The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1904-12-15

axnoun. OF miseeiianeous business
Monday. starting ~ith pension bills
and considering the Hill financial hill
later in the aay A n-rubsf ssf bills
OF local character were passed, AMI
en- adjourn mcnt wgs forced for lack os
& quorum, when al attempt was made
&c pass the joint resolution granting
the use OF the Washington monument
lot for the American Railway Ap-
piIance exhibition.
The bill transferring the Forest Re
serves from the secrstafy Of The Ia.
ttrior 10 the Agricultural Department,
which has been pending In Congress
for several years. was PASSED.
During discussion OF the financial bill
Mr.. Hill said we must get back to the
geld standard, which he learned from
very high authorities hae ijeen IRE
yocably established
Mr.. Williams said thern- was an in
huence at work to disp.scc govern
ment provided money with bank-pro-
'idcd money, and thereby enabled the
banks 10 make the profit on IT, '.It Is
no wonder he said, that nire-tsnths
OF the bankers are Republicans" add
!Es That some were repositories and
others were hoping TO be. During 4
heated colloquy with Mr.. Hill Mr.. viii
liams said the bill under consideration
would double the possibility of the
Ierpetraticn of the ubiquitous
wrong" He predicted that it simply
would lead to SOCIALISM.
The speaker at this time announced
a number Of committee assignments,
including Mr.. Heflin, OF Alabama, to
mines and mining; Mr. Croft, Of
South Carolina. to manufactures and
to expenditures in tho Navy Depart
ment.
The House Adjourned
Two Bills In the Senate.
The Senate had under consideration
the pure food and Philippine govern
Eent bills. The debate on the former
was confined to calling attention to
the inadequacy of the protection af-
forded the people of the United States
against impure foods ard drugs.
The discussion of the Philippine bill
related solely to the question CT the
guarantee by the Philippine govern
ment Of the income or interest ON
bonds Of railroads In those islands.
Mr.. SpooKer, of Wiscot sin. and Mr..
Bacon, of Georgia. leading in the criii
cisn. The suggestion was made by
Mr.. Newlands, Of Nevada, that the
Philippine government should con-
struct the system of railroads pro-
posed. The debate brought out the
first reference in the Senate this ses
sion to Judge Parker's views of the
Philippine question, caused by Mr.
Newlands quoting from certain ut.
terances of William ]. Bryan and Mr.
Roosevelt Mr.. Foraker inquired why
he had ignored Judge Parker, and
Mr.. Newlands replied that Mr.. Bryan
for eight years stood as the leader of
the Democratic party. No action was
taken on the bill and the Senate ad-
jCurned.
The Smoot Matter.
Three witnesses were heard Mon
day In the case of Senator Reed SmOot
before the Senate committee on privi-
leges and elections, the committee re-
suming its Investigations after long
recess. The first was Rev. j. W. Buck
ley, editor of the Christian Advocate
Of New York, who told Of Mormon
meeting he attended in Salt Lake,
Utah, last summer, in which President
Jos. Smith declared he would not give
up his plural wives.
George Reynolds, a high official OF
the Church, testified in regard to GER
emonies that have taken place in the
Endowment House and concerning
ecclesiastical divorces granted by the
Church, and John Henry Hamlin told
OF the plural marriage of his sister,
Lillian Hamlin, to Apostle Abram
Cannon, which ceremony, he said. he
understood to have been performed by
President Smith since the manifesto
OF 1890. Most of the testimony relat-
ed to the inside Church policy. but did
not connect Senator Smoot with any
of the alleged violations of State or
national statutes
DR.. Buckley told of a speech of
President Smith on the subject of
marriage. The witness said Presi-
dent Smith defended the Norman mar
riage. and declared that polygamy was
not adultery, but was a system of
marriage. President Smith was quot.
ed by the witness as saying that he
could not give up any of his wives.
In answer to questions by Senator
Overman. Mr.. Reynolds said marriages
were performed with dead persons in
the Endowment House.