnized. A few OF those who
had entered into such marriages prior to
1890 might still be secretly preserving po-
lygamous relations, but they were very
few in number.
Mr.. Landis. in his reply. said he was
credibly informed that one OF the profess
ors In the Agricultural College had three
wives and one two. that one OF the trustees
had seven wives who had blessed him
with thirty-nine children These state
ments, he said, had been made by one OF
the leading papers Of Sal; Lake City. and
so far as he knew the official organ OF
the Mormon Church had not denied A..
If those statements were true not one
single dollar should be appropriated for
the support of the institution. The chair
ruled that the amendment was I'm 0r.icr.
and the amendment was adopted-70 TO a
Mr.. King. who was taken by surprise
BY the amendment hastened 10 retalate
by Offering amendment providing that
no person should be a teacher I'm any agri-
cultural college who had engaged in any
lynching or who has been guilty OF adul-
terry or fornication. The reading OF this
amendment created furore. score OF
members jumped 10 their feet with de-
n.ands for recognition. Mr.. Grosvenor was
recognized. He said he desired 20 raise a
point OF order against the amendment;
not one, but half dozen. IN fact. lie
argued that the amendment was an at
tempt 10 legislate upon an appropriation
bill. AS he proceeded he warmed Up and
charged that the amendment was an as-
perslon upon the teachers IN all the agri-
cultural colleges. He became engaged IN
wordy duel with DIR. King, in the courss