Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1903-02-14
Depew Believes Members of
Church Still Cling to Prac-
tice of Polygamy.
INVOCATION BY GENERAL BOOTH.
Statehood Bill Still Occupies the
Time of the Senate-The House
Passes Elklns Bill Prohibiting Re.
bate to Shippers.

Washington, Feb 14.-An immense
crowd was attracted to the senate yes
terday to hear tho invocation of Gen
eral William Booth, founder and conf
mander-in-chief Of the Salvation Army.
Among the occupants of the gallery
We're Booth Tucker, the generals
chief assistant and son-in-law. and
large number of Salyationists.
When the statehood bill came up
attacked the Mormon church, because,
he said, he believed its members still
cling to the practice of polygarny. Mr..
Rawlins replied, saying that if the
Mormons were not interfered with
they would work out their own des-
tiny. Mr.. Stewart declared that polyg
amy in this country is thing of the
past, because public sentiment has
condemned that part Of the creed of
the Mormon church
Mr.. Dubois said he did not think
the references of the opponents of
statehood to polygamy were serious.
He declared that If the statehood bill
is allowed to be put on the postoffice
appropriation bill he would consent
to and advocate the placing of the
Idaho constitution relating to the cleo
tons as an amendment, and require
Arizona and New Mexico to subscribe
&c it before being admitted. Under
the test oath Of that constitution, he
said, Idaho DISTINGUISHED every mem
Der of the Mormon church, and for
years they were without a vote.
Mr.. Depew said that it was well I'M
derstood that the people in this coun
try have religious freedom $50 long
as that religion in its practice does
not strife at the foundations of the
family and the morality Of the state"
There can be, he said, so-ealled re-
ligion which can be made a cloak for
immortality, for crime, for the pur-
pose Of breaking UP the family circle
for the degradation of womanhood,
and for the corruption OF childhood.
Mr.. Depew had not concluded when
at $50 p. m. the senate went into ex-
ecutive session and at $40 adjourned
until / o'clock today, the departure
from the usual hour being taken to
allow senator's to attend the noon
wedding of Senator Cockrelrs daugh-
ter.
In the House.
Under the operation of a special
order which cut off opportunity to Of
fer debate, the house, after a DIS
bate of an hour yesterday, by a vote
OF 241 to 6, passed the Elkins bill to
prohibit rebates to shippers. The six
members who voted against the bill
were Democrats. Mr.. Littlefeld, OF
Maine, was present, but did not vote
on either the rule or the bill. The
Democrats protested against the rig
orous terms of the rule. 1t had been
their purpose, they said, to offer the
provisions Of the Littlefield bill as an
amendment to the bill Mr.. Dalzell
Of Pennsylvania; Mr. Overstreet, of
Indiana, and Mr.. Hepburn, of Iowa,
practically announced that with the
passage Of the Elkins bill the anti
trust legislation for this session of
congress would be complete. During
taS oSOdeC MI SONAl Oil tCCulsy Mo.
branded one of Mr.. Hepburn's state
ments as deliberate lie." Contrary
to the usual custom, this strong Ian
guage had no sequel
On resumption of consideration Of
the sundry civil bill an amendment
was adopted to appropriate $4,000
for additional land for the site of the
government sanitarium for disabled
volunteer soldiers at Hot Springs, s.. D.
Mr.. Richardson, of Tennessee, CT
fered an amendment to prohibit the
printing of illustrations in the annual
reports of bureau officers, except when
specifically authorized by the head OF
a department. Action On the amend
ment was temporarily postponed.
Mr.. Overstreet offered an amend
ment to add $4,000 to the sum of
$154,000 obtained from the sale of the
old arsenal at Indianapolis, which,
under existing law, shall be invested
near indianapolis in the site for
military post.
1t was adopted, Al to 81 Without
completing the bill the committee
rose and at 5:45 p. m. the house ad-
journed