Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-02-13
The Senate p. o. Appropriations
Committee Include the
Omnibus Bill.
HIGH WATER IN ALABAMA
First National Bank Of Asbury
New Jersey In the Hands OF
Receiver.


ASHINGTON, Feb. 13.-The SEN
ate committee on postoffices and post
roads today decided to amend the post
office appropriation bill by adding as
an amendment, the omnibus state
hood bill. The vote on the motion 70
amend was to 5. The members who
voted for the proposition are: Ellkins,
Mitchell and Penrose, republieans;
and Clay, Culbertson, Dubois, Sim
mons and Taliaferro. democrats.
Those who voted in the negative
were: Beveridge, Deboe. Dolliver.
Lodge and Proctor, all republicans.
Senator Mason. chairman of the COM
mittee, presided and did not vote.
The bill was passed and con- era
ton of the statehood bill was resum-
ed. Mr. Depew yielded to Mr.. Die
trich of Nebraska. who under the lat
itude of debate said he would submit
some observations regarding some al
fairs in the Philippines" He spoke
briefly. Mr.. Depew resuming his re-
marks, begun Wednesday referring to
the anti-polygamy provision of the
statehood bill, that it would see that
the "fine Italian hand of the Mormon
apostle had been at work at the prepa-
ration of the measure, and that the
concentrated influence of the Mormon
hierarchy could be seen in the deter
mined effort to prevent any amend
ment which would completely exclude
poiygamy" II is not disputed, he said
that the vote of the Mormon church
is absolutely controlled by the central
hierarchy of that organization. He de-
clared that the migration of Mormons
TO different states and territories was
not for the purpose of securing homes
but through compact to control legis-
lation. He read from an alleged ad-
dress by Bishop Lunt, of the Mormon
church expecting his followers to re-
main firm in observing the tenets of
the church and thus main in their
power in politics. Mr. Rawlins inform
ed Mr.. Depew that the address was
fictitious and that Mr. Depew had
been imposed upon. He never knew of
a Bishop Lunt Of the Mormon church
and said the Mormon organization had
repudiated the address.
Any legislation Mr.. .Rawlins declared,
in any state directed at MormOnism is
futile unless there is a public senti-
ment which will sustain the same.
The question was not as to the inadequa
cy of provisions against polygamy but
as To the exercise of political power.
Persecution is the seed of the Mormon
church. he declared and it did not do
any good to arraign the entire peo-
pie and brand every Mormon as a
slave a most unjust accusation, "to
that he said. you solidify those
who would aid you in bringing about
The very conditions you seek here"
The best possible school. he said for
the correction of these evils is to
emancipate the Mormons and leave
them free to work out their own des-
TIMES.
The senate was crowded today as
IL has.not been since the opening OF
the session Nearly all the senators
were on the floor and many of the
house were present. while the sides
of the chamber were lined with EN-.
ployes. The galleries were filled
many visitors standing in the aisles
and corridors. The attraction was
General VIZ, Booth of the Salvation
Army, who delivered the prayer al
the opening of the session. He made
an earnest prayer and quite extended
occupying six minutes. In the gallery